Category: World

DUBLIN, Ireland — Dublin City Council (DCC) and the Land Development Agency (LDA) have formally entered into a partnership to advance Phases 2 and 3 of the Dolphin House Estate Regeneration Project, a long-awaited initiative that will transform one of the capital’s largest public housing complexes. The plan will deliver over 600 high-quality, energy-efficient apartments […]

With Halloween just around the corner, thousands will be shopping for fancy dress contact lenses to go with their costume. The appeal is clear, as their endless colours and shapes allow you to radically change how you look – who wasn’t scared by the white and yellow eyes of the girl in The Exorcist? However, […]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2025 — The Trump administration has announced a new round of “massive sanctions” targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in a bid to force Moscow to the negotiating table and bring an end to the war in Ukraine. The measures, unveiled this week by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, […]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2025 — A new report from the Education Data Initiative reveals that student lunch debt has reached nearly $200 million a year, highlighting the financial strain on families and schools across the country. The mounting debt has forced districts to make difficult choices, with some turning to alternative meals or debt collection, […]

The European Commission welcomes the adoption by EU Member States of the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package of sanctions substantially increases the pressure on the Russian war economy, targeting key sectors such as energy, finance, the military industrial base, special economic zones, as well as enablers and profiteers of its war […]

The federal and Ontario governments have announced a joint $3 billion investment in the Darlington New Nuclear Project, marking a major step toward deploying Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactors (SMRs). The project is expected to generate thousands of jobs, strengthen Ontario’s energy security, and position Canada as a G7 leader in nuclear innovation. BOWMANVILLE, […]

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2025 — Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora Neale Richmond TD has unveiled details of £6.5 million (€7.6 million) in grants to Irish community organisations across Britain. The funding, delivered through the Emigrant Support Programme (ESP), will support 110 organisations and 192 projects, ranging from cultural initiatives to welfare services. […]

Business Africa’s economies are projected to grow at 4.1% in 2025, outpacing the global average, according to the African Exponent. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) continues to drive integration, with intra-African trade expected to rise by 52% by 2035, potentially creating 30 million jobs. Gulf states have deepened their footprint, investing over $53 […]

Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometre down to the seafloor, arranged in a vast 3D grid. Its mission? To capture ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos, messengers that can travel unhindered across the universe – even through planets and stars […]

A man has been sentenced for driving his car at high speed, crashing it into a historic shelter, submerging it in a lake and then ringing the police to claim the car had been stolen. Harry Mason Harry Mason, 29, of The Mallards in Southport, was spotted by police, driving a Mercedes car in a […]