Teenagers could help fill train driver shortageTeenagers will be able to qualify to drive trains on Britain's railways under new proposals. The government is asking for views on reducing the minimum age from 20 to 18, in a consultation running until 13 June.
France accuses Azerbaijan of fomenting deadly riots in overseas territory New CaledoniaState of emergency has been declared in the Pacific Ocean archipelago after four people were killed in the worsening violence.
EU probes Facebook, Instagram over child protection concernsThe European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram over concerns that the platforms may "stimulate behavioral addiction" in children.
A walk across Italy in Garibaldi’s footsteps: from Ravenna to the coast of TuscanyA route tracing the unification hero’s flight across the peninsula in 1849 runs spectacularly over the Apennines then descends to the sea via a string of gorgeous Tuscan towns.
Fans follow Taylor Swift to Europe for more affordable Eras Tour ticketsThousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn't want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe.
Far-right leader Wilders strikes a deal to form new coalition in the NetherlandsAnti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders has reached a deal on forming a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections.
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