Labourers dig mass grave on New York City's Hart Island amid coronavirus surge

New York City officials have hired contract labourers to bury the dead on Hart Island as the city's daily death toll from Covid-19 reaches a grim new record. 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."