Israel’s founders advocated a universalism of ‘complete equality’, whereas its current leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has a narrow agenda, says Mark Leonard.

A Polish prisoner carefully checks there are no guards around before he enters one of the SS cloakrooms in Auschwitz. He takes out a hidden vial and quickly sprinkles its contents on the collars of those hated uniforms, before slipping out again. Within two weeks some of the Germans had come down with the typhoid that was wiping out so many of the prisoners.

There is a moment while watching 1917 when you realise you have not breathed in quite some time. At least it certainly feels that way, such is there lentless, heart-stopping momentum of Sam Mendes’ epic war film about two young soldiers who venture across enemy lines to deliver a message that could save hundreds of lives.

It is well passed the stage when lip service is being paid to this very pressing issue.

Polls before the Brexit referendum in 2016 showed a majority in favour of remain, but they also showed that most Britons were indifferent. The same is true today, says Bill Emmott.

The victories may already be receding into the background, but for Michelle Carpenter the hard work is only beginning.

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.

Which is the best way to handle the Brexit debacle?

Hedge funds are betting against the euro on the prospect of the ECB boosting its easy-money policy at its gathering next month.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

The prospect of life on Mars made the front page of the Cork Examiner 50 years ago.

DS7 Crossback trades on its heritage and lives up to the expectations on many levels. but there are downsides. The ride is not the magic carpet experience we once loved and expected to see again, writes Declan Colley

Despite talk of missions to Mars and a renewed interest in returning to the moon, nothing can match the awesome feat of that first lunar landing 50 years ago today, writes Dan Buckley.

There aren’t too many images in modern history as sad, as forceful a reality check as the 1938 one of British prime minister Neville Chamberlain waving his peace-in-our-time note on an English airfield after talks with Hitler in Munich.

Mercosur (Southern Common Market) is the South American trade bloc. That’s Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela — although Venezuela is currently suspended.

I threw a toy jeep into the general waste bin, where there was no chance of retrieval. And then the guilt hit. What kind of monster would do this to his own child? writes Pat Fitzpatrick

Never listening to Michael Jackson’s music again is like the Germans refusing to drive on the Autobahn.

When Tottenham won the first leg of this tie 3-0 at Wembley three weeks ago, there appeared little doubt that Mauricio Pochettino’s men were through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Revamp the Department of Public Expenditure and re-establish it as a separate entity to give it real teeth to rein in overspending, says Kyran Fiztgerald

The subject of what constitutes an island cropped on this page a few week’s ago in reference to the minute Flea Island in West Cork.

Next Tuesday marks the origins of an American conspiracy to depict Éamon de Valera and his government as morally indifferent to the outcome of the Second World War. Historian and author Ryle Dwyer argues that false claims about neutrality have produced possibly the greatest distortion of Irish history since independence.

Mary Arrigan selects her top 10 long reads for older children in search of a good book.

It is a triumph to either the human spirit or man’s capacity for self-delusion that the tournament continues to be the repository of dreams...tune in, tun on and drop out, writes Michael Clifford

Founder of the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking, has spent the past five years delving into what makes societies smile, writes Deirdre Reynolds

Our man inside the game on his slightly begrudging admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo

It has been billed as the Battle of Britain – or at least England. But tonight’s showdown in Manchester is more than simply a contest to decide the best English side in Europe, or even which of two rival cities has this season’s bragging rights, writes David Shonfield.

I was chuffed (that’s not ‘choughed’, now, and birds are few in this column) to hear the virtues of voles much lauded on the Living the Wildlife RTÉ 1 programme on Tuesday last week, writes Damien Enright.

A knife attack on a German politician known for his welcoming stance towards refugees is likely to have been politically motivated, authorities said.

Theresa May and key Cabinet ministers who oversee Brexit negotiations are expected to discuss Britain's offer to the European Union for the so-called "divorce bill" Brussels insists is needed to unlock trade talks.

One of the lessons from the 2015 refugee crisis is that the EU will need to develop a far stronger common foreign and security policy, says Carl Bildt

A row has broken out over where an anchor from a scuttled gun-running ship should be displayed.

Michael O'Neill expects his Northern Ireland players to treat Friday's World Cup qualifier with San Marino as if they were playing Germany.

Many Cork and Irish lives were lost in the Battle of France, writes Damian Shiels

The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes Old Street Publishing Review: Des Breen

GERMAN-speaking army first lieutenant Paul Duggan is promoted to G2 Intelligence to investigate the activities of a German spy in 1940’s Dublin. 

French president’s idea is to move beyond idle optimism by gaining German consent to turn the eurozone into a state-like entity — a federation-lite, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events...

Bórd Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin

Gary and Paul O’Donovan will be defending their European lightweight double sculls title at the 2017 European Rowing Championships this weekend, writes Sarah Dineen.

The expected strengthening of Theresa May’s hand after June’s UK general election may not make Brexit any easier, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

An image of the famous field marshall during his posting to Cork is up for auction, says Des O’Sullivan.

At Cork World Book Fest, Anne Sebba will read from her account of the difficult line females had to tread in Paris in WWII, writes Colette Sheridan.

Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel believes his side are underdogs for tonight’s Champions League quarter-final with Monaco.