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Caged pigs 'tormented' on EU farms producing Parma and Bayonne ham
Sows across Europe are spending nearly half their adult lives tormented and frustrated in cages often lying in their own excrement, an investigation has found.
France to nationalise EDF amid energy crisis and Ukraine war
France is to renationalise its indebted electricity giant EDF in response to the energy crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country's prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, has said.
France to nationalise EDF amid energy crisis and Ukraine war
France plans to nationalise the indebted French electricity firm EDF amid a broad energy crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the French prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, has said.
Armani Paris show presents go-to label for red carpet crowd
Giorgio Armani's Privé show in Paris was formed around the core tenets of classic cocktail dressing.
Alain de Cadenet obituary
The defining image of the British racing driver Alain de Cadenet, who has died aged 76, is likely to remain the viral clip of him standing on the grass at the Imperial War Museum's Duxford airfield in 1996, smoothly delivering an introduction to camera, when a Supermarine Spitfire suddenly appears from behind him, flying at zero altitude, its propeller almost giving him an impromptu haircut.
New Israel PM Lapid urges Macron to revisit Iran deal proposal on Paris trip
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to revisit a 2018 proposal for a new Iran deal, saying the current diplomatic stalemate threatened a Middle East arms race.
Culture and easy elegance grace Chanel's autumn/winter catwalk
Chanel's Paris couture show on Tuesday afternoon opened with its famous tweed jacket - but instead of a gamine catwalk model emerging from backstage, it featured in a film projected on to the venue's walls, worn by the musician, Pharrell Williams, playing the drums.
Fields medal: Kyiv-born professor and Oxford expert among winners
A Ukrainian mathematician who proved the best way to pack spheres in eight dimensions to take up the least space, and an Oxford expert who has solved conundrums in the spacing of prime numbers are among the winners of the Fields medal, considered the equivalent of a Nobel prize for mathematics.
France repatriates 35 children, 16 mothers from Syria camps
France has repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers from camps in Syria where family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Yves Coppens obituary
Yves Coppens, who has died aged 87, was feted in France as a public scientist and the discoverer of Lucy, a key fossil in the story of early humanity and its unravelling.
Macron reshuffles cabinet after losing parliamentary majority
Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his government for the second time in six weeks after losing his parliamentary majority in elections in June.