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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T05:55:46+00:00

Supermarket’s website and app go offline as customers save more than $100 on some 24-packs The Coles website and app have gone offline hours after a viral Reddit post highlighted a nearly 80% discount on 24-packs of premixed alcoholic drinks.For several hours on Saturday, both the Coles website and app displayed a message advising “we’re currently offline – but not for long”. The website and app came back online before the website went down again on Saturday afternoon. It was back up at around 4pm AEST on Saturday. Continue reading...

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Как августовский путч поставил точку в истории СССР: хронология, графики и карты

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-22T05:39:17+00:00

Утром 19 августа советским гражданам сообщили по телевидению, что президент СССР Михаил Горбачев болен и не может управлять государством. Его полномочия взял на себя вице-президент Геннадий Янаев, а в стране учрежден Государственный комитет по чрезвычайному положению (ГКЧП). Почти три следующих дня телеканалы транслировали только новости и балет «Лебединое озеро», ставший главным символом тех событий. Путчисты решились на переворот, но так и не отважились взять на себя ответственность за штурм Белого домаа – ключевого очага сопротивления во главе с президентом РСФСР Борисом Ельцины. О ключевых

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Au Caire, la longue restauration d’un mausolée soufi : « Ce type de projets ne doivent pas s’adresser aux seuls touristes »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T05:30:06+00:00

Depuis cinq ans, au Caire, l’ONG américaine World Monuments Fund s’emploie à faire renaître de ses ruines un complexe religieux du XVIᵉ siècle édifié par le maître soufi Ibrahim Al-Gulshani. Cette restauration vise aussi à redynamiser ce quartier médiéval méconnu de la capitale égyptienne et à y attirer davantage de touristes.

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Au Caire, la longue restauration d’un mausolée soufi : « Ce type de projet ne doit pas s’adresser aux seuls touristes »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T05:30:01+00:00

Depuis cinq ans, au Caire, l’ONG américaine World Monuments Fund s’emploie à faire renaître de ses ruines un complexe religieux du XVIᵉ siècle édifié par le maître soufi Ibrahim Al-Gulshani. Cette restauration vise aussi à redynamiser ce quartier médiéval méconnu de la capitale égyptienne et à y attirer davantage de touristes.

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OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT-5.6 Sol model by more than 20%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T05:16:49+00:00

The price cuts are effective ‌on OpenAI's application programming interface, or ‌API, ⁠and are rolling out ⁠across eligible plans for credits on its agentic AI product ChatGPT Work and its coding tool ​Codex

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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T05:13:58+00:00

Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.

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Is this the end of Harry and Meghan’s American dream?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T05:00:55+00:00

The Sussexes are returning to the UK with significantly reduced media deals in an industry where fame alone can no longer guarantee successHaving settled in California in the aftermath of their dramatic decoupling from the royal family in 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced a partnership that appeared to set a clear destination for their new lives outside the House of Windsor.With every global media stable clamouring for their signature, the couple revealed a deal with Netflix reportedly worth $100m. The ambitions were lofty and broad, including scripted and unscripted projects, sho

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Premium bonds: more chance of win as NS&I ups prize fund rate again

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T05:00:54+00:00

Savings bank estimates there will be 308,000 more prizes available in September draw than the month beforePremium bond holders will have more chances of winning prizes after changes announced this week.From September there will be more prizes up for grabs for the 22 million people who hold the government-backed savings bonds. Continue reading...

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BRICS well placed to foster future-oriented innovation ecosystem: Jitendra Singh

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T05:00:03+00:00

Singh highlighted that the world is undergoing rapid transformation driven by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, advanced materials, biotechnology, photonics, geospatial technologies and high-performance computing

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un mort à Kiev dans une nouvelle attaque nocturne russe

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T04:48:47+00:00

Quarante-huit heures après une frappe nocturne massive contre la capitale ukrainienne et sa région, qui a fait 16 morts, une alerte aux missiles balistiques a de nouveau été déclenchée à Kiev. Par ailleurs, un drone russe a tué, durant la nuit, un homme à Zaporija, dans le sud de l’Ukraine.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T04:48:43+00:00

Des frappes russes ont fait au moins deux morts dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, à Kiev et à Zaporijia, ont annocné les autorités locales après une journée marquée par une attaque meurtrière sur un centre commercial du centre du pays.

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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates As Talks Collapse

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T04:44:34+00:00

Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.

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Après l’échec des négociations de la dernière chance, les nouveaux droits de douane américains entrent en vigueur contre le Canada

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T04:43:26+00:00

Ottawa a promis de répliquer « au dollar près » après que les négociateurs se sont quittés vendredi soir sans accord, déclenchant l’entrée en application de surtaxes punitives, touchant un total de 20 milliards de dollars d’importations canadiennes.

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Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-22T04:30:07+00:00

A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat.

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Canada vows to match Trump’s 50% tariffs after trade deal talks fail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-22T04:23:38+00:00

Mark Carney accuses Washington of ‘unfair’ last-minute changes to deal, as US and Canada fail to reach agreement after three-day extension of talksCanadian prime minister Mark Carney has promised to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar”, after the two sides failed to agree a trade deal by the midnight deadline.“Last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal,” Carney said in a statement. Continue reading...

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Что вы знаете про российский флаг?

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-22T04:20:22+00:00

В честь праздника «Ведомости» подготовили проверочно-развлекательный тест вместе с Игорем Юргиным – Героем России и выпускником федеральной программы «Время героев», возглавившим департамент госполитики в сфере воспитания, допобразования и детского отдыха Минпросвещения.

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Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Collapse; Washington Imposes New Tariffs

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T04:01:35+00:00

Mark Carney suspended talks and will take out retaliatory tariffs against the United States after days of negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse.

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A Sao Joao del-Rei, au Brésil, une prison sans gardiens armés, à contre-courant du modèle ultra-répressif du Salvadorien Nayib Bukele

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-22T04:00:20+00:00

Dans l’établissement autogéré, c’est la réinsertion qui prime. Et le taux de récidive est très inférieur à celui du système traditionnel. Un système que Flavio Bolsonaro, adversaire de Lula pour la présidentielle du 4 octobre, voudrait durcir plus encore.

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GACM Technologies raises ₹49.5 cr through QIP issues

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T03:55:08+00:00

Through the QIP, the Company allotted 49.50 crore fully paid-up Equity Shares of face value ₹1 each at an issue price of ₹1 per Equity Share, aggregating to ₹49.50 crore

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NMEO-OP: Five years on, what has India got back?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-22T03:49:36+00:00

Public investment in a perennial crop should be judged by productive outcomes, not expenditure or acreage alone.

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U.S. Says Canada Has Declined a Trade Deal to Stave Off Tariffs

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-22T03:47:09+00:00

United States trade representative Jamieson Greer said that it was a “missed opportunity for Canada.” The surprising development means tariffs against $20 billion of Canadian goods come into effect at midnight.

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Seguir enterrando la solución de los dos Estados

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-22T03:45:01+00:00

El plan de licitación para la edificación de 1.234 viviendas en la zona E1, que rodea Jerusalén, culmina un proyecto acariciado por gobiernos israelíes de todo signo. Lo que cambia ahora es la impunidad con que Israel podría llevarlo a cabo

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