<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-world/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:47:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Le backlash: Emily in Paris effect divides French capital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/04/le-backlash-emily-in-paris-effect-divides-french-capital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/04/le-backlash-emily-in-paris-effect-divides-french-capital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From selfie‑taking fans in berets to angry residents, the city is grappling with the fallout from the hit Netflix series]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:29:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V7SFZCUXKFBU3E6BD2DA5N6H2E.jpg?auth=8907b4d8f5136f56114866f453092a131ee8d4d52ea71f542028c88598fc850f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman poses for photographs at Cafe de Flore, one of the many Paris locations to feature in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. Photograph: Olympia De Maismont/ AFP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FRANCE-CULTURE-ENTERTAINMENT-STREAMING-TOURISM]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search under way for pilot after US fighter jet shot down over Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/search-under-way-for-pilot-after-us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/search-under-way-for-pilot-after-us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Separately, a US A-10 attack aircraft crashed after being struck by Iranian defence forces, Tehran says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/24NWFQ5KGNCRBPHNUTQ5PGY7LY.jpg?auth=d89b8b853c32a670f0eb7b2b817388df6248057f95c7794fcca942ff567b34ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A US F-15E fighter jet, the same model was shot down over Iran on Friday. Photograph: Lee O Tucker/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">U.S. Air Force</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo’s Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/pope-leos-good-friday-service-offers-prayer-for-deported-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/pope-leos-good-friday-service-offers-prayer-for-deported-children/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thousands of worshippers pray for war orphans, political prisoners and those who died in conflicts]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:23:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LL7EGNEW6Y6C5E7IUH32DVE3D4.jpg?auth=c1db55104911cd952f322bfe5c3de8f01fcba0738e85c3eac39b43ea0ac14d60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leo carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum, marking the first time in decades a pope carried the cross to every station. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Italy Pope Good Friday]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alessandra Tarantino</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One crew member rescued after US fighter jet shot down over Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy, Sarah Burns, Ellen O’Riordan, Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As it happened: Donald Trump says incident will have no impact on any potential negotiations aimed at ending the conflict]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TN7MTRXHIELCCARXTO2O63RWQI.jpg?auth=bebd3c86b8010508b2b517874c8854a241f60fef2e6593263333bad488717400&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iran shot down a US F-15 fighter jet over the country, US officials and Iranian state-affiliated media have said. Photograph: US Air Force via The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Senior Airman Delanie Brown/U.S. Air Force</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise wave’ set to crash on Norfolk shores ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/03/nigel-farages-turquoise-wave-set-to-crash-on-norfolk-shores/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/03/nigel-farages-turquoise-wave-set-to-crash-on-norfolk-shores/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prosperous rural region of east England is among the areas the Reform UK leader intends to turn into a graveyard for the Tories]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:21 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AJPT7AM6K5EWLEFXWERRPQWXIY.jpg?auth=85d2d3985e45a408fe87a601e8256f1188355e555fae52b038327d2088339c9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks at a press conference earlier this week. Photograph: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick speak during the press conference in London]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anadolu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moscow court sentences German artist over satirical carnival floats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/moscow-court-sentences-german-artist-over-satirical-carnival-floats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/moscow-court-sentences-german-artist-over-satirical-carnival-floats/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jacques Tilly given eight-year term – in absentia – for offending religious feelings and spreading false information about Russian forces]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IZNANOWOEZBE3GZK7MUWLHVREQ.jpg?auth=f3092f577d7b7fe45a3875f8d733cde138d3ee0ff257a0741097a09ad6aa3680&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German carnival artist Jacques Tilly poses in front of one of his art works in February. Photograph: Hesham Elsherif/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Carnival Goers Celebrate Rose Monday]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hesham Elsherif</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iranians reel from US-Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iranians-reel-from-us-israeli-attacks-on-civilian-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iranians-reel-from-us-israeli-attacks-on-civilian-infrastructure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Golnar Motevalli]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Donald Trump has signalled he is preparing to end the Iran conflict, the US and Israel have pressed on with their bombardment]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BWE4ZFYV73UJP3TVRYH4CDHUKE.jpg?auth=021a19f1632f7ef9137b0011195edf3750b163431cfecb660d833b6d66ae1fda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Media representatives gather in front of a heavily damaged building following a strike at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran on Friday. