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Israel and Hamas move closer to finalising ceasefire deal

Biden and Trump express optimism a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can be agreed within days

EU to review investigations into Apple, Google and Meta as US pressure mounts

Tech groups urging president-elect Donald Trump to intervene against 'overzealous' European regulation

Special counsel report says there was sufficient evidence to convict Trump in election case

Jack Smith says president-elect engaged in criminal effort to hold on to power

How to make money from selling sneakers

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

More masculine energy? Only a Musk-Zuck inauguration day cage fight will do

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has entered the MMA-MAGA arena. A high-profile bout is the next logical step

Israel awaits Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

‘Distinct possibility’ of getting deal done before US president Joe Biden leaves office

Lovebombing Trump: How US multinationals in Ireland will deal with the incoming president

Meta, Pfizer and Google among companies aiming to keep in Donald Trump’s good books

‘Of course I remember the bank strikes,’ my mother says. ‘Your dad took to carrying a gun’

Ireland’s economy didn’t collapse when the banks shut for long periods in the 1960s and 1970s; instead, local shopkeepers and publicans acted as ‘a second level of banking’. But don’t romanticise it too much

Zuckerberg swaps fact-checking for Trump: a risky bet?

Meta investors don’t seem to be fretting – for now, anyway

California governor suspends environmental laws to allow rebuilding in fire zones

Gavin Newsom dismisses Donald Trump as ‘delusional’ following criticisms about handling of disaster

LA fires: Stronger winds threaten further destruction as two biggest fires rage on

At least 16 dead and entire neighbourhoods erased as three wildfires continue to burn

Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’

Former Trump advisor pledges to ‘take this guy down’ and kick him out of the Maga movement

High-level Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Netanyahu on Saturday

Maureen Dowd: At Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump was narcissist non grata

Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office

Donald Trump’s expansionary plans: first we take Greenland, then we take Ballsbridge

Plus: US multinationals lobby for docklands voting rights for staff; John Banville’s bedroom antics; and a Seanad hopeful’s Tommy Cooper impression

Moves by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg set scene for confrontation between EU and US

Meta will now allow ‘insulting language when discussing transgender rights, immigration or homosexuality’, and no longer bans describing women as ‘property’ or ‘household objects’

Greenland is the ‘large real-estate deal’ Trump doesn’t want to let slip away

Planet Business: Mark Zuckerberg’s watch, Michael Barr’s pre-emptive move and possible successors to Justin Trudeau

Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’

Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’

How will the contradictions in Trump’s policies play out?

Worldview: With his economic and policy goals often irreconcilable, how these economic and international contradictions play out will determine whether the US president-elect can claim success

Trump policies face market scrutiny as yields spike

Investors are wary of what exactly the incoming presidential administration will do

Donald Trump becomes first US president in history to be recorded as a convicted felon

Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying records in 'hush money' case

Wall Street stocks fall after US jobs report smashes expectations

S&P 500 loses post-election gains and Treasury yields rise as 256,000 positions added in December

Kremlin says Putin ready to meet Trump and sees divisions growing in the West

Kyiv tells allies it would be ‘crazy to drop the ball’ when Trump returns to White House

Once called ‘the devil of the Republic’, Le Pen died knowing his ideas are gaining currency

Le Pen used to boast that “I say out loud what others think in silence.” That sentiment is echoed by Trump and users of Elon Musk’s X

Money still oils the wheels of business and justice in China, in spite of Xi’s corruption clampdown

The Chinese leader is redoubling his efforts to stamp out graft, but many suspect he has a dark motive

Musk says ‘things will get much worse’ for Germany unless voters rally behind far-right party

Billionaire made comments in live-streamed conversation with Alternative for Germany’s co-leader Alice Weidel on X

Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral

Barack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind them

Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine

Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda

Could one US dollar soon be worth more than one euro? What does this mean for Ireland?

For Irish businesses relying on the value of the dollar and for consumers looking at energy costs, a new volatility has entered the equation

Zuckerberg shifts to Trump, but will he pay a price?

Meta chief drops factcheckers, but don’t bet on move to go well with his advertisers

Better passwords, empty inbox and thinking before you share: How to put manners on your tech use

Digital clutter, excessive screen time and bad screen habits are all issues worth tackling this new year

EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders after Greenland threat

US president-elect vows to ‘tariff Denmark at a very high level’ unless it gives up Greenland and doesn’t rule out using force

Trump asks US supreme court to pause ‘hush money’ case before sentencing

Bid comes after a New York appeals court denied incoming president’s effort to halt sentencing scheduled for this Friday

Echoes of US politics in South Korea standoff between executive and judicial powers

Some in impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol’s camp have said they hope Donald Trump will come to his aid after Washington inauguration

Musk-Trump effect has the capacity to destabilise Irish democracy

Musk seems to consider he has some role in using his wealth to influence political processes and debate in European states

Sucking up to Trump and his coterie of billionaires will not leave us on the right side of history

Wealth and its uses are rarely benevolent – it’s not just a means of living in luxury, but a means of changing perceptions. Just ask Conor McGregor or Elon Musk

Meta to end third-party fact-checking programme: ‘It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression’

Company to rely on ‘community notes’ in free speech pitch

‘We must never forget’: Quiet dignity of ceremony to certify Trump’s win contrasts with Capitol riot of four years ago

US politicians gathered to participate in ritual to register the return of electoral college votes and Donald Trump’s victory in November

Meta elects UFC chief Dana White to board

Investor Charlie Songhurst, Exor chief executive John Elkann also join board

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