https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:26:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0717/1460449-rome-papal-excavation/The remains of what appears to be a medieval palace where popes lived before they made the Vatican their home have been excavated in Rome.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:06:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0717/1460449-rome-papal-excavation/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460245-peru-tribe-loggers/Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published by Survival International, showing dozens of the people on the banks of a river close to where logging companies have concessions.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:18:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460245-peru-tribe-loggers/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460156-moon-cave/An underground moon cave that stretches tens of metres beneath an open pit could be a potential lunar base for future astronauts, according to scientists.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:11:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460156-moon-cave/https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460136-kids-japan-crisps/Fourteen Japanese secondary school students were taken to hospital after eating "super spicy" crisps, according to local media.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:12:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0716/1460136-kids-japan-crisps/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0715/1459937-austria-summer-tourism/Mountain bikers hurried on a summer day to catch the last gondola up the mountain at one of Austria's top Alpine resorts, loading their bikes onto racks usually reserved for skis.Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:44:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0715/1459937-austria-summer-tourism/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0713/1459732-portuguese-df-priest/Portuguese priest Guilherme Peixoto rose to fame playing electronic dance music near his church in a tiny Portuguese village.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:57:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0713/1459732-portuguese-df-priest/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0710/1459104-buckingham-palace-room/Visitors to Buckingham Palace in London will this summer get to stand behind the famous balcony on which the British royal family often appear.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:35:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0710/1459104-buckingham-palace-room/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0710/1459128-isle-of-wight-dinosaur/A new species of plant-eating dinosaur that was as big as a male American bison roamed the Isle of Wight around 125 million years ago, analysis suggests.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:45:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0710/1459128-isle-of-wight-dinosaur/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0706/1458591-hurricane-beryl-jamaica/Drone footage taken over Jamaica shows the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which swept the island on Thursday.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 17:29:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0706/1458591-hurricane-beryl-jamaica/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458380-conservative-party-leadership-race/With Labour coming out on top at the general election, talk quickly turned to who could replace Rishi Sunak as the Conservative Party's leader.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:22:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk-election-2024/2024/0705/1458380-conservative-party-leadership-race/UK Electionshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0703/1458016-worlds-oldest-artwork-discovered-in-indonesian-cave/It may not look like much, just a flaking image of three people around a big red pig. But the humble cave painting discovered in Indonesia is the oldest known narrative artwork ever made by human hands, dating back more than 51,000 years, new research has found.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:05:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0703/1458016-worlds-oldest-artwork-discovered-in-indonesian-cave/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0703/1457866-hobby-horsing-championships/Welcome to the strangely exacting world of hobby horsing, the Finnish sport guaranteed to put a smile on your face.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:40:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0703/1457866-hobby-horsing-championships/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0703/1458036-mount-etna-volcano/Mount Etna's 'Voragine' crater is back in spectacular, explosive action.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:05:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0703/1458036-mount-etna-volcano/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0703/1458013-banksy-rescue-ship/A rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy has been grounded at port for 20 days for ignoring migrant disembarkation orders from Italian authorities.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:52:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0703/1458013-banksy-rescue-ship/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0702/1457807-cheese-germany-police/A German police officer who was fired for stealing cheddar cheese from an overturned truck while attending a traffic incident has lost his appeal against dismissal, a court ruled.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:36:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0702/1457807-cheese-germany-police/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0702/1457788-athens-acropolis-private-visits/The Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private visits for €5,000, setting off protests from the site's guards.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:02:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0702/1457788-athens-acropolis-private-visits/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0701/1457547-two-of-napoleons-pistols-up-for-auction/Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself are up for auction this weekend, expected to reach up to €1.5 million, the auction house has said.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:24:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0701/1457547-two-of-napoleons-pistols-up-for-auction/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0701/1457481-mount-fuji/Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise, levying new trail fees and limiting hiker numbers to curb overcrowding.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:18:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0701/1457481-mount-fuji/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0626/1456749-radioactive-rhinos/South African scientists injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:07:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0626/1456749-radioactive-rhinos/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0625/1456562-ronaldo-the-snake/Staff and students at a college have spoken of their shock after their 1.82m Brazilian rainbow boa snake called Ronaldo had a rare "virgin birth" and produced 14 babies.Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:06:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0625/1456562-ronaldo-the-snake/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0624/1456372-moulin-rouge-paris/Paris's Moulin Rouge cabaret club, whose landmark windmill sails fell down in April, received new blades just ten days before the Paris Olympic torch is due to pass the venue.Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:52:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0624/1456372-moulin-rouge-paris/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0621/1455887-european-lynx/A species of lynx found in remote areas of Spain and Portugal has rebounded from near extinction, with its adult population growing more than tenfold since the start of the millennium.Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:20:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0621/1455887-european-lynx/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0620/1455824-israel-shipwreck/A shipwreck more than 3,000 years old with its cargo intact has been found off the northern coast of Israel, the country's antiquities authority said.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:03:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0620/1455824-israel-shipwreck/newslenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0618/1455433-new-mystery-monolith-appears-in-nevada-desert/A mysterious shiny monolith has appeared in a Nevada desert, the latest other-worldly installation to materialise in recent years across North America and Europe.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:53:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0618/1455433-new-mystery-monolith-appears-in-nevada-desert/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455400-black-hole/Astronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:28:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455400-black-hole/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0618/1455263-puppy-resuce-new-york/NYPD officers rescued several puppies which were kept in a zipped-up backpack in the Queens borough of New York last weekend, as temperatures soared past 27C.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:16:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2024/0618/1455263-puppy-resuce-new-york/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0617/1455100-cannabis-netherlands/An experiment enabling cannabis smokers in the Netherlands to light up legally has been expanded to eight new cities, as authorities extend a trial that aims to curb criminality and social problems.Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:37:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0617/1455100-cannabis-netherlands/World