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Join the Independent Women newsletter with Victoria Richards for a thoughtful take on the week’s headlines Join the Independent Women newsletter  Join the Independent Women newsletter  France plans to send a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to have babies before it is ‘too late’. Hundreds of thousands of young people will […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Jack Lang, France’s former Culture Minister, has stepped down from his role as head of a prominent Parisian cultural centre following allegations of past financial ties to convicted sex […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch On the ice, Jutta Leerdam is an Olympic medalist speedskater for the Netherlands who is entered in the 500 and 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Off […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed it has opened an investigation into former Culture Minister Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline Lang on suspicion of “aggravated tax […]

Video footage has captured the moment rescuers race to save animals trapped by severe floods in Spain. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in Spain, Portugal and Morocco after Storm Leonardo caused widespread flooding. The military has been called in to help rescue people from their homes, with the Portuguese government extending a […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Two climbers have died following an avalanche in Slovakia. The men, aged 38 and 37, were killed at the High Tatras mountain range. The pair, who were both Hungarian […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has apologised again for her relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The friendship between the pair is one of several scandals to hit Norway’s monarchy […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russia has expelled a German diplomat on Thursday, accusing Berlin of “spy mania” and retaliating for what it claims was the “groundless” removal of a Russian envoy last month. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Emergency services and Gardai are responding to a bus crash in Dublin city centre, near Talbot Street. Luas Green Line services are suspended between Parnell Street and St Stephen’s […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A man died from rising floodwaters in Portugal, while a girl remained missing after she was swept away by a swollen river in Spain as Storm Leonardo brought more […]