PA Media Two men have been taken to hospital after reports of a shooting in the Republic of Ireland on Friday night. Their injuries have been described by gardaí (Irish police) as serious but not life-threatening. Officers were called to a disturbance at Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly at about 21:50 local time. … Read more
Hugo Bachega BBC Middle East correspondent Reuters IDF soldiers guard in the norther Israeli town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon. File photo Israel has warned it will “respond severely” after rockets were fired from Lebanon – the first since a bilateral ceasefire deal came into effect in November. Sirens were heard in the … Read more
A refinery in New Mexico that the federal government has accused of some of the worst air pollution in the country. A chemical plant in Louisiana being investigated for leaking gas from storage tanks. Idaho ranchers accused of polluting wetlands. Under President Biden, the Environmental Protection Agency took a tough approach on environmental enforcement by … Read more
US President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances from his previously defeated Democratic election rivals, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, as well as a number of other top former officials. The move comes after Trump said in February he was revoking security clearance for his predecessor Joe Biden. He confirmed that move in the latest … Read more
When Donald Trump met President Zelensky in New York last September, the then US presidential candidate exuded confidence he could bring the war in Ukraine to an early end. “If we win, I think we’re going to get it resolved very quickly,” he said. How quickly he meant varied over time. In a TV debate … Read more
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Bettmann via Getty Images Foreman exchanging punches with Muhammad Ali in their famous Rumble in the Jungle fight George Foreman, the boxing heavyweight legend, has died aged 76, his family said. Known as Big George in the ring, the American competed for decades starting in the 1960s, winning gold at … Read more
Christal Hayes BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family. Known as Big George in the ring, he competed for decades starting in the 1960s, winning gold at the Olympics and numerous title belts, including the world heavyweight title twice. He lost his first … Read more
Hatty Nash BBC World Service Getty Images Kalki Koechlin is a popular Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin has acted in blockbuster Bollywood films, modelled for international beauty brands and appeared on the cover of Vogue India. But in a world that puts such a premium on looking young, she says at times she feels “ugly”. “We … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Migrants without a legal basis to remain have been warned to leave the country before their work permits and deportation shield are cancelled on 24 April, according to … Read more
The Trump administration is planning to import eggs from Turkey and South Korea and is in talks with other countries in hopes of easing all-time high prices for the American consumer, officials confirmed. “We are talking in the hundreds of millions of eggs for the short term,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters at the … Read more