Panic buying in Australia, the United States and Britain saw leaders appeal for calm over the virus that has infected over 138,000 people globally and killed more than 5,000.

The European Union has urged member countries to put health screening in place at their borders to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and also pledged a €37bn aid fund.

The country has become a battleground for larger powers competing for its oil and attempting to dominate the Arab world, writes Bernard Haykel

To combat any doubters and reap cutting-edge rewards, we need a digital transition which is European by design and nature, writes Ursula von der Leyen.

Ambition is little more than the capacity to put conviction before doubt.

The bloc should not use its larger economy to bully the UK in trade talks, but should value what the latter can contribute, in areas such as intelligence, writes Daniel Gros

As an investment advisor, one of the most frequently asked questions I get from clients is about buying

Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise across the Western world. This trend, and the weak response to it, is a harbinger of democratic decay, writes Ana Palacio

The US and Europe looked set for a renewed clash over everything from car tariffs to digital taxes in a sign that a new American focus was emerging following president Donald Trump’s trade truce with China.

A paper published in Current Biology examines the extinction of a colourful little bird which, until recently, thrived in the eastern US. With the appalling environmental catastrophe enveloping Australia, home to 56 of the world’s 370 parrot species, this account of the Carolina parakeet’s demise is timely.

Consumers across the EU are set to benefit from new rules on phone and internet contracts.

Over the last decade, the requisite year-end reflections and predictions have become increasingly bleak.

The US, China, and Russia all resent the EU’s sharing of sovereignty among its states and want to undermine it.

Europe has dithered for decades over whether or not to unify its armies, says Andreas Kluth

A new EU Drug Markets Report found cannabis to be the most popular substance followed by cocaine, heroin and then amphetamines.

Former assistant garda commissioner Michael O’Sullivan, who is now Director of the Maritime Analysis Operations Centre, has said that a new report into the European drugs market reflects an increase in the use of cocaine which is “fuelling murderous feuds.”

To keep global warming within an acceptable range, we must reduce the amount of plastic we produce, consume, and discard, say Froilan Grate and Lili Fuhr

The current US administration’s staunch support of Israel could be an advantage in pressuring the beleaguered Palestinians to accept a deal, says French diplomat Gerard Araud.

Hagibis has moved on, and the world's attention with it, but the consequences of the deadly storm are still being felt across a broad sweep of Japan.

With Brexit talks appearing to be at an impasse as the withdrawal deadline looms, here is a look at what could happen next in the UK’s roller-coaster relationship with the EU.

Before incoming European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen takes over on November 1, MEPs will scrutinise all those nominated to be in her top team.

China’s political leaders are driving business expansion abroad through its One Belt One Road initiative —a development plan focused on boosting trade across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and beyond.

British democracy was long renowned for its moderation, but its Brexiteer prime minister has pitched it into a political civil war with Remainers, says Philippe Legrain.

I come back from holiday — nothing fancy, no yachts or villas, just camping in France — to a rich guy with mad hair who seems to think he is in charge, having been elected by nobody beyond a few thousand people in his own party.

A ‘scurry’ of American grey squirrels was presented to the bride on the occasion of her marriage at Castleforbes, County Longford, in 1910.

Units in one of Cork’s best modern developments are for sale for the very first time, writes Tommy Barker.

Most Germans live by the credo that saving is a virtue, but the ECB’s negative interest rates risk making a mockery of the national obsession, prompting politicians to seek ways to insulate thrifty citizens and keep the burden on the country’s beleaguered banks.

The leaking last week of the classified UK government report on the impact of a no-deal Brexit, codenamed Yellowhammer, should, in a logical world, come as a wake-up call to the British establishment that’s championing Brexit and favouring the no-deal variety.

Scientists are examining how bacteria, viruses and fungi can be used in targeted products for farmed animals, to improve the ratio of muscle to fat, make animals less stressed, stop them from getting infections, or make them grow larger with less food.

The story this week begins with an unfortunate flat squirrel encountered on a road in the Czech Republic, awkwardly renamed Czechia, uncomfortably similar to that of war-torn Chechnya fighting for independence from Russia.

The future can knock on the door in the most peculiar and surprising ways.

Access to global networks is a great source of power but it must be used with responsibility and not be taken for granted, write Anne-Marie Slaughter and Elina Ribakova

Twenty years after Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s premature death, her style still inspires the world over. Rachel Marie Walsh reflects on the enduring appeal of an American princess.

It is the nature of our world that sometimes single events can seem, though significant, hardly groundbreaking.

Take up the White Man’s burden, Send forth the best ye breed, Go bind your sons to exile, To serve your captives’ need.

World leaders attending the G20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation.

Early analysis of election results is usually a risky business but even at this stage, as the last do-or-die seats are still in contention, it seems a few headline lessons cannot be ignored.

When Tomás Mac an tSaoir came through the arrival gates of Dublin airport yesterday, his only visible signs of injury were some small plasters on his feet.

Americans Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson were playing a practice round at the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor Resort when Mickelson proposed a dream scenario: “Can you imagine what a phenomenal Ryder Cup venue Bethpage Black would be?” he said.

This year, Berlin celebrates the life of a distinguished son; Alexander von Humboldt, who was born in the city 250 years ago.

A collaborative effort makes ‘The Pianist of Yarmouk’ a clunky read, but that doesn’t take from the fact that this is a great story and provides a vital piece in the jigsaw of the Syrian war, writes Josephine Fenton.

A majority of Irish people are unaware that several diseases, including hepatitis, measles and tetanus, are still causing death in Europe, according to an EU study.

Fundamentalists hostile to Europe’s values are covertly backing right-wing elements across the bloc, says Mary Fitzgerald