Gabriele Pecchini

Prosecutor general resigns amid political turmoil in Kyiv during Ukraine war

Prosecutor general resigns amid political turmoil in Kyiv during Ukraine war

Ukraine’s prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned amid corruption accusations after anti-graft officers searched his offices at the weekend. He called the allegations “completely unsubstantiated” and denied wrongdoing. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo) announced Saturday they uncovered a money-laundering

England’s teenagers outperform students in most countries in maths, reading and science

England’s teenagers outperform students in most countries in maths, reading and science

OECD Pisa tests of 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries and regions last year show results dipped in most member nations, with England and a handful of others the exception. England’s steady performance lifted the UK into the top 10 internationally, while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Sebastian Barry's The Newer World: a near-miracle of storytelling review

Sebastian Barry's The Newer World: a near-miracle of storytelling review

Sebastian Barry’s latest novel, *The Newer World*, gives voice to Tennyson Bouguereau, a formerly enslaved man navigating post-Civil War America. Through Tennyson’s recollections, the narrative revives the perennial question: is history better served by novelists or historians? Historians might demur, but as Barry illustrates, fiction can fill

AfD's seismic triumph isn't due to Merz being on borrowed time | Jörg Lau

AfD's seismic triumph isn't due to Merz being on borrowed time | Jörg Lau

Shock at the far right’s Saxony-Anhalt win rippled Sunday, yet not all were unhappy. After exit polls, Donald Trump posted results on Truth Social, delighted by the CDU collapse and AfD surge. The result humiliated Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, whose party lost over half its seats while

UK alleges Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank, government backs the accusation

UK alleges Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank, government backs the accusation

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced sweeping sanctions alongside France and Canada targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, marking the strongest condemnation ever issued by the British government. Miliband declared that the government would now officially acknowledge Israel’s occupation of the West Bank as unlawful in its

Fourteen men face trial in Paris over the deadliest small-boat Channel crossing

Fourteen men face trial in Paris over the deadliest small-boat Channel crossing

Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the deaths of at least 31 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. The accused, alleged to be linked to people-smuggling networks, face charges including manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration as

Jaguar Land Rover suppliers voice ‘everything is against us’ amid cutbacks

Jaguar Land Rover suppliers voice ‘everything is against us’ amid cutbacks

David Roberts, chair of Coventry-based Evtec, says the outlook for Britain’s automotive sector is grim, with “everything against us.” Evtec is a tier 1 supplier to Jaguar Land Rover, which this week announced 4,000 job cuts over two years despite chancellor John Healey’s attempt to talk