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Uniflow expands control-valve capacity 5-fold as India looks to cut critical imports

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T09:05:37+00:00

A small but critical piece of industrial equipment is emerging as a potential bottleneck in India’s investment cycle: high-specification control valves, where import dependence runs as high as 40% and overseas procurement can stretch to 40 weeks

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Lebanon’s Efforts to Tame Hezbollah Stall Amid Israel War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:02:01+00:00

President Joseph Aoun took office with a popular mandate to reassert control after the militant group dragged the country back into war with Israel.

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How ‘The Rest Is History’ Podcast Conquered the World

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:58+00:00

When two British historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, began the show, neither anticipated it would become the top history podcast in the English-speaking world.

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How Apartheid Continues to Divide Cape Town

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:31+00:00

Our reporter John Eligon takes a six-mile walk between two townships in Cape Town to show how the barriers left by apartheid still exist 30 years later.

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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:29+00:00

The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.

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Missing From a Mass Wedding in India: Brides

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:08+00:00

A fraud case, in which dozens of grooms showed up for a wedding that never materialized, is an extreme example of scamming in a marriage industry long prone to it.

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Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:04+00:00

In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade banMore than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy.Uphold the decisions of the international court of justice an

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‘It brings me joy’: how young people are making CDs cool again

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T09:00:02+00:00

Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out onlineWith more than 800 million people subscribing to a music streaming service, wireless speakers have become a familiar sight in homes. But expect to get reacquainted with a different object to play music soon: the CD player, once consigned to obsolescence, is back.John Lewis report that searches for CD players are up 96% since July, possibly owing to students heading to university and buying the systems for their rooms. The £79 Crosley Voyager, and the £129 Pure Classic C-D6 are both sold out

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Sun Screen

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T08:48:26+00:00

What makes a movie a summer movie? Is it the time of its release, or the way that it depicts the season itself? Or something else entirely?

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"Ми будемо звільнятися, а український прапор зникне з Дунаю": моряки звернулися до Президента через борги, кризу в УДП та корупцію в морській галузі

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-22T08:34:00+00:00

Українські моряки ПрАТ "УДП" звернулися до Президента України із заявою про критичну ситуацію на підприємстві. За їхніми словами, попри повне завантаження флоту та виконання всіх поставлених завдань, плавсклад...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : à Kryvy Rih, le bilan de l’attaque russe visant un centre commercial s’alourdit à 16 morts, les recherches continuent

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T08:31:33+00:00

Des drones russes ont visé vendredi un centre commercial à Kryvy Rih en Ukraine, provoquant des incendies dans les magasins et la mort de 16 personnes, tandis que plus de 120 autres ont été blessées, d’après le dernier bilan.

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Morta Rosellina Archinto, regina dell’editoria per ragazzi

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-22T08:30:19+00:00

Si è spenta a 93 anni la fondatrice della storica editrice Emme. Svecchiò le letture per i piccoli, portando in Italia Sendak, pubblicando Lionni e Munari. Ma fu pioniera anche nella saggistica

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India Pharma Archives launched at IIM-A documenting 125-year industry journey

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T08:26:30+00:00

The platform brings together company histories, archival documents, rare films and footage, timelines and interviews covering the people and institutions that shaped India’s pharmaceutical industry

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“Sputa nelle sue uova, mi ha rotto”, lo sfogo del cameriere contro la cliente resta sullo scontrino

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-22T08:23:41+00:00

L’episodio al Victor Lab di Riccione, celebre locale di viale Ceccarini: la famiglia coinvolta ha denunciato l’offesa, mostrando la comanda sul web e andandosene indignata. Il titolare ha poi fatto un video, dove scherzando sull’accaduto, ribadisce il dispiacere: “Il ragazzo è stato allontanato, non sarebbe mai dovuto succedere”

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Ranucci-Lavitola, l’amicizia era nota da 3 anni: il conduttore ne parlò in vigilanza

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-22T08:06:40+00:00

Il 7 novembre 2023 il giornalista aveva raccontato pubblicamente il suo rapporto con l’ex faccendiere, rispondendo al Senatore Gasparri durante un’audizione: “È un mio amico, ricordo che faceva un lavoro particolare per il suo partito”

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How will Trump’s tariffs affect Canada’s economy?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-22T08:01:55+00:00

US imposes 50% tariffs on key Canadian sectors after talks collapse, but unlikely to cripple Canada's economy.

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Unions worry Labour’s plan for zero-hours contracts may break manifesto pledge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T08:00:58+00:00

Leaders claim scaremongering from business figures may cause key legislation to become ‘meaningless’Trades unions are warning Andy Burnham that Labour’s policy on cutting zero-hours contracts risks failing to live up to the party’s manifesto.Union leaders are seeking reassurances from the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, amid what the TUC has condemned as “scaremongering” from business groups. Continue reading...

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« La France et le Royaume-Uni doivent agir ensemble pour faire respecter le droit international en Palestine » : l’appel d’anciens ambassadeurs français et britanniques

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T08:00:02+00:00

Devant la politique d’occupation et de destruction menée par Israël, une centaine d’anciens représentants diplomatiques de la France et du Royaume-Uni, deux nations qui ont joué un rôle historique dans le façonnement du Moyen-Orient, expliquent, dans une tribune au « Monde », pourquoi ils appellent leurs gouvernements à agir à travers une série de sanctions visant à préserver l’Etat de droit.

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Andhra invites tenders for 12 health projects worth ₹221 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T07:57:29+00:00

The Minister said that of the 12 works, 10 are related to the Ayush department and two to the allopathic medical department

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Німеччина готує ракетний арсенал на €12 млрд для стримування Росії, - Politico

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-22T07:55:00+00:00

Берлін хоче отримати дешеві ракети вже наступного року, американські Tomahawk – до кінця десятиліття, а нову гіперзвукову зброю розробить спільно з Британією.

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