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• Esperti per i diritti umani lanciano un raro appello pubblico mentre gli espulsi dagli Stati Uniti descrivono di essere detenuti in condizioni 'simili a quelle di un carcere'. • Esperti per i diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite hanno rivolto un raro appello pubblico alla Guinea Equatoriale, esortando il paese dell'Africa occidentale a interrompere i piani di rimandare gli espulsi dagli Stati Uniti nei loro paesi d'origine, dove rischiano violenza politica, tortura e morte. • La dichiarazione, cofirmata da un rappresentante della Commissione Africana dei Diritti dell'Uomo e dei Popoli, aumenta la pressione diplomatica sulla Guinea Equatoriale, uno dei regimi più repressivi al mondo, affinché rispetti gli standard internazionali dei diritti umani ed eviti il refoulement, ovvero l'espulsione di persone verso paesi in cui rischiano persecuzioni. Continua a leggere...

Il sindaco del Greater Manchester cerca di rassicurare i suoi sostenitori dopo che i potenziali seggi per lui non si sono concretizzati

• Il conduttore pluripremiato agli Emmy, Conan O'Brien, tornerà a presentare la trasmissione del 99° Oscar, riunendosi con i produttori esecutivi Raj Kapoor e Katy Mullan per la prestigiosa cerimonia di premiazione. • O'Brien porterà la sua vasta esperienza nella televisione notturna e nella commedia a questo prestigioso evento di Hollywood, continuando la sua tradizione di condurre i principali show di premiazione. • La scelta di O'Brien segnala la fiducia dell'Academy nel mantenere ascolti elevati e una presentazione coinvolgente per il pubblico globale dell'intrattenimento.

• La amata serie animata tornerà per la 36ª stagione in autunno, dopo che il gigante delle telecomunicazioni Bell Media ha raggiunto un accordo con Disney. • I fan di Les Simpson hanno un messaggio per chiunque abbia dubitato del futuro della longeva e amata versione québécois dello show satirico animato: Mange de la crotte. • Les Simpson tornerà per la sua 36ª stagione in autunno, dopo che il colosso delle telecomunicazioni Bell Media ha dichiarato di aver raggiunto un accordo con Disney per i diritti di trasmissione e doppiaggio della serie.

• Il comico condurrà il 99° premio Oscar nel 2027, dopo il calo degli ascolti di quest'anno nonostante l'aumento dell'engagement sui social media. • L'era di Conan O’Brien come presentatore degli Oscar sta diventando una trilogia. Il comico vincitore di un Emmy tornerà a condurre i 99° Academy Awards nel 2027, come annunciato martedì dai vertici dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. • O’Brien ha condotto le ultime due cerimonie degli Oscar ricevendo recensioni positive. All'inizio di quest'anno, nel suo monologo d'apertura, ha dichiarato di essere "onorato di essere l'ultimo presentatore umano degli Academy Awards... L'anno prossimo sarà un Waymo in smoking".

Albrecht Weinberg ha trascorso anni a istruire gli studenti sulle atrocità naziste dopo essere stato imprigionato ad Auschwitz e Belsen• Tre sopravvissuti di Auschwitz raccontano le loro storie• Albrecht Weinberg, che sopravvisse a una serie di campi di concentramento e sterminio nazisti e perse gran parte della sua famiglia nell'Holocaust prima di tornare in Germania all'età di 80 anni, è venuto a mancare. Weinberg è morto a Leer, nel nord-ovest della Germania, poche settimane dopo il suo 101° compleanno e la prima di un film sulla sua vita, Es Ist Immer in Meinem Kopf (È sempre nella mia testa). Continua a leggere...

