NASA spacecraft grabs asteroid sample in historic operation

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has successfully collected a sample of cosmic rubble from the Bennu asteroid, 322 million kilometres from Earth. Video: NASA

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."