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Co-artistic directors of Pan Pan Theatre Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove
‘When something brilliant happens? I call everybody. Alphabetically’
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  • April 21, 2018, 06:00

When did you last cry? Aedín: You’re always crying. You were crying in the rehearsal room the other day. Gavin: No I wasn’t! Aedín: It was close. T(...)

A Royal Malaysian air force Sukhoi SU-30 fighter jet. Two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets intercepted a US WC-135 plane, which was conducting a radiation survey in international airspace over the East China Sea, according to the US. Photograph: Wallace Woon/EPA
Chinese jets buzz US ‘sniffer’ aircraft in ‘unprofessional’ move

Two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets buzzed an American radiation-detecting aircraft in what the US air force described as an “unprofessional” manoeuvre ove(...)

Rosie Murphy with Ruby and Jess: my children can now play with their cousins
Can I answer honestly about whether I’m glad to be back in Ireland?

‘Are you delighted being home?” Every time I’m asked that question I need to think. Should I be honest and risk insulting the person or do I smile an(...)

Chinese paramilitary police officers secure the entrance of the Philippine embassy in Beijing: The road to the mission was closed off by authorities although the situation remained calm. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
Beijing angrily rejects Hague ruling on South China Sea

Beijing issued a swift and irate response to a ruling by an international tribunal in The Hague in favour of the Philippines on China’s claims over di(...)

Anti-China protesters protest against China’s territorial claims in the Spratly islands in the South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate on July 12th, 2016, in Makati, Philippines. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images
Beijing likely to ignore South China Sea ruling and seek talks

An international arbitration court’s ruling that China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis has increased the possibility o(...)

A Chinese coast guard vessel passing near the Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 in the South China Sea in June. China began a week of military manoeuvres around the disputed Paracel Islands on Tuesday. Photograph: Nguyen Minh/Reuters
Prepare for conflict over South China Sea, says Chinese media

China’s powerful state newspaper Global Times has urged the country’s military to prepare for military confrontation ahead of an international arbitra(...)