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Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial ends in mistrial with jury deadlocked

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:41:24+00:00

Weinstein has been convicted of other crimes in the US and is already behind bars but move leaves rape charge in limboHarvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York on a rape charge ended in a mistrial on Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched criminal case that another jury had already failed to decide last year.The disgraced former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on the US east and west coasts and is already in jail. But Friday’s declaration of another mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials. Continue reading...

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Чистая прибыль «Акрона» в I квартале упала в пять раз

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:39:41+00:00

Чистая прибыль «Акрона» в январе-марте 2026 г. составила 2,7 млрд руб., что в 5,4 раза меньше показателя первого квартала прошлого года. Это следует из финансового отчета компании по МСФО.

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US justice department to seek death penalty for man charged with killing two Israeli embassy staffers

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:38:22+00:00

Prosecutors have described fatal shooting outside of DC’s Capital Jewish Museum last year as calculated and plannedThe US justice department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday.Elias Rodriguez faces federal hate crime and murder charges in the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the museum last May. Rodriguez shouted “free Palestine” during the shooting and later told police, “I did it for Palestine, I d

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Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on Cuba

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:31:49+00:00

Trump administration move echoes indictment of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as fuel crisis racks CubaTensions between Cuba and US seem set to rise further amid reports that Raúl Castro, the country’s 94-year-old former president, may soon face the type of indictment that led to the US abduction of the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, in January.Although Raúl is officially retired, he remains the most potent figure in Cuban politics following the death of his brother Fidel in 2016, and by targeting him Washington appears to be heaping pressure on Cuba’s communist leadership at the end of an a

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Dan Diner, historien : « Le retour de l’impérialisme russe replace l’Allemagne au centre de l’Europe »

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:30:12+00:00

L’historien israélo-allemand explique, dans un entretien au « Monde », pourquoi la menace russe amène l’Allemagne à interroger son identité au sein du Vieux Continent, quatre-vingts ans après la fin de la guerre. Il évoque aussi les relations entre son pays natal et Israël.

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UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:30:06+00:00

All 46 Council of Europe members sign agreement ‘deplored’ by human rights organisationsThe UK and 45 other European countries have signed an agreement that explicitly endorses plans to send unwanted asylum seekers to third country hubs.A political declaration from the 46 members of the Council of Europe, the body that oversees the European convention on human rights (ECHR), said states had an “undeniable sovereign right” to control their borders. Continue reading...

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Tennessee Democrat ends re-election bid after map redrawing carves up his district

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:27:50+00:00

New map reshapes representative Steve Cohen’s majority-Black Memphis district and gives Republicans an advantageDemocratic representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee on Friday announced that he is ending his bid for re-election, his career upended by the redistricting battles that are sweeping the country after last month’s supreme court decision.Republicans in Tennessee this month enacted a new US House map that carves up Cohen’s majority-Black district, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections. Continu

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From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:27:33+00:00

The mayor of Greater Manchester is the latest in a long line of politicians to try to show he’s on the right track … etcPoliticians, as we know, love a metaphor. But do they have to be so literal? No sooner had the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, announced that he wanted to run for parliament than … Look! Out he popped from his house on Friday morning in jogging gear, because he’s full of energy and on the right track and hitting the ground running and … oh, do keep up.What is it that persuades a 56-year-old man who is leading every news bulletin in Britain and knows there is a throng

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Modi dismisses reports of tax or cess on foreign travel, calls claims false

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:24:45+00:00

Calling the claims “totally false,” he said there is “not an iota of truth” in the report and reiterated that the government remains committed to improving “Ease of Doing Business” and “Ease of Living.”

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Hantavirus: how scared should we be?

Fonte: Al Jazeera - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:24:40+00:00

Three deaths linked to a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship have revived memories of COVID-19. What has the world lear

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A l’issue de sa visite à Pékin, Trump entretient le flou sur Taïwan

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:23:37+00:00

Derrière une bonne entente de façade, le sommet entre le président américain et Xi Jinping n’a produit aucune avancée notable. Donald Trump n’a pris aucun engagement à propos de l’île dont Pékin a juré de s’emparer. Même la commande de 200 Boeing évoquée par le locataire de la Maison Blanche n’a pas été confirmée par les autorités chinoises.

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Hindustan Copper hires advisor to explore Chile copper belt expansion and acquisitions

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:13:07+00:00

The move builds on its non-disclosure agreement with Chile’s state-owned mining giant CODELCO and follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font

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Met police preparing for large scale far-right and pro-Palestine protests in London

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:10:43+00:00

Officers said to be granted extra powers as marches through capital set for same day as FA Cup finalBritish police are preparing to mount one of their largest scale operations in recent memory with more than 100,000 protesters set to march through the streets of London on the same day as the FA Cup final in Wembley.The Guardian understands that officers in vast swathes of central London will be granted extra powers in order to police the far-right Unite the Kingdom march organised by Stephen Yaxley Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. Continue reading...

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I look sul red carpet: da Marion Cotillard a Laetitia Casta

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:09:51+00:00

Quarta serata per il Festival francese che accoglie il debutto da regista di John Travolta, atteso dalla giurata Demi Moore

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Executions Surge in Iran Since Cease-fire, Rights Groups Say

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T17:05:14+00:00

Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to intimidate Iranians from returning to the streets.

