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James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T15:25:34+00:00

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effectJames Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London.The Tory heavyweight, who was once home and foreign secretary and is shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, told the Sunday Times he will resign with immediate effect. Continue reading...

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Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden’s body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T15:07:53+00:00

Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden’s bodyIn a recent fundraising email, the Republican candidate for Michigan’s open US Senate seat, former congressman Mike Rogers, appeared to mislead supporters about his past by suggesting that he had played an active role in the killing of Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida who was shot and killed in an American military raid on his compound in Pakistan in 2011.“When I served as a US army officer and an FBI special agent, I swore a sacred oath to defend the United States against all

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Pick of BL commodities -Aug 30, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-29T15:06:43+00:00

Sugar continues to hog the limelight, with the Indian government introducing various initiatives to curb soaring prices. On Friday, the government announced another move to allocate sugar sales quotas on a fortnightly basis rather than monthly. Domestic sugar prices have begun to cool, with retail prices dropping to around ₹60 a kg. Indian farmers have covered 96 per cent of the normal area under kharif sowing, though it is a tad lower than a year ago. The area under pulses, which was trailing earlier, has now increased, with normal acreage as the area under urad (black matpe), tur (pigeon pea

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Number of missing in Nepal and Tibet rises to nearly 3,000 as operations continue

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:59:40+00:00

Nepal requests foreign ⁠help in identification and storing of bodies, DNA testing and rescuing people from tunnelsVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesThe number of people killed in the floods in Nepal has risen to at least 675, the country’s disaster authority has said.Seven have also been confirmed dead in Tibet by Chinese state media, taking the total killed when a glacial collapse unleashed a deadly torrent through river systems in the Himalayan mountains to 682. Continue reading...

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È morto Franco Fontana, uno dei maestri della fotografia italiana

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-29T14:55:36+00:00

Aveva 92 anni. È stato tra protagonisti internazionali dell’affermazione degli scatti a colori come linguaggio artistico. I suoi paesaggi dai tagli astratti sono diventati iconici

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È morto Franco Fontana, il fotografo domatore dell’arcobaleno

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-29T14:55:36+00:00

Aveva 92 anni. È stato tra protagonisti internazionali dell’affermazione degli scatti a colori come linguaggio artistico. I suoi paesaggi dai tagli astratti sono diventati iconici

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Beijing expands purge of top generals

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:41:56+00:00

President Xi Jinping is targeting officers affiliated with previously ousted leaders, analysts say, even as Beijing seeks to project power across the Indo-Pacific.

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Обшуки, кримінальні справи і Комарніцький: що відбувається у КНУКіМ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-29T14:31:45+00:00

Після відставки Михайла Поплавського з посади президента Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв (КНУКіМ) система, яку він вибудовував десятиліттями, фактично могла не змінитися. Такого...

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Nepal-Tibet floods: Nepal calls for technical support for rescue efforts as number of missing rises to nearly 3,000 – latest updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:27:21+00:00

Nepali government says India and China are sending expert tunnel rescue teams, as minister estimates cost of rebuilding could be billions of dollars‘The flood took everything I have’: survivors grieve for relatives and homes swept away in NepalChinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the deadOutside the army camp in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, people run their fingers down the sheets of paper pinned to the wall, scanning the growing list of those reported missing for news of loved ones. Nepali authorities said nearly 3,000 people are m

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Jagdishan decides to not seek re-appointment as HDFC Bank Chief

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-29T14:26:30+00:00

The private lender’s board decides to fast-track the process for selection and appointment of Mr. Jagdishan’s successor well within time

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Warsh’s inflation warning sets up September showdown for the Fed

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-29T14:17:40+00:00

Warsh didn’t signal that such a move is a done deal, and some Fed officials continue to say they are willing to wait and assess new data before making any decision

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FBI no longer treating applicants’ experience with sex workers as automatic bar against hiring

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:17:26+00:00

Bureau will still dismiss those engaged with sex workers within past 10 years, three or more times overall, or while in public safety capacityThe FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with sex workers and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the matter.The move away from an automatic disqualification falls along a continuum of evolving recruitment standards within federal law enforcement and at the buttoned-up bureau, which several

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FBI no longer banning all applicants who have had sexual encounters with sex workers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:17:26+00:00

Bureau to still dismiss those with encounters within past 10 years, three or more times or while in public safety capacityThe FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with sex workers and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the matter.The move away from an automatic disqualification falls along a continuum of evolving recruitment standards within federal law enforcement and at the buttoned-up bureau, which several years ago relaxed it

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‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T14:11:10+00:00

Family members pin photos of Nepal’s missing to hospital wall as people try not to give up hope on loved onesNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesPosters of the missing line the wall of the hospital, the glue still fresh beneath. A schoolgirl smiling in her uniform; a beaming, chubby-cheeked baby; a couple smiling on their wedding day; a young man, hands on hips, atop a mountain peak; a young girl with flowing hair, peaking out from behind a door.These are faces of Nepal’s missing, just a fraction of the thousands who have not been seen since deadly flash floods coursed through the Himalaya

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Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels in UK waters

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-29T13:56:06+00:00

Three vessels and a helicopter deployed to monitor four ships travelling through the North Sea to the ChannelThe Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels as they passed through UK waters, it has emerged.The “intense” 72-hour operation took place last week, with radars used to monitor four ships that made their way from the North Sea through to the Channel. Continue reading...

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Deadly strike on Kyiv warehouse prompts evacuations

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-29T13:55:55+00:00

Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv after the deadly strike, which authorities said killed more than 30 people.

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