Bermuda digs in against global corporate tax deal
‘It’s a sovereignty issue,’ says Bermuda finance minister Curtis Dickinson
Breda O’Brien: Joe Biden is not a ‘seamless garment’ Catholic
We have not advanced as far as we like to think in terms of religious tolerance
Cicely Tyson, award-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 96
Pioneering US actress won Emmy and Tony honours during extraordinary long career
Barack Obama makes stirring case for voting reform in US
Former president calls for expanded early voting and national holiday during Lewis eulogy
Watching Donald Trump is excruciating. How did we get here?
Maureen Dowd: The euphoria of seeing a first black president has given way to desolation and racial strife
‘Get the eff out of this country’: Irish racism, as heard on Liveline
Radio review: Joe Duffy sounds at a loss; Newstalk has snapshots from a US in turmoil
Mark Zuckerberg claims Facebook stands for free expression
Founder positions social media giant as US internet firm keen to spread American values
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s Fourth of July plans are far from Yankee Doodle Dandy
President’s self-serving plans to hijack Independence Day party sucks the fun out of it
Jussie Smollett: ‘Empire’ star victim of suspected racist attack
Two men put rope around his neck and poured a ‘chemical substance’ on him in Chicago assault
Irish sisters, doing it for the underprivileged in America’s deep South
Teens left Ireland in 1951 to teach in first free Texan Catholic school for African Americans
U2 urge council to revoke Freedom of Dublin from Suu Kyi
Failure to help Rohingya people a ‘betrayal of principles’ for which she received award
The great Silicon Valley land grab
Seemingly endless growth at tech giants such as Facebook spells bad news for California residents on a different economic path
Breda O’Brien: Why US needs militant, powerful non-violence
King and Gandhi remind us alt-right violence should never be met with violence from left
Republicans vote to silence US senator Elizabeth Warren
Democrat tried to read letter from Martin Luther King’s widow at Jeff Sessions debate
Trump White House steps up attack on media
Aide vows to ‘fight back’ against alleged attempts to delegitimise US president
Bill Clinton to give eulogy at Muhammad Ali funeral
Former heavyweight champion died of septic shock while in hospital with respiratory ailment
Rite & Reason: Separation of Church and State benefits all
Religions and ideologies are at their best as part of a secular pluralist society
Calls for Oscars boycott over all-white acting nominations
Film-maker Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith say they will not attend this year's ‘lily white’ ceremony
World leaders at climate conference pledge to save the planet
Hollande tells 10,000 delegates “hope of all mankind” rests on their shoulders
Rand Paul enters 2016 US presidential race with battle cry to ‘take America back’
Libertarian senator casts himself as political outsider to defeat ‘Washington machine’
Selma ‘Bloody Sunday’ protest re-enacted
Thousands take symbolic walk across Alabama bridge to mark 1965 march
Oscars 2015: Inspiring, emotional and controversial speeches
Equal rights, voting rights and immigration rights all placed firmly in front of the cameras
Civil rights groups to protest Oscars over lack of diversity
This year’s nominations have no ethnic minority actors among all four acting categories
Anger over police killings spills on to America’s streets
‘We can’t breathe,’ chant protesters as NYC choke-hold death puts justice in the dock
No apology over NFL players' Darren Wilson protest
St Louis Rams players’ Michael Brown hand gesture sparks dispute with police
A rare glimpse into Jacqueline Kennedy’s inner life
Few of Jacqueline Kennedy's letters have been published or sold at auction and fewer still have revealed much about her
Arctic air sends record-breaking freeze across eastern US
Flights cancelled and homeless shelters overwhelmed as temperatures plummet
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