The world’s richest man has been granted broad latitude by Donald Trump to reduce the size of the federal government.

The father of an 18-year-old British volunteer who was killed by a Russian drone while on his first mission fighting in Ukraine has paid tribute, saying his son was a “polite, likeable young man”.

US stocks pared their losses after Mexican President President Claudia Sheinbaum said tariffs on her country’s goods are on hold for a month.

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson.

A footballer is in a coma after he was hit by a car on the hard shoulder of the M27 while investigating a flat tyre, his club has said.

The president suggested he has received word from the Ukrainian government that it would be willing to make a deal.

Thousands of USAid employees have been laid off and programmes shut down in the two weeks since Mr Trump became president.

The UN health agency said at least 900 people had died in last week’s fighting between the M23 rebels and Congolese forces in Goma.

The US and Mexico have said planned tariffs are on hold for a month to give time for further negotiations, and Mexico said it plans to deploy 10,000 members of its national guard to address drug ...

US President Donald Trump has said he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation into the country ...

Elon Musk, who is leading a civilian review of the US federal government, said the department was ‘beyond repair’.

Ukrainian troops are losing ground around the crucial supply hub, which lies at the confluence of multiple routes leading to ...