15 h. ago Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent says

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s accountAutopsies conducted on 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil emergency responders who were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza show they were were shot in the upper body with “intent to kill”, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which is demanding an international investigation into the attack.The killings took place in the southern Gaza Strip on 23 March, days into a renewed Israeli offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory, and sparked international condemnation. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Elon Musk has made his feelings very clear on Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor has announced his intention to run for the Irish presidency - and he has the backing of Elon Musk, who believes the UFC legend would defeat his rivals with ease

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4 d. ago New Zealand’s controversial bill to reinterpret treaty with Māori should be scrapped, committee finds

Justice committee said the majority of public submissions oppose the legislation, which seeks to reinterpret the country’s founding document A parliamentary committee has recommended a bill that seeks to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown should not proceed.The treaty principles bill, which was introduced to parliament by the minor coalition Act party, seeks to abandon a set of well-established principles that guide the relationship between Māori and ruling authorities in favour of its own redefined principles. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Conor McGregor's UFC rival launches scathing attack on his bid to become Irish president

McGregor has been very vocal in his bid to run for the presidency of Ireland in the upcoming election - but his rival Gaethje has dismissed the campaign

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4 d. ago Asian markets drop further as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcementFull report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsSenior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with sweeping new import taxes.The Trade Review Act of 2025, co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley, a top Republican lawmaker from Iowa, a state heavily reliant on farm exports, and Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, whose state shares a border with Canada, would require the president to notify Congress of new tariffs, and provide a justification for the action and an analysis on the potential impact on US businesses and consumers. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bromance on the rocks as Conor McGregor launches into furious Donald Trump rant

Conor McGregor has taken aim at the EU and Donald Trump, accusing the president of 'trying to destroy Ireland' with his new tariffs on Irish exports and urging the country to leave the EU

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4 d. ago Ireland faces Trump tariffs hammer blow as Conor McGregor leads calls for his country to LEAVE the EU

Simon Harris said it is the Irish Government's 'working assumption' that the White House will launch a further attack aimed specifically at the pharmaceuticals industry.

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4 d. ago Conor McGregor hits out at Donald Trump's tariffs just weeks after visiting the US President at the White House

McGregor visited Trump as the White House last month and began donning a 'Make Ireland Great Again' cap - similar to Trump's famous red cap with the same slogan but for America.

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5 d. ago Conor McGregor and Donald Trump tipped for WrestleMania 41 as Logan Paul warned danger awaits in Las Vegas

A number of famous faces are expected as the greatest show in the WWE calendar hits Las Vegas

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7 d. ago 'On behalf of the women of Ireland, he can f*** off': Conor McGregor's bid to become Irish president sparks outrage

The scathing assessment of McGregor's suitability for the presidency suggests a bid for office would prove a harder fight than any of his bouts in the UFC Octagon.

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1 week ago Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal

Ex-player was initially sentenced in February 2024Court rules unanimously that conviction was unsafeThe former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal.In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dani Alves’ rape conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

The former Barcelona and Brazil right back was previously found guilty of sexual assault in a nightclub in 2022

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1 week ago Conor McGregor hints he may never fight in the UFC again as he pursues Irish presidency

McGregor vowed to run for the Irish presidency following a polarising visit to the White House

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1 week ago Conor McGregor reveals talks to tear up his UFC contract and RETIRE at 36 as he plots run at Ireland's presidential election after Donald Trump meeting

Conor McGregor has dropped a major hint that retirement could be on the cards in the near future as he pursues a career in politics.

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1 week ago Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right | Justine McCarthy

The fighter won’t be Irish president any time soon, but the Trumpocracy seems to think it can shift the country’s politics by endorsing himMiddle Ireland feels grievously insulted by the US president. On St Patrick’s Day, when the globe traditionally turns green, Donald Trump’s official guest at the White House was not the taoiseach bearing a bowl of shamrock, but an unelected stooge recently found by a civil court jury liable for the rape of a woman in a Dublin hotel. Fear and loathing of the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, who is facing civil trial in the US for alleged sexual assault of another woman in Florida, is one of middle Ireland’s most unifying forces.“We couldn’t think of a better guest to have with us on St Patrick’s Day,” gushed Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt on 17 March, rubbing salt in the wound. McGregor was given access to the Pentagon, met the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and the national security...

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2 w. ago UFC legend Michael Bisping on what Conor McGregor will do next, the future stars ready to tear up the sport and which fighters need to 'put up or shut up'

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY WILL GRIFFEE: Is the UFC in a state of flux? Are there fewer superstars than five years ago? Does a Conor McGregor-shaped void still hover over MMA's behemoth organisation?

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2 w. ago Sinn Fein relationship with Irish America not damaged by boycott, says McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Fein’s friends in the US understand why the party stayed away from the White House over Donald Trump’s stance on Gaza.

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2 w. ago Conor McGregor seeks to introduce new evidence in civil rape appeal case

Last November Nikita Hand won her claim against McGregor after accusing the professional fighter of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

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2 w. ago Conor McGregor announces he will run for PRESIDENT in Ireland after meeting with Donald Trump

Conor McGregor has announced his bid to become Ireland's President just days after a controversial trip to the White House.

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2 w. ago Conor McGregor announces bid to be Irish President in 'Make Ireland Great Again' cap

UFC icon Conor McGregor took to Instagram to announce his bid to be the next President of Ireland after meeting with Donald Trump at the White House

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