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This 1790s Dublin Home Has a Hidden Tunnel to the Beach – Inside, the Interiors Are Just as Dreamlike

This wondrous Dublin home has interiors as captivating as the beautiful landscape outside

Homes & Gardens

Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order. But internal rifts raise doubts that it can rival NATO.

Radio France Internationale

China courts African allies as tensions with Europe, US deepen

China's Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, is on a week-long trip to visit four countries in Africa, at a time of growing tensions between Beijing and the European Union, and an uncertain future for China-US relations on the eve of the second Trump presidency.

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China to seek more influence in Africa at crucial Beijing summit

China is welcoming more than 50 leaders from across Africa as it kicks off its ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing. The event aims to bolster China's influence on the continent amid increasing competition from the United States and the European Union.

Radio France Internationale

France urges coordination with China on Ukraine, trade at Paris summit

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping at a summit in Paris on Monday to use Beijing's influence to halt the Russian war against Ukraine, also telling the Chinese leader to accept fair global trade rules.

Radio France Internationale

Can Europe's Global Gateway out-rival China's Belt and Road?

This week the EU invited 16 leaders from the developing world to mark the first Global Gateway forum – Brussels' answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a massive project aimed at building infrastructure across the globe and gaining political influence.

Radio France Internationale

With Brics expansion, China seeks a global counterweight to US

The five Brics countries have announced plans to add six new members to their club. Observers say the expansion is intended to make the group a stronger player in the "multi-polar world" favoured by China to counter US supremacy. Will it succeed?

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Territorial dispute between China and Russia risks clouding friendly future

Despite the public image of cordiality presented by China and Russia, some observers suggest the friendship is on fragile foundations. Xi Jinping is visiting Moscow this week in a show of solidarity with Vladimir Putin. However, a background dispute over territory in east Siberia could dangerously undo the comprehensive strategic…

Radio France Internationale

Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly

The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and practices are grounded in heterosexual norms. However, there is also plenty of discussion on the various expressions of human sexuality and sexual orientations in…

The Conversation

What do we know about the Voice to Parliament design, and what do we still need to know?

The Australian people will soon be asked to vote in a referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a First Nations Voice. Unfortunately, the political debate on this question has become mired in arguments over “detail” that are either ignorant or deceitful about the nature of…

The Conversation

'Our 27-year age gap makes my elderly husband a better father to our baby'

Gretchen Dillon, aged 36, is married to a man almost twice her age

Wales Online

Russia, Hungary congratulate Xi Jinping on third term as EU and US remain silent

China's economy grew at a faster pace than forecast in the third quarter of 2022, but investors have reacted with alarm to President Xi Jinping's sweeping new powers over the ruling Communist Party.

Radio France Internationale

Wife ignores 27-year age gap - but strangers think husband is their child's grandfather

A pal of Gretchen Dillon, 36, urged her not to marry 63-year-old Michael because of the age difference - and they now have a six-month old son

Wales Online

'I rejected age-gap lover's romantic proposal as he ignored my strict ring demand'

Gretchen Dillons's friends were worried when she told them about her new love Michael Dillon, who is two years older than her mum

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