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How we met after 60: ‘She asked me if I was looking for a wife and I went bright red’

Sonia and Olivier, both 61, fell in love in the spring of last year after meeting at his restaurant. They live together in France

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023

25 Indians from grounded plane seeking asylum in France freed: Reports

25 Indian passengers freed in France after being held over suspicion of human trafficking.

The Hindu · Dec 28, 2023

Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr. Europe,' dies at 98

A Paris bank messenger's son, Delors became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union.

WEKU · Dec 27, 2023

Seamus Heaney: ten years after his death, the generosity and warmth of his rich poetic voice endures

The English war poet Wilfred Owen once wrote, “Celebrity is the last infirmity I desire.” Killed in France at the age of 25, unpublished and unknown, “celebrity” for Owen was a posthumous phenomenon. By contrast, celebrity status for the Irish poet Seamus Heaney – “Famous Seamus” – came early in…

The Conversation · Dec 27, 2023

Indians sent back by France over trafficking concerns: What we know

A makeshift courtroom was set up in a French airport to investigate human trafficking concerns.

Al Jazeera · Dec 26, 2023

Plane held for days in France on human trafficking concerns lands in India

A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard Tuesday, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an exceptional holiday ordeal.

France 24 · Dec 26, 2023

French actors come to Depardieu’s defence amid new rape and sexual assault allegations

Fifty figures from the French entertainment world signed an open letter published Monday defending actor Gérard Depardieu as he faces more than a dozen rape and sexual assault allegations spanning two decades. Most of the accusations have come from those he worked with, with one actress saying his reputation in…

France 24 · Dec 26, 2023

Famous Marylebone building known as "spy corner" where SOE agents were trained sold for £3m

A Marylebone office building that served as a secret Second World War training centre for spies preparing to be dropped into Nazi occupied France has been sold for around £3 million.

Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2023

France Arrests Man Over Murder Of Wife And Four Children

French police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his wife and their four children, a prosecutor said.

International Business Times · Dec 26, 2023

Azerbaijan expels two French diplomats

Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said Tuesday that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave over actions "incompatible with their diplomatic status."

Radio France Internationale · Dec 26, 2023