Can India really rival China’s navy?
New Delhi says it is adding a new naval warship or submarine every 40 days as a counter to Beijing’s Indian Ocean assertiveness
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Long-fingering the switch to EVs is potentially disastrous for EU car manufacturers
Faced with challenges from US and China, the EU is currently acting like a rabbit in the headlights with no appropriate strategic response
Future of US in the Asia-Pacific is under close consideration
Beijing denounces US senate approval of $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan
US strike on alleged drug boat kills four as Trump claims Venezuela ‘took all of our oil’
Latest attack in Pacific brings death toll to 99 since US began campaign in September
The demise of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner is a tale the Venetians know well
Recognising a market opportunity isn’t enough, political insulation is now a necessity for companies taking risks
Jimmy Lai conviction offers evidence of Hong Kong’s twin-track justice system
Former media tycoon’s case came under draconian National Security Law that supersedes city’s common law procedures
Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner faces life sentence for sedition
Three charges of sedition and foreign collusion carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
New Chilean leader faces task of keeping good terms with both US and China
José Antonio Kast, who won Sunday’s presidential election, is ideologically aligned with Trump, but China is Chile’s biggest trading partner
What EU’s move to back off 2035 ban on petrol and diesel cars means for EVs
It’s all but certain now that the EU will change its proposed rules and allow some combustion-engined cars and vans to be sold after 2035
Beijing’s lack of criticism of latest US security strategy reflects warmer relations
Credibility of US security guarantee in Pacific left in question by disdainful comments about Europe
Ireland’s AI crossroads – regulation and the race for talent
Without affordable housing, visas and coherent ICT infrastructure, artificial intelligence researchers will move overseas, say experts
EU regulators raid Temu’s Dublin facility over concerns of Chinese state subsidies
Inspection comes as bloc plans to crack down on low-value ecommerce shipments
Donald Trump allows Nvidia to sell powerful AI chip to China
President’s move comes despite warnings from Capitol Hill that it will supercharge Beijing’s advance in AI technology
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan: The exhausting life of a courier
Chinese bestseller has been touted as an everyman’s capitalism critique
EU needs fresh thinking as Trump calls time on US ‘propping up entire world order’
Trump administration’s recently published security strategy is hostile to the EU and no longer identifies Russia as an adversary
US national strategy advocates ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe
Document blames European officials for thwarting US efforts to end the war in Ukraine
After the Hong Kong fire, Beijing confronts a grief it can’t easily police
Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
Farming and forestry responsible for 38% of State’s total output of gases linked to climate change
Hong Kong apartments fire death toll reaches 151 with more arrests made
More than 40 people still missing but some bodies ‘have turned into ash’, says police chief
Buddhist monk left ‘in limbo’ over lack of progress in refugee process, High Court told
Man says he will be ‘persecuted and tortured’ should he be sent to China as he is a symbol of Tibetan culture
Martin Wolf: The fracturing of the world economy spells danger
Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?
‘That place that looks like a teddy bear on the left, that’s Ireland’
IDA’s MD for China pointed to a map of Europe: `That place that looks like a teddy bear ... that’s Ireland’
Inside Hong Kong’s deadly tower block blaze: ‘It was horrifying’
With no fire alarms sounding, some received calls from relatives elsewhere who urged them to quickly evacuate
Hong Kong fire: At least 55 people dead with hundreds missing, authorities say
The complex where the fire started is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing 2,000 apartments
China’s tech giants take AI model training offshore to tap Nvidia chips
Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs
Europe, China and US compete for minerals as African states grow more assertive
African countries are demanding deals that will allow more mineral processing to be done locally
The Great Global Transformation review: too substantial to be a primer, too panoramic to be conclusive
Paschal Donohoe on superstar economist Branko Milanovic’s new work
Trump speaks to Xi and Takaichi as rift between China and Japan deepens
Tokyo and Beijing in standoff following Japanese prime minister’s remarks about Taiwan
Ukraine and Europe will probably have to accept version of Trump’s peace plan
A draft communique from Istanbul talks in 2022 offered Ukraine a more robust security guarantee and did not involve sweeping territorial concessions
Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ weathers diplomatic storm with China - but choppy waters lie ahead
China may be taking advantage of wavering US commitment to defend Taiwan in its spat with Japan
Irish designer Rashhiiid: ‘My hats are talking points now – these things make me happy’
Rachel Maguire’s label has been attracting superstar fans like Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion
To get things done, Ireland needs more engineers and fewer lawyers
A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate
Wolf Warrior diplomacy returns as China bares its teeth in clash with Japan
Tokyo faces travel bans, trade restrictions and mounting pressure after PM’s remarks on Taiwan
Will the latest global chip shortage scupper January car sales in Ireland?
Nexperia microchips becoming a political football means your 261-registered car could be delayed
Trump contradicts US intelligence, insists Saudi ruler had no role in journalist’s murder
Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is suspected of approving 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi
UN vote to approve Gaza peace plan angers Israeli right-wingers
Netanyahu reiterates ‘opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed’ in response to far-right ministers
Japan moves to cool escalating row with China over Taiwan
China’s foreign ministry says Sanae Takaichi must withdraw suggestion that Japan could send troops to assist Taiwan if Beijing attacked
Trump boycotts G20 summit as US opposes multilateral action on climate and inequality
US is creating an opportunity for other global players to step in by skipping summit in South Africa
China sends coast guard to Senkaku islands after Japan PM’s Taiwan comments
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said if China attacks democratically ruled Taiwan it could trigger a military response from Tokyo
Beyond curry sauce and chicken balls: Chinese food in Dublin is at the top of its game
Four chefs from modern and traditional restaurants tell us what producing Chinese cuisine for an Irish-based audience means for them
Going with the flow: Feng Shui master turns hat-maker’s head
Chinese authorities are on alert for scammers who exploit people’s belief in an ancient practice
Cop30: EU and China face test of their leadership at climate talks
Summit highlights the different approaches in Beijing and Brussels to tackling the climate crisis
Cop30: Spirits seesaw as climate summit brings good news and bad
New analysis shows China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, looks to have stabilised its emissions
Trump’s shadow looms over summit between EU and Latin American states
Most leaders skip meeting amid Colombian president’s criticism of US missile attacks on Venezuelan boats
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Cop30: The heat is on in Brazil after world leaders set out stalls at climate summit
China sends reminder of green agenda in advance of formal start in sweltering Brazilian city of Belém next week
Air taxis and drone deliveries: how China’s low altitude economy is taking off
A senior executive at EHang says the company aims to create ‘a fascinating new dynamic: a brand-new transportation network in the sky’
‘I feel so much freer’: Beijing residents escape back to the country
After decades promoting the greatest urbanisation in human history, China’s government is encouraging city dwellers to return to their rural hometowns
Sales fall at Guinness parent Diageo against ‘challenging backdrop’ and US tariffs
Impact of US tariffs and soft Chinese consumer sentiment will leave net sales ‘flat to slightly down’ for full 2026 financial year
Cop30: as the window for meaningful action narrows fast, the stakes couldn’t be higher
Every year of delay locks in greater risk, higher costs and more irreversible damage
Driving Japan’s comeback: Can its carmakers reignite a nation’s lost innovation?
Toyota, Honda and Mazda race to rediscover inventive spark that once defined the country
Emissions ‘gap’ must concentrate global effort at Cop30 to bring Earth to safer place
Latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’
Quilt woven by Irish groups sends message of solidarity to Cop30 climate summit
Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson will present quilt to Brazilian climate minister
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