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Profit growth at Nifty 50 firms hits 10-quarter high, boosts outlook

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-18T09:09:42+00:00

Profit and revenue growth ‌was robust across sectors among the large-, mid- and small-caps in a quarter that Motilal ‌Oswal described as “picture perfect”, with oil marketing firms being the ‌sole ⁠weak spot

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Top Democrats tussle in Florida primary but progressive liberalism not on menu

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T09:00:21+00:00

Politics that worked for Democratic candidates in New York, Minnesota, Michigan won’t cut it in red Florida, analysts sayIf primary elections elsewhere this summer were tussles between progressives and moderates for the direction of the Democratic party’s political future, Tuesday’s contests in Florida could not be more different.In a former swing state that has in recent years become reliably red, moderate Democratic candidates Alex Vindman and David Jolly are heavily favored to become the party’s nominees for November’s Senate and governor’s race, respectively. Continue reading...

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Virginia teacher and firefighters feud over whether a python started schoolhouse fire

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T09:00:21+00:00

Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blazeThe snake didn’t start the fire. So says a Virginia science teacher who owns a python that was found outside its enclosure in a middle school classroom that caught fire recently.Authorities, meanwhile, have publicly blamed the fire on the snake, named Nanner, alleging the python knocked over a heat fixture in her owner’s classroom, igniting a blaze that caused damage at Bedford county’s Forest middle school and killed a tortoise there. Continue reading...

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A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-18T09:00:11+00:00

They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie affirme avoir détruit 1 671 drones ukrainiens en vingt-quatre heures, « un record absolu » selon un média russe

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-18T08:57:53+00:00

Le ministère de la défense russe a assuré, mardi, que « les systèmes de défense aérienne [avaient] abattu dix bombes guidées, deux obus de lance-roquettes Himars, ainsi que 1 671 drones aériens » en vingt-quatre heures. Le précédent pic remontait au 16 août : les forces russes avaient dit avoir abattu 1 478 drones en une seule journée.

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Ucraina, lo scontro finale per il Donetsk

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-18T08:55:50+00:00

Putin prepara la nuova offensiva nella regione che Trump era pronto a concedergli ad Anchorage, perché la difesa di Kiev sembrava disperata. Ora Mosca ci riprova con nuovi comandanti, incursioni di mezzi corazzati e droni che gli ucraini non riescono a contrastare

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Безпека Молдови: уроки України для зміцнення армії

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-18T08:55:00+00:00

На тлі інцидентів із падінням чужих безпілотників на території Молдови, що стали частішими, у країні активізувалися пропагандистські страшилки. Одна з найпоширеніших, яка сьогодні використовується у зв’язку...

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Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley tightens hold on Hugo Boss

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-18T08:49:21+00:00

Frasers Group increases stake in German fashion house to 48%, after buying Harvey Nichols chain last weekThe retail billionaire Mike Ashley has given the latest indication that his summer shopping spree may be far from over, after he increased his stake in the luxury giant Hugo Boss to nearly half. Ashley’s Frasers Group, which last week bought Harvey Nichols department stores for a reported £40m, increased its shareholding in the German fashion house to 48%, falling short of taking full control. In June, the British billionaire made a nearly €2bn (£1.73bn) takeover offer for the luxury gro

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Скандал із дипломом Пишного вийшов у Європу: іспанське ЗМІ поставило питання Зеленському через $54 млрд допомоги

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-18T08:37:00+00:00

Андрій Пишний / фото УНІАН, Віктор КовальчукКримінальне провадження щодо можливого використання головою Національного банку Андрієм Пишним підроблених документів про освіту перетворюється на міжнародну...

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Скандал із дипломом Пишного вийшов у Європу: іспанське ЗМІ поставило питання Зеленському через $54 млрд допомоги

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-18T08:37:00+00:00

Андрій Пишний / фото УНІАН, Віктор КовальчукКримінальне провадження щодо можливого використання головою Національного банку Андрієм Пишним підроблених документів про освіту перетворюється на міжнародну...

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