With all the focus on Brexit, it’s easy to overlook growing evidence that Leo Varadkar’s leadership is beginning to look a little unsteady. Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have understandably been absorbed with protecting Ireland’s vital national interests, on the backstop and preserving EU solidarity. Historic and important as Brexit is, it’s not likely to […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British energy supplier SSE has agreed to sell nearly half of its stake in the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass wind farms in Scotland to renewables fund Greencoat UK Wind and a UK pension fund for 635 million pounds ($832.17 million). The move is part of SSE’s wider strategy to focus on its core […]

Roller derby is for when you want to get hurt while wearing fishnets, but also go in circles. Horseback riding is for if you never got over getting too big to ride your dog without hurting its back. Football is moshing in shiny pants without music while wearing helmets. Skydiving is for people who sort […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Two of the world’s largest precious metals refiners, Valcambi and Asahi, are separately bidding for the assets of their bankrupt Miami-based rival Republic Metals Corporation (RMC), two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The two companies will go head to head in an auction in a New York bankruptcy court […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning, Our reporters spoke with President Trump on Thursday. We’re also looking ahead to a jobs report today and the Super Bowl on Sunday. Breaking Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, announced today that he is running for president in 2020. President calls […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian airline Avianca Brasil, which filed for bankruptcy protection in December, expects that advanced loan talks with hedge fund Elliott Management Corp will avoid the grounding of its planes, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Avianca Brasil has been talking to Elliott about the hedge fund’s providing […]

The next few weeks seem depressingly predictable, but the leader of the UK opposition could deliver hope by looking ahead to a true democratic future. Britain’s prime minister has been remarkable in resolutely following a ruinous path that she keeps insisting remains the least perilous road to Brexit. Theresa May’s first crime against logic was […]

Something is causing key fobs to malfunction when drivers park their vehicles at a grocery store in central Alberta — and despite their best efforts, employees can’t figure out why. Related For weeks, Kingston residents watched a ‘mystery plane’ flying at night. It was RCMP, sources say Canada bringing home some diplomats in Cuba after […]

To the Editor: Re “Lessons From a Rescue Dog,” by Margaret Renkl (Op-Ed, Jan. 28): Over the past 20 years, I have provided a home for five rescue dogs, including a basset hound dumped beside a busy street and a chocolate Lab abandoned when college students went home for the summer. All five showed the […]

MILAN (Reuters) – U.S. hedge fund Elliott has raised its stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to 9.4 percent, a SEC filing showed on Thursday, escalating a power battle over the Italian phone group with top shareholder Vivendi. TIM has been caught up since early last year in a tug-of-war between French media group Vivendi and […]