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Papa Leone a Pompei, 20mila i fedeli: “Basta guerre, non possiamo rassegnarci a immagini di morte”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-08T10:01:01+00:00

Visita di Leone XIV, omaggio alla Madonna che citò nel primo discorso: “L’economia preferisce le armi alla vita. Affido a Maria l’umanità intera per un futuro di pace”. Il primo abbraccio a disabili e ammalati. Ai volontari: “Siate modelli per giovani”. Meloni sui social: “Grazie per instancabile messaggio di pace in tempi complessi”

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New Orleans child molester questioned on unsolved killings takes the fifth 700 times

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-08T10:00:25+00:00

Stanley Burkhardt, convicted abuser and ex-investigator of sex crimes against children, gives deposition in civil caseConvicted child molester Stanley Burkhardt – a former investigator of sex crimes against children who has been in and out of prison for decades – invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 700 times while being questioned under oath recently, including when asked whether he committed a series of unsolved murders of youths in his orbit.Burkhardt’s decision to remain silent came when faced with questions about the killings during a deposition in a civil

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : les Etats-Unis attendent une réponse de l’Iran à sa dernière proposition pour mettre fin à la guerre, après les tirs échangés durant la nuit

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-08T09:59:27+00:00

Donald Trump assure que le cessez-le-feu entre Washington et Téhéran, officiellement entré en vigueur le 8 avril, est toujours actuel malgré les tirs de part et d’autre durant la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. Au Liban, l’armée israélienne a ordonné aux habitants de plusieurs localités du sud du pays d’évacuer.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : les Etats-Unis attendent une réponse de l’Iran à leur dernière proposition pour mettre fin à la guerre, après les tirs échangés durant la nuit de jeudi à vendredi

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-08T09:59:21+00:00

Donald Trump assure que le cessez-le-feu entre Washington et Téhéran, officiellement entré en vigueur le 8 avril, est toujours actuel malgré les tirs de part et d’autre durant la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. Au Liban, l’armée israélienne a ordonné aux habitants de plusieurs localités du sud du pays d’évacuer.

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ХIV Книжковий Арсенал відбудеться у Києві: фокус-тема, програма й головні акценти

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-08T09:58:15+00:00

З 28 по 31 травня Книжковий Арсенал знову збере тисячі відвідувачів і відвідувачок у Мистецькому арсеналі в Києві. Цьогоріч у програмі – понад 200 подій і 160 учасників ярмарку – від провідних видавництв...

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Rubio a Roma, Meloni riceve il segretario di Stato Usa a Palazzo Chigi: al via l'incontro

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-08T09:58:01+00:00

Il ministro degli Esteri italiano: “Ribadito che anche l’America ha bisogno di Italia e Ue”. Prima dell’incontro con Tajani ha ricevuto un albero genealogico piemontese che ricostruisce le sue origini italiane. Tra i temi in agenda: la guerra in Iran, la situazione in Libano e lo Stretto di Hormuz. Ieri il colloquio con papa Leone XIV

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex drops over 530 pts to 77,313, Nifty slips below 24,176 amid West Asia tensions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:57:46+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian equity markets continued to trade lower on Friday as escalating US-Iran tensions near the Strait of Hormuz rattled global sentiment, while sustained foreign investor selling and rising geopolitical uncertainty kept traders cautious amid heightened market volatility.

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Happy Birthday, Sir David: Attenborough compie 100 anni

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-08T09:54:52+00:00

Il grande divulgatore britannico è stato sommerso di lettere di auguri: nessuno come lui ha raccontato così meravigliosamente la natura e gli animali. Raggiungendo anche le nuove generazioni

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Lahiri takes charge as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:54:44+00:00

Lahiri is a former chief economic advisor to the government of India and a member of the 15th Finance Commission.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex drops over 516 pts to 77,327, Nifty slips below 24,184 amid West Asia tensions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:47:31+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian equity markets continued to trade lower on Friday as escalating US-Iran tensions near the Strait of Hormuz rattled global sentiment, while sustained foreign investor selling and rising geopolitical uncertainty kept traders cautious amid heightened market volatility.

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South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-08T09:45:57+00:00

David Hinton will remain in post while successor is found, utility says, a week after group’s chairman quitThe chief executive of South East Water has announced plans to step down just a week after the group’s chairman quit in the wake of major supply outages in Kent and Sussex.The supplier said David Hinton, who joined the group’s board in 2013, would stay in post to allow an “orderly transition” over the summer while the group hunts for his successor. Continue reading...

