A key risk is that Donald Trump seeks to isolate Ireland as one of his first targets, because of the huge trade deficit the US has with this State

South Africa is expected to drive a progressive, Africa-centric and development-orientated agenda over the coming year

Séamus Dooley said he would write to Mary Lou McDonald over ‘implied criticism’ of broadcaster

Leaders at summit trying to shore up response to climate change before Trump retakes the US presidency

Agenda of G20 meeting in Brazil highlights a shifting global order as US president-elect Donald Trump returns to power

French economist Gabriel Zucman has proposed ways of raising hundreds of billions from the ultrarich to address underfunded priorities such as hunger and health

Fighting in Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in June, had been designated a ‘terrorist’ by India in 2020

The Security Council has been weakened by tensions between the West, Moscow and Beijing

Indian opposition parties accuse Narendra Modi’s party of ‘foisting’ its symbol on to parliamentary staff’s new uniforms

The EU has been drawn back to the US and transatlantic orbits by the war in Ukraine, but in other parts of the world, impatience with overweening Western concerns and double standards is growing

The summit’s consensus-based conclusions omitted any condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or its brutal conduct of the war

Wording of statement suggests western powers have given up trying to recruit the Global South in support of Ukraine’s war effort

Unnamed infrastructure facility along with apartment blocks, cars and power lines damaged in capital city

Ukraine says resolution, which avoids condemning Moscow for the war, is ‘nothing to be proud of’

The G20 summit in India also addressed climate financing, cryptocurrency, reform and expansion of multilateral development banks and a new ‘green development pact’ among member states

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi accused of using G20 summit to campaign for next year’s general election

Washington believes global financial institutions would offer a better alternative to less developed countries than funding under China’s belt and road initiative

Economists and politicians, including Joe O’Brien and Neasa Hourigan, call on G20 member states to enact new tax regimes

FSB chair warns G20 leaders of potential for market strains and risks in sectors such as real estate