Travel agent Lastminute.com said war in the Middle East has impacted some 17,000 bookings, while holidaymakers are shifting towards alternative destinations like the Canary Islands and Sardinia. The website, which offers holiday packages to destinations including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, said it was having to “adapt quickly” to travellers changing their preferences in light of […]
Continue ReadingNasa’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 ReadingUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee in Kyiv today, where the pair discussed Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the European Union. It was part of McEntee’s two-day visit to Ukraine, where she also attended a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Bucha from Russia. Zelenskiy thanked […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump has said Tehran’s new leader has requested a ceasefire, but vowed to continue “blasting Iran back to the Stone Ages” until the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping lane is reopened. The US president, who is due to make a televised address later on Wednesday, made the announcement in a post on his Truth […]
Continue ReadingRescuers said on Wednesday that they have lost hope for the humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast and now expect it to die in the inlet where it currently lies. The whale swam into an inlet on the small island of Poel, near the port of Wismar, on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingDua Lipa will curate the 2026 London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre, organisers have announced. The chart-topping pop star, 30, follows the likes of musician Self-Esteem in arranging the festival’s line-up, which has seen headliners in previous years including Tom Hanks, Margaret Atwood and Malala Yousafzai. Lipa is an advocate for literacy and reading who […]
Continue ReadingSpain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war, defence minister Margarita Robles announced, marking another step in the country’s opposition to the US and Israel’s conflict in the Middle East. Spain had already said the US could not use jointly operated military bases in the Iran conflict, which Spanish Prime […]
Continue ReadingThieves have made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth millions of pounds from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said. The raid took place at the Magnani Rocca Foundation on the night of March 22-23, with thieves forcing open the entrance door, according to officers on […]
Continue ReadingSwiss food giant Nestle says about 12 tons, or 413,793 bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. The company, based in Vevey, said in a statement on Friday that “the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to be found”. The shipment […]
Continue ReadingA humpback whale that was freed after becoming stuck for several days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany was stranded again on Saturday after failing to find its way back to the Atlantic Ocean. The complicated and delicate efforts to rescue the 12-15 metre whale off a sandbank at Timmendorfer Strand […]
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