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US president-elect to meet Emmanuel Macron at time of uncertainty about his likely approach to Ukraine-Russia war

The International Legion has become a valued part of the Ukrainian military that continues to attract recruits from around the world

Federal Reserve believes US job market remains solid and no longer a major source of inflation

A six-cone trullo in Bari, a desert-decor timeshare in Arizona, a surfer’s studio in the Basque country, a stone-built home in Corfu or a woodlands cottage outside Inistioge?

Chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was killed in front of a Manhattan hotel in ‘pre-planned, targeted attack’

It may be a little self-serving for Irish voices to be squawking about the potential threat to corporate tax take, but the worry is real

Are American pathologies the necessary price of economic dynamism?

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Fall of Aleppo to al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has delivered major blow to the government amid economic crisis caused by mismanagement and sanctions

To celebrate Food Month, Irish Times writers abroad reveal favourite foods and restaurants in their various postings

Hamas delegation travels to Cairo amid efforts to revive ceasefire talks

In advance of Trump’s inauguration, speculation grows over what territory he could press Ukraine to abandon for a peace agreement with Russia

Hizbullah has dropped demand that a ceasefire in Lebanon is contingent on ending fighting in Gaza

While Ireland appears vulnerable, particularly in relation to pharmaceuticals, aircraft would be an obvious way for the EU to hit back

US scientists who completed first global map of extreme heatwaves say striking new phenomenon is emerging across the planet

Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is required

Self-made billionaire’s story is in many ways an American fable - of a working-class girl who climbs her way to the top, then falls, only to rise again

‘Squeezed middle’ is real and ‘global economic environment is volatile’, Fine Gael leader says

Imprisoning of 45 former politicians and activists convicted under Beijing’s National Security Law could trigger the imposition of US visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials

Evidence in three trials shows that even as the internet giant stored the world’s information, it created an office culture that tried to minimise its own

Stark warning from officials comes as all parties make expansive spending pledges ahead of election

Prague-born couple Carl and Gerty advanced knowledge of how the body produces and stores energy. They shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for this work.

Billionaires Linda McMahon and Howard Lutnick have been put forward by president-elect Donald Trump

If you’re having an out-of-body experience, pasta and cheese may not strictly fix it, but they certainly won’t do you any harm

Message is ‘don’t leave Baku without a successful new finance goal’, says UN climate chief

Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly urged Hizbullah, its most important proxy, to agree to a ceasefire

Wealthy G20 countries meeting on other side of world must send signal, backed by finance, to tackle climate crisis or ‘face economic carnage’

UN chief welcomes ‘high ambition coalition’ including Ireland which is pushing for more ambitious outcome

Starmer commits to cutting emissions by 81% at climate summit overshadowed by Trump election win

A month-long trip to France led to romance and a new life in rural Co Cork for New Yorker Jessica Bonenfant

UN talks open in Baku with stark warning no country is immune from climate disaster

‘It will be hard to get agreement in a world that is so divided and under such stress, but that is what we have to do’

World’s performance on emissions and temperature summarised in three words: ‘over the limit’

Fears grow in US immigrant communities as president-elect says he has ‘no choice’ but to act on campaign pledge

Judge pauses Trump 2020 election subversion case

The Hungarian prime minister, a close Trump ally, says US president-elect will ‘quit’ war against Russia

Wiles, a veteran of Florida politics and Trump’s campaign manager, is the mind behind his political success

Ten people have been injured in fire that started on Wednesday morning in Ventura County

A rustic home with shared pool in the Umbrian hills, a farmhouse in Brittany and more

US Election: In Washington, it was difficult to imagine what the same streets would have looked like had Harris won Trump