US military kills two people in attack on boat in Pacific
Washington began 2025 campaign of boat strikes before military operation in which Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro seized.
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‘We got attacked’: Canada to retaliate after Trump imposes 50% tariffs
Mark Carney says country will match US levies ‘dollar for dollar’ as trade talks collapse between the two neighbours
Trump finds his happy place as the bad news piles up
With the US national debt hitting $40 trillion, the president gives a tour of his new driveway
Jon Ossoff might just be the Democrats’ best answer to the US decade of chaos
There’s much more to the Georgia senator than a controversial barb about one of Donald Trump’s aides
Future of the Gaza Strip is a matter for the Palestinian people
Patently grotesque that the future of Gaza is contingent on talks between a US envoy and Netanyahu
‘People in Ireland are the kindest people I’ve ever met’: Rosie O’Donnell takes over for Jimmy Kimmel
Rosie O’Donnell returns to the US from Ireland to host Jimmy Kimmel Live
Trump’s Israel envoy tells settlers not to take land owned by Palestinian Americans
Mike Huckabee says militant Israeli settlers taking part in a siege of homes in the occupied West Bank could face US sanctions
Why government debt matters: bond investors, yields and their impact on the economy
Bond yields can affect everything from how much you pay on student or car loans to the housing market
Smithsonian Museum targeted by Trump administration as culture war plays out across US
Saving America’s Story, a 162-page report released last month by the White House, has horrified some historians
Harry and Meghan: The controversies, key moments and conflicts
The couple plan to relocate to the UK this month
Trump vow to control spending undone as US national debt hits a record $40 trillion
Overall debt burden has doubled in the 10 years since Trump first came to office as president
Natalie Harp: The ultra-devoted Trump aide who fascinates and frustrates other people around him
Trump’s utmost gatekeeper is a one-woman conduit of information to US president, and a geyser of positivity
Bad news for Donald Trump in Florida: The rise of David Jolly
The Sunshine State has not had a Democratic governor this century – that could change despite the US president’s approval of Byron Donalds
Frank Beard, beardless drummer for ZZ Top, dies aged 77
Texas group share lengthy tribute to `great friend and collaborator’
Why Maga sees Europe as an ideological battleground
From the vice-president down, US officials have cast themselves as being on a mission to save western civilisation from the Continent
Trump orders cuts to joint US military drills with South Korea
US president says move is based on his ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but military officials warn North Korea’s combat capabilities are growing
Who is Fergie Chambers? The Dublin-based millionaire wanted by US authorities
In the News podcast: US authorities allege Chambers has funded terrorism. His wife says he’s being persecuted for supporting pro-Palestinian activists
Hayden Panettiere, star of Heroes and Nashville, dies aged 36
Actor was ‘an incredible light and a force of nature’, her family said in a statement
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in healthcare CEO case
Mangione is scheduled to go on trial on September 8th on state murder charges
The world has enough countries prepared to go to war. It needs some with no axe to grind
Irish neutrality could be a shining light against the darkness of current military fixations
China appears to have saved us from a global recession
Beijing’s decision to slash oil imports has kept a lid on prices, avoiding a wider economic fallout
Global stocks retreat from record highs amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty
London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell to a two-week low following poor results from mining companies
Tupac Shakur murder: Who is on trial and what is the evidence?
For decades, the identity of Tupac Shakur’s killers has been a burning question. The man on trial is accused of providing the murder weapon
Ireland could use EU presidency to push for peace between Ukraine and Russia
Disinterested, neutral brokers are vital on today’s fraught world stage
Of course Hollywood is dying. It’s been dying for nearly 80 years
AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels
‘Little Sparta’: How the UAE wooed Washington
Gulf state has deployed cash and charm to become one of the most important Middle East allies for the US
Irishman in Canada: We no longer cross the river to shop in Michigan because of Trump
We enjoy Canada’s diversity, we had always felt uncomfortable with Northern Ireland’s social restrictions
Ireland needs to widen scope of the R&D tax credit to attract more investment
Government should ease restrictions on accessing the incentive
A political outsider with radical ideas is shaking up Wisconsin politics
Backed by young voters and socialist activists, Francesca Hong has been the target of Donald Trump’s verbal barbs
From America to Dún Laoghaire: ‘Gun violence in US schools is something we thought about a lot’
Award-winning novelist Téa Obreht on fiction, fame and moving with her family from the United States to Dublin
Yen intervention lays bare the dangers of monetary experiments
Tokyo and Washington’s desire to maintain stability may be creating long-term danger
Wars, record heat, rising inflation: Europe watches as crises shape its future
A brutal summer has exposed how leaders are discovering how little control they have over some of the defining forces of the age
Trump denies military low on key munitions in war with Iran
US president’s comment come after report he had demanded answers from Pete Hegseth over alleged shortages
Inside the explosive Oval Office showdown between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
Longtime Trump confidante kept her job after tense meeting in which she insisted the US president was misled over damage to Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
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