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John Lennon’s school desk goes on display at Beatles Museum in Liverpool

18 septembre 2025 à 15:09

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers had considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’

A desk used by John Lennon has gone on display after being found in the attic of his former school, where teachers had not wanted to remember the musician because he had been a “nuisance”.

Lennon attended Quarry Bank high school in Liverpool between 1952 and 1957, and the name of the Quarrymen, the band that would become the Beatles in their formative years, was inspired by the school’s name.

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© Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

© Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

© Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

Intersex people in Europe face ‘alarming’ rise in violence, EU finds

Increase in violence since 2019 is linked to online campaigns seeking to sow disinformation and fuel hatred

Europeans who do not fit the typical definition of male or female are grappling with an “alarming” rise in violence, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as concerted campaigns seek to sow disinformation and fuel hatred towards them.

The findings from the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights, published on Tuesday, were based on responses from 1,920 people in 30 countries across Europe. All of them identified as intersex, an umbrella term referring to those with innate variations of sex characteristics and which includes people who identify as trans, non-binary and gender diverse.

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© Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

© Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

© Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

18 septembre 2025 à 14:54

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony

Irish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action.

Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf.

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Chip giant Nvidia to take $5bn stake in Intel and collaborate on products

18 septembre 2025 à 14:48

Deal gives Intel a lifeline as firms team up on AI data centers and PC chips after Trump stake sparks market surge

Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced plans to invest $5bn in Intel and collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company on products.

One month after the Trump administration confirmed it had taken a 10% stake in Intel – the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America – Nvidia said it would team up with the firm to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as well as personal computer products.

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© Photograph: Nic Coury/AP

© Photograph: Nic Coury/AP

© Photograph: Nic Coury/AP

Fed Faces No Good Options as Labor Market Wobbles While Inflation Firms

18 septembre 2025 à 14:48
The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after restarting cuts on Wednesday, amid mixed economic signals and a relentless White House pressure campaign.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned this week that “there are no risk-free paths now.”

Videos appear to show people smuggling by state-linked Libyan militia in Mediterranean

18 septembre 2025 à 14:37

Sea rescue NGO says clips and images provide evidence that smugglers ‘are part of Tripoli’s official military apparatus’

Video footage and photos in the Italian press appear to show for the first time a militia allied with the Libyan government participating in people smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea.

The clips and photographs, shared with the Guardian, were taken by a journalist for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica who had accompanied volunteers on a rescue boat operated by the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans.

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© Photograph: Alessia Candito / La Repubblica

© Photograph: Alessia Candito / La Repubblica

© Photograph: Alessia Candito / La Repubblica

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