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Il ministro degli Affari Interni Tony Burke afferma che l'inserimento in elenco impedirà al gruppo di organizzarsi e riunirsi, e potrebbe prevenire ulteriori "orribili raduni fanatici". • Il governo ha bandito il gruppo neo-nazista National Socialist Network, noto anche come White Australia, come gruppo d'odio proibito, in base alla legislazione approvata a seguito degli attacchi terroristici di Bondi. • L'inserimento in elenco significherà che attività quali il sostegno, il finanziamento, l'addestramento, il reclutamento e l'adesione al gruppo costituiranno un reato penale con una pena massima di 15 anni di prigione.

I gruppi affermano che il giudice della Corte Suprema, proprietario di azioni di società petrolifere, potrebbe violare i codici etici partecipando a determinati casi.Secondo diversi gruppi di vigilanza governativa, il giudice della Corte Suprema Samuel Alito, che possiede azioni di compagnie petrolifere, potrebbe violare i codici etici della corte partecipando a determinati casi che potrebbero avvantaggiare le grandi compagnie petrolifere.In una lettera inviata giovedì, una coalizione di organizzazioni di vigilanza ha chiesto al comitato giudiziario del Senato di indagare su Alito, l'unico giudice della Corte Suprema a detenere partecipazioni in società energetiche. Continua a leggere...

• Citigroup ha annunciato piani per espandere la sua divisione di prime brokerage in Asia-Pacifico di circa il 10% quest'anno per attrarre più clienti hedge fund, in vista di una crescente attività regionale. • La spinta alle assunzioni mira a catturare l'aumento del business degli hedge fund in APAC, un'area di crescita chiave per i servizi di titoli della banca statunitense. • Questa mossa si allinea al sentiment rialzista più ampio nei mercati finanziari asiatici, in particolare nei settori tecnologico e dell'AI che stanno guidando i guadagni azionari.

• CME Group e Silicon Data hanno annunciato un nuovo mercato dei derivati che consente agli investitori di scommettere sui prezzi della potenza di calcolo cloud per i carichi di lavoro AI, lanciando un contratto negoziabile basato su benchmark per il noleggio di GPU. • Il mercato dei futures per il calcolo permette agli investitori di bloccare i prezzi per la capacità delle unità di elaborazione grafica, proteggendosi dalla volatilità dei costi delle infrastrutture AI a fronte dell'aumento della domanda. • Il lancio riflette il crescente interesse istituzionale per l'infrastruttura AI come classe di attività negoziabile, affrontando l'incertezza nelle spese di cloud computing per le imprese che stanno scalando le implementazioni di AI.

• L'azienda del FTSE 100 è "propensa a raccomandare" l'offerta di 60 sterline per azione della società controllata dalla famiglia del miliardario Wallenberg • La società di test di laboratorio Intertek è diventata l'ultima azienda del FTSE 100 ad accettare un'acquisizione, sostenendo l'offerta da 10,6 miliardi di sterline di una società di private equity di proprietà della famiglia svedese del miliardario Wallenberg. • Dopo aver respinto tre precedenti approcci, il consiglio di amministrazione di Intertek ha dichiarato di essere "propenso a raccomandare" agli azionisti l'offerta di 60 sterline per azione della società di buyout svedese EQT, qualora venga presentata un'offerta ferma. Continua a leggere...

• Con Starmer sotto crescente pressione per dimettersi, i gruppi Growth e Tribune propongono idee per una revisione delle politiche • Gruppi collegati al segretario della salute, Wes Streeting, e al sindaco del Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, hanno proposto ampi cambiamenti alla politica governativa, offrendo un'idea di come il paese potrebbe cambiare qualora uno dei due dovesse succeedere a Keir Starmer. • Il Growth Group, alleato di Streeting, e il gruppo Tribune di parlamentari laburisti, alleato di Burnham, hanno pubblicato visioni contrastanti su come la Gran Bretagna dovrebbe essere gestita, tra cui vasti tagli fiscali, aiuti per il costo della vita e grandi riforme dell'apparato governativo.

• I Greens sono sempre più conflitti, ma iniziano a trarre beneficio dall'adesione al movimento 'Make America Healthy Again' di Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • I gruppi ambientalisti hanno respinto pubblicamente Kennedy durante la sua corsa presidenziale, ma alcuni si stanno ora allineando silenziosamente con il veterano avvocato ambientalista. • Questo spostamento è significativo poiché colma le divisioni tra i greens tradizionali e l'agenda orientata alla salute del MAHA, amplificando potenzialmente l'influenza sulle politiche.

