COURTNEY Duhring hails from Palo Alto in San Francisco, but moved to Cork this year to set up the main Irish Eventbrite customer services hub. 

It is possible to achieve the UN goal of eradicating poverty by 2030 but to do so will require political will, global co-operation and human ingenuity, write Bill and Melinda Gates

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife’s pledge to give away virtually all of their $45bn (€42.5bn) in Facebook shares, has set a new philanthropic benchmark by committing their massive fortune to charitable causes while still in their early 30s.

Pope Francis declared that there is a “right of the environment” and that mankind has no authority to abuse it, telling more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God’s creation.

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

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

The spread of polio to countries previously considered free of the crippling disease represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation has said.

If Africa hopes to spark an agricultural transformation, the gender gap must be addressed, writes Melinda Gates

Ireland is to help bankroll the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria with €200,000 in funding.

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

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has been ranked the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row by Forbes magazine in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen, and media figures.

IN the 12 years since Melinda Gates and her husband, Bill, created the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic organisation, she has done a lot of travelling.

FORBES magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world’s most powerful woman, calling her the “undisputed” leader of the EU and head of its only “real global economy”.

Lady Gaga has been named the most powerful female celebrity in the world by Forbes.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has hosted a private gathering at an Arizona resort for American billionaires who have pledged to give away at least half their wealth.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $500m (€370m) pledge to support projects that encourage poor people around the world to save money.

SENSING the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Micro-Soft and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is among US Time magazine’s list of 100 people who shape the world.

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PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is among the world’s most powerful women, according to Forbes magazine.

U2 frontman Bono and Microsoft billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates have been named People of the Year by US magazine Time.

U2 star Bono has been named as one of Time magazine’s persons of the year.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese has left Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Britain’s Queen trailing in her wake after being named the 21st most powerful woman in the world.