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Apr 19, 2026 - World

Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to ask MPs to back controversial voluntary repatriation schemeItalian lawyers will be paid bonuses if they successfully convince their immigrant clients to return home under a government plan that has been compared to a “wild west-style bounty”.The incentive is in the latest security bill from Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government and goes to the lower house of parliament for final approval this week. It was passed by the upper house after fiery debate. Continue reading...

Apr 19, 2026 - World

Winning robot runs faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world recordMore than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humansThey can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight. Continue reading...

Apr 19, 2026 - World

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz cast Iran's leadership as chaotic and distracted on Sunday.

Apr 19, 2026 - World

Russia launched 236 drones into Ukrainian territory overnight into Sunday.

Apr 19, 2026 - World

Actor who worked with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s and starred in Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can died of Lewy body dementia, says familyThe French film star Nathalie Baye, who starred in a string of highly regarded French films as well as Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, has died at the age of 77, her family said on Saturday.Baye, a stalwart of France’s domestic cinema, starred in about 80 films and took home the best actress César, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, four times, including three years running from 1981 to 1983. She died on Friday evening at her home in Paris from Lewy body dementia, her family told AFP. Continue reading...