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Israel will seek to stop UNRWA’s work in Gaza after war

Israel will seek to stop the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating in Gaza after the war, its foreign minister said, after Israel accused several UNRWA staff of involvement in Hamas’s October 7 attack. The foreign ministry aims to ensure “that UNRWA will not be a part of the …

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DUP to meet next week over possible return to Stormont

The DUP executive has been called to a meeting on Monday as the party contemplates a possible return to power-sharing. In an email circulated yesterday evening, members of the 120 strong body were told party leader Jeffrey Donaldson wanted to provide them with a “detailed update on the current political …

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US hits Houthi target after British oil tanker attack

US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire early this morning, hours after the Iran-backed rebels caused a fire on a British tanker in the Gulf of Aden with similar munition. US and British forces have launched joint strikes aimed at reducing …

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Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX9 resumes flights

Alaska Airlines has resumed flights with its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet, three weeks after a mid-flight blowout of a panel and emergency landing prompted sweeping inspections of the aircraft, the company said. The first trip was flight 1146 from Seattle to San Diego, which left 90 minutes past its …

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Event to mark 79 years since Auschwitz liberation

There is a “unique responsibility to study and remember” the Holocaust, Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich said. Rabbi Schudrich will take part in a remembrance ceremony with survivors of the Holocaust at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp to mark the 79th anniversary of its liberation. …

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Toy Show the Musical set for Oireachtas encore

It was the show that RTÉ hoped was set for stardom, but instead, Toy Show the Musical found itself remembered for all the wrong reasons. The latest Grant Thornton report commissioned by RTÉ revealed overstated sponsorship of €75,000, poor oversight by the RTÉ Board and no evidence of that the …

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Storms adding to Ireland’s coastal erosion problem

The latest EPA report, the agency’s first Climate Change Assessment, shines a light on many issues thrown up by one of the greatest challenges facing the planet, one of them already being keenly felt in many areas around Ireland. Coastal erosion has always been an issue but in recent years …

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Calocane case puts manslaughter pleas into focus

When prosecutors announced that manslaughter pleas had been accepted from Valdo Calocane for the Nottingham attacks, they said the decision was taken after consultation with the victims’ families. But the families were angry because this gave the false impression that they had agreed with the decision. Emma Webber, mother of …

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Cork star Lyra on her new era in music: ‘I feel naked’

Ahead of the release of her new single Chess and debut self-titled album, we caught up with Cork singer-songwriter Lyra to discuss her “new era” in music. A fresh-faced Lyra, off-duty and relaxed in a grey crewneck sweatshirt, is beaming at me from her car as we speak over Zoom …

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Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX9 resumes flights

Alaska Airlines has resumed flights with its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet, three weeks after a mid-flight blowout of a panel and emergency landing prompted sweeping inspections of the aircraft, the company said. The first trip was flight 1146 from Seattle to San Diego, which left 90 minutes past its …

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