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[IRAN-ISRAEL-US-WAR]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ resonates profoundly in Japan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/03/donald-trumps-threat-to-bomb-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-resonates-profoundly-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/03/donald-trumps-threat-to-bomb-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-resonates-profoundly-in-japan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McNeill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Long history of bloody US bombing campaigns began over Japanese cities during second World War]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:54:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZGHJMG7TBGJPJCJS73T7HCVD4.jpg?auth=2791d658dfae515b9826d779bc420077ceb5955c406b64e99918c2c05bd8da42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US soldiers examine the results of a B-29 Superfortress bomb run on the streets of the Ginza district, Tokyo, in June 1945. Two months later the US would drop atomic bombs on Japan. 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Photograph: Cristobal Basaure Araya/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Maria Corina Machado greets thousands of Venezuelans during]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods said he was ‘talking to the president’ in post car-crash phone call]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-said-he-was-talking-to-the-president-in-post-car-crash-phone-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-said-he-was-talking-to-the-president-in-post-car-crash-phone-call/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bodycam footage from Florida crash scene shows Woods telling a police officer he was on the phone with ‌​Donald Trump]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:46:45 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJ5435UVHBBPHEU7YNE2DF5WNA.png?auth=d12c2604ccc20c15e70c4d19a436a3834a48059479643dc20710b00c316f99aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police body camera video shows Tiger Woods during a sobriety test after his crash last week. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II: Manned moon mission fires rockets to break out of Earth’s orbit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/artemis-ii-manned-moon-mission-fires-rockets-to-break-out-of-earths-orbit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/artemis-ii-manned-moon-mission-fires-rockets-to-break-out-of-earths-orbit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nasa astronauts head towards the moon, which they will circle before returning to Earth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:44:05 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VZBPUFQWXYDZ2MMWQQF5JBIAQU.jpg?auth=191d1793a7ba16d15b5aabd10d7963104e520f38f4ab2159ff7772e86303e825&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday evening, spent the first 25 hours of the flight circling the Earth. Photograph:         Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the crew of the Artemis II mission, lifts off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, April 1, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s decision to fire devoted Pam Bondi reboots focus on Epstein files]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/loyalty-not-enough-in-the-end-for-pam-bondi-as-focus-returns-to-epstein-files/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/loyalty-not-enough-in-the-end-for-pam-bondi-as-focus-returns-to-epstein-files/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former attorney general laughed loudest and defended Trump hardest, but devotion is no protection against sudden exile from his court]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:42:46 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DX2P2ERE3AMSM53HZV56MFP2RI.jpg?auth=d8a5deafdc6216efcb9211572a4fb32f1370316db348fa3669fbc391dee22050&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pam Bondi was brusquely fired from her role as attorney general by Donald Trump. Photograph: John McDonnell/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Trump Bondi]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John McDonnell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it is too late’; China repeats calls for ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White, Katie Mellett, Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president on Wednesday declared the month-long war a success ‘nearing completion’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:27:14 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G7DSHRWATRFZSR2MF2V3DRCZ74.jpg?auth=32884769e432024ea08db739416e93e28a95e21715dcf168146a7ebdb4048ee4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Local youths examine the wreckage of a vehicle after an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed at least five overnight on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Photograph: Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Local youths examine the wreckage of a vehicle after an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed at least five overnight on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Diego Ibarra Snchez/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diego Ibarra Sanchez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling French vineyards turn excess wine into ethanol]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/france-faces-wine-hangover-as-falling-sales-force-emergency-measures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/france-faces-wine-hangover-as-falling-sales-force-emergency-measures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deja vu for vineyards as EU intervenes again to help distil excess stocks into ethanol to prevent ‘collapse in prices’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OETM7MIJHRG47DEVTKBQXOOXVI.jpg?auth=954d69300a3997df1b56154db126c9fdb399db4fa85acb6d791d66ab2ff4f923&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brussels has approved plans that will see excess wine produced in Bordeaux, Burgundy and other French regions used for other purposes. