President-elect Donald Trump has said the United States should let China keep the navy unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

A racist post about US First Lady Michelle Obama has prompted calls for the director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor to be sacked.

US president Barack Obama has declared Donald Trump “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve in the White House.

Hillary Clinton stepped into history by becoming the Democratic party’s nominee in the White House race but does she have what it takes to make history in November?

GAA dominates this weekend’s sporting fixtures, but hey, we love our football and hurling so bring it on!

Angela Merkel is the most powerful woman in the world in the annual Forbes’ 100 list for the fifth year in a row.

Michelle Obama urged Cambodian students to finish their education and speak up to demand greater freedoms and more equality on a landmark visit to a Southeast Asian country that has been ruled by an authoritarian strongman for decades.

The Spanish-language US television network Univision fired presenter Rodner Figueroa after he likened first lady Michelle Obama to a cast member of the film “Planet of the Apes,” said the network.

Thousands of people have gathered in Selma, Alabama, ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama at the 50th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement.

Daniel Day-Lewis has been named in a list of the best ever Oscar-winning performances in a biopic by Rolling Stone.

President Barack Obama has defended the US government’s willingness to cooperate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security despite deep concerns over human rights abuses.

A man has come forward to say he was responsible for the drone that crashed in the White House grounds.

A man has come forward to say he was responsible for the drone that crashed In the White House grounds.

An intruder who jumped a fence at the White House made it further inside the building than the US Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, according to reports.

An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labour says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health is not deteriorating.

Dublin has been voted one of the friendliest cities on the planet by an influential travel magazine.

Dublin has been voted one of the friendliest cities on the planet by an influential travel magazine.

Pope Francis is streets ahead of any world leader on Twitter because he is so widely re-tweeted.

US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have toured the September 11 museum, viewing a memorial wall with photos of victims and a mangled fire truck.

Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people, and abducted the wife and children of a retired police officer in north-east Nigeria over the weekend as as an international effort got underway to rescue 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants.

Islamic militants who prompted global outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls have opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds in a new spasm of violence in Nigeria’s north-east.

US First Lady Michelle Obama is planning a week-long visit to China this month, her first trip to the Asian economic powerhouse.

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Her physical presence transcends fashion and projects natural power. Her easy warmth and confidence seem unlimited, as is her ability to connect with ordinary people. As Michelle Obama turns 50, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the First Lady

Barack Obama has sent Russia a clear message about its treatment of gays and lesbians with his choices to represent the United States at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Riot police in South Africa have clashed with anti-Obama protestors in the township of Soweto.

US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters have enjoyed a private guided tour of the Wicklow Mountains National Park as their whistlestop tour of Ireland draws to a close.

Failte Ireland has said the Obama's trip to Glendalough today is the perfect postcard image of Ireland for the US tourist market.

To Sasha Obama it looked like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft.

The US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters will arrive in Dublin today for a two-day visit.

I bags the top bunk! World leaders faced a tussle for the two top suites at the Lough Erne Resort ahead of the G8 summit, which begins today.

Final preparations are underway for the 39th G8 summit, which takes place in Co Fermanagh tomorrow.

A ring of steel has been erected across both sides of the border as the world’s leaders descend on Fermanagh for the G8 summit on Monday.

Irish was the only subject on the timetable for Junior Certificate students, but ordinary level candidates had just a single paper to sit and the afternoon off for study or relaxation.

First lady Michelle Obama threatened to leave a night-time fundraising event unless a protester stopped interrupting her speech.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world by business magazine Forbes for the third year running.

New laws are to be introduced to allow the Justice Minister order mobile phone companies to shut down networks to prevent terrorist attacks.

US first lady Michelle Obama is to visit the Republic of Ireland next month while her husband is in the North for the G8 summit.