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Europe heatwave live: Temperatures of 40C expected in Spain, with amber heat health warning in place across large parts of UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:58:26+00:00

In France, 80 departments have been placed on an orange heat warningWell, that was quick.Straight off the back of the solar eclipse last night, we’re heading into a solar inferno as extreme heat returns today, with temperatures above 40C in parts of Spain and up to 38C in London and Paris. Continue reading...

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Україна отримає від Туреччини ATACMS: по яких об’єктах вони зможуть діставати

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-13T07:54:00+00:00

У зоні дії розташовані райони Белгородської, Курської та Брянської областей РФ, з яких ворог здійснює пуски балістичних ракет по українських містах.

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Q1 Results Today Live: Aditya Birla Real Estate logs mixed Q1, TVS Srichakra PAT up y-o-y, TMPV shares gain ahead of Q1 results today, Page Industries, Solar Ind, LG Electronics, Max Healthcare, GIC, Godrej, Jubilant Foodworks, Amber Enterprises, Indraprastha, Brigade, JSW Cement, Honasa to announce Q1 results

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-13T07:53:24+00:00

Q1 Results Today, 13th August 2026 Live Updates: Follow Q1FY27 live updates from businessline

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‘Everything is on the line’: students shun calls to stay in school and join anti-Hanson protests across Australia

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:52:01+00:00

High schoolers join university walkouts in major cities and several smaller locations amid urge to fight against racismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThey came yelling chants that “racists” weren’t “welcome here”, with signs deriding Pauline Hanson’s former fish and chip shop and the One Nation leader herself.On Thursday, thousands of students across the country put down the textbooks to walk through streets in protest against the rise of Pauline Hanson, joining the protests organised by the National Union of Stu

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Cisjordanie : l’ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en Israël qualifie d’« acte de terreur » le siège de maisons palestiniennes par des colons israéliens

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-13T07:49:49+00:00

Depuis dimanche, quelques dizaines de colons bloquent l’accès à des maisons palestiniennes dans le village de Qusra, près de Naplouse, dont l’une appartient à un Palestinien également détenteur de la citoyenneté américaine.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un entrepôt de Wildberries, le géant russe du commerce en ligne, en feu après une attaque de drones ukrainiens dans l’Oural

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-13T07:42:15+00:00

« Des pompiers ont été déployés » sur la « zone industrielle où l’une des usines de la compagnie se trouve », a annoncé Wildberries dans un communiqué, en assurant que tout le personnel avait été évacué à l’avance. La compagnie est la cible régulière de drones ukrainiens depuis la mi-juillet.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un entrepôt de Wildberries, le géant russe du commerce en ligne, en feu à la suite d’une attaque de drones ukrainiens dans l’Oural

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-13T07:42:12+00:00

« Des pompiers ont été déployés » sur la « zone industrielle où l’une des usines de la compagnie se trouve » en Bachkirie, a annoncé Wildberries dans un communiqué, en assurant que tout le personnel avait été évacué à l’avance. La compagnie est la cible régulière de drones ukrainiens depuis la mi-juillet.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : juillet a été le mois le plus meurtrier pour les civils ukrainiens depuis mars 2022, selon l’ONU

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-13T07:42:12+00:00

Selon les données vérifiées par la Mission de surveillance des droits de l’homme des Nations unies en Ukraine, au moins 437 civils ont été tués et 2 610 blessés en Ukraine en juillet, soit une augmentation de 30 % par rapport au mois précédent et de 70 % par rapport à juillet 2025.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : juillet a été le mois le plus meurtrier pour les civils ukrainiens depuis mars 2022, selon l’ONU

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-13T07:42:12+00:00

Selon les données vérifiées par la Mission de surveillance des droits de l’homme des Nations unies en Ukraine, au moins 437 civils ont été tués et 2 610 blessés en Ukraine en juillet, soit une augmentation de 30 % par rapport au mois précédent et de 70 % par rapport à juillet 2025.

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Albanese hints at deal on gambling and says ‘absolutely false’ that sports betting is country’s major gambling addiction – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:41:23+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after making a series of 11th-hour changes and reaching an agreement with the Coalition.That obligation to enter into at least eight deals is if they want to fully acquit. So it still will be open to tech companies to only partially offset their obligation. But if they want to fully offset their obligation, there have to b

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Met police incapable of change, says mother of murdered sisters after Simon Levy case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:41:00+00:00

Mina Smallman, whose daughters were killed in north London park in 2020, says force ‘decides who matters’The Metropolitan police does not take all cases of violence against women seriously and “decides who matters”, the mother of two murdered women has said.Mina Smallman, whose daughters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a north London park in 2020, also said Britain’s biggest police force is incapable of change. Two police officers were jailed in 2021 after taking photographs of the dead bodies of her daughters and sharing the images in WhatsApp groups, referring to them as “dead

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Mother of one of Alan Jones’s alleged victims told him ‘I should have protected you’, court hears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:40:07+00:00

Complainant J’s mother asked son if former broadcaster ever touched him, high-profile trial told Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of one of Alan Jones’s alleged victims has told the court she apologised to her son for not protecting him after he disclosed the broadcaster had sexually touched him when he was a teenager.The single mother of four said she was “in shock” when her son, an outstanding schoolboy athlete, admitted that he had initially lied when she asked him if Jones had touched him. Continue r

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Supreme Court asks Centre to consider framing guidelines on AI ethics

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-13T07:25:40+00:00

The court disposed of a PIL seeking binding rules on AI ethics, algorithmic impact assessments, bias audits and transparency in high-risk government AI systems.

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Время ветеранов

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-13T07:22:55+00:00

Берег Истринского водохранилища. Премиальный отель с пятью звездами. Здесь чистый воздух, березы, спокойствие и умиротворение. Из отеля выходят двое крепких мужчин на перекур. До меня доносятся как будто не подходящие к здешней безмятежности слова «шахед» (дрон-камикадзе) и «штурм». Так новая элита собиралась на съезд крупного сообщества демобилизованных – Ассоциации ветеранов СВО.

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Lenovo India Q1 revenue grows 18% on strong AI demand

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-13T07:22:47+00:00

Lenovo India reported 18% year-on-year revenue growth in the June quarter, while the global group posted record quarterly revenue of $26.9 billion.

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Tata Trusts initiates steps to select Tata Sons’ new chairman

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-13T07:19:18+00:00

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust has passed a resolution to initiate setting up of a selection committee to choose the next chairman of Tata Sons

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Утренний звон по рынку акций 13 августа

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-13T07:04:21+00:00

Российский рынок акций утром в среду продолжил снижение. По состоянию на 9:45 мск индекс Мосбиржи снизился по отношению к закрытию предыдущего дня на 0,32% и составил 2294,07. Индекс РТС снизился на 0,32% и составил 870,72.

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Bragg says lower-income earners should accept substandard housing as colleagues rebuke his migration target

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T07:00:46+00:00

Angus Taylor cautions NSW senator for diverging from policy in National Press Club speech as Nationals warn against changes to working holiday visasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Bragg has agreed that lower-income Australians should accept poorly built housing in a bid to boost the number of dwellings built nationally, amid growing internal fallout continues over his proposal to cap net migration to modern historic lows.The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, and several of Bragg’s colleagues publicly caution

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