'Fight Nazism and Fascism!' — American poster (1930s) showing a worker battling the snake of Fascism and Hiterlism.

Breaking: Trump has interrupted Ukraine talks with European leaders to call Putin, source close to negotiations tells me.

There is no Agent Cobalt: Garda investigation clears Irish politician of being a Russian agent (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6789196

“There will be security guarantees”.

Also major: Germany's Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz cld send peacekeepers to Ukraine & will "discuss this with the coalition in Berlin, including the question of whether we might have to make decisions that require a mandate, which the German Parliament must make." sueddeutsche.de/politik/merz-s…

A hot mic at the White House meeting about the war in Ukraine captured US President Donald Trump saying Russian President Vladimir Putin 'wants to make a deal for me ... as crazy as it sounds.' Trump was speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron, adding that he thinks they

These two photos feel quite symbolic in the way EU leaders have approached Trump in his first Vs his second term

Samuel Beckett on vacation in Morocco, 1978.

🚨 NEW: Heather Humphreys secures Fine Gael nomination for presidency - she has so many supporters from within the parliamentary party that Sean Kelly cannot secure the 20 signatures needed to force a contest. Virgin Media News

Contrary to all efforts to end the war, Russia undertook a massive combined air strike on Ukraine overnight. Hundreds of drones, hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles on civilian and energy infrastructure. One of the missiles struck a major American electronics

The main target of Russia’s overnight attack was one of the biggest American investments in Ukraine — an electronics plant or Flex in Mukacheve on the Hungarian border. Hundreds of workers managed to flee to shelters just before two Russian missiles struck, according to

#BREAKING German prosecutors say a Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy for allegedly participating in sabotage targeting the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022

EU wins: Pharma tariffs are mostly capped at 15%, as are semiconductor tariffs EU losses: They didn't get alcohol tariffs down, as was a goal. For U.S. consumers, your champagne, Irish whiskey, and French cognac could get more expensive. nytimes.com/2025/08/19/wor…

So much for Europe's big plan to rely less on the US for defence. In the just-out joint statement detailing the EU-US trade deal (first announced in Scotland), the two sides say: "The EU plans to substantially increase procurement of military and defense equipment from the US."

The EU-US joint statement on trade provides predictability and stability to transatlantic economic bonds and to European companies. The EU must continue to deepen and expand its global trade partnerships.

#BREAKING Famine has been confirmed for the first time in an area of the Gaza Strip, according to the international authority responsible for monitoring food security, the IPC

The United Nations has officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first in the Middle East, with its experts saying 500,000 people were facing "catastrophic" hunger. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said the famine was entirely preventable, saying food could not get through to the

Hungary protests Ukrainian attacks on Druzhba oil pipeline. Calls on EU Energy Commissioner and top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas to act. Budapest is still heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels despite long-term EU plan to ban their use.

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