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Jury deliberations begin in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after her attorney blames medical system

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T17:00:15+00:00

The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023.Over the past five weeks, the trial, which has been called “America’s saddest murder trial” , has renewed nationwide attention on postpartum mental healthcare. Clancy’s defense maintains that she was suffering from postpartum psych

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Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:50:56+00:00

Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of the Orthodox church ‘nothing more, nothing less’A Greek Orthodox priest whose home-recorded album of drone metal and religious dubstep has made him a cult figure in experimental music circles has issued a statement in which he has clarified his stance on homosexuality and the Greek radical right.“As can be seen from my musical expression, I am in favour of unity, love, empathy and help for every needy, wronged and suffering person in life,” Father Dionysios Tabakis said in a public statement shared with the Guardian. “Whoever they are, whate

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Teesside MPs call for more police and fire service resources after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:46:17+00:00

Statement asks government for more backing after week in which nine people have died in series of incidentsFive MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died.The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”. Continue reading...

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Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:46:17+00:00

Labour’s Andy McDonald says gangs ‘clearly featuring’ in a series of incidents and police are underfundedFive MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died in two incidents.The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”. Continue reading...

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BRICS Summit may push for cross-border payment systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T16:39:32+00:00

FM-Central Bank Governors track to meet in early September to firm up proposals on CBDC and payment-system links ahead of the September 12-13 summit

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У Польщі заявили про готовність виробляти ракети для Patriot спільно з Україною

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-27T16:32:00+00:00

Заступник міністра національної оборони Польщі запевнив, що Варшава має власні потужності та компетенції, щоб долучитися до цього виробництва.

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Greenlandic Women Will Finally Get Money for Forced Contraception

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:28:37+00:00

For decades, Denmark implanted intrauterine devices in women in Greenland in an effort to keep down the island’s population. On Thursday, the government passed a compensation bill.

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Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings another lake could burst

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:22:31+00:00

Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesWhat caused the flash flood in Nepal and Tibet?The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the ​deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising and ⁠at risk ​of ‌bursting.The catastrophic flash floods, which hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and obliterating entire villages, killed at least 359 people and left more than

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Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:22:31+00:00

Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesWhat caused the flash flood in Nepal and Tibet?The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the ​deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising and ⁠at risk ​of ‌bursting.The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and obliterating entire villages, killed at least 359 people and left more than 1,

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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, August 28, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T16:18:15+00:00

BL Morning Report, August 28, 2026: Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:12:15+00:00

Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocideFrom the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he wonRatko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague.Mladić had been one of the main architects of the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war. He was convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 killing of at least 8,00

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PH Kurian : A public servant who put public health before patent rights

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T16:11:07+00:00

Kurian, in his last judgement in 2012, issued a CL on Bayer’s kidney cancer drug Nexavar, allowing the medicine’s manufacture at a price that was about 97% less

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India’s entertainment & media sector to grow to $36.7 billion by 2030: PwC

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T16:05:47+00:00

Internet advertising remains the primary growth engine and is projected to nearly double from $7.5 billion in 2025 to $14.3 billion by 2030, growing at a 13.9% CAGR supported by acceleration in search and video advertising

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Editorial. Plane truth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T16:02:47+00:00

A second airport for Chennai brooks no further delay

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Tate brothers urge release on bail in Miami as they fight extradition to UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T16:01:37+00:00

Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyer tells court that pair, who are wanted on rape charges, are not a flight riskA lawyer for the social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a US judge on Thursday to release the brothers on bail from a Miami jail ⁠as they contest extradition to Britain, ⁠where they are wanted ​on rape charges.Howard Srebnick, a lawyer for the Tate brothers, told the Miami-based US magistrate judge Lauren Louis that they had regularly appeared in court in Romania, where they are on pre-trial release, which he said ⁠was evidence they were not a flight risk. Continue readi

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Face à des patrons français « amoureux déçus de l’Europe », Ursula von der Leyen défend une Union « qui produit, investit et protège »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-27T16:00:07+00:00

La présidente de la Commission européenne, répondant le 27 août aux attaques de Patrick Martin, le patron du Medef, lors de la Rencontre des entrepreneurs de France, a rappelé sa volonté d’alléger les réglementations européennes et de s’attaquer aux déséquilibres avec la Chine, tout en rappelant les objectifs de décarbonation.

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