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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex gains over 300 points; Nifty flat near 24,370

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T04:28:27+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: The market enters Wednesday’s session with a constructive backdrop, helped by lower crude prices and easing yields. Traders will watch Nifty’s 24,200 support and 24,350–24,375 breakout zone for further directional cues.

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At least 15 newborns killed in Pakistan hospital fire

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:27:15+00:00

Only one child rescued after fire breaks out in the nursery at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Geo News reports.

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Nine CEO sees ‘world of growth in publishing’ as network slashes costs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:18:16+00:00

Matt Stanton says company has ‘good pipeline’ of AI deals ahead even as it aims to cut $160m in costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Nine Entertainment sees a “world of growth in publishing” on the horizon backed by laws designed to force tech platforms into commercial deals, even as the network cuts costs across its newsrooms.Parliament passed revamped media bargaining laws last week, clearing the way for levies on global tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets for the us

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Avaada Electro files updated draft papers for ₹7,600-crore IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T04:17:13+00:00

Of the proceeds from the fresh issue, ₹1,200 crore will be used to repay or prepay certain loans and meet obligations under letters of credit. The remaining amount will be utilised for general corporate purposes

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Confronting South Korea’s Violent Past and Its Echoes Today

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:01:11+00:00

The National Museum of Korean Democracy, which opened last year, documents an era of brutal suppression. But that dark history has resurfaced in troubling ways.

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What to Know About Bank Melli, Singled Out in U.S. Call for Economic War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:01:05+00:00

Bank Melli, Iran’s largest lender, already faces waves of sanctions that severely limit its ability to operate abroad. Every foreign branch must be shut down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:35+00:00

Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodentAnimal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban the hunting of Alpine marmots.Open season on the rodents, members of the squirrel and groundhog family, begins in September, a few weeks before they go into a long winter hibernation. Continue reading...

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Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:34+00:00

Yorgen Fenech tells jury he had nothing to do with killing and alleges top adviser to Malta’s then PM was instigatorA businessman on trial for the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has spoken about the charges for the first time in court since his arrest seven years ago, telling the jury he was framed by police and had nothing to do with the killing.During four days of questioning by defence and the prosecution lawyers, Yorgen Fenech, 44, accused the most senior adviser to Malta’s prime minister of giving the go-ahead for the murder. Continue reading...

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Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:33+00:00

Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterwayIs the strait of Hormuz, recently cited by the office of the Iranian supreme leader as “the pillar of Iran’s new security order”, and as transformative as possessing a nuclear weapon, in reality becoming a fast-diminishing asset, leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable to the new planned US wave of economic sanctions?It is the key debate that is raging inside Iran, with many different conclusions being drawn for Tehran’s negotiating strategy. Those who warn the strait’s value as a chokeho

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Le premier âge du canal de Suez, à l’ombre des empires français et britannique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:18+00:00

« Suez, canal historique » (3/6). De 1880 à 1914, l’Egypte a perçu moins de 1 % du chiffre d’affaires généré par la Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez. Un revenu qui démontre la domination du Royaume-Uni et de la France sur la gestion de la voie d’eau au début du XXᵉ siècle.

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En Turquie, la traversée à la nage du Bosphore sous haute surveillance

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:10+00:00

A Istanbul, cela fait presque quarante ans que nageurs professionnels et amateurs traversent le détroit séparant les rives européenne et asiatique. Une compétition très populaire, malgré les dangers.

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A Istanbul, une traversée à la nage du Bosphore sous haute surveillance

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-26T04:00:07+00:00

A Istanbul, cela fait presque quarante ans que nageurs professionnels et amateurs traversent le détroit séparant les rives européenne et asiatique. Une compétition très populaire, malgré les dangers.

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Antisemitism royal commission ends hearings but delays report to avoid ‘distraction’ from Bondi anniversary

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T03:55:27+00:00

Commissioner Virginia Bell resists push to extend antisemitism inquiry noting need for timely recommendationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCommissioner Virginia Bell says she will delay – by four days – handing down her final report into antisemitism and social cohesion, in order not to distract from commemorations of the Bondi terror attack.On Wednesday, the last day of public hearings of the royal commission, Bell resisted a public push to extend the commission’s work. Continue reading...

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex gains over 200 points at open; Nifty flat near 24,330

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T03:51:31+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: The market enters Wednesday’s session with a constructive backdrop, helped by lower crude prices and easing yields. Traders will watch Nifty’s 24,200 support and 24,350–24,375 breakout zone for further directional cues.

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Private credit investment in F&B sector surges 12-fold in H1 2026: EY

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T03:44:30+00:00

The momentum was supported by marquee transactions, including HyFun Foods Group's $156 million refinancing and working capital raise and Lenexis Foodworks' $113 million acquisition financing transaction

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Australia news live: WA premier’s ‘east coast clowns’ barb was unacceptable, Spender says; value of Japan’s melon gifts to PM revealed

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T03:44:27+00:00

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.Jackson spoke to RN this morning after WA premier Roger Cook said “east coast clowns” didn’t understand the state and any changes would “rip $6bn out of the Western Australia economy”.We are aiming, of course, to inform public policy debate, which can often get heated. Our view is that a line was crossed in

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Fears for ‘gregarious’ local celebrity Sammy the elephant seal in Victorian bird flu hotspot

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T03:31:54+00:00

Seals and sea lions often communicate by touch and share spaces with wild birds, placing them at risk of infection from H5N1 virusFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSince H5 bird flu arrived in Portland, Victoria, the situation has been “pretty grim” with many dead and suffering birds on the beach, and the dilemma of how to dispose of the carcasses, according to local resident Lynn Murrell.But since the first confirmed case in a fur seal on Sunday at Beachport, South Australia – a two-hour trip over the border – peop

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Nine CEO confident new AI laws will deliver a ‘world of growth in publishing’ as network slashes costs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-26T03:30:15+00:00

Matt Stanton says company has ‘good pipeline’ of AI deals ahead even as it aims to cut $160m in costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Nine Entertainment sees a “world of growth in publishing” on the horizon backed by laws designed to force tech platforms into commercial deals, even as the network cuts costs across its newsrooms.Parliament passed revamped media bargaining laws last week, clearing the way for levies on global tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets for the us

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H1-B fees hike will shift high-value jobs overseas: FIIDS

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T03:15:28+00:00

The FIIDS said an extraordinary fee could make legitimate hiring economically impractical and unintentionally encourage companies to place high-value jobs overseas

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India-China agree to seek 'political settlement' of boundary issue: MEA

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-26T03:12:36+00:00

Held under the framework of Special Representatives dialogue, the Doval-Wang talks came weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anticipated visit to India for the upcoming BRICS summit

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