Dozens of cat mummies discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs containing dozens of cat mummies and rare mummified scarab beetles on the edge of the Userkaf pyramid complex at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo. Video: Reuters

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."