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Ireland steps up for Ukraine in EU as domestic support wanes
Inside Politics: Ministers hope to make ‘swift progress’ on Ukraine’s bid to join the EU
‘Hostile’ agents feared to be among 14,000 Russians granted Irish visas in four years
Dublin MEP seeks greater scrutiny of applications ‘to assess possible hostile intelligence activities’ by visa recipients
Europe is losing arms race and must abandon ‘haute couture’ missiles, EU defence chief warns
Andrius Kubilius pushes for governments to open weapons stockpiles to Ukraine
Von der Leyen calls for unified drone alert system for Baltic States
Commission president wants improved co-ordination following Ukrainian drone incursions
Russia tells US to evacuate its diplomats and citizens from Kyiv
Sergei Lavrov tells Marco Rubio that Washington should evacuate its embassy because Moscow is planning ‘systematic strikes’
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says proposal of associate EU membership for Ukraine is ‘unfair’
Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggested interim step of associate membership without voting rights
‘Now come the shortages’: Why the global energy crisis may just be starting
Oil futures markets are sanguine, but history shows expectations have often been disappointed
This is Also a Love Story by Sally Hayden details ‘extraordinary people’ in ‘unthinkable situations’
This is Also a Love Story, written by Irish Times journalist Sally Hayden, was launched in Dublin on Friday
UN refugee agency says $1 million worth of aid lost in Russian strike in Ukraine
Four killed in Ukrainian drone attack in Luhansk, Kremlin says
Cannes First Look review: Minotaur – grim chronicle of a selfish, privileged class willing to look the other way
Andrey Zvyagintsev delivers a chilling thriller set in provincial Russia during the Ukraine war, but the political allegory can feel overdone
US pressure campaign on Cuba echoes Venezuela playbook
Trump’s White House is blending legal threats with hints of force in a high-risk bid to break Cuba’s leadership
EU moves toward idea of talking to Russia but needs to decide on envoy and mandate
Mood in EU has shifted in recent weeks as Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine conflict appear to have stalled
Beijing’s split-screen diplomacy underscores shifting global alignments
The protocol on Trump and Putin’s visits to China was almost identical – but the tone and the body language were strikingly different
Xi Jinping and Putin warn against return to ‘law of the jungle’
Russian and Chinese presidents meet in Beijing and say western powers can no longer dominate global affairs in spirit of the colonial era
Trump accuses his opponents of treason. But it’s clear who the real traitor is
With plunging approval ratings, escalating inflation and rising unemployment, Trump has let down middle America
China’s Xi hosts ‘old friend’ Putin days after Trump visit
Russian leader’s two-day visit to Beijing comes as China seeks to project itself as a pillar of global stability
Irish diplomats warned over tobacco lobbyists; AI in primary schools
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
EU will prevent sale of goods for use in Russia’s military, says bloc’s sanctions official
Group of MEPs demand EU stop export of aluminium products to Russian defence industry
Russia and China may exploit Iran fallout to increase global leverage, EU ministers are warned
Officials advised developing world could face ‘significant food shortages and price increases’ before year’s end
Ukraine says new long-range drones bombarded Moscow region over weekend
Kyiv says electronics factory for weapon parts and oil pumping station among target in Russia
Some writers refuse to be translated into the languages of states they disdain. Not me
It’s not clear to me on what moral basis I would refuse publication in Putin’s Russia while signing gratefully for Trump’s America
Ukrainian drones kill four in Russia as Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year
Zelenskiy says strikes are a response to Russian attacks on Ukraine’s cities and infrastructure
Robots in the military: how the Defence Forces is using AI to cover shortfalls in resources and personnel
Technology is being deployed by Irish military to detect threats to key underwater cables and monitor Russian ‘shadow-fleet’ vessels
Death toll from Russian attack in Kyiv rises to 24
Ukrainian air force said barrage was the largest of the full-scale invasion
Finland says Helsinki drone threat has ended as airport reopens
Traffic at the Finnish capital’s airport has resumed after three-hour suspension
Moscow military parade could prove to be requiem for Putin’s Ukraine ambitions
After four bloody years of war, signs of anxiety within the Kremlin are unmistakable
Ukraine hit by second day of large-scale Russian missile and drone strikes
Widespread nature of attacks prompts warnings that Moscow is trying to overwhelm air defence systems
Latvian government collapses over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones
Prime minister Evika Siliņa resigns after incidents of drones crashing near Latvia’s border with Russia
Bubbling under: When Soviet spy subs turned out to be not-so-red herrings
In the 1980s and 1900s, Swedish sonar detected what sounded like submarines, but were actually flatulent fish
Russia fires 800 drones into Ukraine killing at least six and injuring dozens
Zelenskiy says 14 regions came under fire with residential, energy and railway infrastructure targeted
Europe must shape its post-Ukraine war destiny as difficult choices loom
The EU should consider its approach to lifting economic sanctions against Russia, and a future security architecture for the Continent
Sport cannot pretend to exist in a moral vacuum
The FAI should refuse to play fixtures against Israel until Fifa and Uefa apply the same standards they applied elsewhere
Why is Putin now talking about the war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?
Drone strikes, mounting casualties and a distracted US president means a slow-motion victory is in doubt
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