On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, crowds of up to 2,000 people clashed with riot police protecting Citywest, a hotel and conference center southwest of Dublin that has been turned into the state’s biggest shelter for asylum seekers. That area registered one of the highest rates of spoiled…
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Catherine Connolly elected as president of Ireland
PA MediaFrom early on Saturday, Catherine Connolly was ahead in count centres nationwide Catherine Connolly has been elected as the president of Ireland after a landslide victory.
She has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after defeating Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, who had…
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Man arrested after viral video of alleged attempted rape on Paris train
A suspect has been arrested after footage which appears to capture the alleged attempted rape of a woman on a train near Paris went viral, local media say.
Jhordana Dias, a 26-year-old Brazilian national, was allegedly attacked earlier this month. She told Le Parisien newspaper that the man…
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Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president – POLITICO
But she added that she has not made a decision yet about whether to run again for president. The next American presidential election is in 2028.
“There are many ways to serve,” Harris said, “but I have not decided yet what I will do in the future.”
Harris dismissed polls…
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European Union seeks to end dependency on China for rare earths
Through the RESourceEU plan, the European Union seeks to end its reliance on China for its critical raw materials, which are essential for Europe’s automotive, defence, Greentech and digital sectors.
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‘Diplomatic solution’ to end Ukraine war in sight, Russian envoy says – POLITICO
“You know, his previous position was that Russia should leave completely. So actually, I think we are reasonably close to a diplomatic solution that can be worked out,” Dmitriev said.
But Ukraine, together with its European allies, also warned on Friday that “borders must not be…
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The shutdown layoffs at health agencies followed a familiar, DOGE pattern
The mastermind of President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the federal workforce, Russ Vought, promised to use the government shutdown to advance his goal of “shuttering the bureaucracy.”
Presented with a layoff plan that would have moved in that direction, officials at the…
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Trump says open to making concessions to China to calm trade war – POLITICO
“We’re at 157 percent tariff for them. I don’t think that’s sustainable for them,” Trump said.
“They want to get that down, and we want certain things from them,” he added.
Trump is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic…
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Lucy Powell is Labour’s new deputy leader – POLITICO
It marks a comeback for Powell, who was sacked as leader of the House of Commons in the reshuffle prompted by Rayner’s departure from government. Powell will remain on the backbenches and so will be free to speak out against government policies.
She has already argued that Starmer’s…
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Von der Leyen touts new plan to break ties with China on critical materials – POLITICO
She did not provide much detail about the plan, nor when it would be presented. But she said it would follow a similar model as the REPowerEU plan that the Commission introduced in 2022 to phase out Russian fossil fuels after Moscow’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Under REPowerEU, the…
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