(Reuters) – Aon Plc said on Tuesday it is in early stages of considering an offer for rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc. The potential all-stock transaction is at a preliminary stage and there is no certainty that it will take place, Aon said. Willis Towers was not available for comment. Shares of Willis […]

To the Editor: Re “It’s Real: Black Panther Observed in Kenya” (news article, Feb. 14): The media frenzy over Will Burrard-Lucas’s stunning photos of a rare black leopard in Kenya underscores the world’s fascination with these mysterious creatures. While the conservation community weighs whether the new data actually serves as the first evidence of a […]

Life in the media isn’t all a joyless grind of deadlines, changing the ribbon on your typewriter and checking under your car for explosives – sometimes even part-timers like me get invited to the odd event. So it was that I found myself at a drinks launch, with several other, younger, more successful and attractive […]

Life in the media isn’t all a joyless grind of deadlines, changing the ribbon on your typewriter and checking under your car for explosives – sometimes even part-timers like me get invited to the odd event. So it was that I found myself at a drinks launch, with several other, younger, more successful and attractive […]

Whatever the outcome of the tortuous Brexit deliberations in the UK, the Government here seems determined to show any new Border barriers will be economic rather than security focused. The view is in contrast to that in Northern Ireland, where PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton has been allocated special funding to recruit an additional 308 […]

If you thought the past two years of inquiries into possible misbehavior by Trumpworld were brutal, brace yourself. Phase 2 is about to heat up. On Monday, the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee announced a wide-ranging inquiry into “the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power by President Trump, his associates and […]

In 1983, the married sociologists Gladys Engel Lang and Kurt Lang published “The Battle for Public Opinion,” a book that sought to explain how Americans, in less than two years, went from overwhelmingly re-electing Richard Nixon to largely supporting his impeachment. The Watergate scandal, after all, wasn’t a complete surprise. There was evidence of a […]

This article is part of David Leonhardt’s newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it each weekday. Almost half of Democratic voters identify as either political moderates or conservatives. And more than half of Democratic voters say they would like to see the party move toward the center rather than the left. If you’ve […]

The pair stood in the rain at Carrickcarnon in Co Louth, just feet from Co Armagh. It was in its way a strangely moving gesture by the Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, who joined EU Affairs Minister Helen McEntee right on the Irish Border to deliver a resounding message of Dutch solidarity on the Brexit […]

I’m a feminist but I don’t think tampons should be free. It’s a policy that looks generous. But, it’s a tokenistic gesture designed to make it look like the Government is doing something for women, without them tackling any real issues. The Irish Women’s Parliamentary Caucus is bringing a private members’ motion later this month […]