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On the evening of 1 April 2024, a team of aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) stood on Gaza’s Mediterranean shore overseeing the unloading of a barge full of desperately needed food on a makeshift jetty made of sand and rubble. The Gaza war had been raging for

Argentina has been ordered by a judge to return an 18th-century painting, stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector, to the rightful owner's heir. Portrait of a Lady by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades before being photographed in 2025 hanging

When Katie Taylor steps into the ring on Saturday night to defend her titles and once again enthral Ireland, there will be a bittersweet tinge. After a singular career that pioneered women’s boxing, the super-lightweight champion and Olympic gold medallist is bowing out. She is 40 and it

Two US peace negotiators will travel to Ukraine on Sunday after a stop in Moscow, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Friday. Ukraine's president said Kyiv would guarantee the safety of Russian airspace during the visit of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow, after which they are expected to

Five British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – Emmanuel Macron first confirmed France would return the Bayeux tapestry to Britain after 1,000 years. Speaking to an audience at Sandhurst alongside Theresa May – the No 10 holder of the day – he said that regarding France and Britain, "two

Sinn Féin's dream of leading a progressive left-wing government collapsed the day Siobhán Fenton was canvassing in Dublin and felt a cold, sharp sting on her neck. She was in the passageway of a block of flats in the inner city, knocking on doors, and looked around