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Climate finance fails to reach most vulnerable nations, report shows
- Environment
- July 28, 2020, 00:00
Donations by wealthy countries under international commitments to mobilise $100 billion a year to support states most vulnerable to climate disruption(...)

Ireland hopeful of winning UN Security Council seat in ‘group of death’
- Politics
- June 12, 2020, 16:17
It seems absurd that winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council could be helped by an invite to a Celine Dion or U2 concert but in a global(...)

How social media platforms battle misinformation while profiting from it
- Technology
- February 6, 2020, 04:45
It was Jonathan Swift who said in 1710 that “falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it”. Fittingly, a version of this quote is almost always (...)

Crimson review: No country for young women
- Books
- November 10, 2018, 06:00
Irish fans of Danish TV dramas such as Borgen and The Killing will have encountered Greenland through the lens of Danish screenwriters eager to bring (...)

Philippines death toll from Typhoon Mangkhut rises to 16
- Asia-Pacific
- September 15, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut, which meteorologists called the most powerful storm in the world this year, has swept through the northern end of the Philippine isl(...)

Typhoon Mangkhut lashes Philippines with wind and rain
- Asia-Pacific
- September 14, 2018, 14:41
Forecasters in the Philippines say Typhoon Mangkhut has made landfall in the country’s northeastern coast. Witnesses say the storm’s wind and rain ri(...)

UN condemns excessive Israeli force against Palestinians
- Middle East
- June 14, 2018, 06:45
The United Nations General Assembly condemned Israel on Wednesday for excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians. It has also asked UN chie(...)

Where is Guam and why is North Korea threatening it?
- Asia-Pacific
- August 9, 2017
Guam is a 550sq km sovereign US territory in the western Pacific Ocean that serves as a strategic military base. Almost a third of its land controlled(...)

Death of Irishman with long career in Vatican diplomatic corps
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 8, 2017, 22:25
The death has taken place of Archbishop Thomas White (85), a priest of Ossory diocese who had one of the most varied careers an Irishman has had with (...)

Flying solo: Singles’ holidays (and a few that might lead to love)
- Travel
- February 11, 2017, 00:00
It might be too late for this year but if you’re looking to boost your chances of being coupled up by the time Valentine’s Day 2018 rolls around, a ho(...)