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Akasa Air sets up entity for aircraft financing, leasing in GIFT City

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:37:40+00:00

The nearly four-year-old carrier has established Akasa Air Leasing IFSC Private Limited (AALI) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar

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Au Mali, les premiers effets du blocus de Bamako se font ressentir

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-08T09:30:35+00:00

Des camions et des bus ont été incendiés, mercredi 6 mai, à quelques dizaines de kilomètres de la capitale. Les djihadistes du Groupe de soutien de l’islam et des musulmans menacent les chauffeurs qui refusent d’interrompre leurs activités.

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Pink hair and red herrings: viral quiz invites you to guess politicians’ stripes from their photos

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-08T09:30:28+00:00

Guess the Party challenges players to pin candidates’ politics to their appearances, with guess rates varying wildlyIs a bristly grey moustache a telltale sign of a Reform candidate? Is pink hair a giveaway for the Greens? Perhaps a sharp suit is the best telltale for the Tories – or spectacles and a rucksack for Labour?Players of a viral politics game have been finding out that it’s never that simple to judge the colour of a candidate’s rosette just by how they look. The game, invented by Sam Hamill-Stewart, challenges players to look at pictures of local election candidates and guess their p

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La maîtrise du ciel, éternel passage obligé vers la victoire militaire

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-08T09:30:07+00:00

La suprématie aérienne est au cœur des doctrines militaires occidentales, en dépit des moyens de plus en plus nombreux qui permettent de la remettre en jeu. Au point que certains experts la jugent aujourd’hui bien souvent inaccessible.

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Pensioni pubbliche, fino a 49 anni di lavoro per evitare tagli da 274 mila euro

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-08T09:30:00+00:00

La denuncia Fp Cgil. Con la stretta sulle aliquote, le finestre più lunghe e la speranza di vita medici, insegnanti, ufficiali giudiziari e dipendenti degli enti locali rischiano assegni ridotti fino a 14.450 euro all’anno

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Papa Leone a Pompei: “Basta guerre, non possiamo rassegnarci a immagini di morte”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-08T09:29:42+00:00

Visita di Leone XIV, omaggio alla Madonna che citò nel primo discorso: “L’economia preferisce le armi alla vita. Affido a Maria l’umanità intera per un futuro di pace”. Il primo abbraccio a disabili e ammalati. Ai volontari: “Siate modelli per giovani”. Meloni sui social: “Grazie per instancabile messaggio di pace in tempi complessi”

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Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-08T09:29:38+00:00

Findings come after third-hottest April on record globally and amid fears of more brutal European summer weatherEconomic inequality adds more than 100,000 deaths to the vast toll from heat and cold in Europe each year, research has found.Cutting the level of inequality to that of Europe’s most equal region, as measured by the Gini index, would reduce temperature-related mortality by as much as 30%, equating to 109,866 people, the study found. Continue reading...

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Early England election results make it clear: we are in an era of five-party politics

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-08T09:28:03+00:00

While Labour losses and Reform gains are obvious, the nature of how people actually voted is much more nuancedElections 2026 – live updatesFull results from England, Scotland and WalesEnglish local election results require careful interpretation. Not all places have them at the same time, a relatively small proportion complete their counts overnight and the early headlines may not reflect outcomes later in the day.But the headline number on Friday morning – that Labour has lost more than 250 councillors - will only grow as the day progresses. While Labour will want to stress that these “mid-te

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Support for TVK: Left in huddle, VCK to announce stand on Saturday

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:27:40+00:00

Vijay-led Tamilga Vettri Kazhagam, with 108 seats but 10 short of majority, had reached out to CPI, CPI (M) and the VCK-- all DMK allies, seeking their support to form government

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Titan Q4 net profit climbs 35.4% to ₹1,179 crore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:27:39+00:00

Sales surged 48.28% to ₹20,607 crore in the March quarter of FY26, which Titan said, is “one of the strongest quarterly performances in the company’s history”.

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India gets high prices for DAP Fertilizer in latest tender

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:27:36+00:00

Prices in the tender, which was organized by Indian Potash Ltd., ranged from $930 to $1,100 a ton, according to traders familiar with the matter

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex drops over 360 pts to 77,484, Nifty slips below 24,232 amid West Asia tensions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-08T09:26:41+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian equity markets continued to trade lower on Friday as escalating US-Iran tensions near the Strait of Hormuz rattled global sentiment, while sustained foreign investor selling and rising geopolitical uncertainty kept traders cautious amid heightened market volatility.

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