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Cooper says Mandelson should never have been appointed
Yvette Cooper has said Peter Mandelson should “never have been appointed” ambassador to the United States, while sidestepping a direct…
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UN urges world to prepare for El Niño-driven extreme heat risk
Warm waters spreading across the tropical Pacific are driving the buildup of a major El Niño, the World Meteorological Organisation…
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Midlands-Based Garda Helps Deliver Ambulances to Hospices in Uganda
A humanitarian convoy carrying Irish-donated ambulances to Uganda has drawn a midlands garda sergeant into a mission aimed at easing…
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EU moves to allow migrant deportations to centers outside the bloc
Europe is moving to sharpen its deportation powers after EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on rules that…
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US court blocks Pentagon from removing transgender troops from military
The Trump administration can, for now, keep transgender people from joining the US military, a federal appeals court has ruled,…
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US says Iran talks continue despite reported suspension of indirect negotiations
Confusion deepened around US-Iran diplomacy after President Donald Trump insisted negotiations were still moving ahead, even as an Iranian state-linked…
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Russia launches major attack across Ukraine, killing nine people
Russia unleashed air attacks on several of Ukraine’s biggest cities, including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, killing at least nine people…
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Mandelson said government would ‘never regret’ appointing him to US role, files show
Even before he arrived in Washington, Peter Mandelson was making a personal pledge: appoint him as Britain’s ambassador to the…
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Netanyahu tells Trump Israel will strike Beirut if Hezbollah keeps firing
The threat of a wider war sharpened on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had warned US…
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Kremlin calls French seizure of tanker in Atlantic illegal
Russia has denounced France’s seizure of an oil tanker in the Atlantic, calling the operation “illegal” and likening it to…
