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The ‘breakdancing’ of the Winter Olympics with athletes ‘running like hamsters’: Welcome to ski mountaineering

IN DEPTH: The Milano-Cortina Games will be the first to feature ski mountaineering, an Alpine sport which combines fast-paced action with tricky, technical descents. It could be a runaway success – but its introduction has split opinion

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Here’s how much to save for a comfortable retirement - at any age

‘Time is the most critical piece of building wealth and preparing for retirement,’ one expert said

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ICE deports asylum seeker to Africa, where abuser who bought her as ‘wife’ is waiting to kill her, lawyers claim

First in The Independent: A Congolese woman’s life is in ‘grave danger’ after ICE secretly flew her to an unknown African nation, according to an emergency motion filed in federal court

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How bad are Trump’s aid cuts now Congress is fighting back?

IN DEPTH: The US president has signed into law a new $50 billion health aid package after pushback from legislators. But will it make the difference it should in the long term? Rachel Hagan investigates

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I read 95 books last year – here’s how I managed it

FIRST PERSON: Trying to stick to your resolution of reading more in 2026? From picking tomes to match your mood to planning your to-read list, Katie Rosseinsky has some advice on how to boost your book power

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A retired police officer, a GB News presenter and a plumber: Who is running in the Gorton and Denton by-election?

As voters prepare to cast their ballots on Thursday, The Independent looks at who the options are

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‘I’m a doctor, but I still missed my own low testosterone diagnosis’

Low testosterone can significantly impact quality of life and overall health, but the symptoms are often vague and misdiagnosed as depression

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Secret prison documents show government plan to tackle IPP scandal will fail

Exclusive: Damning projections reveal the government’s action plan to progress IPP prisoners is a ‘failure’, which will leave at least 500 prisoners languishing without release 18 years after the sentence was abolished

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Wuthering Heights has torn the Independent’s culture desk apart

OFFICE POLITICS: Are you currently distrusting your friends and loved ones due to their feelings about Emerald Fennell’s garish bodice-ripper? Then you are not alone! Here at ‘The Independent’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ has left us more divided than ever. So, in the interest of healing, we asked eight of our writers…

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‘It was terrifying’: Australia faces reckoning over brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests

IN FOCUS: Police in Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to protests of Israel president Isaac Herzog’s visit. Namita Singh talks to witnesses and rights groups about an incident that shocked Australia

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Anderson Cooper to depart CBS ‘60 Minutes’ to focus on CNN and his family

The long-running news show has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks after CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss intervened in a broadcast

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‘Traumatised’ detective sues force over ‘tainted’ probe on ex-partner’s alleged affair

Andrew Fearon claims he suffered psychiatric injury and a loss of earnings after the breakdown of his relationship with ex-colleague Rebecca Hutt

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Deadliest January on record for migrants after 699 killed while fleeing homes

The spike in deaths has been driven by hundreds of deaths on the Central Mediterranean route, which rights groups say are preventable

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Epstein was invited to gatherings with a dozen members of Congress years after his initial arrest, documents reveal

There was a congressman’s birthday gala, a senator’s fundraiser at a billionaire’s home and a breakfast to discuss ‘homeland security’

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Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’

Driver trapped on mudflats in Essex after GPS mix-up

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Deportation flight to Egypt cancelled after man swallows vape battery

Mitie, which is contracted by the Home Office to manage overseas deportations, said it was investigating the incident

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This Week in History: The Soviet ‘seductive bear’, Amazon’s Chernobyl, and the fall of a golfing icon

Explore how major events between 16 and 22 February were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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Air fares to US fall for World Cup 2026 – but domestic prices soar

Exclusive: Flights from Europe to most host cities are cheaper than a year ago – and expert says ‘transatlantic fares could fall further’

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Experts explain why intermittent fasting may not be worth the hype

Research suggests intermittent fasting is unlikely to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese adults than eating a healthy diet or doing nothing

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Reform by-election candidate said it was ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’

Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

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Wheelchair user with panic disorder says Southwest ‘abandoned’ her in airport restroom

Exclusive: Mary Lynn Ellison, 64, says the incident touched off an ‘immediate and severe’ mental health crisis that continues to persist some two years later, according to a federal lawsuit reviewed by The Independent

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Inside the vast underground bunkers ready to protect Helsinki from Putin

IN DEPTH: Carved into the bedrock deep below Helsinki is a series of underground bunkers where the entire city’s population can shelter in the event of an attack. Annabel Grossman explores this vast network and learns how Finns plan to protect their citizens in the face of a hostile neighbour…

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Banaz Mahmod died in an ‘honour’ killing 20 years ago. Her death changed police investigations forever

‘I wish time stood still because the more years that go by, the further away she feels from me,’ said sister Payzee Mahmod

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New Taliban penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’ and legalises domestic violence

A Kabul-based legal adviser says it is now ‘impossible for women to get any justice’ in the Taliban-run courts. Arpan Rai reports

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My week at a luxury gut health retreat

IN FOCUS: As the multi-billion-dollar wellness industry continues to grow, all-new medical spas are popping up across Europe, delivering week-long escapes completely focused on nurturing your gut. Amber Raiken explores the growing business of these luxury health retreats, which cost upwards of $7,000, where patients embark on hay detoxes, cryotherapy,…

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