There's a quote from American author Brenda Schoepp which succinctly captures the importance of farming: "My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer."
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to protect the interests of Irish beef farmers even if the controversial EU-Mercosur deal is ratified.
Migrants held at a border patrol station in El Paso, Texas, were being kept in "horrifying" conditions that included psychological abuse and being told to drink out of toilets, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said after a visit.
Thieves have broken into the cellar of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris and made off with at least 150 bottles of some of the world's most expensive wine.
Fourteen sailors on board a Russian defence ministry research submersible were killed in a fire while carrying out a survey of the sea floor, the ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
Man-made climate change probably made last month's European heatwave, in which southern France experienced a national record 45.9C, 4C hotter than it would otherwise have been, scientists say.
