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'Unprecedented' rains in Japan kill six people

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-14T07:00:56+00:00

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

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'Unprecedented' rain in Japan kills six people

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-14T07:00:56+00:00

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

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‘This is hell’: British widow ‘sick’ with worry over threat of being removed from Sweden

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T07:00:22+00:00

Joyce Thomas faces being forced to leave country after losing appeal against deportationBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rulesThe 78-year-old British widow threatened with removal from Sweden after 21 years has said she has been left feeling sick with worry after being told she had lost an appeal against deportation in a ongoing row over the country’s handling of Brexit.“I am in shock. I feel sick. An individual’s life is at stake at my age. It is hell. I have done nothing wrong. I don’t take anything from this country. I am self sufficient, I put money in this country, hav

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‘This is hell’: British widow ‘sick’ with worry after losing Brexit deportation appeal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T07:00:22+00:00

Joyce Thomas, 78, faces being forced to leave Sweden after 21 years in growing row over country’s approach to EU withdrawalBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rulesThe 78-year-old British widow threatened with removal from Sweden after 21 years has said she has been left feeling sick with worry after being told she had lost an appeal against deportation in a growing row over the country’s handling of Brexit.“I am in shock. I feel sick. An individual’s life is at stake at my age. It is hell. I have done nothing wrong. I don’t take anything from this country. I am self sufficien

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Wholesale inflation moderated to 9.78% in July

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-14T06:58:20+00:00

Inflation rates for major groups, namely, Primary Articles, Fuel and Power, and Manufactured Products are 8.52%, 20.05%, and 8.29%, respectively in July

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Australia news live: Bet365 apologises after children wear gambling logos in charity race; search for 18-year-old bushwalker continues

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T06:47:28+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says gambling inducements are ‘over the top’Albanese said gambling inducements are “over the top and need to be wound back”.Look, we’re working constructively across the parliament to put in place these reforms. They are important.The problem is addiction and when someone has an addiction, if there are inducements that are encouraging that addiction, that’s a bad thing. There’s nothing wrong with people having a punt on a Saturday … the problem is if it’s an addiction.We agreed it was a project that is

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India less exposed to AI job risks than others, Goldman says

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-14T06:44:47+00:00

Construction and retail trade account for about 40% of India’s workforce, and ‘it’s not really getting impacted by AI currently’, Goldman Sachs economist says

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex falls over 250 points, Nifty slips 0.24% amid West Asia concerns

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-14T06:43:58+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian equity markets traded lower on Friday as persistent West Asia tensions and continued foreign investor selling weighed on sentiment. Easing expectations of a September US Federal Reserve rate hike and softer crude prices offered some support, limiting the decline.

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Security beefed up in Jammu ahead of I-Day, high alert sounded

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-14T06:35:55+00:00

The increased security comes amid a surge in patriotic activities across the region, with Tiranga Yatras, 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaigns, among others

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NATO jets shoot down drone that entered Latvian airspace

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-14T06:28:11+00:00

The drone flew in as a result of ‘Russian electromagnetic warfare,’ the Latvian defence ministry said

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Християнський корпус ініціює податкові пільги для підприємств, які працевлаштовують ветеранів

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-14T06:24:25+00:00

Командири бойових підрозділів Сил оборони України, які об’єдналися у "Християнський корпус", передали депутатам Верховної Ради свої пропозиції і напрацювання щодо якнайшвидшої розробки і прийняття законопроекту...

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Farage beats Binface! But scandal still shadows Trump’s British ally.

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-08-14T06:23:08+00:00

The election called by Reform UK’s leader was dismissed as a stunt by major parties, which declined to field candidates. A trash-can-wearing "alien" came in second with nearly 10,000 votes.

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Винищувач НАТО збив безпілотник над Латвією

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-14T06:17:00+00:00

Безпілотник залетів у повітряний простір країни на тлі масованої атаки на російські об’єкти: його знищили винищувачем НАТО на великій висоті.

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Швеція хоче скоротити час повторної підготовки Gripen до бою до менш ніж 10 хвилин

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-14T06:16:00+00:00

Нові рекордні нормативи передбачають, що між польотами технічна команда з одного офіцера та п’яти строковиків має заправити винищувач Gripen і встановити на нього нове озброєння.

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Iris Murdoch artworks from secret room go on display – including self-portrait

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T06:00:20+00:00

Second world war paintings and sketches show novelist ‘engaging with her world in a new light’For decades, they lay in a secret room in her attic gathering dust. Now, newly discovered artworks by the Booker prize-winning author Iris Murdoch – including the only self-portrait she is known to have painted, four surrealist landscape paintings and three sketches of female nudes – will go on display for the first time on Friday.The artworks were created at the start of the second world war when Murdoch was a student at Oxford. They expose her early interest in surrealism and fascination with the na

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Трамп сховався у вантажівці з їжею: CNN розкрив деталі операції США в аеропорту Туреччини

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-14T05:56:00+00:00

Американська розвідка отримала дані про можливий іранський замах, після чого Секретна служба розробила складну операцію з літаком.

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