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Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T10:00:11+00:00

The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstructionChristopher Newman remembers seeing campus police officers as he walked into a human resources office at Harvard University, but he didn’t imagine that they were there for him.It was July 2024, and Newman had just turned in the results of a two-month-long internship with the Harvard University Archives: an annotated bibliography for the landmark 2022 Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative report, which detailed the university’s ties to slavery across three centuri

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As Meloni’s hold over Italy weakens, a progressive challenger gathers momentum in Genoa

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T10:00:10+00:00

Silvia Salis, the leftwing mayor of Genoa and former Olympian, is described as ‘a breath of fresh air’ and potential unifierIt has been a turbulent month in Italian politics.A failed referendum on a judicial overhaul pierced prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s aura of invincibility, triggering government resignations and leaving her scrambling to restore credibility. At the same time, her once special relationship with Donald Trump has frayed after the US president publicly scolded her this week for criticising his broadside against Pope Leo and for not supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran. Conti

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‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T10:00:10+00:00

Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a headMaryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible study with a group of Catholic women in Decatur, Georgia, in a space they try to keep clear of politics. But Donald Trump’s name arises nonetheless.“We have one person that we pray for during the course of the week,” she said. “What my friend said is that she prays for the president every day, that God will remove that hard heart of his and replace it with a softer one that has love.” Continue reading...

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As Meloni’s hold over Italy weakens, a progressive challenger gathers momentum

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T10:00:10+00:00

Silvia Salis, the leftwing mayor of Genoa and former Olympian, is described as ‘a breath of fresh air’ and potential unifierIt has been a turbulent month in Italian politics.A failed referendum on a judicial overhaul pierced prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s aura of invincibility, triggering government resignations and leaving her scrambling to restore credibility. At the same time, her once special relationship with Donald Trump has frayed after the US president publicly scolded her this week for criticising his broadside against Pope Leo and for not supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran. Conti

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Carney’s Liberal Majority Reshapes Fortunes to the Left and the Right

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T10:00:03+00:00

Mark Carney’s brand of centrist politics and his invitation to floor crossers with conservative convictions into the Liberal Party’s ranks have reshaped the country’s political economy.

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Govt hikes DA by 2% to 60% for central employees, pensioners

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:52:35+00:00

The decision follows an earlier 3% hike in October 2025 and is expected to benefit millions of employees and pensioners.

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Hathway Q4 net profit declines 67.7% to ₹11.25 cr

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:48:42+00:00

Revenue from operations increase 6.37% to ₹545.85 crore in March quarter

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India adds 55,200 startups in FY26; job creation tops 23.36 lakh

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:43:30+00:00

Backed by initiatives like Startup India, Fund of Funds, and Seed Fund Scheme, the sector saw a 51.6% rise in registrations and a 36.1% increase in job creation

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PM Modi to address the nation tonight at 8.30 pm

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:39:53+00:00

Modi is expected to delve into the issue of implementation of women’s quota and the happenings in Parliament, where opposition parties on Friday voted against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill

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G20 satellite expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO chief Narayanan

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:38:28+00:00

“Right now we are also working on a G20 satellite for G-20 countries, India is taking the lead role, and we are going to have the launch by the 2027 timeframe”

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Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – UK politics live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:34:05+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald said No 10 ‘wanted a scalp’ but removal of Robbins from Foreign Office felt ‘wrong’Keir Starmer faces ‘judgment day’Five unanswered questionsSir Olly Robbins was “basically thrown under the bus” as a result of the “biggest diplomatic crisis” in over 40 years, according to Lord Simon McDonald.Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday, Lord McDonald, an ex-permanent secretary in the Foreign Office, described Robbins as a “scalp” that the government needed after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson had been appointed as ambassador to the US despite failing hi

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DR Congo accepts first set of deportees from the US

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:18:16+00:00

The Congolese government stresses those expelled from the US are only in the country temporarily.

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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:15:59+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels ‘wrong’The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary of the government department until 2020, has spoken out in defence of Sir Oliver Robbins, saying the civil servant was “thrown under a bus” by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, when he was dismissed from his role on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Yes Bank posts higher Q4 profit on loan growth

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:08:49+00:00

The private lender's loans grew 10.7% year-on-year during the quarter.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plus de 200 attaques de drones russes signalées par Kiev ; des installations portuaires endommagées dans l’oblast d’Odessa

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:08:46+00:00

Les défenses antiaériennes ukrainiennes affirment avoir abattu ou neutralisé 190 de ces appareils. De leur côté, les Russes ont déclaré avoir intercepté plus de 250 drones ukrainiens dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi.

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Who Is the New Leader of Hungary?

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:02:21+00:00

Our reporter Andrew Higgins describes why Hungary’s voters chose Peter Magyar over Viktor Orban in a landslide, ending Orban’s 16 years in power.

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Why China is taking a behind-the-scenes role in the Iran war

Fonte: Washington Post - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:20+00:00

As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.

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Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:10+00:00

Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural historyJacqueline Springer is standing in the middle of the V&A’s new exhibition space looking wistfully at a pair of drainpipe trousers, a tailored suit jacket and a porkpie hat, which create the unmistakable silhouette of Pauline Black, lead singer of the 2 Tone group the Selector.Springer is the curator of the V&A East’s inaugural exhibition, The Music is Black, a landmark survey of Black British music, which opens this weekend. It starts with the early drumbeats in Africa and takes us r

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Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:09+00:00

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bankThe bosses of the central banks and treasuries of the UK, US and EU are to take part in a war game in Washington on Saturday to test how they would handle the collapse of a globally significant bank.Amid growing unease over the risks to global financial stability, the most senior officials from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England – including its governor, Andrew Bailey – are expected to take part. Continue reading...

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Allemagne : la coalition de Friedrich Merz fracturée par un violent conflit interne

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:08+00:00

Longtemps larvée, l’hostilité entre le social-démocrate Lars Klingbeil (SPD) et la chrétienne-démocrate Katherina Reiche (CDU) a récemment éclaté au grand jour sur la question des prix du carburant, obligeant le chancelier à calmer le jeu.

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