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Political leaders will gather on Saturday to pay tribute to Alex Salmond at a public memorial service in Edinburgh. The former first minister died last month in North Macedonia at the age of 69. First Minister John Swinney, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are all expected to attend the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Former prime minister Gordon Brown is also believed to be attending. The service will be conducted by the Reverend George Whyte, with readings and tributes from Mr Salmond’s lifelong friend and Alba Party acting leader Kenny…

Ireland is ranked second highest in the EU in terms of people believing illegal drug use is a serious problem in their local community. A Eurobarometer survey shows 58% of Irish people surveyed said it was a serious problem in their area, second after Portugal at 67%, and way above the EU average (39%). The survey ranks Ireland in first or second position in respondents saying it was easy to get cocaine, MDMA (ecstacy), heroin, or synthetic opioids within 24 hours. The survey also highlights a significant trend among Irish people in their views on banning or legalising drugs, with…

In her early 20s, “in the village” in the far west of Kenya, Jacinta Nafula became pregnant by her boyfriend. The father of her son, named Richard, went to work in the capital. She joined him there and they got married. Then, one day, he disappeared. It wasn’t that he died; he just moved on. “He married another woman,” said this humble hair braider at a salon, who, due to unpaid rent, found herself homeless for a time. In the same tone, she added, “They live here, in Nairobi.” Once, just once, Nafula went to him for a little help,…

Paulette Brucale was shivering in her blue coat, but she didn’t complain she is from the older generation in France. They have seen of the second world war and live life with that dark memory etched into their lifestyle. Whilst she is waiting, she is patient subdued and quaint. Having arrived early, she was waiting in the long queue outside the café Le Saint-Louis, where Jordan Bardella was due to hold a book signing early in the evening on Friday, November 22, in the southern French coastal town of Sète. Brucale, an 87-year-old retiree, held the book by Bardella, the…

What began with the separation of a young couple, Abraham Vargas and Nerea J., ended with an ambush and a crime. On March 16, 2022, evangelical pastor Joaquín Jiménez, 47, had just left his house in the Madrid district of San Blas, without knowing that a few meters ahead he was going to be shot by the Vargas. Jiménez tried to mediate a separation under gypsy laws, which establish that if there is a divorce, the husband’s parents must pay a kind of fine to the wife’s parents, who, in this case, was also pregnant. But both families had not…

The lists that are currently competing for the leadership of the party – Junqueras, the ‘rovirista’ Godàs and Bosch – guarantee a hardening of the relationship with the PSOE Read The three candidates to lead ERC agree: "A new stage begins. If Sánchez does not comply, we will drop him"

For many Deutsche Bahn long-distance passengers, it will be more expensive from December 15th. According to Deutsche Bahn, the prices of flex tickets, which allow customers to freely choose trains on the day of travel, increase by an average of 5.9 percent. However, savings and super savings prices should remain stable, according to the railway. And in addition, the cancellation of Flextickets will be subject to a fee starting seven days before the first day of validity. Previously, Flexticket customers could cancel their ticket free of charge up to one day before it was due to expire.But there is also…

Overgrown hedges, clogged gutters: the Germans are a nation of quarreling neighbors. Volunteer arbitrators look for ways out of the escalation. People like Bodo Winter. Volunteer arbitrators: This man is reconciling Germany

The incident happened this afternoon (Credit: GRAHAM HUSSEY) Two schoolboys have been arrested after a suspected chemical attack which hospitalised two police officers. British Transport Police were called to Surbiton railway station in south west london at around 4.20pm to reports the boys were ‘acting suspiciously’. When officers approached the teenagers – aged 14 and 16 – they were injured with the substance – believed to be alkaline. Two officers were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said. The incident led to severe delays at the station – with no trains stopping at the station for around three…

In tonight’s edition, In town on a rare state visit to France. We speak to Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment about her administration’s plans to woo more private funding. Also, after the distancing of Djamena and Senegal, it now looks like France will have to scale down again its military presence across Africa. And in the Democratic Republic of Congo, very few women rarely pursue scientific careers. To add context to the story, the investment in Nigeria is based on French proposals to drive French businesses in Africa and especially Nigeria. The French economy is on the verge of collapsing…