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Gordon Ramsay is merging his UK and US restaurant businesses in a deal which will bring fresh private equity investment into the celebrity chef’s firm. The chef said the deal will help him to expand further internationally and create more…
Provisional liquidators have been appointed to a Co Cork-based medical supplies company that alleges it is owed €1.2 million by the HSE. PMD Device Solutions Ltd petitioned the High Court for the appointment on Friday, acknowledging that it is “clearly…
The Danish government has announced plans to bolster its military by setting up a 50 billion-kroner (£5.5 billion) fund that it says will raise the country’s defence spending to more than 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year and…
Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was partially paralysed in the Columbine High School shooting but found strength to forgive, has died. She was 43. Ms Hochhalter was found in her home in Denver on Sunday. Her family suspects she died of…
The South African government’s annual presentation of its budget was abruptly cancelled on Wednesday and rescheduled for next month over a dispute among parties in the governing coalition. The finance minister’s budget speech normally takes place in February. Parliament Speaker…
Police in Munich are investigating after more than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why. The small stickers are printed with…
The Irish killer of a Dublin man attacked with a knuckle duster and stabbed in a ‘love triangle’ murder has escaped with a prison sentence of just six years after striking a plea bargain deal less than a week before…
Elon Musk’s xAI has unveiled its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, which it claims is now better than OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Mr Musk said Grok 3 is the “smartest AI on Earth”, and the company said it performed better in…
European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, after Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations. Leaders of Germany,…
The apparent leader of a cult-like group known as the Zizians has been arrested with another member of the organisation, US police said. Jack Lasota (34) was arrested in Maryland on Sunday with Michelle Zajko (33), of Media, Pennsylvania, Maryland…