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Canadian men facing fight to avoid relegation from World Rugby Sevens Series
United States' David Still attempts too tackle Canada's Josiah Morra during their Los Angeles rugby sevens series pool match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. The Canadian men hope playing before a hometown crowd at this weekend’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event can help pull them back from the abyss. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Marcio Jose Sanchez
world
Boris Johnson denies misleading Parliament over lockdown parties, could face suspension
In this photo made available by UK Parliament, is shown footage from the House of Commons dated 01/12/2021 as he gives evidence to the Privileges Committee at the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a high-stakes grilling by a committee of lawmakers. The question is whether he misled Parliament about rule-breaking parties in government buildings during the coronavirus pandemic. (House of Commons/UK Parliament via AP)
european business
British PM wins parliamentary approval for key element of post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks on Downing Street in London, Britain March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
sports
Canadian women topple Ireland at Canada Sevens, men close tournament with loss
Fiji's Reapi Ulunisau, left, fights off Canada's Olivia De Couvreur during HSBC Canada Sevens women's rugby action, in Vancouver, on Sunday, March 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
sports
Canadian women suffer second loss at Canada Sevens rugby tournament
Canada's Chloe Daniels, centre, collides with United States' Kayla Canett, left, and Alena Olsen during HSBC Canada Sevens women's rugby action, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
european business
British PM Rishi Sunak tries to win over skeptics to new Brexit trade deal during visit to Belfast
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland, February 28, 2023. Liam McBurney/Pool via REUTERS
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Rishi Sunak reaches deal with the EU to resolve trade dispute over Northern Ireland
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the Guildhall in Windsor, Britain February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville
world
U.K. PM Rishi Sunak to meet EU chief in push to finalize Northern Ireland deal
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
world
Northern Irish police arrest three over shooting of detective
Police forensics officers works near the scene of a shooting of an off duty policeman at the Killyclogher Road sports complex in the northern Irish town of Omagh on February 23, 2023. - Police said Thursday that "violent dissident republicans" were the "prime focus" of an investigation into the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland. (Photo by PAUL FAITH / AFP) (Photo by PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
McDonald’s to debut plant-based McNuggets next week
FILE - An exit sign is shown at a McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh on Saturday, April 23, 2022. McDonald's reports their earnings Tuesday, Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
report on business
Microsoft Canada’s Irish ownership offers a glimpse into multinationals’ tax strategies
The exterior of the Microsoft office in Toronto, Ont., photographed on Sunday, January 1, 2023. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
world
Northern Ireland sees growing angst about sectarian strife and Brexit
world
Leo Varadkar returns for second term as Irish leader in political job-share deal
FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar arrives at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
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An Irish resort town, now home to more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees, feels the strain of hospitality
11.20.2022 Castlebar, Ireland. Mikha Dmitriev, 17, left, , son of Lali Dmitrieva,right, does the nails of a fellow refugee from Ukraine. They are in the common room of the Royal Hotel and Theatre in Castlebar on Ireland’s west coast. The hotel is one of many in the resort region that is now home to more than 2,000 refugees. Summary: Lali Dmitrieva has been running from the Russian army nearly all her life; from Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014 and Mariupol last April. She’s now 52-years old and starting over once again, this time on the west coast of Ireland with her 17-year old son Mikhail.   Ms. Dmitrieva used to run three Georgian restaurants in Ukraine and she dreams of opening her own eatery. She tried finding kitchen work in Warsaw last summer after she and Misha arrived in Poland from Mariupol. But the pay was miniscule and her limited Polish was a drawback. A friend suggested heading to Ireland and she packed up and went, landing in Dublin last August before the government relocated her more than 235 kilometers west in Castlebar.    She and Misha are now living in the Royal Hotel and Theatre, along with 72 other Ukrainians. Nearly every hotel in the area is filled with refugees and only a few of them have found work. Misha earns some money doing manicures under the table at a local shop but Lali spends most of her days taking long walks through town and struggling to learn English. Her stylish flare is out of place in Castlebar and she can’t get used to the climate, or the food. She abhors the meals served at the hotel but the owner won’t let her near the kitchen.    Her only contact with locals have been the handful of people she meets on her walks, a friendly Georgian at a store and a few congregants at a Roman Catholic church that has held a few services in her Orthodox tradition, although only in English.    Her dream now is to head to Toronto. One of her restaurant partners from Ukraine has settled there and he wants her to come and he
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UN Security Council to vote on blanket aid sanctions exemption for humanitarian efforts
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during the U.N. Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security in Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
european business
Pfizer to invest more than US$2.5-billion to expand European manufacturing
Pfizer company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Puurs, Belgium, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
report on business
As British voters cool on Brexit, U.K. softens tone towards EU
FILE - A Union flag waves behind a European Union flag, outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. The British government on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 denied a report it is seeking a “Swiss-style” relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by Brexit — even as it tries to repair ties with the bloc after years of acrimony. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
book review
New book asks tough but necessary questions about Irish unity
Irish Author Brendan O’leary Book Making Sense of a United Ireland: Should it happen? How might it happen?