• I sopravvissuti torneranno sulla 'scena del crimine' per un'audizione parlamentare shadow riguardante gli abusi commessi da Epstein • I sopravvissuti di Jeffrey Epstein torneranno martedì sulla "scena del crimine" a Palm Beach, in Florida, per un'audizione parlamentare shadow sugli abusi commessi dal defunto reo di reati sessuali. • Diversi membri del gruppo di supervisione democratico della Camera sono previsti che si uniscano alle vittime e a diversi testimoni esperti presso l'audizione, svoltasi vicino all'ex villa fronte mare di Epstein, dove procurava ragazze a partire dai 14 anni per fornire servizi sessuali a ospiti facoltosi. Continua a leggere...

• Le autorità sanitarie hanno gestito un'epidemia di hantavirus sulla nave da crociera MV Hondius, annunciando il rientro di 18 americani evacuati in Nebraska per la quarantena l'11 maggio 2026. • L'Ammiraglio Brian Christine, sottosegretario per la salute, ha dichiarato che 'il rischio di hantavirus per il pubblico generale rimane molto, molto basso', notando che la variante Andes richiede un contatto stretto e prolungato, come la condivisione di utensili o la permanenza per 15 minuti entro 1,8 metri da individui sintomatici. • La maggior parte degli evacuati è monitorata presso l'University of Nebraska Medical Center, l'unica unità di quarantena federale del paese e una struttura leader per le malattie infettive ad alto rischio.

• I dati sulla mortalità del CDC pubblicati nel 2026 mostrano che il suicidio è rientrato tra le 10 principali cause di morte negli Stati Uniti, spodestando il COVID-19 in un contesto di crescenti problemi di salute mentale. • Nel 2024, 61,5 milioni di adulti statunitensi hanno riferito condizioni di salute mentale, tra cui 11,6 milioni di giovani adulti tra i 18 e i 25 anni, rispetto ai 58,7 milioni di adulti e 11,5 milioni di giovani adulti del 2023. • Circa il 5% degli adulti negli Stati Uniti ha riferito regolarmente depressione e il 12% ha riferito ansia, le condizioni più comuni che guidano l'aumento della prevalenza dei problemi di salute mentale.

• I dipendenti dei Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sono riluttanti a tornare al lavoro in seguito a una sparatoria mortale avvenuta venerdì presso il quartier generale dell'agenzia ad Atlanta. • L'incidente della sparatoria ha creato un clima di paura e incertezza tra il personale del CDC riguardo alla sicurezza sul posto di lavoro e ai protocolli di sorveglianza. • La leadership del CDC è sotto pressione per rispondere alle preoccupazioni dei dipendenti e implementare misure di sicurezza potenziate per ripristinare la fiducia nell'ambiente di lavoro.

Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security AgencyTwo people who were onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have returned to the UK and are self-isolating, British health officials have said.Neither of the two British people, who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April, are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA). Continue reading...

Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in regionOfficials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries.Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having the highest incidence of the rare, rodent-borne disease in Latin America. Investigators there are working to contact trace the source of contamination. Continue reading...

• Ally Financial swung to profitability in Q1 2026, reporting net income of $319 million and diluted EPS of $0.93, reversing a $225 million loss and $0.82 loss per share from the prior year. • Total net revenue climbed to $2.102 billion from $1.541 billion year-over-year, driven by higher net financing revenue of $1.589 billion and significantly smaller investment losses. • Noninterest expenses fell sharply to $1.235 billion from $1.634 billion, demonstrating improved cost management and operational efficiency despite modest credit cost increases.

Home affairs minister says government continues to refuse to assist the group of 13, who are expected leave Syria soonThe Albanese government has confirmed that four Australian women and nine of their children who were linked to suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria are set to travel home.The group of 13 were expected to fly into Australia very soon, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Disclosure made at preliminary hearing for civil case in which four women accuse the influencer and his brother of rapeAndrew Tate sought written assurances from prosecutors that he would not be arrested if he returned to the UK for a civil case in which he is accused of rape, a court has heard.Lawyers for the influencer and self-described misogynist, who has been charged with ten criminal offences and is under investigation by various forces, made the submission last year. Continue reading...

