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Hombre sirio kurdo, de 26 años, dijo que huyó del reclutamiento forzoso de la milicia YPG porque “no quería matar gente”. Un solicitante de asilo enviado de vuelta a Francia bajo el polémico plan “one in, one out” se enfrenta a ser devuelto a Siria después de que las autoridades de París dictaminaran que era seguro hacerlo, en lo que se cree que es el primer caso de este tipo. Cuando el primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, y el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, anunciaron el acuerdo “pionero” en julio de 2025 para detener el cruce del Canal de la Mancha de pequeñas embarcaciones abarrotadas de solicitantes de asilo —devolviendo por la fuerza a un solicitante de asilo de una pequeña embarcación a Francia a cambio de traer legalmente al Reino Unido a uno que se encuentre en el norte de Francia—, destacaron que Francia era un país seguro para los retornados. Continuar leyendo...

Artefacto de casi 2,000 años de antigüedad entregado por el FBI coincide con una pieza desaparecida de un museo cerca de Rome durante décadas. Un marcador de tumba romano de casi 2,000 años descubierto en un patio trasero de New Orleans ha sido ahora devuelto a Italy. El epitafio de mármol –que data de hace aproximadamente 1,900 años– fue entregado oficialmente a funcionarios italianos en Rome el miércoles durante una ceremonia encabezada por el FBI. El evento también marcó la repatriación de otra antigüedad recuperada en el US, informó la agencia. Continue reading...

Romantic poet’s letters to Fanny Brawne, dated between 1819 and 1820, had been stolen from a Long Island estateEight original handwritten letters from the Romantic poet John Keats to his muse and “one passion”, Fanny Brawne, were returned to the family of John Hay “Jock” Whitney, the former US ambassador to the UK, on Monday after being stolen from Whitney’s home in the 1980s.Keats’ letters, including the first letter he ever wrote to Brawne, are dated between 1819 and 1820. Valued at approximately $2m, the 37 letters are held in a gilt morocco-bound portfolio. Brawne was Keats’s neighbor in Hampstead, with whom he became infatuated and elevated to muse and goddess. Continue reading...

Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and publicThe internet in South Korea erupted in celebration as a two-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo was captured safely after a nine-day search that had gripped the nation and made the animal a national celebrity.The male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World zoo in Daejeon on 8 April. Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried he might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018. Continue reading...

Judge says boy should go back to his community to learn about stories and rituals ‘that can only be taught on country’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Aboriginal child who was moved 1,700km from his remote Northern Territory community should be returned to ensure he can experience his culture, the family court has found.The boy, known as X in the court proceedings, was born in 2016, when his mother was in prison. She did not take part in the court proceedings, and the man believed to be the boy’s father only took a limited part in the case. Continue reading...