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Wine cellar]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">luoman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McEntee forced to cancel trip to Lebanon after Defence Forces flagged concern over risks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/mcentee-forced-to-cancel-trip-to-lebanon-after-defence-forces-flagged-concern-over-risks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/mcentee-forced-to-cancel-trip-to-lebanon-after-defence-forces-flagged-concern-over-risks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Defence was set to fly into Beirut, travel under armed convoy close to Israeli border to meet Irish Unifil troops]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HKQ44S74XFDV7M36JZRONUBUOM.JPG?auth=780a9ec8ec9c066c2bf1823991145549a679e2eca16c88d706f046dad53df5c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Defence Forces assessed the plan for Minister for Defence Helen McEntee to visit Lebanon and advised it was 'not tenable' given the unpredictable security situation on the ground. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Helen McEntee Minister For Foreign Affairs ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Beijing park, a tale of grief and consolation unfolds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/03/in-a-beijing-park-a-tale-of-grief-and-consolation-unfolds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/03/in-a-beijing-park-a-tale-of-grief-and-consolation-unfolds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As red songs ring out on a Sunday afternoon, a friend shares a story of pandemic loss and the search for solace]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AQRGFGJQVAXZBV7KM4N4XU75Y.jpg?auth=9a4815941f44b6fcd3bcc34a34a155fbcbbf3b9ba052be5d6ff267ac42d62ac0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denis Staunton Columnist Pic]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Denis Staunton Columnist Pic]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US defence secretary Pete Hegseth asks army chief of staff to step down as war continues]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/emmanuel-macron-accuses-trump-of-undermining-nato-amid-mixed-messages-over-iran-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/emmanuel-macron-accuses-trump-of-undermining-nato-amid-mixed-messages-over-iran-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[France’s Macron accuses Donald Trump of undermining Nato amid mixed messages over US-Israel conflict]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:36:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VYY24RRBKVGVZCBV5JB445SAKM.jpg?auth=c7229ea7493655549a1ce24cab56141dfb344cc451d6d58f99248da2d9c6a6d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US army chief of staff Randy George attends a Medal of Honour ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2nd in Washington, DC. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Trump Awards Medal Of Honor To Three Military Veterans]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Win McNamee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge dismisses majority of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/us-judge-dismisses-majority-of-blake-livelys-claims-against-justin-baldoni/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/us-judge-dismisses-majority-of-blake-livelys-claims-against-justin-baldoni/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Myers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge throws out 10 claims made by actor against costar including sexual harassment, conspiracy and defamation]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:29:52 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6RPGO2Y5NBGTO7YKA6HHPSVBE.png?auth=853ec585260a14ae60ea9a4712a1bcda08e135be3f9fd412d3783d22676a5edc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Blake Lively’s lawyers had claimed that Justin Baldoni was 'consistently inappropriate' with their client, and 'kissed, nuzzled and touched' her without her consent. Photographs: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Justin Baldon is suing Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi, White House says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/donald-trump-fires-us-attorney-general-pam-bondi-white-house-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/donald-trump-fires-us-attorney-general-pam-bondi-white-house-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[President grew frustrated with Bondi over handling of Epstein files scandal and pace of prosecution of administration’s adversaries]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:37:38 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TYWZ5OPDDOER4A7BYNQEFUQPQY.jpg?auth=8dd65c693027c0b03db1b9e5cec835c80f1e5de289a0d7ea0ff7784dbc0a9231&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US attorney general Pam Bondi in Washington on March 5th. Photograph: Tierney L Cross/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Attorney General Pam Bondi attends an event to honor the 2025 Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II astronauts prepare to leave Earth’s orbit and head towards the moon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-prepare-to-leave-earths-orbit-and-head-towards-the-moon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-prepare-to-leave-earths-orbit-and-head-towards-the-moon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Holmes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nasa mission enters second day, with crew hoping to become first people to orbit moon in more than 50 years]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXXGTKD6YQI6WR4IQ4BTXUSFIU.jpg?auth=5fbd613226f771ba32a0d18b82a3f47520c0748accdc16dcd2bef04de977b378&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Artemis II’s solid rocket boosters during launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times                    ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Artemis IIÕs solid rocket boosters providing the 7.2 million pounds of thrust during launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 1, 2026.Ê(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>