sports
Canada captain Sophie de Goede up for World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year
Canada's Sophie De Goede prepares to take a shot at goal during the women's rugby World Cup semifinal between Canada and England at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, Nov.5, 2022. (Andrew Cornaga/Photosport via AP)
report on business
Ireland must change law to ratify EU-Canada trade deal, court rules
soccer
Canada takes the hard road at FIFA Women’s World Cup
Canada's coach Bev Priestman arrives for the football draw ceremony of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at the Aotea Centre in Auckland on October 22, 2022. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Canada won’t make ‘veiled threat’ over Irish border, U.K. envoy Goodale says
canada
Irish republican party Sinn Fein asks Canada to halt trade talks with U.K.
A Loyalist mural painted on a wall in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Peter Morrison
travel
Take a journey to find inner peace in Wexford, Ireland
The quay at Wexford, a quiet fishing village in the southeast of Ireland (Courtesy Failte Ireland).jpg
world
Tens of thousands expected to fill London streets to pay respects to Queen
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 13: Grace Gothard, from Ghana, who is one of the first people to join the official queue to view Queen Elizabeth II when she lies in state in Westminster Hall, on September 13, 2022 in London, England. Grace arrived at 4.30am to join the official queue opposite the Palace of Westminster, where an estimated 400,000 people are expected to queue to pay their respects during the four days she will lie in State. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Kiran Ridley)
international business
Ireland fines Instagram a record $400-million over handling of children’s data
FILE - This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said by email on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, that it made a final decision on Friday to fine the company 405 million euros ($402 million) for mishandling teenagers' personal data. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file).
arts
U.S. authors Elizabeth Strout, Percival Everett among Booker Prize finalists
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: Elizabeth Strout attends the New York Public Library 2018 Library Lions Gala at the New York Public Library at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on November 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)
world
New PM Liz Truss shuffles cabinet to reflect diversity, Britain’s first with no white men in top office
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: New UK prime minister Liz Truss gives her first speech at Downing Street on September 6, 2022 in London, England. The new prime minister assumes her role at Number 10 Downing Street after defeating fellow Conservative Rishi Sunak in the contest for party leader. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
opinion
What Irish cows and Canadian oil have in common (Hint: Climate)
The Editorial Board
opinion
I was born in one of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes. I know what it’s like to be wary of a Papal apology
Fionn Davenport
explainer
Pope Francis has arrived in Canada for his ‘penitential pilgrimage.’ Here’s what to know about his papal visit
The Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage site in Alberta on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Pope Francis is scheduled to make a pilgrimage to the water during his visit to the Canadian province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jessie Wardarski
soccer
Austria ousts Norway, sets up Euros quarterfinal against Germany
Austria players celebrate at the end of the Women Euro 2022 group A soccer match between Austria and Norway at Brighton & Hove Community Stadium in Brighton, England, Friday, July 15, 2022. Austria won 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
world
British PM Boris Johnson’s move to rewrite post-Brexit trade rules clears first hurdle
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
world
Britain presses on with plan to rewrite post-Brexit trade rules; EU calls move illegal
FILE PHOTO: The European Union and Union Jack flags are flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
world
U.K. presses on with changes to Brexit deal despite EU opposition
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss attends a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (not seen) in Ankara, Turkey, June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
books
Short story collection Homesickness showcases Colin Barrett’s uncanny ear for dialogue and Irish vernacular
Homesickness by Colin Barrett