From economic woes to concerns that war could break out again at any moment, underlying worries run deepIn the weeks since the fragile ceasefire with the US and Israel took hold, life in Tehran has – on the surface at least – largely returned to something like pre-war normality. Many security checkpoints have been taken down, coffee shops are bustling, parks are full of people gathering for picnics, musicians are playing again in the streets, highways are jammed with traffic and the metro - free to use since the war - runs packed.But underlying worries run deep, and many Iranians fear the war could return at any moment. The uncertainty was underlined on Monday when the US and Iran launched fresh attacks in the Gulf as the two sides continue to blockade of the strait of Hormuz. The war’s economic toll has been severe too. Many people have lost their jobs and inflation is surging. The International Monetary Fund estimates it could reach 70% this year. Continue reading...

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors sayThe process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.Ongoing sea level rise and the rampant erosion of wetlands in southern Louisiana will swallow up the New Orleans area within a few generations, with the new paper estimating the city “may well be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century”. Continue reading...

Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaignIt is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found it was the most complete spinosaurid skull known to date, belonging to a previously unknown genus of the huge meat-eating dinosaurs. Continue reading...

Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he ‘didn’t want to kill people’An asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme faces being returned to Syria after authorities in Paris ruled it was safe to do so, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.When the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced the “groundbreaking” deal in July 2025 to stop small boats crowded with asylum seekers from crossing the Channel – by forcibly returning one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for bringing one in northern France legally to the UK – they emphasised that France was a safe country for returnees. Continue reading...

Nearly 2,000-year-old artifact handed over by FBI matches piece missing from museum near Rome for decadesA nearly 2,000-year-old Roman grave marker discovered in a New Orleans backyard has now been returned to Italy.The marble epitaph – dating back roughly 1,900 years – was officially handed over to Italian officials in Rome on Wednesday during a ceremony led by the FBI. The event also marked the repatriation of another antiquity recovered in the US, the agency said. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bidAndy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection, has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid. Continue reading...

Simon White comes clean after finding clay pieces in toffee tin, saying he took them as souvenir from Wenlock PrioryFragments of a priory’s medieval tiled floor that spent almost 60 years stashed in a toffee tin after being pocketed by a nine-year-old boy during a family outing have finally been handed back.The three pieces of decorative clay tiles, dating from the late 13th to early 14th century, were taken as a souvenir by Simon White during a family visit to Wenlock Priory in Shropshire in the late 1960s. Continue reading...

Move comes after mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke on return of the Koh-i-noor diamond after UK royals’ visit to New YorkHundreds of antiquities valued at $14m have been returned to India by New York authorities, including some connected to the alleged art smuggler Subhash Kapoor, in a move that is likely to raise the pressure on others to make similar gestures.The return of 657 antiquities was announced by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg Jr, on Tuesday, and came as New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, waded into the historically contentious ownership of the 105.6 carat Koh-i-noor diamond. Continue reading...

USS Gerald R Ford to sail home after 10-month spell including role in Maduro capture and Middle East warThe world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two US officials said Wednesday.The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the coming days and returning to its home port in Virginia in mid-May, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military movements. The Washington Post reported the development earlier. Continue reading...

Ángel Mateos González due to play for CD Colunga, making him oldest player to take part in official matchAt an age when many veteran footballers might prefer to be regaling grandchildren, friends and assorted barflies with slightly embroidered tales of their former sporting prowess, 70-year-old Ángel Mateos González is heading back on to the pitch.The Spaniard, who retired from competitive football 27 years ago, is due to play in goal for the Asturian team CD Colunga in a fifth-tier match this Sunday. If all goes to plan and he pulls on his gloves, he will reportedly become the oldest player to take part in an official match in Spain. Continue reading...

A new Chinese outpost at Antelope Reef won’t create legal rights but will shape control over disputed waters, says a maritime law professor from Western Sydney University.

The ongoing U.S. travel boycott is showing no signs of letting up. March marked the 14th consecutive month of steep declines, with Canadian return trips to the U.S. plummeting 32 per cent compared to pre-boycott March 2024. Canadians are still travelling, but more are opting for domestic and overseas trips.