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Roma, ricercatore della Sapienza aggredito sotto casa: “Ebreo di m...”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T17:49:02+00:00

Il racconto di Anna Foa: “Sembravano fascisti. Ligorio tiene corsi sulla storia degli israeliti in Europa; siamo arrivati al punto che si consultano i programmi universitari per scegliere chi aggredire?”

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Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:41:59+00:00

Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incidentEarlier this month locals in Zagreb noticed something odd outside an art deco building. Sandbags and barricades appeared in front of the Esplanade hotel, along with a film crew and extras sporting Ukrainian military uniforms. Soon afterwards the actors Sean Penn and Adrien Brody were spotted on the set in the Croatian capital, together with Doug Liman, the Hollywood director of the Jason Bourne movies.Liman had come to shoot his latest fictional political thriller. Its subject: the 2022 Nord Stream e

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BBC’s Trevor Nelson recovering after brain tumour surgery

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:41:21+00:00

Radio 2 DJ, who stepped back from work commitments in June, says operation went ‘incredibly well’Trevor Nelson, the BBC Radio 2 DJ, has revealed he had surgery after being diagnosed with a brain tumour and is now on the mend.The broadcaster, 62, said in June that he was taking a break from work commitments to deal with health issues. Continue reading...

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Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:39:44+00:00

Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundingsIt stretches the definition of pied-à-terre but Mark Zuckerberg now has a pad in Ireland: Strancally castle.The Meta chief executive and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have bought the gothic-style mansion and its 178-hectare (440-acre) estate in county Waterford to use as a base during visits to Ireland. Continue reading...

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‘Biased’ Channel 4 programme on ADHD misrepresented my views, says expert

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:36:29+00:00

Prof Katya Rubia withdraws support for The Great ADHD Myth? as other leading figures voice criticismsA key contributor to a controversial Channel 4 documentary on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has withdrawn her support for the programme, saying it was biased and could lead to an increased suicide risk by encouraging parents to take their children off medication.Katya Rubia, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, also said The Great ADHD Myth? misrepresented her views. Continue reading...

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Reform’s new economic adviser has called for end of pensioners’ triple lock

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:36:17+00:00

Exclusive: Mitchell Palmer has also argued for privatising the NHS and immigration as way of cutting poverty Reform UK’s new economic adviser has previously called the pensions triple lock unsustainable, advocated privatising the NHS and welcomed migration as a poverty alleviation tool, the Guardian can reveal.Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economic spokesperson, has appointed Mitchell Palmer, a rightwing economist at the free-market Adam Smith Institute, as one of his key aides. Continue reading...

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Humanoid robots take centre stage in China-US tech race

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-20T17:17:47+00:00

Humanoid robots are at the forefront of China’s race for technological supremacy at Beijing’s World Robot Conference.

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Après la mort de Jason Arday, plus jeune professeur noir de Cambridge, un chercheur l’ayant accusé de plagiat a été suspendu par l’université de Gand

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-20T17:15:22+00:00

Jason Arday, plus jeune professeur noir de l’université de Cambridge avant sa démission, a été retrouvé mort à son domicile à la mi-août, après des accusations de plagiat, qui ont déchaîné les passions en Grande-Bretagne.

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Alcaraz giocherà gli Us Open, è ufficiale

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T17:11:36+00:00

Lo spagnolo tornerà in campo dopo oltre quattro mesi di stop per un infortunio al polso

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En Volhynie, dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine, la difficile réconciliation des mémoires polonaise et ukrainienne autour des charniers de la seconde guerre mondiale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-20T17:00:13+00:00

Dans les anciens villages de Wola Ostrowiecka et d’Ostrowki, dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine, archéologues et historiens exhument des corps de civils polonais massacrés par des nationalistes ukrainiens en 1943. Plus de quatre-vingts ans après, ce douloureux passé continue de peser sur les relations diplomatiques entre Kiev et Varsovie.

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Charity campaigner’s death from microlight crash injuries was accidental, coroner rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T16:49:04+00:00

Claire Lomas had been filming a series for Apple TV in Amman, Jordan when she lost control of the aircraftThe death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded.An inquest heard on Thursday that Claire Lomas, 44, died of severe traumatic injuries on 22 August 2024, five weeks after a light aircraft that she had been piloting while filming a promotional video for Apple’s Vision Pro headset “veered off the runway” and crashed into a rock in Amman, Jordan, on 15 July. Continue reading...

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Charity campaigner’s death in microlight crash was accidental, coroner rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T16:49:04+00:00

Claire Lomas died of severe injuries five weeks after aircraft crashed into rocks off runway while filming Apple video in JordanThe death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded.An inquest heard on Thursday that Claire Lomas, 44, died of severe traumatic injuries on 22 August 2024, five weeks after a light aircraft she had been piloting while filming a series to promote Apple’s Vision Pro headset “veered off the runway” during a landing operation and crashed into a rock in Amman, Jordan. Continue readin

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : nouvelle attaque russe à Kiev, après celles de la nuit qui ont fait au moins 15 morts, selon les autorités ukrainiennes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-20T16:39:33+00:00

Une nouvelle attaque russe dans la capitale ukrainienne a fait un mort et deux blessés jeudi soir, selon les autorités locales. Des débris de drone sont tombés sur un centre d’affaires du quartier de Holossiïvsky, provoquant un incendie, a annoncé le maire de Kiev, Vitali Klitschko.

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First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-20T16:39:18+00:00

Critics in Liberia, a small West African nation, say their government has not explained why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled.

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