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WorldNov 1How long it actually takes for Royal Mail to deliver 1st and 2nd Class postSee how long it takes for post and parcels with 1st and 2nd Class stamps to be delivered by the Royal Mail.stroudnewsandjournal_uk · united kingdom
PoliticsNov 1France protests enter third week as police fire tear gasPolice used tear gas to disperse protesters as demonstrations entered a third week ahead in France.Al Jazeera [en]
DisasterNov 1What caused the accident? The step-by-step sequence of a chain of failures that the system did not stopEl País
PoliticsNov 1Puente, from euphoria to disaster in three daysEl ministro libra contra las cuerdas quizás su último gran combate político tras el segundo siniestro mortal de la alta velocidad en nueve mesesEl País
PoliticsNov 1Puente tries to lower pressure with a major plan to reinforce AVE safetyEl martes llevará al Consejo de Ministros un paquete de medidas. Sánchez opta por apoyarlo aunque algunos miembros del Gobierno lo ven insostenible. La campaña cambia por completoEl País
PoliticsNov 1Feijóo shifts the campaign towards the PP's managerial profileGénova resetea la estrategia tras la tragedia de Urda tratando de reforzar el perfil presidenciable del líder ante el riesgo de un repunte de VoxEl País
HealthNov 1Carmen's diary as her father fights to recover in the ICU: "Dad, you can't leave"La música que tantas veces les hizo bailar juntos suena ahora junto a la cama del Hospital Universitario de Toledo, donde Carmen se aferra a cada pequeño gesto de su padreEl País
DisasterNov 1It wasn't just human error: the system weaknesses evidenced by the Urda and Adamuz accidentsLos datos ya conocidos sobre el último siniestro mortal aluden a un déficit en la cultura de seguridad, que empieza a cambiar: Renfe adopta las primeras modificaciones y Puente anuncia nuevas medidasEl País
DisasterNov 1German lessons from the worst high-speed accident in history101 personas fallecieron en 1998 en el descarrilamiento de un tren, tragedia que supuso una revolución en los protocolos de seguridad ferroviaria de AlemaniaEl País
DisasterNov 1The Angrois train driver to the Atocha operator: "Isolate yourself from TV and the press: they can do a lot of harm to you"“Se puede aprender o culpar. Y en este país se elige culpar. Si eliges culpar, repites el accidente”, dice el portavoz de los afectados del siniestro de SantiagoEl País
DisasterNov 1Lives cut short on the train: "Thank you for loving me, for understanding me, for being the best father in the world"El País
DisasterNov 1The third train from Urda: waiting under a bridge two kilometers from the tragedyEl País
WorldNov 1Carrick expects Man Utd stay despite Chelsea defeatUnited's longest winless run for 38 years leaves them just one point above the Premier League relegation zone and at risk of dropping into the bottom three by the end of the weekend.citizen_digital · kenya
ConflictNov 1Ukrainian evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reunite with familyStarved and exhausted residents of Oleshky arrive in Ukraine after months of isolation, but some stay behind.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsNov 1Donatella della Porta, political scientist: 'Footage of France's youth protests is so powerful that it has an impact across Europe'While the crackdown on youth protests has been particularly harsh in France, the Italian academic argues in an interview that a distinctly French element is at play. She also observes a broader trend, from the United States to Europe, toward 'counterinsurgency operations' instead of 'traditional crowd control.'Le Monde [en]
MilitaryNov 1Cost of countering aerial threats should be proportionate to threat – defense industry representativeThe cost of countering an aerial threat should be proportionate to the cost of the threat itself, and European countries should take this into account as they develop their relevant technologies.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsNov 1Russia surpasses France in African youth appeal, still trails China: surveyRussia’s influence has surged among young people across Africa in recent years, leaping over former colonial power France while still trailing China, a survey of African youths has found. Many young Africans now perceive Russia to be an ally, observers said, warning its rivals to take the shift seriously as the continent becomes increasingly critical to both Moscow and Beijing. According to the African Youth Survey commissioned by the South Africa-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, 54 per cent...South China Morning Post
Sci & TechNov 1The mystery surrounding death of Botticelli's muse solved by science after more than five centuriesSimonetta Vespucci, the legendary model of the 15th-century Florentine artist, did not die of tuberculosis, as historians had believed. By studying the painter's works, scientists have reached a new conclusion regarding the cause of her death at age 23.Le Monde [en]
PoliticsNov 1Shops looted as German cost of living protests turn violentThe protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.BBC World
PoliticsNov 1'Sh*thole' Norway fights back with toilet humor after Trump's jabNa publiekelijk te kakken te zijn gezet door president Trump slaat Noorwegen terug met een ludieke campagne rond de mooiste openbare toiletten in het land. Met idyllische plaatjes van toiletgebouwen te midden van fjorden en besneeuwde bergen wil het Noorse toerismebureau een positieve draai geven aan de weinig vleiende woorden van de Amerikaanse president. Trump kon zijn frustratie over het opnieuw mislopen van de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede een week geleden niet voor zich houden. Tijdens een campagnebijeenkomst in Michigan zei hij migranten uit sommige landen te willen verwelkomen, maar niet uitNOS Buitenland
PoliticsNov 1Inside the U.K. movement to pardon women executed for witchcraft centuries agoIn total, across England and Scotland, around 5,000 women convicted of witchcraft were executed, some by hanging and some by burning.CBS News
ConflictNov 1MASUSUKA: Shocking assassination of outspoken clericThe assassination of Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahaya Masusuka in Katsina State has rekindled concerns over the safety of religious scholars in Northern Nigeria, bringing back painful memories of previous killings that shocked Muslim communities and raised questions about the protection of outspoken religious figures. The post MASUSUKA: Shocking assassination of outspoken cleric appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
PoliticsNov 1The PP will combine a "politics for adults" with frontal attacks on Sánchez: "It's the 'Feijóo moment', we are the government in waiting"Los 'populares' combinarán el perfil gestor con ataques frontales a Sánchez: " Habrá voto de ajuste de cuentas" LeerEl Mundo
DisasterNov 1The invisible thread of AVE car 8: Juan Nacho, Lute, David and other victims already recognized in the Urda accidentEl Mundo