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New Hampshire voters head to polls in race crucial to Democrats’ Senate hopes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T13:00:39+00:00

Centrist Chris Pappas faces progressive primary challenger Karishma Manzur while Republicans eye chance to flip seatNew Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday for primaries that will set up a closely watched Senate contest – a vulnerable open seat Democrats must defend if they are to have any shot at reclaiming the upper chamber.The race opened when Jeanne Shaheen, 79, the state’s three‑term incumbent Democratic senator, announced her retirement. Congressman Chris Pappas, who represents New Hampshire’s first district, is seeking the nomination and enters the final stretch with a clear fina

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Sadiq Khan rounds on Westminster council for keeping ‘vertical drinking’ curbs on pubs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:59:26+00:00

Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ in ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultationSadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restrictions on vertical drinking in Soho and an effective ban on new bars and pubs in the area.The mayor of London has accused the Conservative-led council of “ignoring” the responses to a consultation into its new licensing policy. The vast majority of respondents, 81%, disagreed with the council’s “cumulative impact zone” which decrees that applications for bars and pubs in the West End of L

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Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:59:26+00:00

Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultationSadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restrictions on vertical drinking in Soho and an effective ban on new bars and pubs in the area.The mayor of London has accused the Conservative-led council of “ignoring” the responses to a consultation into its new licensing policy. The vast majority of respondents, 81%, disagreed with the council’s “cumulative impact zone” which decrees that applications for bars and pubs in the West End of London, one of Europe’s most

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AfD’s Far Right Win Puts New Pressure on Germany’s Leader Merz

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:57:07+00:00

Antipathy to Chancellor Friedrich Merz was a reason the far right surged in a state election. Though he does not face a national election until 2029, his leadership is under increasing scrutiny.

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Anti-AfD protests sweep Germany as far right closes in on two more states

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:54:24+00:00

Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory‘It breaks my heart’: victory sparks dismay Europe live – latest updatesThousands of Germans have staged protests against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) after the party’s watershed victory in a state election, warning it posed a danger in two more polls this month.Demonstrators at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate held a peaceful pro-democracy rally denouncing the anti-immigrant, pro-Russian AfD, which has called for mass deportations of asylum seekers and a rollback of state

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Королев попросил Путина поддержать 900-летие Твери

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-08T12:51:36+00:00

Президент России Владимир Путин провел встречу с врио губернатора Тверской области Виталием Королевым. Они обсудили социально-экономическое развитие региона, подготовку к осенне-зимнему периоду, состояние электросетевого комплекса, газификацию, туризм и дорожную инфраструктуру.

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Ed Miliband details sanctions on Israeli settlements in West Bank – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:49:04+00:00

UK reasserts support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution, describing Israeli settler terror attacks as perpetrating ethnic cleansing in West BankUK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade banThe Liberal Democrats say they have been granted a Commons urgent question today about the latest Argentinian threats to the Falkland Islands. A Foreign Office minister will be responding at about 12.30pm.Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president, has said that Britain will be “on the wrong side of history” if it goes ahead with plans to ban trade with the illegal settlements

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Weekly Rupee View: Recovery faces headwinds

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-08T12:48:47+00:00

Dollar weakness lends support, but rising crude and foreign outflows limit the upside

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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:43:55+00:00

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlementsUK politics live – latest updatesIsraeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said as he announced sweeping sanctions, alongside France and Canada, on trade with Israeli settlements.In the strongest condemnation ever issued by the UK government, Miliband said the government would now take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful

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Russian energy ties seen fuelling demand for Indian orthodox teas

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-08T12:43:44+00:00

In FY26 (April 2025–March 2026), India exported around 31.32 million kg of tea to Russia, making it the country’s third-largest destination by volume after the UAE and Iraq

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There’s a need to get heat-related deaths right

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-08T12:42:51+00:00

This will give a clearer understanding of the size of the problem and enable planners and programme managers to gear up to the challenge

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Broker’s call: Meesho (Buy)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-08T12:39:27+00:00

Ambit Capital

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Former MRPL ED BHV Prasad assumes charge as OPaL MD

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-08T12:19:28+00:00

In his new role, he will lead OPaL, a major integrated petrochemical company of the ONGC Group, based at Dahej in Gujarat

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Кремль прояснил ситуацию с урегулированием после высказываний Киева и Парижа

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-08T12:10:14+00:00

Пресс-секретарь президента РФ Дмитрий Песков прокомментировал оценки Украины и Франции о визите в Киев спецпосланника президента США Стива Уиткоффа и зятя американского лидера Джареда Кушнера. Представитель Кремля обратил внимание, что вмешательство Европы может осложнить переговорный процесс, а ситуация для Киева ухудшается с каждым днем. «Ведомости» собрали основные тезисы.

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One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:06:30+00:00

More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issuedMore than 140 golf clubs in England have breached their water extraction licences in the past five years, according to data analysis by the Guardian.More than a third of these clubs were caught taking water illegally from the environment, either by taking more than permitted or by removing it outside of the permitted period. Continue reading...

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Crocodile head found in luggage at Italian airport

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T12:05:17+00:00

Man, who had arrived in Turin from Miami via Istanbul, under investigation for smuggling and faces fine or prisonAn Italian man is facing a hefty fine or possible prison term after the dried head of a critically endangered crocodile was found in his luggage at Turin’s Caselle airport.The man had arrived at the airport in the northern Italian city on a flight from Miami via Istanbul, the Turin unit of Italy’s financial police squad said in a statement. Continue reading...

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Главные заявления Новака о ситуации с топливом в России

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-08T12:05:16+00:00

Вице-премьер Александр Новак провел совещание по ситуации на рынке топлива с участием представителей ведомств, компаний и глав регионов. Обсуждались запасы нефтепродуктов, ремонты на НПЗ, северный завоз и меры антимонопольного реагирования. Ранее Новак заявлял о полном обеспечении рынка дизелем и авиакеросином и небольшом дефиците бензина, который сокращается за счет импорта. «Ведомости» собрали основные тезисы.

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Quand le conflit israélo-palestinien s’exporte en Thaïlande

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-08T12:00:30+00:00

Bangkok a annoncé l’expulsion d’un Français, directeur d’un parc animalier, qui refusait les Israéliens, et d’un Israélien qui l’a menacé de mort.

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How meteorologists helped recreate one of history’s most important weather forecasts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T11:59:58+00:00

Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landingsDressed in a Royal Air Force uniform and sporting a trim moustache, Andrew Scott looks slightly queasy – as well he might. Behind him is a huge map of the Channel, and in front of him is Brendan Fraser, looming with a request: “I need a forecast,” he says.Starring in the film Pressure, based on a true story, Scott plays the meteorologist Capt James Stagg – the man who must tell Gen Eisenhower – played by Fraser – whether conditions will be suitable for the D-day landings scheduled to tak

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How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-08T11:59:58+00:00

Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landingsDressed in a Royal Air Force uniform and sporting a trim moustache, Andrew Scott looks slightly queasy – as well he might. Behind him is a huge map of the Channel, and in front of him is Brendan Fraser, looming with a request: “I need a forecast,” he says.Starring in the film Pressure, based on a true story, Scott plays the meteorologist Capt James Stagg – the man who must tell Gen Eisenhower – played by Fraser – whether conditions will be suitable for the D-day landings scheduled to tak

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