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Appliance maker Atomberg Technologies files for IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:28+00:00

The IPO would comprise a fresh issue of shares ‌worth up to ₹450 crore ​and an offer-for-sale ⁠of up to 76.5 million shares

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Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:25+00:00

Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jawA 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans.The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she may be unwell when she began eating less and spending more time inactive in her habitat. Continue reading...

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Anxiety over war, wildfires and cyber-attacks leads to growth in cash stocks in EU

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:24+00:00

Value of banknotes in circulation rises from €1bn in 2016 to €1.6bn in 2026 as people advised to keep stash of cashThe number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an emergency stash of cash.While cash plays second fiddle to contactless payments in many cities across Europe, the amount in circulation is actually going up, Philip Lane, the chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), said at the MacGill summer school conference in Ireland. Continue read

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Dans le delta du Pô, l’invasion du crabe tueur de palourdes : « Sans “vongole”, plus d’économie. Tout le territoire meurt »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:23+00:00

Depuis la fin des années 1980, la palourde a fait la fortune de cette région pauvre du sud de la Vénétie. Elle est aujourd’hui décimée par un crabe bleu venu d’Amérique du Nord, dont la prolifération menace toute l’économie de la lagune. Entraînant une baisse de revenus pour les pêcheurs et un retour pour les femmes à des métiers précaires qu’elles pensaient avoir définitivement abandonnés.

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En Israël, la sortie de la guerre est absente des esprits comme des programmes, avant les élections législatives d’octobre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:19+00:00

Les enquêtes d’opinion dressent le portrait d’une société qui perd espoir dans son avenir sans voir d’alternative au recours à la force. Les candidats se gardent d’apparaître moins crédibles sur les enjeux de sécurité que le premier ministre, Benyamin Nétanyahou.

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En Israël, avant les élections législatives d’octobre, la sortie de la guerre est absente des esprits comme des programmes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:07+00:00

Les enquêtes d’opinion dressent le portrait d’une société qui perd espoir dans son avenir sans voir d’alternative au recours à la force. Les candidats se gardent d’apparaître moins crédibles sur les enjeux de sécurité que le premier ministre, Benyamin Nétanyahou.

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Las multinacionales energéticas regresan a Venezuela

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

La tutela estadounidense en el país facilita la llegada de grandes capitales al negocio petrolero y rompe con años de aislamiento y sanciones internacionales

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Suiza debate sobre los límites de su neutralidad

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-21T03:45:01+00:00

La derecha populista pretende que no se impongan sanciones económicas a países en guerra, lo que beneficiaría a Rusia. La propuesta se votará en referéndum en septiembre con las encuestas en contra

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De estrecho a estrecho, es el turno de Europa

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-21T03:30:01+00:00

La UE debería tomar nota de los planteamientos del seguridad del acuerdo militar entre Turquía, Arabia Saudí y Pakistán

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Ships passing through Hormuz hover in single digits, data shows

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-21T03:28:06+00:00

Of the total, four ships entered and three exited the waterway, which handled nearly a fifth of global crude oil and LNG shipments before the war began in February

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Alleged rapist arrested after returning to Brisbane crime scene that night, police say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-21T03:14:19+00:00

Man, 32, charged with six counts of rape, stalking and assault after woman was allegedly attacked in BrookfieldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police say a man accused of raping and assaulting a young woman, who was taking a morning bushwalk, has been arrested after he returned to the crime scene in his vehicle later that evening.A woman, aged in her 20s, was walking in the semi-rural Brisbane suburb of Brookfield about 6.30am on Thursday when she was allegedly stopped by the man and sexually assaulted.

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Laura Morante: “Ero timida. Mi sono nascosta dietro i personaggi”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-21T03:01:00+00:00

L’attrice compie oggi 70 anni, i ricordi di bambina, l’amore per il balletto il debutto sul palco con Carmelo Bene e poi il cinema. “La felicità: i figli, mia nipote e la lettura”

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Entre l’Iran et les Emirats arabes unis, la fragile désescalade vole en éclats

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-21T03:00:07+00:00

Les Emirats ont suspendu leurs échanges commerciaux et financiers avec l’Iran, après l’avoir accusé d’avoir tiré deux missiles vers leur territoire. Cette crispation intervient sur fond de tensions autour du détroit d’Ormuz et de pression croissante des Etats-Unis sur la République islamique.

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La fragile désescalade entre l’Iran et les Emirats arabes unis vole en éclats

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-21T03:00:04+00:00

Les Emirats ont suspendu leurs échanges commerciaux et financiers avec l’Iran, après l’avoir accusé d’avoir tiré deux missiles vers leur territoire. Cette crispation intervient sur fond de tensions autour du détroit d’Ormuz et de pression croissante des Etats-Unis sur la République islamique.

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Cat bond, emissioni record: come funzionano le obbligazioni legate alle catastrofi

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-21T03:00:00+00:00

Quasi 18 miliardi di dollari di nuovi titoli nel primo semestre 2026. Rendimenti elevati e bassa correlazione con i mercati tradizionali spingono l’interesse degli investitori, ma in caso di eventi estremi si può perdere anche l’intero capitale

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Meghan could return to acting once back in UK

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-21T02:52:29+00:00

Sources close to the Sussexes have not denied reports that Meghan has been offered an acting role in the UK.

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Australia news live: Brethren church denies paying far-right activists; Russian dual citizen charged with alleged foreign interference

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-21T02:48:45+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoman behind allegation of sexual assault linked to Sydney Swans reportedly says she wants ‘justice’The woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted in a Melbourne hotel told the Herald Sun “all I care about is justice”.I don’t want money. All I care about is justice. I’m going to stand up for what is right. And I’m never going to let this happen to anyone else. Justice will be served. Continue reading...

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Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-21T02:45:42+00:00

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security lawTwo Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 were found guilty of “incitement to subversion”, in a case widely criticised as exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the Chinese city.Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41 “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power”, a press summary handed out to reporters said. Con

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