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It's one of the world's most isolated islands. Here come the bulldozers

2026, construction workers operating a tarmac mixer to build a road cutting through the island's forest land. **R. Satish Babu/AFP/via Getty Images** R. Satish Babu/AFP/via Getty Images After some public criticism last year

Why are fuel price protests sweeping the Republic of Ireland?

cost of fuel that clogged up busy thoroughfares and motorways across Ireland, April 8, 2026 [File: Conor Humphries/Reuters] ## What kind of protests in Ireland? The tenth day of protests began on Thursday. Pictures of convoys

What does Antonelli's improvement mean for Russell? F1 Q&A

2026 Formula 1 season has not been easy for George Russell. He entered the year as championship favourite, and four races in he is looking at a 20-point deficit to his team-mate Kimi

‘Iron brothers’: How China and Pakistan built an unlikely 75-year bond

War’s defining diplomatic openings. Washington was, as Carrai put it, “willing to spend Pakistan’s reputation for an outcome Pakistan itself was not centrally involved in shaping”. Sardar Masood Khan, Pakistan’s former ambassador