The timing of this trade deal couldn't be worse for Irish farmers.
The former British prime minister David Cameron once told a story about canvassing with Boris Johnson during an election in the posh London suburb of Hampstead.
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began yesterday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their co-operation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth.
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris dominated her Democratic rivals in a debate on Thursday night, confronting front-runner Joe Biden on race and calling his remarks about working with segregationist senators "hurtful".
Consumers could be in line for cheaper beef, fruit and coffee following a trade deal between the EU and a South American trading bloc - but farmers have branded it a "massive blow to the Irish beef sector".
A one-time Nasa intern who bought a truckload of videotapes to resell them may end up a millionaire next month when Sotheby's auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man's first steps on the moon 50 years ago.
The young German captain of a migrant-rescue ship stranded off Italy dismissed threats of arrest and personal criticism from the country's far-right interior minister yesterday, saying her main priority was the safety of 40 rescued Africans.
