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Pick of BL commodities -Aug 16, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-16T03:04:18+00:00

Last week, the deficit in India’s kharif sowing declined below 2 per cent. The area under pulses has caught up with last year’s level on the south-west monsoon’s recovery, while El Nino’s onset last month poses a threat to a range of agricultural commodities. Rice trade between China and India has ground to a halt after Beijing revoked the registrations of 7 Indian rice exporters. Inflows into physically-backed gold exchange-traded funds continue to be net positive for three weeks in a row

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Le nouveau président colombien demande à son allié Donald Trump de suspendre les droits de douane après le séisme

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-16T02:43:01+00:00

Abelardo de la Espriella a déclaré s’être entretenu avec son homologue américain, alors que les opérations de secours se poursuivent. A l’exception de certains produits, les droits de douane des Etats-Unis sur les produits colombiens sont passés de 10 % à 12,5 %, fin juillet.

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News live: PM warns Australia has more guns than at time of Port Arthur massacre; Erin Patterson’s appeal to start this week

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-16T01:02:09+00:00

Anthony Albanese invites all states to join gun buyback scheme launched in federal funding deal with NSW. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has just been speaking alongside the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, about the state’s gun buyback scheme agreed in response to the Bondi terror attack.The prime minister said:Australians are quite rightly proud of our gun laws but the fact is there are more guns in Australia today than there were at the time of dealing with the Port Arthur gun buyback that occurred under the Howard govern

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le maire de Kiev annonce une attaque de missiles alors que retentissent des explosions dans la capitale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-16T00:47:40+00:00

« Restez aux abris ! », a lancé aux habitants Vitali Klitschko, sur Telegram, peu avant 3 heures locales (2 heures à Paris). L’administration militaire de la capitale a fait état d’un incendie dans un bâtiment non résidentiel dans le quartier Obolonsky.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un blessé à Kiev après une attaque de missiles ; Moscou visée par 600 drones pendant la nuit

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-16T00:47:40+00:00

A Kryvy Rih, dans le centre de l’Ukraine, une personne a été tuée et six autres blessées. Par ailleurs, Moscou a été visée par 600 drones pendant la nuit, une attaque d’une rare ampleur qui a fait au moins trois blessés, selon le maire de la capitale russe.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : au moins trois blessés à Kiev après une attaque de missiles ; Moscou visée par 600 drones pendant la nuit

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-16T00:47:40+00:00

A Kryvy Rih, dans le centre de l’Ukraine, une personne a été tuée et six autres blessées. Par ailleurs, Moscou a été visée par 600 drones pendant la nuit, une attaque d’une rare ampleur qui a fait au moins trois blessés, selon le maire de la capitale russe.

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BBC seeks to subpoena members in Panorama lawsuit

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-16T00:11:03+00:00

A spokesperson for Trump's legal team responded to the request accusing the broadcaster of "seeking to harass" the president's family.

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BBC seeks to subpoena family members in Panorama lawsuit

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-16T00:11:03+00:00

A spokesperson for Trump's legal team responded to the request accusing the broadcaster of "seeking to harass" the president's family.

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News live: Hanson says Australians should be able to use super for cost-of-living pressures

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-16T00:03:09+00:00

Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, says compulsory superannuation rules are too rigid in Australia and called for people under financial pressure or trying to buy their first home to get access to their retirement savings.“A lot of Australians are doing it tough now and struggling to pay off their mortgages,” Hanson told News24.In some ways, I feel that you should give them their money now, and let them help them with the cost of living.It is their money; they’ve they’ve sacrificed it in lieu of pay. So, in a lot

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Viaggi spaziali, l’ultima frontiera dei paradisi fiscali. Serve subito una tax law globale

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T23:00:16+00:00

Studio Eurispes. Il progresso dei voli spaziali viaggia a ritmi molto superiori a quelli della normativa fiscale a tema: il rischio è quello di un’evasione generalizzata, a vantaggio della solita élite. Tra le ipotesi, una Orbit Tax (simile alla Carbon Tax), per i vettori, e un Space Tourist Tax sul biglietto, per i viaggiatori.

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I meteorologi: “In agosto Firenze più calda del Cairo di due gradi”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

Nella città bollino rosso la media delle temperature massime ha superato quella della capitale dell’Egitto. La provocazione dei ricercatori (dati alla mano). E luglio mese record per tutta la Toscana

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Casa Bianca 2028, i dem cambiano il calendario delle primarie puntando sull’elettorato nero

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

La decisione annunciata ieri: si partirà dalla Carolina del Sud e non più Iowa e New Hampshire, a maggioranza bianca. Una scelta che mira a mobilitare l’elettorato afroamericano e quello razzialmente più vario per lanciare così un candidato che possa catturare ampio consenso

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La morte del professor Arday sconvolge il Regno Unito. E Cambridge finisce sotto attacco

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

Era il più giovane docente di colore nella storia dell’Ateneo, è stato trovato morto venerdì, dopo le accuse di aver inventato il curriculum e copiato i suoi lavori. Forse, è stato un suicidio. E adesso, dal premier Burnham al sindaco di Londra Khan, ci si interroga su come la “gogna mediatica” e razzista abbia distrutto un uomo fragile. E di come le università arruolano chi insegna

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Casa Bianca 2028, i dem cambiano il calendario delle primarie e puntano sull’elettorato nero

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

La decisione annunciata ieri: si partirà dalla Carolina del Sud e non più da Iowa e New Hampshire, a maggioranza bianca. Una scelta che mira a mobilitare l’elettorato afroamericano e quello razzialmente più vario per lanciare così un candidato che possa catturare ampio consenso

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Australia news live: Pauline Hanson opposes major gun buyback agreed in wake of Bondi terror attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-15T22:34:21+00:00

Legislation for plan passed parliament earlier this year and is set to commence in NSW from November. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says she is opposed to a major gun buyback being announced by Anthony Albanese and the NSW premier, Chris Minns, in Sydney shortly.Legislation for the plan passed parliament earlier this year, part of the response to the Bondi beach terror attack. It will be run in two phases, with the cost split 50:50 between the federal and NSW governments.A different gun is for a different purpose, and you have to u

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