I membri delle comunità minoritarie a Birmingham e altrove temono che i risultati possano portare a un aumento della retorica ostile. Ammettendo la sconfitta durante lo spoglio elettorale presso l'Utilita Arena di Birmingham venerdì, il leader uscente del consiglio comunale per il Labour, John Cotton, ha lanciato un appello. "Ciò che incoraggerei la prossima amministrazione di questa città a fare, qualunque sia la forma che essa assumerà, è che si assicuri di sostenere la diversità di questa città", ha dichiarato. Il governo locale del Labour, durato 14 anni, è terminato bruscamente, con Reform che emerge come il partito più grande con 22 consiglieri finora, seguito dai Greens con 19, sebbene entrambi i partiti siano lontani dai 51 necessari per la maggioranza. Continua a leggere...

La società controllante della piattaforma Truth Social del presidente ha generato solo 870.000 dollari, nonostante l'aumento delle vendite nette del 6%. • La società controllante di Truth Social di Donald Trump – uno dei canali di comunicazione preferiti del presidente – ha perso quasi 406 milioni di dollari nei primi tre mesi dell'anno, generando un'entrata di poco superiore a 870.000 dollari, secondo i documenti finanziari. • Il rapporto trimestrale di Trump Media and Technology Group per il periodo da gennaio a marzo 2026 ha mostrato che, sebbene le vendite nette siano aumentate del 6% rispetto all'anno precedente, l'azienda ha subito perdite considerevoli legate ad altri investimenti.

• In April 2025, China-aligned attackers exploited a Taiwanese software company's server as a malware distribution point, highlighting aggressive regional tactics. • Earth Kasha, linked to APT10, expanded spear-phishing from Japanese think tanks in 2024 to Taiwanese government agencies in March 2025 using ANEL malware. • Groups like Earth Preta, Baxia, and Kurma targeted APAC governments and telecoms with backdoors, rootkits, and cloud exfiltration, shifting the global cyber balance.

Families under pressure to stay silent amid internet blackout as executions reportedly surge with 24 killed in MarchMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families, according to rights groups and sources close to the relatives of the dead.Many families only learn of executions after they have been carried out, with some facing harassment and pressure not to speak publicly on the personal impact of the state killings, the sources said. Continue reading...

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop themThe utility industry is quietly dispatching a network of front groups to thwart the growing push for public power across the US – a push that comes amid mounting frustration over sky-high utility bills, electric outages, a slow transition to clean energy and private utilities’ soaring profits.Communities from Ann Arbor, Michigan to San Diego, California and St Petersburg, Florida are exploring municipalizing their grids to join the country’s approximately 2,000 public power companies. Continue reading...

• The ILeague3 group stage final points table confirmed four group winners and two best runners-up qualifying for the playoffs due to Group C's four-team format. • Results against the fifth-placed team in Group C were disregarded in standings calculations. • This structure sets up an exciting knockout phase for lower-tier Indian football clubs.

‘Clinical consensus statement’ also urges heart doctors to advise patients to not eat late at night, and chew slowlyWant to reduce your intake of ultra-processed food? If so, cook at home more often, don’t eat late at night and chew your food more slowly.Those are among some of the tips doctors have offered to help people limit the amount of UPF they consume given the acute and growing danger it poses to human health worldwide. Continue reading...

• Expro Group Holdings announced plans to relocate its corporate domicile to the Cayman Islands, subject to shareholder approval expected in June 2026, in a strategic restructuring move. • The company is also advancing a $215 million acquisition as part of its capital deployment strategy amid expectations for stronger activity in the energy services sector. • The dual initiatives reflect Expro's efforts to optimize its corporate structure and pursue targeted M&A to enhance shareholder value.

Without offering details or evidence, US Southern Command described the people killed as ‘narco-terrorists’The US military said on Tuesday it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings” and Washington describes as targeting “narco-terrorists”.US Southern Command posted about the strike on social media Tuesday evening, alleging that the vessel struck on Tuesday was operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” that it did not identify. Continue reading...

Fahad Ansari says it was ‘chilling’ that police ‘equated him with his client’ after he was stopped on return from family holiday in IrelandA lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”.On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under the Terrorism Act on his return from a family holiday in Ireland, wrote “Hamas” in the space reserved for “membership of a known group”. Continue reading...

WhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald’s nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl’s daughters are in a different part of the country with his ex-wife. To maintain the illusion that he lives a normal life, Carl is careful only to video-call them from the local Wetherspoon’s with a meal and a drink carefully positioned in shot. That way, he reasons, he looks like a man with somewhere to be. Continue reading...