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Questions over Farage’s houses and £5m gift renew scrutiny of finances

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:55:45+00:00

Property portfolio in spotlight as Reform UK leader faces official inquiry over money accepted from billionaireA week ago, Nigel Farage was toasting Reform UK’s successes in the May elections, and bragging about his prospects of becoming prime minister.But there is a saying about a week in politics – and it has been a long seven days for the party leader, who is now facing questions over a £5m gift and his extensive property portfolio. Continue reading...

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Guerra Ucraina-Russia, news. Media: “Putin sarà a Pechino da Xi il 20 maggio”

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:55:08+00:00

Zelensky: “Risponderemo a Mosca attaccando siti petroliferi e militari”. Attacco russo su Kiev, 24 morti tra cui tre bambini. Mosca dichiara le Pussy Riot gruppo “terrorista e estremista”. Arrestato Yermak, l’ex capo dell’ufficio del presidente ucraino

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Lone Tennessee Democrat says he will end re-election bid after congressional map redrawing – US politics live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:49:06+00:00

Steve Cohen says ‘these districts were drawn to beat me’ after Tennessee’s GOP-dominated legislature split up ninth districtSign up for the Breaking News US emailJamieson Greer also said US export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing.The US trade representative’s comments to Bloomberg on Friday suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, Reuters is reporting, despite Nvidia chief Jensen Huang’s last-minute invitation to Donald Trump’s Beijing trip this week.This was not a major topi

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Labour’s NEC opens door for Burnham to return to Westminster via Makerfield byelection – as it happened

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:47:26+00:00

This blog is closing now, you can read more on this story hereLabour’s deputy leader, Lucy Powell, has backed Andy Burnham’s efforts to return to parliament, saying there will be no attempt to stop the Greater Manchester mayor from fighting an upcoming byelection in Makerfield.Speaking at a Fire Brigades Union conference in Coventry, she saidWe could have further to fall as a party and we absolutely need to come back together as one team, because we’ve got to take the fight to [Nigel] Farage. We are at real risk of Nigel Farage walking up Downing Street in a few years time, and we can’t let th

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Одеса, яка живе: новий Radisson у серці міста

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:47:00+00:00

Одеса завжди починається з відчуття. Іноді з ранкової кави на Дерибасівській. Іноді з шуму платанів у Міському саду чи вечірнього світла біля Оперного театру. А іноді з короткої думки: "Я давно тут не...

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Woman who drowned in Suffolk ‘might have been saved’ if fire service alerted more quickly

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:45:55+00:00

Saffron Cole-Nottage became stuck headfirst and might have lived had ambulance service alerted fire service immediately, coroner says A woman who drowned after getting stuck headfirst in sea defence rocks might have been saved if the ambulance service had alerted the fire service more quickly, a coroner has said.Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, was with her daughter, walking their dog at the seafront in Lowestoft, Suffolk, when she fell as the tide was coming in on 2 February 2025. Continue reading...

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Suffolk woman ‘might have been saved’ from drowning if fire service alerted more quickly

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:45:55+00:00

Saffron Cole-Nottage became stuck headfirst in sea defence rocks as tide was coming in at LowestoftA woman who drowned after getting stuck headfirst in sea defence rocks might have been saved if the ambulance service had alerted the fire service more quickly, a coroner has said.Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, was walking the family dog with her daughteron the seafront in their home town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, when she fell as the tide was coming in on 2 February 2025. Continue reading...

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"Ракета містила понад 100 компонентів західного виробництва": деталі FT про атаку на Київ

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:42:00+00:00

Ракета Х-101 містила мікросхеми американських виробників, таких як Texas Instruments, AMD та Kyocera AVX, а також німецької компанії Harting Technology Group, нідерландської Nexperia та інших.

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‘Extremely cruel and tragic’: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi speaks out against state violence and the war

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:39:42+00:00

The film-maker, who won the Grand Prix for A Hero in 2021, condemned both the killing of protestors and the conflict’s bombing campaigns during a Cannes press conferenceOscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has described the deaths of civilians in Iran as “extremely cruel and tragic” during a press conference at the Cannes film festival.Farhadi, whose new Paris-set drama Parallel Tales premiered on the Croisette on Thursday night, was asked about working free from censorship in France, the war involving Iran, the US and Israel, and the repression of protesters in his native country. Co

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German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:38:49+00:00

Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climateFriedrich Merz, the German chancellor, already embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over the Iran war, has said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.Speaking to a conference of young Catholics in Würzburg, the conservative leader, viewed by many as a transatlanticist, said he no longer saw the US as the land of opportunity. Continue reading...

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Eurovision 2026 : l’Espagne est « du bon côté de l’Histoire », juge Pedro Sanchez

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:36:54+00:00

L’Espagne, comme l’Islande, l’Irlande, les Pays-Bas et la Slovénie, sera absente cette année du célèbre concours européen de la chanson, en signe de protestation contre la participation d’Israël. Plus de mille artistes ont également appelé au boycott.

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New York Times defends journalist after Israel threatens to sue

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-15T16:30:31+00:00

Israel's prime minister says he has ordered legal action over an article which alleged Israeli security officials raped Palestinian detainees.

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