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Alexander Zverev's defeat against Alejandro Davidovich in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000 delays his overtaking of Jannik Sinner in the ATP rankings, with the German expected to take the top spot only on November 2, despite the Italian still being at the top for another week due to an injury that will keep him off the courts until 2027. #Zverev #Sinner #RankingATP (translated)

The author wrote that the municipality of Limoges, which survived two world wars and was a center of the French Resistance during the German occupation, was engulfed in flames set by people he called criminals. He accused intellectuals of being indulgent towards them, discussing the discomfort of the students. https://t.co/AJOP6Wvf4U #Limoges #Storia #Resistenza #FR #DE (translated)

Practically no week goes by without a new scandal of worker exploitation, primarily of foreign workers, coming to public attention. Miha Blažič, the general coordinator of the Zasuk union, also points out that cases of exploitation are piling up. #izkoriščanje #delavci #nezakonito (translated)

Jacopo Iacoboni wrote that, according to the logic he described, Ukraine could not strike Gazprom's gas pipelines because it would harm German consumers, nor Russian refineries because it would harm American ones. He added that Russia could instead destroy the Ukrainian energy network because, in his view, that would not harm anyone. #Ucraina #Energia #Gazprom (translated)

Rarely have the expectations of a German chancellor been as high as those surrounding the president of the CDU, Friedrich Merz. Since May 6, 2025, Merz has been the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: “Rarely have the expectations of a German chancellor been as high as those surrounding the president of the CDU, Friedrich Merz,” wrote Mariam Lau in the very first lines of her interesting essay *Germany of Merz* (published in Italy by posteditori, 2025). #FriedrichMerz #Germania #politica (translated)

The article explores the embarrassing position of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz concerning the Nazi past of his grandfather, a theme addressed in Mariam Lau's essay "Merz's Germany," highlighting the old ambiguities and political challenges he faces in the current context of Germany. #FriedrichMerz #Germania #politica (translated)

Riccardo Cucchi recalled that at dawn on October 16, 1943, the Nazis, alongside the fascists, entered the Jewish neighborhood of Rome and took away 1,259 people from their homes, including women, children, and the elderly. He wrote that they were taken to German concentration camps and that only 16 returned. He concluded with the appeal "never again." #NeverAgain #Olocausto #Memoria #DirittiUmani (translated)

Those assets are frozen in Europe and must remain frozen here. It is our issue, and we decide. Lapidary Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor: "Those assets are frozen in Europe and must remain frozen here. It is our issue, and we decide," he said upon arriving yesterday at the EU summit of heads of state and government taking place in Brussels, where there was also a face-to-face meeting between NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, and Volodymyr Zelensky. #Ucraina #Putin #Sanzioni (translated)

American prosecutor Jamie McDonald said last week that the couple had been involved for more than two decades in a "conspiracy to commit torture, including the torture of U.S. citizens," in addition to crimes related to drug and weapon trafficking for which they are already charged. #NicolasMaduro #mučenje #Venezuela (translated)

Gašper Blažič wrote that he read about the court hearing of Dominika Š. P. this week, during which her mobile phone allegedly rang. He compared the security checks at the courts in Celje and Ljubljana, noting that visitors and also journalists in Ljubljana had to deposit their electronic devices in a locker. He wondered whether the former Minister of Justice perhaps entered through a special entrance and avoided the check. He connected the event with the counting of votes in referendums and noted that Kovinotehna is making a comeback in fashion. https://t.co/pv1vKQ8Poy... #sodstvo #varnost #mediji (translated)

Sabrina F. accused the European leadership, particularly Ursula von der Leyen, of wanting to drag citizens into war while leaders and their families would be safe. She claimed that calls for rearmament and war were meant to cover up the failures of European policies, citing factory closures, rising utility bills, and deindustrialization, which she attributed to sanctions. According to Sabrina F., the ReArm Europe plan would have mobilized 800 billion euros, benefiting arms lobbies and French and German industrialists. She also accused European leaders of wanting to maintain power by fueling fear of an external enemy and referred to Pfizergate, claiming that messages with pharmaceutical companies had been deleted and that there were conflicts of interest. She stated that decisions affecting 450 million people would be made without a vote or referendum and criticized commitments of 90 billion in favor of Zelensky, arguing that they would be funded with public money. She concluded by saying that von der Leyen did not speak on her or Italy's behalf and that she wanted peace. #Pace #Guerra #Bruxelles (translated)