Are diverging geopolitical interests among Quad members making it an irrelevance?
Trump has shown little interest in group comprising the United States, India, Japan and Australia that was at core of US efforts to counter China
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Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations
ECB summons banks to urge them to fix flaws exposed by latest AI models
Supervisor to stress seriousness of risks to financial system at hastily arranged meeting
Iran looks to have won important concessions in Trump’s ‘largely negotiated’ peace deal
Tehran has reportedly made no commitment ‘to hand over nuclear stockpiles, shut down facilities or not to build a nuclear bomb’
JD Vance stakes his claim for the 2028 Republican nomination
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Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t
‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths: ‘One of the gifts my mother gave me is I’m now not afraid to die’
The US multimedia artist, poet and novelist who is married to Salman Rushdie on her ‘kaleidoscope of quirks’
The Help author Kathryn Stockett on being fired by her publisher and feeling like a failure
Midway through writing The Calamity Club, her ‘difficult second novel’, the bestselling Mississippi author was fired by publisher. In retrospect, she says, it was a blessing
The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable
Why won’t Republicans try to save themselves by moving against him?
‘Now come the shortages’: Why the global energy crisis may just be starting
Oil futures markets are sanguine, but history shows expectations have often been disappointed
US fintech Payoneer paid $13m to acquire Irish employment firm Boundless
Announcement of deal in January did not disclose price, but filings in United States now reveal sum paid
US-Cuba peace agreement not likely, says Rubio, as aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean
Trump pushing for ‘regime change’ on communist-run island nation facing blockade on international fuel deliveries
Mediator Pakistan pushes to get US-Iran peace talks on track amid nuclear contention
Iranian supreme leader reportedly issues directive that near weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad
Time for US to ‘put its footprint back on Greenland’, says Trump envoy
Jeff Landry makes provocative visit to the Danish autonomous territory, which Trump argues the US needs to control
‘I’m an American, can I live in Ireland for six months of the year?’
Approval to stay in the State beyond a short-stay tourist visa is governed by very specific rules
Former Cuban president Raul Castro indicted by US as Washington pushes for regime change
Brother of revolutionary leader Fidel charged with murder, Trump says US is ‘freeing up’ Caribbean island nation
Beijing’s split-screen diplomacy underscores shifting global alignments
The protocol on Trump and Putin’s visits to China was almost identical – but the tone and the body language were strikingly different
Trump says talks with Iran in ‘final stages’ but warns of further attacks if no deal agreed
Tehran accuses US president of planning to restart war, threatens to retaliate for any strikes with attacks beyond Middle East
Trump says US may need to attack Iran within days if no agreement reached
US president says he was ‘an hour away from making the decision to go’ with fresh military offensive against Tehran
If the US attacks again, how will Iran respond?
US could find itself having to operate on two maritime fronts rather than one
Five dead, including two teen suspects, after shooting at California mosque
Security guard among three men killed in suspected hate crime outside of Islamic Centre of San Diego
Trump says he has delayed planned attack on Iran to allow for further negotiations
Mediator Pakistan says both sides ‘keep changing their goalposts’ and ‘we don’t have much time’
Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill more than 3,000 since March
Further strikes by Israel against Hizbullah hit southern Lebanon despite extension of US-brokered ceasefire
Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI in unanimous verdict
Jury finds Musk brought case too late after both sides accused each other of being more interested in money than serving public
Russia and China may exploit Iran fallout to increase global leverage, EU ministers are warned
Officials advised developing world could face ‘significant food shortages and price increases’ before year’s end
Trump has taken a dodgy practice to a new level
Worldview: Deliberate gerrymandering by state legislatures is not illegal or unconstitutional, the US supreme court ruled two weeks ago
‘The clock is ticking’: Trump issues fresh threat against Iran
Drone strike causes fire at UAE nuclear power plant as efforts to end war in Gulf stall
Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open Hormuz strait, China says ‘no reason’ to continue war
Trump considering whether to lift US sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil
Is boring really so bad in a leader in the current context?
The only thing one can say about that leader is he is not boring
German chancellor says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US
Friedrich Merz tells conference he no longer sees country as a land of opportunity
Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ends in mistrial
Jury failed to reach unanimous verdict on charge he raped actor Jessica Mann in 2013
Trump in China: What is at stake?
In the News podcast: Two-day state visit by US president was deferred due to Iran war
The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Aimee Connolly, CEO of Sculpted by Aimee
Founder’s goal is to establish her company as a top 10 beauty brand globally in the next decade
Donald Trump’s ‘sock puppet’ takes over the Federal Reserve. What happens next?
Fed faces uncertain future as chairman, known for his backbone rather than economic steerage, steps down
Xi Jinping tells US chief executives that China will ‘open wider’
US firms want increased access to the Chinese market, while Beijing wants an easing of restrictions on advanced semiconductors
Self-report fraud and walk free, New York prosecutors tell Wall Street
SDNY attorneys that took on Drexel and SAC Capital adopt more lenient stance on corporate wrongdoing
Self-report fraud and walk free, New York prosecutors tell Wall Street
SDNY attorneys that took on Drexel and SAC Capital adopt more lenient stance on corporate wrongdoing
Irish inflation rises to 3.7% on back of energy price shock
Biggest drivers of increase are transport fuels and home heating oil
Cuba runs out of diesel and fuel oil
Protests erupt as energy minister admits island has ‘absolutely no’ supplies or reserves
Drug addiction counsellor who delivered ketamine that killed Matthew Perry jailed
Erik Fleming is fourth of five defendants sentenced who pleaded guilty in connection with actor’s 2023 death
Israel escalates attacks on Gaza since halting Iran strikes, killing 120 Palestinians
Increase in attacks on enclave further sign of stalled progress under Trump’s plan to halt Israel-Hamas war
Trump meets Xi: What both sides want from high-stakes summit
US and China hope to reach an agreement that buys them enough time to build greater resilience against each other
$7 gas and a doomsday plane flies overhead - yet war feels oddly distant in San Francisco
Despite surging oil prices, other issues occupy the mind of this city by the bay
Risk of further hantavirus cases among cruise ship evacuees, WHO warns
France and Spain among countries imposing mandatory hospital quarantines as more passengers test positive
‘I don’t like it’: Iran’s response to end war with US ‘totally unacceptable’, says Trump
Hostile drones detected over several Gulf countries as further strikes launched by Israel on southern Lebanon
GDP is meaningless. We need new ways of measuring the economy
In Ireland, the CSO and ESRI are thankfully free of political interference, but data collection is beset by other challenges
What the Dublin and Galway byelections could tell us about the future of Irish politics
A greater degree of left unity and/or a sizeable alternative to the right of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil would be a new and unpredictable dynamic
Man who restored Ross Castle from ruin leaves estate worth €1.75m
George McLoughlin first spotted Co Galway estate in early 1980s when he and his wife were looking for an Irish home
US and Iran no closer to ending war as Tehran yet to respond to latest proposals
At least 17 people, including girl (12), killed in Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon
Ireland sending plane to evacuate citizens from cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak
Cruise ship hit by outbreak is due to anchor near Tenerife in the Canary Islands early on Sunday morning
Iran war is now an international hostage situation - with UAE the hostage
Iran war now an international hostage situation where UAE is the hostage, Iran the hostage-taker, and US will have to pay the ransom
Trump announces three-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire ahead of Moscow commemorative parade
Temporary truce includes suspension of all physical military activity and exchange of 1,000 prisoners by each country
Washington waits on Iranian response to plan as exchanges continue in Gulf
Tehran still weighing its response, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson says
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