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Trump-Xi dinner guests included Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and more
Tech titans Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook were among those invited to a state dinner for Xi Jinping at the White House
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping strike warm tone at White House as US-China tensions remain
Trade truce extended but differences over Taiwan and artificial intelligence remain
U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act
Macklemore’s dismissal from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour is a sign of how supine the modern music industry has become
Donald Trump’s UN address was an affront to basic decency
Casually considering the annihilation of a country was a disgraceful breach of diplomacy
Donald Trump undermining UN’s mandate of maintaining world peace and security
World leaders should have walked out in protest at his disregard for international law
Netanyahu sounded delusional at a largely empty UN where many delegates walked out
Irish representative remained for address which ignored Gaza horrors and painted Israel as a moral champion
A hushed Brendan O’Connor amplifies Nikita Hand’s traumatic testimony
Radio: Radio 1 host deftly gauges his guests’ moods, while Kieran Cuddihy uncovers ominous undercurrents beneath fuel unrest
China’s Xi tells Trump: ‘Let’s not wrestle’ during White House summit
Chinese president lays out terms to avoid military conflict at White House meeting
US media outlets allowed back into White House after previous Trump ban
US district judge Tim Kelly says president’s ban on three media outlets was likely unconstitutional
Mark Carney’s defiance of Donald Trump faces economic limits
The political test is how long Canadian voters can endure the painful process of reducing economic dependence on the US
Sudan’s people suffer while rival forces are trapped in the logic of war
Global Briefing: A new US approach to pursuing peace in the country has yet to meet success and has put the Trump administration at odds with Saudi Arabia
Oil prices fall as Iran says it is open to diplomacy to end the war
But the two countries remain far apart on ways to halt conflict
Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom
There’s plenty of solidarity for the White House press pool, while far more urgent threats to journalists are being ignored
US and China agree to extend trade truce as Xi Jinping arrives in Washington
Issues such as the race in AI development and geopolitical instability loom
US delegation walks out as Iran’s president angrily responds to Trump at UN
Iran’s Pezeshkian says US ‘bombed a school’ and ‘children perished’ under weapons used by the US and Israel
Dáil fuel row as Aontú highlights 89-year-old woman’s €860 home heating bill
Donald Trump ‘caused current energy crisis, not carbon tax’, Labour claims
Trump is checking out of his presidency
With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself
Trump once vowed to ‘own’ Greenland. He settled for something far less.
Diplomats drafting deal spent months on the language and waited for the right moment to present it to the US president
Trump threatens Iran as fuel protests loom ahead of Budget 2027
The latest from New York, Leinster House and the political run-in to the Budget
Gaza ‘the world’s largest graveyard for children’, Erdogan tells UN, as Israelis walk out
Speakers at the UN in New York identified Israel’s killing of Palestinians in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank as an affront to the UN
Oil falls on better supply outlook, hopes for US-Iran talks
Optimism around diplomatic push to end seven-month conflict drives prices lower
Trump takes another step towards fascism with White House media ban
What other actions might he take to disrupt the democratic process?
Shafts of Light: Frank McNally on accidentally joining the golf correspondents’ club
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Trump’s red carpet welcome for Xi shows how much the world has changed
As the Chinese president arrives in Washington for a state visit full of pomp, top of the agenda will be an uneasy trade truce due to expire within weeks
Taoiseach calls on Israel FA to withdraw ‘unacceptable remarks’ about Irish manager Hallgrímsson
Trump claims US has ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear programme: As it happened
Trump at the UN: Global leaders become desensitised to same old shock-and-awe tactics
US president positioned himself as the man to cure the world of its ills, while also pondering if he should ‘annihilate’ Iran
US to build ‘major military bases’ in Greenland after deal halts months-long standoff
Trump says agreement gives the US permanent control over security on Greenland
Nostalgia and lost pride: the fuel that feeds Europe’s far right
Populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, find a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand
Trump and the media are in a shared nightmare after he inadvertently bans himself from TV
Trump has banned three networks from the White House. Can the non-stop story of his presidency come to a halt?
Oil edges higher on supply risks
Diplomatic push to end US-Iran war but no guarantees talks will show tangible progress
‘Anything could happen with me’: Trump can’t decide on his Iran strategy
Trump has left open the possibility of meeting Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian in New York this week
Mamdani and Trump discuss immigration and affordability at Gracie Mansion
Pair’s previous meetings in Washington were surprisingly amicable
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