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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hold talks with the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern Gaza after Israel’s war with Hamas ends. Mr Blinken is on his fourth crisis visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began, meeting with …

Ecuador faced a string of violent incidents including the on-air invasion of a TV station by gunmen, as President Daniel Noboa named 22 gangs as terrorist organisations and military targets. Police arrested 13 gunmen who took over television station TC during a live broadcast, while elsewhere at least seven police …

The 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) begins at Dublin’s RDS today. The event showcases research and innovation in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in project entries from students aged 12-19 years. Some 550 projects from 219 schools will be on display spanning the categories of technology; …

Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident last week, vowing “complete transparency” as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis. “We’re going to approach this (by) number one acknowledging our mistake,” Mr Calhoun told employees at a safety meeting called after …

2023 is the hottest year on record, the EU’s climate change service says. ‘Unprecedented’ global temperatures driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event were recorded by the Copernicus Climate Change Service. It said 2023 was 0.60°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average and 1.48°C …

Pupils have been sharing their excitement at participating in this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in the RDS in Dublin. The annual exhibition is in its 60th year and from Wednesday, 550 projects from 219 schools will be on display. The projects fall into five exhibition categories – …

A private US lunar lander has “no chance of soft landing” on the moon because it has lost too much fuel, Astrobotic, the company behind the robot, has said. The company estimated that the Peregrine lunar lander has about 40 hours of fuel remaining, an improvement on an earlier estimate, …

The Government has approved guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public service. Following agreement on a new EU AI Act, the Government has instructed that all AI tools used by the Irish public service should comply with seven requirements for ethical AI that have been developed …

An investigation is under way after 14 people were found hidden in a refrigerated trailer at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford. The discovery was made at around 3am yesterday morning when the vehicle was stopped and searched after arriving on a ferry from France. The 14 migrants include nine men, …

The Government has approved draft legislation which aims to have enhanced welfare benefits in place next winter for people who lose their jobs. Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys told her Cabinet colleagues that the change would cushion workers from a sudden “cliff-edge income shock”. Under the new system, there …