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Skip next section Ukrainian president makes first official visit to Ireland12/02/2025December 2, 2025Ukrainian president makes first official visit to IrelandVolodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in IrelandImage: Liam Mcburney/PA Wire/dpa/picture allianceUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Ireland late Monday for his first official visit to the country. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy will be meeting Ireland’s new president, Catherine Connolly, before sitting down with Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin for bilateral talks. The Ukrainian leader will launch the Ireland-Ukraine Economic Forum and later address the Irish parliament at Leinster House. Martin, who met Zelenskyy upon his arrival, said the visit comes at a “critical time” for Kyiv, and…

Key points The head of Apple’s AI team, John Giannandrea, is to retire in early 2026 Apple faces criticism for lagging behind competitors in AI technology The tech company has brought in a veteran engineer from Google and Microsoft Apple announced on Monday that its head of artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, is stepping down. Giannandrea, who led Machine Learning and AI Strategy for seven years, will retire in spring 2026, Apple said in a statement. Giannandrea will serve as an advisor during his remaining time with the technology company. He will be replaced by Amar Subramanya, who has joined Apple as…

A new adaptation of the so-called “greatest love story of all time,” “Wuthering Heights,” is coming to the big screen this Valentine’s Day. The new movie features an all-star lineup, headed by Margot Robbie as leading lady, Catherine, and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. Directed by Emerald Fennell, the trailer released last week promises a cinematic, broody take on Emily Bronte’s 1847 Gothic novel of the same name. Set in the West Yorkshire moors, the trailer hints at eroticism while conjuring the feeling of English walls suffering from rising damp and pained hearts aching from a doomed love, with enough anguish…

Finland, traditionally one of the European Union’s most fiscally disciplined countries, has received a wake-up call from Brussels. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, last week ordered Helsinki to devise a credible plan to resolve the country’s budget deficit, which has crossed the EU’s limit of 3% of gross domestic product (GDP). The Commission said Finland’s deficit was projected to reach 4.5% of GDP in 2025, while the country’s debt burden was set to hit 90% of GDP next year, up by nearly half since 2019. The Nordic nation, whose annual economy is worth €300 billion ($349 billion), has now been formally placed under the EU’s Excessive Deficit…

Georgia has grappled with political tension and months of street protests, but President Mikheil Kavelashvili defended the legitimacy of the country’s 2024 parliamentary elections and its path to become an European Union (EU) member. DW correspondent Juri Rescheto spoke exclusively with Kavelashvili, who insisted the election delivered a credible mandate for the ruling Georgian Dream party. “I have been in politics for the last 10 years,” Kavelashvili told DW. “Compared to all previous ones, the most recent elections went off better than any before. Without any violations.” Georgian Dream won the parliamentary elections in October 2024, but the vote was…

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration would maintain a pause on asylum decisions “for a long time.” “We don’t want those people,” Trump said. “You know why we don’t want them? Because many have been no good, and they shouldn’t be in our country.” The president said there was “no time limit” for the pause. The decision followed the shooting near the White House on Wednesday, which resulted in the death of a 20-year-old National Guard member and left another critically wounded. Afghan suspect in DC shooting likely radicalized in US, says Noem The suspect is…

In a social media video, a young Russian teenager holds a solo protest by showing anti-government slogans that read  “Freedom for political prisoners,” or “I am against Putin.”  We can immediately sense that this boy, Arseny Turbin, who is only 14 years old at the time, is committed to social justice. But few would imagine that his courageous, if somewhat naive, activism might in any way threaten the power of Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yet in a country where crackdown on dissent is widespread, such posts — even when they don’t go viral — apparently carry enough threat to attract the authorities’ attention. Turbin is currently serving a five-year prison sentence, making him one of Russia’s youngest political prisoners.Arseny Turbin is still…

“VitiVoltaic” projects aim to make viticulture fit for climate change. The term is a portmanteau of the Latin genus name for the grapevine, vitis vinifera, and the word for solar power generation, photovoltaics. This new technology makes it possible to harvest two very different things on two levels: Electricity above and wine grapes below. Pilot projects are underway to test which technology works where — and at what price. In Germany’s southwestern Rheingau region, known for its picturesque vineyards, the Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU) specializes in all aspects of the wine industry. Here, researchers have created a test facility to determine…

A spokesman for the Iranian Football Association (FFIRI) announced on Friday that it would not be sending a delegation to Washington, DC, for the draw for the group stage of next year’s World Cup. “We have informed FIFA that the decisions taken have nothing to do with sports and the members of the Iranian delegation will not participate in the World Cup draw,” FFIRI spokesman Amir Mahdi Alavi told state television. He said the move was in protest over the fact that several members of the Iranian delegation had not been granted visas to enter the United States. According to…

Oscar-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard, whose celebrated work revolutionized modern theater and earned him one of cinema’s highest accolades for Shakespeare in Love, has passed away at the age of 88. According to his agency, United Agents, the acclaimed playwright passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Stoppard, a Czech-born writer who is often hailed as the greatest British dramatist of his generation, had a career defined by wit, intellectual daring, and a mastery of language. His Academy Award was one of many distinctions he received, including multiple Tonys and Oliviers. Stoppard escaped Nazis as a child Stoppard was…