International

Last week

19th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023

# Albania

Flares cause a small fire in the Albanian parliament as opposition disrupts budget vote

A fire which broke out as a result was quickly extinguished.

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Nov 20th 2023, 1:54 PM

# Artificial Intelligence

Former OpenAI boss Sam Altman to join Microsoft following shock sacking

OpenAI has appointed Emmett Shear as its new CEO despite reported pressure from Microsoft and other major investors to reinstate Altman.

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Nov 20th 2023, 12:23 PM

# el loco

Profile: Who is Javier Milei, the chainsaw-wielding outsider who is Argentina's new president?

Milei has vowed to ditch the peso for the US dollar, “dynamite” the central bank and cited Ireland as a country he would like to model Argentina on.

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Nov 20th 2023, 11:38 AM

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# Gaza

Ceasefire would be 'the best medicine for the children of Gaza', WHO's Mike Ryan says

The head of the WHO’s health emergencies programme said “so many children” have lost parents during the conflict.

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Nov 20th 2023, 10:15 AM

# RIP

Joss Ackland - best known for his movie 'bad guy' roles - has died age 95

Ackland’s most famous villain was the corrupt South African diplomat in Lethal Weapon 2.

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Nov 20th 2023, 10:09 AM

# Reunited

'Finally, we did it': Irish-Palestinian father reunites with his children at Dublin Airport

Khalid El Estal thanked people who helped him.

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Nov 20th 2023, 8:24 AM

# Upset

Far-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election

Milei won the election by the widest margin since Argentina’s return to democracy in 1983.

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Nov 20th 2023, 6:52 AM

# London

Russell Brand ‘interviewed under caution over allegations of sexual offences’

The comedian has been accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013.

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Nov 19th 2023, 7:28 PM

# Gaza

Babies evacuated from Al-Shifa receive urgent care; remaining patients in ‘desperate’ situation

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the babies were moved in a joint operation with UN staff and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

In an update this evening, Gaza's Hamas government said the death toll in Gaza has now reached 13,000.

The WHO led a "high risk" joint humanitarian mission to the hospital yesterday, which Israeli troops raided earlier this week.

A Gaza health official said more than 80 people were killed yesterday in twin strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

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Nov 19th 2023, 6:44 PM

# Gaza

Israeli army says 55-metre tunnel found under Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital

Israeli troops raided Al-Shifa Hospital earlier this week on suspicion that it was being used as a Hamas base.

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Nov 19th 2023, 6:32 PM

# sam altman

Investors in OpenAI seek return of fired CEO, US media report

One member of the company’s board has expressed concerns that Altman has underestimated the risks of the company’s AI technology.

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Nov 19th 2023, 4:33 PM

# Gaza

Shannon Airport not being used by US to facilitate Israel, Taoiseach says

Varadkar said there is a “double standard” in Europe and internationally when it comes to Israel’s actions in Gaza and Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

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Nov 19th 2023, 2:04 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Will you watch I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here tonight?

Nigel Farage will be among the contestants taking part in the show this year.

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Nov 19th 2023, 12:04 PM

# dnipro

Ukrainian army says troops advancing at Dnipro river as drones target Kyiv

The army said it has pushed Russian forces back “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of the river.

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Nov 19th 2023, 11:42 AM

# Brazil

Taylor Swift postpones Rio show due to 'extreme temperatures' after death of fan

The Rio Health Secretariat reported that Ana Benevides died on Friday evening after suffering cardiorespiratory arrest during Swift’s concert.

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Nov 19th 2023, 11:24 AM

# argentina election

Argentines go to the polls in tense presidential election amid economic crisis

Populist Javier Milei has frequently been compared to former US president Donald Trump.

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Nov 19th 2023, 10:24 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Surgeon: Every week my hospital deals with people suffering consequences of foreign surgeries

A report by

Niall O'Connor

Professor Helen Heneghan is a consultant surgeon in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin.

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Nov 19th 2023, 12:05 AM

Last month

November 2023

# Rafah crossing

Confirmation that 24 Irish citizens and dependents left Gaza yesterday as some arrive home today

Fifty Irish citizens and dependants have left Gaza in recent days.

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Nov 18th 2023, 5:23 PM

# Gaza

Gaza health ministry says more than 80 dead in strikes on refugee camp

The Commissioner General of the UN agency for Palestine Refugees has said he is receiving “horrifying” images of people killed in one of the strikes.

Hundreds of people fled Al-Shifa hospital on foot after its director said the Israeli army ordered it to be evacuated.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said 70% of residents have no access to clean water in south Gaza, where raw sewage has begun to flow on the streets.

The director of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said a strike on a residential building in the southern town of Hamad killed 26 people.

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Nov 18th 2023, 3:00 PM

# Social Media

Advertisers drop X after Elon Musk backs antisemitic post

Apple, Disney, IBM, Comcast and Lionsgate Entertainment are among the companies pausing advertising on the platform.

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Nov 18th 2023, 11:01 AM

# Kyiv

Ukraine reports increase in the number of Russian drone attacks overnight

Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 29 of the 38 Iranian-made Shahed drones, the most drones launched by Russia overnight since 30 September.

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Nov 18th 2023, 9:50 AM

# Iran in Dublin

Iranian diplomat in Dublin denies Iran is involved in 'proxy war' in Middle East

Dr Kazem Sharif Kazemi is Charge d’Affaire of the Iranian Embassy and he spoke about the alleged proxy wars in the Middle East and human rights.

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Nov 18th 2023, 9:30 AM

# Dropped

IBM pulls ads from X after report says they appeared next to antisemitic posts

The European Commission also said that it is pausing its advertising on X today.

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Nov 17th 2023, 10:21 PM

# Balkans

Nato chief to visit Kosovo and Serbia after flaring tensions

The Secretary General of Nato will meet with leaders in both Kosovo and Serbia.

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Nov 17th 2023, 3:24 PM

# Foreign Affairs

Tánaiste says he was 'shocked' by negative reactions to his visit to Israel

Micheál Martin was on an official visit to Israel yesterday.

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Nov 17th 2023, 11:54 AM

# Paris

French senator held for allegedly spiking MP's drink with intent to assault her

Joel Guerriau, a centrist senator from western France, has been held after an alleged incident on Tuesday night.

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Nov 17th 2023, 10:51 AM

# Earthquake

Magnitude 6.7 quake shakes southern Philippines

There were no immediate reports of casualties but the quake was felt across a wide area of a mountainous island.

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Nov 17th 2023, 10:13 AM

# Rescue Mission

Drill bores into tunnel rubble in India to create escape for 40 trapped workers

Drilling with a new machine started yesterday and needs to reach about 195 feet.

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Nov 17th 2023, 9:23 AM

# New York

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape and abuse by singer and former partner Cassie

Cassie alleged in the suit that Combs brought her into his ‘fast-paced and drug-fuelled lifestyle’ not long after she met him when she was 19 and he was 37.

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Nov 17th 2023, 7:32 AM