French President Emmanuel Macron said it is "obvious and indispensable" to have exchanges with US President Donald Trump as the two leaders were set to try to find common ground on security, defence and other issues.

US President Donald Trump has defended a decision to have his daughter briefly sit in for him at a table with world leaders at the G20 summit.

Donald Trump has called for Russia to stop fomenting unrest around the world, but pointedly stopped short of condemning Moscow for meddling in the US election.

Stabilising ties with allies closer to home might be a better choice for Poland rather than indulging the US, says Slawomir Sierakowski.

Newly crowned European Elite champion Joe Ward is being targeted by pro promoters in the countdown to the World Elite Championships which begin in Hamburg, Germany, on August 25.

Sean McComb is putting his trust in Irish head coach Zaur Antia and team after sensationally beating Russia’s World Elite light-welter champion Vitaly Dunaystev to qualify for the World Championships from the European Championships in Kharkiv, Ukraine yesterday.

The world's top economic powers have dropped a pledge to oppose trade protectionism amid pressure from the US.

Show jumper Billy Twomey pocketed €30,000 yesterday when he won the Hamburg Derby in Germany on Diaghilev.

Same again, please, would sum up Michael Ryan’s approach at Badminton this weekend.

USA: San Francisco has painted nine walls with a repellent material that makes pee spray back off them in a bid to tackle public urination.

At least three crew members were killed when a military transport plane crashed near Seville airport in south-western Spain today, officials said.

Justin Bieber has been behaving like a bad boy to boost his career, R&B singer Brian McKnight has claimed.

Thieves have developed USB drives which can infect ATMs with malware allowing them to withdraw bundles of cash within a matter of minutes.

Andrew Meredith will depart Irish hockey next week after his turbulent tenure as senior men’s coach was ended “by mutual consent” last night.

Andrew Meredith believes Ireland’s wild geese must come home if they are to challenge at world hockey’s top level.

“Simply awesome,” was how Kildare-born Aoife Clark de scribed Fenyas Elegance last night, after the pair finished runners-up at Chatsworth Horse Trials in England in the mare’s first outing at three-star level.

An IBM supercomputer developed for US government nuclear simulations, and to study climate change and the human genome has been recognised as the world’s fastest.

Eventing rider Sam Watson pulled off a stunning recovery to finish eighth in the three-star at Saumur, France, yesterday.

Twenty minutes after his dressage test in Saumur yesterday, Sam Watson was candid in his summing up: “It was awful.”

A HANDWRITTEN letter from Paul McCartney on August 12, 1960, inviting an unnamed drummer to audition for a place in the Beatles has sold at Christie’s for £34,850 (€40,650).

Hayden Panettiere and her boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko have split up.

TEN years ago Michael Grant prepared for his world heavyweight title challenge to Lennox Lewis in New York’s Madison Square Garden by telling the watching media: “I feel my time has come.”

“SATISFACTORY” is how Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine described his team’s sixth place in yesterday’s Meydan FEI Nations Cup opener in La Baule, France.

Australia’s prime minister has set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling programme that kills hundreds of the creatures every year in Antarctic waters, or face legal action.

IRISH businesses have been warned to ignore unsolicited letters offering to update their company websites after it emerged a continental firm is attempting to scam them out of thousands of euro.

Paul McCartney wants to play a residency in London.

The 'Inglourious Basterds' star Diane Kruger doesn't understand why she has a "sophisticated image", because she considers herself a tomboy at heart.

Robert Redford, the 71-year-old actor, has tied the knot with his 51-year-old partner Sibylle Szaggars in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday.

AN actor’s suicide scene became a little too real for comfort when he accidentally stabbed himself in the neck during a performance at an Austrian theatre.

IRISH investors have purchased office and retail properties in Hamburg for a knockdown price of €15 million from a German financial institution.

Lawyers for the Beatles have filed a lawsuit in Miami to prevent the distribution of never-released recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr’s first performance with the group.

Monica Seles has announced her official retirement from professional tennis.

Take That singer Howard Donald is out of hospital and recovering well after suffering a punctured lung last week.

A lawsuit brought against Paul McCartney by a German woman alleging he manipulated the results of a paternity test has been dropped.

Paul McCartney has found himself at the centre of a paternity investigation over claims he faked a DNA test more than 20 years ago.

Latina pop star Shakira can't wait to get home after the European leg of her Oral Fixation tour - because she finds the continent too cold.

CMC Capital, the Cork-based wealth management and property investment company, has announced the completion of a €65m property deal to purchase a well-known shopping centre in Hamburg, Germany.

IRISH investors have sunk over €140 million into a commercial venture in Hamburg, Germany.

Brokers Davys have acquired a large retail and office property in Hamburg, Germany, on behalf of private clients for €141.3m.

The Airbus A380 has passed its emergency evacuation test, the European aircraft maker announced in Paris today, in an important step toward the superjumbo’s official certification for commercial flights.

American Hasim Rahman has been named new WBC heavyweight champion following the retirement of Vitali Klitschko.

Victoria Ward, New York

Rapper Eminem is being treated in hospital for addiction to sleeping pills, his publicist revealed.