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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...

Il disinteresse da parte dei Labour del Regno Unito e le difficoltà dei servizi pubblici sono solo alcune delle ragioni dietro a questo collasso 'sbalorditivo'.

• La ministra dell'acqua Rose Jackson definisce 'devastante' l'essiccazione nella regione di Gwydir mentre il disegno di legge passa alla camera alta. • L'erogazione idrica verso le zone umide del New South Wales, dove si è svolta un'urgente missione di soccorso per salvare la fauna selvatica in via di estinzione, è più vicina alla ripresa dopo l'approvazione della legislazione da parte della camera alta del parlamento statale. • La ministra dell'acqua, Rose Jackson, ha dichiarato al parlamento giovedì sera che l'impatto dell'interruzione dei flussi d'acqua nella regione di Gwydir, di importanza internazionale, è stato "devastante", mentre introduceva gli emendamenti legislativi che, a suo dire, consentiranno la ripresa dei flussi.

Gli osservatori europei hanno riscontrato episodi di confusione riguardo ai requisiti di identificazione, ma il problema non è considerato diffuso.

• L'Argentina, da dove è partita la nave da crociera MV Hondius, è costantemente classificata dall'OMS come il paese con la più alta incidenza di hantavirus nella regione

• La cantante francese Yseult ha preso parte al Met Gala 2026, segnando la sua ascesa da concorrente di 'Nouvelle Star' a icona della moda internazionale. • Il suo percorso include importanti successi musicali, il lancio di un'etichetta indipendente e un'esibizione di alto profilo alle Olimpiadi. • La sua apparizione sottolinea la sua crescente influenza nei circoli globali dell'intrattenimento e della moda, fondendo la musica con l'alta cultura.

Rivelazione emersa durante l'udienza preliminare per una causa civile in cui quattro donne accusano l'influencer e suo fratello di stupro • Andrew Tate ha chiesto rassicurazioni scritte ai procuratori che non sarebbe stato arrestato se fosse tornato nel Regno Unito per una causa civile in cui è accusato di stupro, secondo quanto emerso in tribunale. • Gli avvocati dell'influencer e di colui che si definisce misogino, accusato di dieci reati penali e attualmente sotto indagine da parte di diverse forze di polizia, hanno presentato l'istanza lo scorso anno.

• Dai problemi economici ai timori che la guerra possa scoppiare di nuovo in qualsiasi momento, le preoccupazioni sottostanti sono profonde • Nelle settimane successive all'entrata in vigore del fragile cessate il fuoco con gli USA e Israele, la vita a Teheran è – almeno in superficie – tornata in gran parte a una sorta di normalità pre-bellica. Molti checkpoint di sicurezza sono stati rimossi, i caffè sono affollati, i parchi sono pieni di persone che fanno picnic, i musicisti suonano di nuovo per strada, le autostrade sono congestionate dal traffico e la metro - gratuita dall'inizio della guerra - viaggia a pieno carico. • Tuttavia, le preoccupazioni sottostanti sono profonde e molti iraniani temono che la guerra possa tornare in qualsiasi momento. L'incertezza è stata sottolineata lunedì, quando gli USA e l'Iran hanno lanciato nuovi attacchi nel Golfo, mentre le due parti continuano il blocco dello stretto di Hormuz. Anche il costo economico della guerra è stato severo. Molte persone hanno perso il lavoro e l'inflazione è in forte aumento. Il Fondo Monetario Internazionale stima che potrebbe raggiungere il 70% quest'anno. Continua a leggere...

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...

• A federal appeals court has overturned a lower‑court injunction that had ordered the Trump administration to restore the flow of federal grants to several local governments, reopening billions of dollars in funding that had been withheld. • The decision follows a dispute over how the administration interprets the conditions attached to federal grants, with cities arguing that the withholding amounted to political retaliation. • The ruling could influence how future administrations may or may not condition aid on policy compliance, and it has implications for federalism and local autonomy.

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...

Woman denies allegations of aggravated kidnapping during Augusto Pinochet’s 1970s military dictatorshipFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Sydney nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s will be extradited to Chile to face court over kidnapping allegations after losing her seven-year battle to remain in Australia.Adriana Elcira Rivas, now in her 70s, is accused of participating in the disappearances of seven people in 1976 – including a woman who was five months pregnant – while working for Pinochet’s secret police force. 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...

Decision came after hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam, 64, said he didn’t kill Thomas Kinser when he was 19A judge has cleared the way for the potential release of an Indian citizen who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in prison.The decision came the day after the four-hour hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam insisted he did not fatally shoot Thomas Kinser in 1980 and was questioned by a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyer. Vedam participated in the hearing remotely from the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. Continue reading...

Dry ground, iron-rich earth and strong winds combined to create an eerie dust storm that was filmed in DenhamGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe skies of Shark Bay in Western Australia turned an eerie blood red before Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall, a phenomenon an expert said was caused by an iron-infused dust storm.Narelle crossed into WA on Friday, hitting the state roughly 900km north of Perth in the food bowl region. Continue reading...

Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched booksTracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80.Kidder’s longtime publisher Random House confirmed his death in a statement on Wednesday: “Tracy’s gifts for storytelling and tireless reporting are an enduring reflection of the empathy, integrity, and endless curiosity he brought to everything he did.” Continue reading...