Nasa’s first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years, which will take astronauts deeper into space than any human has gone before, has blasted off. The 322-foot rocket, carrying four crew members, successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:36pm Irish time on Wednesday. The four astronauts reached orbit ahead of circling the […]
Continue ReadingGermany and Italy are pushing for sweeping new powers to block foreign stablecoin operators from the European Union unless their home countries meet EU regulatory standards — a move that could shut out some of the largest crypto firms from one of the world’s biggest financial markets, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingThe quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Continue ReadingDespite the war in Iran and its economic consequences preoccupying ministers, much work is going on behind closed doors in Whitehall to strike a closer relationship with Brussels. Nearly a decade after Britain voted to leave the EU, Keir Starmer has tasked his ministers with negotiating a post-Brexit reset that aims for closer alignment with […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump had little new to announce in his speech.Image: keystone Anyone who expected something big from Donald Trump’s “important speech” that the White House had announced for Thursday night was disappointed. The US President almost exclusively repeated statements that he had already made before. Apr 02, 2026, 05:38Apr 02, 2026, 05:38 follow […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump had little new to announce in his speech.Image: keystone Anyone who expected something big from Donald Trump’s “important speech” that the White House had announced for Thursday night was disappointed. The US President almost exclusively repeated statements that he had already made before. Apr 02, 2026, 05:38Apr 02, 2026, 06:01 follow […]
Continue ReadingOne moment he is demanding Iran allow tankers through, and the next he is telling allies to go and sort it out for themselves. “Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves,” he said on Wednesday. “The hard part is done, so it should be easy.”
Continue ReadingThere was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC’s Pallab Ghosh.
Continue Reading“Donald Trump’s actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country, failing to articulate objectives, alienating allies, and ignoring the kitchen table problems Americans are facing,” Schumer wrote on X. “He is completely unfit to be Commander-in-Chief and the whole world knows it.”
Continue ReadingChallenged on the view that European capitals have been less enthusiastic than Britain at the prospect of a post-Brexit rapprochement with the EU, Thomas-Symonds insisted the timetable and ambitions remained firm. “The bill will introduce the mechanism of alignment — and I would expect that to be completed by the end of 2026 and to […]
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