Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner on ‘digital detox’ hiking holiday
Fred Ramsdell, honoured for groundbreaking immune system research, is yet to learn of his win after heading into the Idaho wilderness
United States
Talks between Israel and Hamas begin in Egypt on Trump plan for Gaza ceasefire
Israel deports 170 activists, including 16 Irish citizens and Greta Thunberg, from aid flotilla intercepted en route to enclave
US lawmakers intensify warnings to Taoiseach over Occupied Territories Bill
Politicians warn of problems for US firms in Ireland if law conflicts with American antiboycott rules
Beyond Charlie Kirk: The political US influencers you may not have heard of
We live in siloed information ecosystems where an ideological figure who has the ear of the US president can be unknown to huge chunks of the population
Trump’s security secretary calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman
Kristi Noem’s remarks follow president’s authorisation to deploy 300 members of Illinois national guard to city
White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Top deputy to Stephen Miller behind latest intelligence leak by Trump administration
Would-be assassin of US supreme court judge sentenced to eight years in prison
Attorney general says department of justice will appeal ‘woefully insufficient sentence’
Russell Vought: The quiet man providing the spine and steel of the Trump administration
Most anti-performative figure in US president Donald Trump’s administration is coming into his own
‘Fame is a kind of hell. I have seen the dark side of this culture’
The Booker Prize-winning novelist Kiran Desai on emigration, her new novel and disappearing into her fiction
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison on prostitution-related charges
Jurors acquitted hip-hop mogul of charges of racketeering and sex trafficking but guilty on two others
Is the US economy headed for a tariff-induced downturn?
What happens next to the world’s largest economy is perhaps the biggest economics question right now
Americans saved the tourism sector this year, but will that continue?
Irish businesses report drop off in visitors from UK and continental Europe
Nirvana’s Nevermind baby has lawsuit dismissed by judge
Spencer Elden, pictured on Nevermind’s cover, claimed Nivana engaged in child sex abuse imagery
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses bid for acquittal as prosecutors seek 11-year prison term
Hip-hop mogul to be sentenced on Friday following conviction on felony prostitution-related charges
Ryder Cup abuse was no surprise: this was the wannabe American jock’s dream arena
I have played and watched sport with people as obnoxious as they are insecure, writes Dave Hannigan
Trump and Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a far cry from ‘the Riviera of the East’
Many questions remain, not least the key issue of whether Hamas leadership had been privy to the full contents of the plan in advance
San Francisco’s serenity shaken by school shooter alerts and earthquakes
A local elementary school went into lockdown within hours of shootings elsewhere in the US
Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside Michigan home, records show
Alleged gunman named as former US Marine Thomas Jacob Sanford
Tariffs were long a weapon of choice for Ireland as well as the US
Like most wars, tariff wars tend to come to an end
The never-ending Trump show is pushing all boundaries, with no let-up in sight
US president is attempting to rewrite the rulebook with his radical agenda and personal vendettas
Brown Thomas and Arnotts sales up despite luxury goods slowdown and drop in US visitors
Department stores made a €10m dividend payment to parent group, accounts show
Pat Crowley: From Red Garters to Friends, actor ‘always played the feisty troublemaker’
She appeared with some of Hollywood’s biggest names in the 1950s before finding lasting success on TV
Barack Obama in Dublin: There is ‘no military rationale for continuing to pummel Gaza’
Former US president tells a capacity crowd at 3Arena that both sides are in a ‘prison of the past’
How James Comey moved to the top of Trump’s list of enemies
Former FBI director was fired by Trump in 2017 and has been a long-time target for the president
Trump’s pledge to stop annexation of West Bank a blow to Israeli right wing
‘Creeping’ takeover of Palestinian territory set to continue as Netanyahu government approaches end of term
Top companies keep talking about AI – but can’t explain the upsides
Analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits
Amazon to pay US regulators $2.5bn to settle Prime probe
Agreement includes largest ever penalty issued for breach of regulator’s rules
Bike-maker Giant seeks to revoke US ban over alleged forced labour
Giant is the world’s biggest bike manfacturer
Trump’s contempt for the United Nations builds on a long American tradition
Trump’s speech can be seen as a kind of unintentional parody of the contempt with which previous US leaders have treated the UN and world opinion
Budget 2026 plans are coming at wrong time in economic cycle, ESRI warns
Current level of spending is adding to demand at wrong time in economic cycle, think tank says
FBI investigation ongoing after fatal Dallas immigration office shooting
One person killed in incident where suspect’s unused bullet was found to have ‘ANTI-ICE’ written on it
Martin believes Trump has accepted Putin is ‘not serious’ about ending Ukraine invasion
Meeting with Canadian PM ‘copper fasten what is a very strong relationship’, says Taoiseach
US businessman given suspended sentence for sexually assaulting student in Shelbourne Hotel sauna
Bryan McNeill had been allowed to return to the United States in March, days after the incident in the luxury hotel
Man found guilty of attempted assassination of Trump in Florida
Ryan Routh (59) faces life imprisonment following incident at West Palm Beach golf course last September
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