The Far-right’s rising tide

It has to be benchmarked to Donald Trump, although changes on both sides of the Atlantic had been incubating for a good length of time to hit the road with a bang! A new milestone around our neck? The widely read British columnist Rod Riddle had relied on quotes from The Guardian to explain the Trump factor as it impacted the US presidential election. Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale attributed it to 'traumatic bonding,' like the Stockholm syndrome-an emotional dependency forged through abuse.

Obama offers Greeks reassurance about US commitment to NATO

President Barack Obama opened his final foreign trip as president Tuesday with reassuring words in Greece about the U.S. commitment to NATO even as he prepares to hand off to a Donald Trump administration, saying Democratic and Republican administrations alike recognize the importance of the alliance to the trans-Atlantic relationship. Without mentioning Trump by name, Obama told Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos that a strong NATO is of "utmost importance" and would provide "significant continuity even as we see a transition in government in the United States."

Hey Swedes, let’s salvage our lost sub together, says Russia

Russia wants to team up with Sweden to salvage a submarine which sank off the coast of Sweden a hundred years ago, in a move to improve relations between the two countries. Russian submarines are a sensitive subject in Sweden after the Swedes' infamous hunt for an underwater vessel that was never found in Stockholm's archipelago in 2014, as well as the Russian submarine that mysteriously ran aground in Swedish waters in 1981.

NI-born DJ to cause a spin after US presidential debate

Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. Co Antrim-born DJ Fergie is to be a special guest on the Fox News Channel following the US presidential debate tomorrow It is not every day a DJ from Northern Ireland gets to share the spotlight with the future US president, but that is exactly what will happen at a glamorous event in Las Vegas on Thursday.

UK working with Ireland on post-Brexit immigration control issues

London reportedly wants to beef up controls at Ireland's ports and airports in order to avoid the return of a 'hard border' with Northern Ireland. Britain plans to use entry points to the Irish Republic as its front line in combating post-Brexit illegal immigration, according to a report.

Little precedent for $400M cash to Iran

In this Jan. 17, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the release of Americans by Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. A $400 million cash delivery to Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent U.S. history, according to legal experts and diplomatic historians, raising further questions about a payment timed to help free four American prisoners in Iran.

University of Brescia and Mount Sinai Expand Cooperation with First Internationalization Summit

Faculty from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai joined colleagues from around the world at the University of Brescia in Italy for a recent conference on the internationalization of education and research. The 2016 Brescia Internationalization Summit, held on July 13, 2016, included a roundtable discussion where participants explored the university's role in creating a new generation of globally minded professionals for the advancement of science.

Clinton chooses Irish-American with Longford links as her vice-president

Presumptive Democratic US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has picked an Irish-American senator as her running mate ahead of November's election. Running mate: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her newly appointed vice president, Senator Tim Kaine.

Nation-Now 36 mins ago 9:13 p.m.Wisconsin’s status as presidential battleground in question

"Ultimately, if you're advertising, you're serious. If is truly competitive or had a chance to be competitive we would be seeing advertising," says Ken Goldstein, a political scientist with the University of San Francisco, and formerly with the University of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s status as a presidential battleground in question

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The Swiss army battles its latest foe: bedbugs in dorms

The defense department said Monday that a parents' day event planned for July 16 is being cancelled because bedbugs have appeared in dormitories and fabrics used by three companies at an infantry training school in several parts of French-speaking Switzerland. Disinfection measures have been taken and specialists have been called in to clean up the sites.

Andrew Pierce: Complacency in the Number 10 bunker turned to panic – then tears

Get out now! Furious EU leaders demand Britain makes quick exit from the EU as Prime Minister David Cameron resigns and global markets plummet over historic referendum vote to leave Europe PIERS MORGAN: No wonder Trump looks happy - Britain's exit from Europe should leave Hillary Clinton shaking in her boots and Donald knows it! It wasn't me! Obama shrugs off his humiliating failure to stop Britain quitting Europe by claiming 'globalization' was to blame for shock result Donald Trump says 'always wrong Obama' and Clinton pushed the British out of Europe by lecturing them to stay - and Americans will be next 'to take their country Brexit doesn't mean Hillary will lose the election, claims her campaign, after British ignored her demand they vote to stay in KATIE HOPKINS: Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

Donald Trump could still visit Ireland during transatlantic golf courses tour

Donald Trump's plans to build a 2.8km sea rock barrier in erosion-hit dunes beside his Doonbeg Golf Links course have been branded "naive" Donald Trump has insisted he has not snubbed Ireland amid reports his transatlantic trip to his golf resorts has been cut short. The billionaire challenger for the US presidency announced to great fanfare 10 days ago that he would fly into the renowned Doonbeg golf links in Co Clare late next week after visiting his investments in Scotland.

Sanders supporters angry as Clinton wins sufficient backing

Bernie Sanders assured his outraged supporters that he intends to win Tuesday's primary in California and beyond as Hillary Clinton secured the commitments of enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Campaigning in San Francisco Monday, Sanders declined to speculate to reporters about what a poor showing in Tuesday's primaries might mean to his presidential campaign.

Trump to visit UK day after ‘Brexit’ vote

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit the United Kingdom on June 24, the day that final results from the highly anticipated "Brexit" vote are expected to be tallied. Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks confirmed that Trump will travel to Scotland on the 24 to visit the Turnberry Golf Resort, a property he has been working to open since buying the Turnberry hotel in 2014.

Wigan businessman could be Donald’s Trump card in White House bid

Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. Ian Harris, who is originally from Marus Bridge but now lives in London, was shocked to receive a phone call from the campaign office for the controversial, larger-than-life Republican candidate to replace Barack Obama as president.