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Massachusetts Street erupted with students and Chiefs fans Sunday night, many staying out past midnight, celebrating the teams back-to-back Super Bowl victories.

In the recent runoff election, Alexander Stubb, a center-right politician, was elected president of Finland, marking the countrys first presidential election since its accession to NATO. Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party faced off against Pekka Haavisto of the Green League, in the second round, where Stubb emerged victorious, securing 51.6% of the votes compared to Haavistos 48.4%.

Last week, An Garda Síochána issued a €2.1m tender for body cameras to be worn on garda ­uniforms. It’s designed to be a test batch – or ‘proof of concept’ – to see how they might work in practice. Gardaí expect the trial of body cameras, limited to a handful of garda stations in Dublin, Limerick and Waterford, to be operational by the summer. Based on the results of the test cameras, a wider rollout of body cameras on most gardaí is then expected next year.

France, Poland preparing new bilateral treaty to define their relationship in defense and energy

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell yesterday made a thinly veiled call on the US to cut arms supplies to Israel due to high civilian casualties in its war in Gaza.

EU regulations and laws aimed at achieving the region’s 2050 net zero ambition ‘can be considered a kind of protectionism’ and have major implications for Chinese firms, says TUV Rheinland technical manager.

The EU is quietly preparing an impact assessment of the November U.S. election — particularly the scenario in which Trump wins.

The Irish and European payments landscape is experiencing significant change, with rapid innovation in technology transforming how we pay for goods and services. To ensure Ireland’s place at the forefront of this wave of innovation and to ensure that both the most vulnerable and the financially savvy are catered for in the Irish economy, my department is developing a National Payments Strategy.

Chinese envoy to the UN repeats calls for ‘political settlement’ and takes aim at Nato amid reports that Brussels plans to target three mainland firms and one Hong Kong company with latest restrictions.

In Poland, 1,400 tractors took part in a protest in Poznan and roads were blocked across the country