US agrees to cap tariffs on pharmaceuticals imports from EU at 15%
Government to push for more sectors to enjoy tariff ‘carve outs’ in EU-US agreement
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For years this neighbourhood was the dream. Then Mark Zuckerberg moved next door
‘Billionaires everywhere are used to just making their own rules – Zuckerberg and Chan are not unique, except that they’re our neighbours’
Ireland falls short in its support for indigenous industry
Investors should be encouraged to put money into start-ups rather than US stocks or low-interest deposit accounts
Four key takeaways from Trump’s White House summit on Ukraine
US president hosts leaders from across Europe as part of a flurry of diplomacy to find a path to peace deal
The Haves and Have-Yachts. Dispatches on the Ultrarich: How Trump exploited mass-manipulation to stoke culture wars
Evan Osnos shows how social media is at the core of Republicans’ drive to destroy human empathy with maximum misinformation and minimum civil discourse
Kingspan trades profit for position in US roofing race
Bank of America likes the sound of the Cavan-based giant’s US push, but there is little margin for missteps
Pope Leo’s first 100 days: ‘He is returning to what was normality before’
Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past
Trump drops Ukraine ceasefire demand and suggests Putin plan could bring peace
US president breaks from strategy agreed with Volodymyr Zelenskiy and EU leaders
Donald Trump’s era of Dick Turpin economics creates risks for our economy
If you thought the US trade deal with the EU brought certainty for Ireland, then think again
Catherine Connolly says we ‘cannot trust’ the US, England and France
EU has ‘lost its moral compass’ and is becoming ‘increasingly militarised’, presidential candidate says
Operation Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: Terrifying narrative of a pervasive digital threat
The senior WIRED writer details a scenario where a hacking superpower wages global cyber warfare without restraint
‘Instead of hope, Palestinians were back in prison’: How Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza 20 years ago went sour
In August 2005 Israeli settlers were told to leave by their government, a move opposed by Binyamin Netanyahu
UN talks fail to get agreement for treaty on plastic pollution following opposition from the US
Delegates criticise role of Trump administration in siding with Saudi Arabia and other petrochemical producers
We cannot police the streets if online material is not regulated
Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK
Serbian protesters and president trade ‘civil war’ warnings after street clashes
Dozens reported injured in escalation of months of rallies against cronyism and corruption
Putin ready to make deal ending Ukraine war, Trump says before Alaska talks
Ukrainian president in London to try to prevent any US-Russian deal that would carve up his country
Carbon credits: The dark heart of the climate ‘solution’ that simply does not work
Amid the climate crisis, no amount of wishing for an imaginary carbon unicorn will make it true
Rambo, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor: Donald Trump’s cultural revolution comes to Washington
A day after drafting in the National Guard and just before he sits down with Putin, the US president took time out to consider the arts
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart book review: Not nearly as funny as it thinks it is
None of this satirical writer’s shots at capitalist America bite so fiercely that he risks his phone being examined by the TSA when next he enters Trump’s US
Trump threatens ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin refuses to end Ukraine war
US president seeks to allay European concerns with focus on ceasefire as Alaska talks near
National guard deployed on streets of Washington after Trump takes control of city’s police
DC mayor strikes conciliatory note but other Democratic leaders warn president against expanding law-and-order power grab
Man accused of faking death and fleeing US to avoid rape charges goes on trial
Nicholas Rossi came to attention while being treated for Covid-19 in a Scottish hospital
US Justice Dept loses bid to unseal Epstein partner Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury records
No ‘client’ or meaningful new information identified in records, judge says
How US-Pakistan relations have turned around under Trump — to India’s alarm
The newfound US admiration for Pakistan is partly the fruit of a charm offensive concocted by Pakistan’s senior generals
Donald Trump says homeless people must leave Washington DC ‘immediately’
National Guard to be deployed in US capital, says official
Confusion over Alaska summit shows Vladimir Putin still calls the shots
Kyiv is unlikely to renounce legal claims to its territory, but the Ukrainian elite and much of Ukrainian society is ready for a deal to end the conflict
Paschal Donohoe on How Countries Go Broke by Ray Dalio: a bleak picture of volatility
Ray Dalio, founder of one of the most successful hedge funds in the world, imparts his economic wisdom through a sequence of books
Trump seems determined to square the circle of making anti-science work, no matter what the cost
Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief could fatally undermine trust in an organisation crucial to transparency of US markets
An Alaskan adventure: Someone whispers ‘bear’ – then we see him: huge, dark and ambling towards us
On a cruise from Seattle to the glaciers of Alaska, we admire coastlines too beautiful for words, encounter a bear and take a polar plunge
How Ireland’s economic future is being carved up in talks in the White House
The big tech and pharma multinationals are trying to reach accommodations with Trump, with vital implications for us
Why has Gazans’ hunger attained the status of ‘moral crisis’ when Israel’s genocidal slaughter did not?
No one understands the hollowness of its facilitators’ changed rhetoric better than the Israeli government
A thoroughly engrossing account of the Iranian revolution and an essential read on post-Assad Syria
King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson & Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria
Irish woman settles legal row over ‘mini soap-opera’ videos featuring Sylvanian Families toys
Japanese firm took issue with Thea von Engelbrechten over her online posts of its animal-like figurines
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