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Welspun Corp wins record ₹17,200-crore US pipe supply order

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-20T23:08:59+00:00

Welspun Corp’s latest contract provides multi-year revenue visibility as the company expands manufacturing capacity and strengthens relationships across North America

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Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan in hospital after uproar over health

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T23:07:10+00:00

Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating and following public protestsPakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.A spokesperson for Khan’s party, Zulfikar Bukhari, said: “Imran Khan has been shifted from Adiala jail to International Shifa hospital in Islamabad following the supreme court’s order.” Continue reading...

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Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T23:07:10+00:00

Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.Khan, 73, was transferred to the hospital in the early hours of Friday, but then moved back to Adiala prison in Rawalpindi after a ⁠few hours, a spokesperson for his party said on Friday. Continue reading...

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Messori: “Sbagliate le interferenze di Meloni e del Pd”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

Per l’economista il piano di Siena è strategico e ha una sua razionalità. Ma ci sono almeno tre ragioni per cui alla fine può fallire

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Missili di Putin su Kiev, 17 morti. Colpito un ospedale pediatrico

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

Il massiccio attacco è durato nove ore, demolendo strutture della Croce Rossa e magazzini. Zelensky: “Ci servono intercettori Patriot, salvano vite”. Von der Leyen: “Priorità urgente”

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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-20T22:53:47+00:00

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

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Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s US House seat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T22:48:11+00:00

Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claimsProgressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Wahab, a state senator, was widely considered the frontrunner in the district in California’s East Bay and had the backing of the state Democratic party as well as Our Revolution, labor unions, local officials and the state’s a

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Australia news live: Israel ambassador insists IDF strike that killed Zomi Frankcom a ‘reasonable mistake’; body of hiker Lily Hooper recovered from bush

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T22:35:10+00:00

Hillel Newman says killing ‘unintentional’ and Israel is a ‘robust’ democracy. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMissing bushwalker Lily Hooper’s body recovered overnightThe body of missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been recovered from NSW Southern Highlands overnight, NSW police confirmed. Continue reading...

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Fashion tech founder sentenced to prison for $300m fraud scheme

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T22:27:41+00:00

Christine Hunsicker, former CEO of CaaStle, gave investors falsified documents that overstated profit and cash reservesA fashion tech founder was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her involvement in a $300m “fraud scheme” spanning from 2019 to 2025, the Manhattan US attorney’s office announced on Thursday. Christine Hunsicker, 49, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.Hunsicker, the founder and ex-CEO of CaaStle Inc, had pleaded guilty this March to one count of securities fraud in relation to a scheme that “defrauded hundreds of investors”, authorities said. Her

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More than 16 killed as Kyiv comes under intense Russian bombardment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T22:15:02+00:00

Missile and drone attack one of heaviest since war began, with children’s hospital and residential areas hitA heavy Russian missile and drone bombardment has killed at least 16 people in and around Kyiv in one of the most intense aerial attacks on Ukraine’s capital since the start of the war.Vitali Klitschko, the city’s mayor, said homes, a school and a children’s medical centre were among the buildings damaged overnight in an attack that began at about midnight and was continuing into the early afternoon. Continue reading...

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Guerra in Iran, le news di oggi. La Turchia emette mandato di arresto per Netanyahu

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T22:13:10+00:00

Pezeshkian: “Meglio porre fine alla guerra oggi da posizione di forza”. Trump: “Abbiamo spazzato via Teheran, presto avremo il pieno controllo di Hormuz”. La Mezzaluna Rossa: “L’esercito israeliano impedisce il soccorso ai feriti palestinesi dai coloni”

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Sussurri e urla: benvenuti a Casa Munch

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T22:01:00+00:00

La spiaggia dove nacque la “Malinconia”, il giardino dove si passeggia come dentro i suoi quadri. E la cucina dove partì un misterioso colpo di pistola. Viaggio nel luogo d’ ispirazione segreto del genio norvegese

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Alla sinistra non serve il woke. Il nemico da combattere è questa società di diseguali

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T22:01:00+00:00

Il leader del M5S Giuseppe Conte interviene nel dibattito che si è aperto negli Usa dopo le parole di Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez: “Il movimento ha promosso un’attenzione vigile ai dispositivi culturali che marginalizzano alcune identità ma non diventi una “religione””

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Quante bugie sui vaccini

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Dopo la morte della bambina di 4 anni non vaccinata per la difterite si riaccende il pericolo no vax

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Bugie criminali sui vaccini

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Dopo la morte della bambina di 4 anni non vaccinata per la difterite si riaccende il pericolo no vax

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2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Surges

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-20T21:58:24+00:00

Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

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