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World news This article is more than 21 years oldTorment of the Abba star with a Nazi fatherThis article is more than 21 years oldAnni-Frid was persecuted as a child of the 'master race', reports Kate Connolly. Now people like her want justiceThe Europe pages - Observer special When Abba sang 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', there was one member of the cult Swedish pop group for whom it had a special meaning.

Montana This article is more than 10 years oldZombie apocalypse newsflash interrupts US TV scheduleThis article is more than 10 years old'Dead bodies are rising from their graves,' viewers told in hoax by hackersA television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse on Monday. The Montana Television Network says hackers broke into the emergency alert system of its Great Falls affiliate KRTV and its CW station.

Swiping, benching, ghosting… Dating apps can be so cold. Now that disgruntled singles are realising the best way to meet someone is in real life, will a new world of ‘offline dating’ bring people back together? Published: 20 Nov 2022 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRomKemmZp6rbvRnQ%3D%3D

The ObserverMacbethInterview‘I studied the play in school – I hated it’: Cush Jumbo and David Tennant on playing the MacbethsKate KellawayThe Shakespeare virtuosos are about to share a stage in a modern-day version of the Scottish play. Fresh out of rehearsals, they discuss PTSD, childhood ambition and what makes them angry David Tennant and Cush Jumbo walk into the Donmar Warehouse’s offices, above the theatre’s rehearsal rooms in Covent Garden, and sit down on a sofa, side by side.

The ObserverRon DeSantis This article is more than 7 months oldItalian towns claim Ron DeSantis as one of their own as Republican race heats upThis article is more than 7 months oldAll eight great-grandparents of the White House hopeful, eager to restrict immigrants’ rights, came from the south of Italy DeSantis’s limp start to 2024 race delights Trump but battle is not over If Luigia Colucci, one of Ron DeSantis’s Italian great-grandmothers, tried to emigrate to the US today, she most likely couldn’t meet current standards to enter the country – the same standards that her great-grandson haspromised to further restrict if elected to the White House.

Carol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryThis serene vision of death reads rather like the dream of a good night’s sleep Rest O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes; Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth; Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth With its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs. She hath no questions, she hath no replies, Hush’d in and curtain’d with a blessèd dearth

PokerThere's a fashion to show your cards after a pot. But why give opponents free information?If nobody calls your final bet, in a poker game, you don't have to show your hand. That's unless you're a sucker for peer pressure. Opponents will often shout "Show the bluff!", or ask "Will you show if I fold?" There's a popular new trend where everyone at the table agrees in advance that anybody winning without a showdown will flip one card over anyway.

Palaeontology This article is more than 4 years oldSahara was home to some of largest sea creatures, study findsThis article is more than 4 years oldScientists reconstruct extinct species using fossils found in northern Mali from ancient seaway Some of the biggest catfish and sea snakes to ever exist lived in what is today the Sahara desert, according to a new paper that contains the first reconstructions of extinct aquatic species from the ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway.

CitiesTurning Villa 31 into a barrio will bring greater stability and prosperity, say city authorities, but the plan is stirring deep resentments about ownership and identity For many Argentinians, especially those from Buenos Aires, Villa 31 is a household name. It is the most famous – and notorious – slum in Buenos Aires, synonymous with poverty and violence (it has the second-highest murder rate in the city), and with the narcotráficantes (organised drug gangs) and paco, a cocaine paste that destroys communities in Argentina.