Sinn Féin, which this week declared it would not attend St Patrick’s Day events in the White House, was not invited by the Trump administration, the US embassy has said. In a statement issued to The Irish Times in response to questions, the US ambassador to Ireland, Edward Walsh, said that “no members of Sinn […]
Continue ReadingGood Morning. In the Mared Gwyn with the last dispatch from Brussels this week, brought to you with my colleague Martha Pacheco. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Just in: UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has just responded to recent calls for her resignation on our flagship morning show Europe Today, saying she will not […]
Continue ReadingNasa has taken another crack at fuelling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted a initial dress rehearsal and delayed the first lunar trip by astronauts in more than half a century. For the second time this month, launch teams pumped more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million litres) of supercold fuel into the rocket atop […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said on Thursday he would direct federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to aliens and unidentified flying objects, pointing to what he described as strong public interest in the issue. In a social media post, Trump said he would order Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other agencies to release […]
Continue ReadingThe airport had to stop operations in January because of the weather.Image: APA/VIENNA AIRPORT Snow chaos in Austria: Operations at Vienna Airport were temporarily suspended on Friday morning. 02/20/2026, 07:5402/20/2026, 07:54 Due to snow and ice, Vienna Airport has stopped operations, as Schwechat Airport has announced. All flights that were supposed to take off on […]
Continue Reading“It is a matter of serious concern, warranting investigation as to why a foreign citizen, despite being a qualified medical professional, visiting India on a Tourist e-Visa, has engaged in posting defamatory, scandalous, obscene and inflammatory material without any substance and basis against the prime minister of India while residing outside the country,” the police […]
Continue Reading02/20/2026, 07:5202/20/2026, 07:52 South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol apologized to the public a day after he was sentenced to life in prison. The 65-year-old said in a statement through his lawyers that he was sorry for having caused “frustration and adversity” to the people through his martial law decree. At the same time, […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 02/20/2026 – 7:48 GMT+1 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING An interview with Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Our Maïa de La Baume brings us an update on the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace yesterday. Geopolitical expert Tomi Huhtanen elaborates on whether rising tensions in Iran […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump has said the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is “so bad for the royal family”. His comments came after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking to reporters as travelled to Georgia for an event, Mr Trump praised […]
Continue ReadingIranian soldiers during an exercise in the Gulf of Oman.Image: keystone 02/20/2026, 07:1802/20/2026, 07:18 In view of a possible military escalation in the conflict between Washington and Tehran, Iran has threatened to take “decisive and appropriate” countermeasures in the event of an attack. “All bases, facilities and assets of enemy forces in the region (…) […]
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