EU recommends cessation of flights from southern Africa to Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the EU has recommended to member states that all travel to and from southern Africa to Europe should be suspended following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."