Letter coordinated by Survivors Against Terror, which includes bereaved relatives, after spate of attacks on Jewish communityDozens of survivors and bereaved relatives of 19 separate terror attacks have written an open letter of solidarity to the Jewish community, saying: “Standing together in the face of hatred is not just the right thing to do – it’s the most effective way of defeating terrorism.”The letter was coordinated by the group Survivors Against Terror (SAT), after terror attacks on two Jewish men in north London earlier this week, in what was the latest in a series of attacks on the community in the UK. Continue reading...

• San Diego Padres ownership group agreed to sell the team to a new investor consortium on May 2, awaiting MLB approval. • The deal, valued at $2.8 billion, includes local business leaders and aims to fund stadium upgrades. • This sale ends decades of current ownership, promising stability amid the Padres' competitive NL West push.

Exclusive: Sev.en Global Investments could turn state-owned businesses into Britain’s biggest steelmakerBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of the UK’s largest electric steelworks has said the government should find a single buyer for British Steel and Speciality Steel UK (SSUK), a move that would create the country’s biggest steelmaker.Sev.en Global Investments, owned by the Czech billionaire Pavel Tykač, said it not only plans to invest £100m in the UK – mainly in the electric arc steelworks in Cardiff it bought last year – but also has the ability to invest “hundreds of millions of pounds” more in Britain under its 7 Steel brand. Continue reading...

• The United States deployed a third aircraft carrier strike group with thousands of elite troops to the Middle East on April 24, marking the largest military buildup since the 2003 Iraq invasion, as the two-month Iran conflict escalates despite a ceasefire agreement. • President Trump warned the American military was "ready to go" if peace efforts fail, stating the US used the April 8 ceasefire to "restock" military capabilities while Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violations. • The US bombing campaign launched February 28 has devastated Iran's military infrastructure and leadership, but Tehran maintains control of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil and gas supply route, prompting a US naval blockade imposed April 13.

HAYI has taken responsibility for a string of incidents targeting Jewish sites, but investigators say the latest claim may be opportunistic rather than state-backedPolice treating stabbing of two men in Golders Green as terrorismIt took just over an hour after the horrific knife attack on two British Jewish people in Golders Green, north London, for an Iran-linked terror group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), to make a claim of responsibility on a Telegram channel.Counter-terror police are aware of the initial posting – a brief statement accompanied by the group’s logo – put online at 12.23pm and a follow-up 40 minutes later showing a violent attack at a bus stop. Continue reading...

Man has been arrested after incident in north-west London, says volunteer organisation Shomrim A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London, the Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim has said.The man was seen running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife and “attempting to stab Jewish members of the public”, Shomrim said on social media. Continue reading...

About 500 officers deployed as part of operation at headquarters of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light Police have raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage.About 500 officers drawn from across the north-west region were on the ground on Wednesday morning. The officers had warrants to enter the group’s headquarters, which is based out of a former orphanage as well as other properties in Crewe, Cheshire. Continue reading...

Research on maths teaching in English secondary schools upends decades of debate over mixed-ability educationTeaching pupils in classes grouped by ability improves the results of high-flyers but does not affect the progress of less able children, according to a study that upends decades of debate over mixed-ability education.The research by University College London’s Institute of Education found that secondary school pupils in England with previously strong maths performances made slower progress in mixed-attainment classes than when they were taught alongside children with similarly high ability. Continue reading...

Kremlin-controlled paramilitaries also alleged it inflicted ‘irreplaceable losses’ on insurgents avoiding civilian casualtiesRussia’s defence ministry has claimed its Africa Corps – the successor to the former Wagner mercenary group – had prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend, avoiding mass civilian casualties and inflicting “irreplaceable losses” on rebel insurgents.It said in a statement that its troops in the desert town of Kidal near the Algerian border had fought for more than 24 hours while completely surrounded and vastly outnumbered. It also alleged without providing evidence, that the militants had been trained by European mercenary instructors including Ukrainians. The casualty toll was not specified. Continue reading...

Trump officials use incident at correspondents’ dinner to pitch case for $400m project, arguing it will be ‘safe space’US politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of J (DoJ) has used the weekend shooting in Washington DC to pressure a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.Several Trump administration officials, including the president, seized on the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to advance their case for the completion of the controversial $400m project, for which the White House’s East Wing was suddenly demolished, arguing the new ballroom was needed as a “safe space”. Continue reading...