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Trump’s last days fuel lucrative market for presidential pardons
- US
- January 18, 2021, 10:39
As US president Donald Trump prepares to leave office in days, a lucrative market for pardons is coming to a head, with some of his allies collecting (...)

Bitter final chapter in the Mike Pence-Donald Trump relationship
- US
- January 14, 2021
For vice-president Mike Pence, the moment of truth had arrived. After three years and 11 months of navigating the treacherous waters of President Dona(...)

Samantha Power chosen by Biden to lead top US development agency
- US
- January 13, 2021, 17:35
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has been nominated by president-elect Joe Biden to lead USAid, the government’s top developm(...)

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly back to Russia on Sunday
- Europe
- January 13, 2021, 12:25
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition activist, has said he plans to return to his home country this weekend, having recovered from an as(...)

Joe Biden appoints William Burns as CIA director
- US
- January 11, 2021, 12:50
US president-elect Joe Biden has announced he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. A former ambassador to Russia and Jor(...)

New Zealand: Grace Millane murderer also raped another tourist
- Asia-Pacific
- December 22, 2020, 18:50
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand raped another British tourist just months earlier, it can be revealed, after the (...)

Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senators
- Oireachtas
- December 19, 2020, 01:00
This time of year, things usually go a bit mad around Leinster House. Political parties throw parties, the restaurant is heaving, the bar gets busy an(...)

Four stabbed, one shot as Trump supporters protest in Washington
- US
- December 13, 2020
Conservative groups and thousands of Donald Trump supporters claiming without evidence that the November 3rd election was stolen from the US president(...)

Joe Biden’s team: Who are the president-elect’s first appointments?
- US
- November 23, 2020, 20:58
Antony Blinken – secretary of state Blinken (58) has been a close aide to Joe Biden for two decades. He served as deputy secretary of state and deput(...)

Net Results: Dangerous call for ‘back doors’ to encryption
- Technology
- November 12, 2020, 05:00
Loony notions about encryption are back on the discussion table in the EU (and Ireland). This does not bode well for any of us. Encryption is t(...)