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US expands oil, gas leasing and eases Alaska energy restrictions
Trump administration to open more Alaska acres for oil, gas drilling

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has announced plans to open more land for oil and gas drilling in Alaska and...

Lawmakers push for fewer military flights in Washington D.C. area
Democrats urge cut in Washington D.C. military flights after crash

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ten Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Pentagon to reduce military training...

Delta crash-landing probe finds dangerous descent before touchdown
Delta plane that flipped over in February showed high rate of descent

TORONTO, Canada: An initial investigation into last month's dramatic Delta Air Lines crash-landing in Toronto has revealed that the...

New York court blocks law allowing over 800,000 non-citizens to vote
New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote struck down by court

NEW YORK CITY, New York: New York State's highest court has struck down a law this week that would have allowed over 800,000 legal...

40 times more people killed in Gaza than in the 7 October attack
Gazan death toll now forty times that of 7 October 2023

The death toll in Gaza on the weekend has passed 50,000, local health authorities have reported. What started the carnage was the Hamas-led...

USDA pledges $100 million for bird flu research, vaccine development
USDA to invest up to $100 million in projects to combat bird flu

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to invest up to US$100 million in research to develop...

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Ireland’s Central Bank warns of economic risk from US-EU trade dispute
US-EU trade war 'extremely concerning' for Ireland, Central Bank says

DUBLIN, Ireland: As tensions rise between the United States and the European Union over potential tariffs, Ireland's Central Bank governor...

Welfare cuts in Ireland hit jobseekers under stricter work mandates
Thousands in Ireland lose benefits as government tightens jobseeker rules

DUBLIN, Ireland: In 2024, thousands of jobseekers saw their welfare payments reduced for not fully engaging with employment support...

Finance minister warns trade war could hurt Ireland’s economy
Trade war may hit prices, growth, jobs in Ireland, minister says

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland's Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned that an escalating trade war between the European Union and...

Ireland climbs to 15th in World Happiness rankings
Ireland ranked 15th happiest country in the world

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland has risen two places to become the 15th happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report...

EU to cut steel import quotas by 15% to counter US tariff fallout
EU proposes cutting steel imports by 15 percent as Trump tariffs bite

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union is set to tighten steel import quotas starting in April, reducing inflows by 15 percent to prevent...

Ireland’s property prices surge 8.1% in a year, CSO reports
Ireland property prices up by 8.1% in 12 months to January this year

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland's property prices continued their upward trend, rising by 8.1 percent in the 12 months leading to January...

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