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Mosca sulla nomina di Fedorov al ministero della Difesa italiana: “Degna di una favola di Rodari”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-01T07:42:52+00:00

La portavoce del ministero degli Esteri russo, Maria Zakharova: “Ma non sono sicura che sarebbe più divertente della storia vera”. L’ex ministro ucraino nominato consulente per aiutare Roma su droni e contraerea. Crosetto: “Scelte pensando all’Italia non a Mosca, Kiev o Washington”

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Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep special elections in boost to Mark Carney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:42:50+00:00

Three projected victories are ‘a message’ to US that Carney ‘has the support of the Canadian people’, says one lawmakerCanada’s ruling Liberal party has swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing the prime minister, Mark Carney, after his face-off with the US president, Donald Trump.The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news agency, projected Liberal victories in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, Beaches-East York in Toronto and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia. Continue reading...

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Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep byelections in boost to Mark Carney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:42:50+00:00

Three projected victories are a message to US that Carney has support of the Canadian people, says one MPCanada’s ruling Liberal party has swept three byelections, a result that showed voters backing the prime minister, Mark Carney, after his face-off with Donald Trump.The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news agency, projected Liberal victories in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, Beaches-East York in Toronto and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia. Continue reading...

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TN CM Vijay releases water from Mettur dam for irrigation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-01T07:33:50+00:00

Vijay, in the presence of his Cabinet colleagues, including N Anand, turned on a button to open the sluice gates and showered flowers on the gushing waters marking the release of Cauvery water.

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In Ucraina il primo giorno di scuola è senza libri: 12 milioni di volumi distrutti da Putin

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-01T07:22:24+00:00

Biblioteche, case editrici e mercatini di libri usati sono finiti sotto le bombe russe. Distrutta una tipografia dalle cui presse usciva il 10 per cento del totale destinato alle scuole per l’anno accademico 2026-’27. Così Mosca vuole colpire la cultura ucraina

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Fugitive property developer won’t give evidence this week to Icac – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:18:02+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast43 Australians still missing, with concerns growing ‘every day, every hour’ that goes by, Wong saysThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says there are still 43 Australian missing after the flooding in Nepal, saying the government holds grave concerns for their safety that only gets worse as the days go by.This is such a distressing time and I know this is so difficult for the family and friends of those 43 Australians.Every day, every hour, only increases our concern for those who have not been found and rem

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Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:16:20+00:00

FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allegeThe boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with “adverse consequences” if it blocked a £9.1bn compensation scheme meant to settle the motor finance scandal.Legal documents reviewed by the Guardian said the alleged comments by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive, Nikhil Rathi, amounted to “an inappropriate intervention by a public official”. Continue reading...

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Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:11:16+00:00

Hong Kong flotation at $26bn by firm once valued at $100bn follows failure to list in US and UKShares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the China-founded company made its long-anticipated trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange.The Singapore-headquartered company, once valued at almost $100bn (£74bn), went public on Tuesday pricing shares at HK$48.56, valuing the business at just over $26bn. Continue reading...

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HDFC Bank shares slip to fresh 52-week low: What’s driving the fall?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-01T07:08:02+00:00

HDFC Bank’s absolute returns over the week were down 2 per cent, while the stock was down nearly 5 per cent over the past month. On a year-to-date basis, the stock had dragged over 28 per cent.

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Gross GST collections rise 14.8% to ₹2 lakh crore in August

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-01T07:02:38+00:00

Higher revenue from imports supported the monthly collections, while domestic transactions also recorded growth despite a sharp rise in refunds

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Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:00:48+00:00

Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignoranceA new film that addresses issues fundamental to the new prime minister’s declared mission will star Simon Callow as a historical British political figure.The hero of The Man With the Plan is William Beveridge, who helped to lay the foundations of the postwar welfare state. It shows that the Liberal peer was much more radical than is usually assumed – and certainly far more so than Churchill anticipated when he asked Beveridge to draw up a report into the

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Thinktank reports epidemic of loneliness among England’s ‘disconnected’ young

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:00:48+00:00

Youth club closures, unaffordable housing and social media cited as factors contributing to a sharp decline in wellbeingThe number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014 as a result of growing up in a “bleak world” dominated by austerity, the pandemic and social media.New research paints a sobering picture of how 11- to 24-year-olds in England are increasingly lonely, isolated and “disconnected” from themselves, peers and wider society. Continue reading...

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Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-01T07:00:48+00:00

Increase coincides with proscription of Palestine Action last year which has led to thousands of arrests for allegedly supporting the protest groupAlmost half of all terrorism arrests in Great Britain since the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in 2001 have come in the past year, official data shows.There have been 6,539 arrests for terror-related activity in Great Britain since the 2001 attacks and 3,021 of those arrests were in the year ending 31 March 2026, according to the Home Office. Continue reading...

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