The State Examinations Commission has published sample examination papers for the seven revised Leaving Certificate subjects due to be introduced in schools next September. It has also published ...

Gerry Wright, a biochemist at McMaster University who led the research, says lariocidin was found in a bacteria called Paenibacillus that was “cultivated from a soil sample that we obtained here ...

Kanye West has been sued by singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who claims that the rapper sampled her song after she denied his request to do so based on his antisemitic and racist remarks.

Singer Alice Merton sued Kanye West in California federal court Tuesday for allegedly sampling one of her songs without permission, which Merton refused to clear because of West’s string of ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are at war with the wire news service The Associated Press. It began when the AP refused to change its style guide by renaming the Gulf of Mexico the ...

Treasury minister Darren Jones has apologised after he used the example of pocket money when talking about benefits cuts for disabled people. Jones, who is deputy to Rachel Reeves, was defending ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

With a direct tax, you pay the tax to the entity that imposed it. Examples include income tax, real property tax, personal property tax, and taxes on assets, all of which are paid by an individual ...

Mute, just for a minute, the American politicians slinging malicious rhetoric. Tom Fallath, a retired textbook sales rep in Albuquerque, N.M., has something comforting to say to Canadians.

The FPL varies according to the size of the family and their location. For example, Alaska and Hawaii have higher poverty levels since the cost of living in these regions is higher. In terms of ...

For example, if a person just found out that they did not get a job, a friend might say: “What happened?” “How are you feeling about it?” “It sounds like it did not go how you wanted it ...