EU and China agree to strengthen co-operation on climate change
One-day summit in Beijing fails to resolve differences over trade and Ukraine
‘Dominance, dependency and blackmail’: EU and China talks overshadowed by deep divisions
A summit meeting in Beijing comes as Europe and China face growing rifts over trade, Russia, and global power dynamics
My friend’s mother-in-law was caught shoplifting. A few days in detention leaves a lifelong record
Public discontent over the lifelong burden an indiscretion can impose is leading to reform
EU warns China against ‘dumping’ EVs in Europe
European Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera focused on preserving level playing field
China’s war commemorations contrast with hesitant approach of Japan’s
Memorialising the war with Japan, which cost 14 million lives, is part of a broader narrative of national rejuvenation in China
China warns countries on agreeing US tariff deal that would come at Beijing’s expense
US negotiators have pressed a number of countries to cut China out of their supply chains as part of the tariff talks
China warns trading partners over US tariff deals
US negotiators have pressed countries to cut China out of their supply chains
In Hiroshima, Martin voices concerns about ‘drift from international rules-based order’
Taoiseach hears testimony from a survivor of atomic bomb that killed 140,000 people 80 years ago
‘Ireland is not anti-Semitic’: Taoiseach rejects criticism from veteran US senator
Idaho Republican and chair of US Senate foreign relations committe Jim Risch said Ireland was on ‘a hateful, anti-Semitic path’
Celebrating the Irish writer whose ghost stories still grip Japan
Lafcadio Hearn remains popular in his adopted country more than a century after his death, but remains little known in Ireland
Japan expresses concern over security of subsea cables off the Irish coast
Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba raises security issue with Micheál Martin during Tokyo meeting
Coalition sharply divided over third-level fees
Fine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in anger
Taoiseach embarks on four-day visit to Japan, with focus on investment
Much of Taoiseach’s time in Japan will be spent meeting companies which the IDA hopes to attract to Ireland
China asserts its military might in a new and uncertain world order
While its defence budget has more than doubled since 2010, its forces have not been in a war since the 1970s
Where were China and Russia when Iran needed them most?
Stability in the Middle East is more valuable to Beijing than any cost or distraction a war with Iran might create for the US