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A plan to end the war in Ukraine, backed by US President Donald Trump, would force Kyiv to cede large parts of its territory to Russia, cap its military size, and prevent it from joining NATO. The 28-point plan, described by US officials as a "working document," appears to favor Russia, which started the war launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Over the course of this offseason, the Washington Nationals have been very hard at work in creating positive change within the organization. Everyone who followed the team for a long time knew that operations had gone stale within the walls of the organization, and the way the club operated for a long time ended up costing a lot of people their jobs over the past few months.

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There's naturally a certain amount of friction in terms of labor law compatibility between European states inside and outside of the European Union (EU). But even within the umbrella of the EU, countries have their own labor, tax, and social security rules that can turn simple payroll procedures into a nightmare. That's because EU labor law is issued via directives that allow member states discretion in how they implement rulings.

A group of Afghan nationals have taken off from Islamabad, Pakistan and are due to arrive in Germany on Thursday, Germany's DPA news agency reported. Some 52 people were on board, sources told DPA. They are due to land in Berlin and Hanover. This would be the sixth group of such Afghans to arrive in the country since the new government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz came to power in May, DPA said.

Broadcaster refuses to apologise during Oireachtas hearing Broadcaster and media coach Ivan Yates has said he has "some regrets" about his comments that Fine Gael should "smear the bejaysus" out of Catherine Connolly during the presidential campaign. But he has refused to apologise for the remarks, which he made in a podcast by Newstalk Radio, saying they were "weaponised" and "deliberately manipulated" by Ms Connolly's campaign.

Andy Farrell has launched a strong defence of his decision to select Sam Prendergast for Saturday's clash with South Africa, dismissing concerns over the Leinster out-half's defence.

A jury in a High Court defamation action taken by two lawyers against businessman Denis O'Brien is expected to begin its deliberations on Friday.

Sam Prendergast will start at No 10 for Ireland against South Africa as Andy Farrell makes four changes to the team that beat Australia last Saturday night.

The Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced Spain's chief prosecutor Alvaro Garcia Ortiz to be barred from public office for two years for the crime of leaking confidential information. He has also been ordered to pay fines totalling 7,200 ($8,300) and ordered to pay 10,000 ($11,530) in compensation to businessman Alberto Gonzalez Amador, who has been prosecuted for tax fraud. Ortiz is the partner of Isabel Diaz Ayuso, the premier of the Madrid region, from the conservative Popular Party (PP).

"The problem with a lot of these older town centres, which traditionally have offered free parking, is you get all-day parking - people who are commuters or not actually customers of the shopping centre itself, or very often the retailers and the staff themselves," he said. "To actually free up the spaces, to manage the spaces and ensure a quick turnaround for short-term visitors, the introduction of parking charges is the best way to achieve this." He added: "There's no such thing as free parking - someone has to pay somewhere for maintenance, security, shopping centre management.

A devastating Russian aerial assault on Ternopil in western Ukraine has killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has confirmed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that 22 people were still missing at the site of Wednesday's Russian attack on Ternopil. Russia unleashed 476 drones and 48 missiles across Ukraine, striking vital energy and transportation infrastructure and forcing emergency power cut-offs during freezing weather. In Ternopil, the attack obliterated the upper floors of a residential building. Smoke billowed from the structure as firefighters battled the blaze while distraught residents gathered below, anxiously awaiting word about missing loved ones.

According to gardaí, this brings the number of individuals arrested to date in relation to this investigation to 38

The 'research' vessel Yantar presents a significant defence and national security challenge

That wasn't like prior acts of sabotage it was state terrorism because its clear aim was human casualties,

The seizure on 30 September had prompted a furious response from China, which in early October banned exports of Nexperia chips from the country, where most of them are packaged and finished. That threw global carmakers' supply chains into turmoil, leading to production pauses in Mexico and warnings from EU manufacturers that they were days away from stoppages. China lifted the export ban on 9 November, and Volkswagen and Honda have indicated that Nexperia chips are flowing again to their factories in Germany and Mexico.

In a lengthy 2022 judgment, Mr Justice Hildyard concluded that Lynch and Autonomy's former chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain had fraudulently inflated the software company's revenues and misrepresented its performance before selling it to HP for $11 billion. Although the judge said HP would still have proceeded with the deal had it known the true state of Autonomy's finances, he ruled that Lynch and Hussain had deliberately misled the buyer.

US research firm Gartner predicts that IT spending in Europe will increase by 11% to a total of $1.4 trillion in 2026. Growth is expected to be driven by AI, cloud computing and cybersecurity, despite limited IT budgets and few new hires. Spending on generative AI is expected to grow by 78%, while cloud investments will increase by 24% as companies increasingly move services to Europe for sovereignty reasons.

Ivan Yates says TDs declaring conflicts of interest before podcasts would be a 'mood killer' Podcasts must be included in planned new broadcasting regulations which are designed to cover radio and television, according to the chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee. Alan Kelly said there is an "imbalance" in the current proposals which should be "relooked at" in light of controversy around Ivan Yates who was training Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate, Jim Gavin, while also co-hosting the Paths to Power podcast.

The initiative includes European Business Wallets, which the European Commission (EC) said will offer companies a single digital identity to simplify paperwork and make it much easier to do business across EU member states. Valdis Dombrovskis, commissioner for economy and productivity, said: "Today's proposal represents an important first step in our digital simplification agenda, aiming to create a more favourable business environment for European companies."

The trend goes like this: A group of people, typically kids, gives their phone to someone else and asks them to record them doing a dance. They record the dance on the front-facing camera so the dancers can see themselves and at the end of the dance, they move towards the camera and flip it to reveal the person recording them.

The general principle is that voting rights are based on citizenship and each country makes its own rules. When electoral rights are granted to non-nationals, these are usually limited to local elections and do not extend to national ones. So neither EU nationals or non-EU citizens are able to vote for example in French presidential elections or German parliamentary elections, unless of course they have taken citizenship in those countries.

He loved sport, not just watching it but entering competitions and pushed his limits in Iron Man and triathlons. His dedication and drive is part of what made him who he was. He also had enormous pride in diving. He lived his life with adventure and travelled far and dreamed big. His final illness took place in Turkey where he didn't expect his journey to end,

And that entrance is through a wide raised lawn, which is surprisingly well hidden unless you're familiar with it already. It's laid out as two lawns on either side of the main paved route to the church's actual entrance, and the paving is lined almost the entire way with benches, reflecting how busy the pocket park can get on a warm day.

IRFU chief executive Kevin Potts and chief financial officer Thelma O'Driscoll have defended the union's ticket pricing for senior men's internationals at the Aviva Stadium and rejected the idea that those games have become a corporate day out.