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Advertising body upholds complaint against Apple
- Irish News
- November 17, 2020, 14:06
Apple has fallen foul of the Irish advertising watchdog after failing to deliver a product to a customer in a promised time frame while a radio statio(...)

The Donald Trump years: his presidential story – so far
- US
- November 3, 2020, 17:57
2017 January 20th Trump inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. His presidential rival Hillary Clinton is among those in attendance,(...)

Saudi Arabia’s failure to win human rights seat a rebuke to crown prince
- Middle East
- October 18, 2020, 20:02
Saudi Arabia’s failure to secure membership of the UN human rights council is a rebuke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a social reformer who is a(...)

UN and UK to host climate event on Paris Agreement anniversary
- Environment
- September 24, 2020, 22:30
The United Nations has announced plans to gather “the world’s most ambitious climate leaders” in December on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreem(...)

US senators to consider Trump’s supreme court nominee
- US
- September 23, 2020, 02:00
US president Donald Trump’s ambition to appoint a third supreme court justice looked virtually assured on Tuesday, after several Republican senators s(...)

Covid-19: US death toll hits ‘unfathomable’ 200,000
- US
- September 22, 2020, 18:14
The US death toll from coronavirus has topped 200,000, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the outbreak first reached the world’s richest nati(...)

Trump sanctions against Iran to be followed by warning at UN
- US
- September 22, 2020, 01:00
US president Donald Trump is expected to deliver a severe warning to Iran and China when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, (...)

Small nations expect Ireland to be ‘pebble in shoe’ on UN Security Council
- Politics
- June 18, 2020, 19:32
Small nations will expect Ireland to be “a pebble in the shoe” of large countries when it sits on the UN Security Council, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has (...)

Explainer: Is winning a seat on UN Security Council a big deal for Ireland?
- Politics
- June 18, 2020, 10:58
Why is winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council a big deal? The 15-member UN Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN system(...)

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(...)