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Inglorious Twelfth? Calls for grouse season to be banned to prevent wildfires and peatland damage

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T12:19:57+00:00

As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be ‘playground for bloodsports’Every year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flock to plush restaurants in Mayfair to dine on grouse served with bread sauce and game chips.But those hoping to find the small wild birds, sourced from the UK’s moorlands, may be disappointed. Wildfires have been raging on moors across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife after record-breaking heat has turned the landscape into a tinderbox. Continue reading...

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Cambridge agrees to hold independent inquiry into Jason Arday appointment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T12:15:54+00:00

Vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice says she recognises the ‘difficult case’ has damaged the universityCambridge University’s leadership has bowed to internal pressure for an independent investigation into its appointment of Jason Arday as professor, with its vice-chancellor admitting the affair had damaged the institution.Prof Deborah Prentice said she recognised the “anger and anxiety around this damaging and difficult case”, but described it as an aberration that should not be used to cast aspersions on the abilities of its staff of colour. Continue reading...

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Мідлстрайк-дрони стануть фактично автономними в наступні пів року, - військовий

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-12T12:13:00+00:00

Впродовж найближчих 6 - 12 місяців українці побачать зростання рівня автономності дронів середньої дальності та їхньої стійкості до ворожих засобів радіоелектронної боротьби. Деякі підрозділи вже впроваджують...

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Сонячне затемнення 12 серпня змінить життя цих людей: названо особливі дати народження

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-12T12:12:00+00:00

Нумерологи пов'язують затемнення 12 серпня з комбінацією 3–8–1 та стверджують, що для людей із певними датами народження цей період може принести великі зміни.

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Europeans, Braced for 5th Heat Wave of 2026, Have Had Enough

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-12T12:08:01+00:00

With temperatures set to soar as high as 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) this week, Europeans and tourists say that summer in Europe has lost its appeal.

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ЦБ доработал реформу допуска ценных бумаг на рынок

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-12T12:00:00+00:00

Банк России подвел итоги обсуждения доклада «Допуск финансовых инструментов на рынок: направления оптимизации», опубликованного в феврале. За полгода регулятор собрал отзывы эмитентов, регистрирующих организаций, профессиональных участников рынка ценных бумаг, ассоциаций и СРО – почти все ключевые предложения ЦБ оставил, скорректировав в основном пороговые значения и круг участников процедур, но не саму логику реформы.

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-12T11:52:57+00:00

Normally empty Spanish towns have filled up, and

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Anger after Trump’s secret flight swap appears to offer up staff and media as decoys | First Thing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T11:46:52+00:00

Democrats demand congressional briefing after passenger-laden Air Force One sent on decoy flight despite security scare. Plus, the 11 biggest wellness trends of 2026 so farGood morning.Democrats have called for a congressional briefing after a charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited into a different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on.How did the plot to smuggle Trump off the plane unfold? In this video, the Guardian breaks down the footage from that day, showing how the president reportedly boarded the old Air Force One jet in view of television c

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Double murderer and rapist Simon Levy handed whole-life tariff

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T11:43:03+00:00

Errors by police and prosecutors left serial sex offender free to murder Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl WilkinsSimon Levy, the sexual predator left free by police errors to murder two women, will never leave prison after being sentenced to a whole-life tariff.Levy was convicted on Friday of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins five months later. He was also convicted of attacking and raping another woman, 35, in January 2025, who survived and gave damning testimony against him. Continue reading...

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L’OMS « s’inquiète » de la nouvelle offensive de Donald Trump contre la vaccination aux Etats-Unis

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-12T11:41:16+00:00

Le président américain, qui a fait sortir son pays de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, a signé, lundi, un décret contenant de nouvelles recommandations en matière de vaccins, appelant à espacer leur administration aux enfants, et il a évoqué à plusieurs reprises l’autisme en présentant le texte.

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Army to set up training centres for youth in Telangana

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-12T11:33:11+00:00

Lieutenant General C Rajesh Pushkar said the Indian Army was ready to set up training centres for youth in various Telangana district headquarters

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Heat, algae and AI: proposed datacenter could damage Everglades, experts warn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-12T11:30:27+00:00

Plans for hyperscale datacenter in Palm Beach county prompt concerns over water and electricity demandsAbout 16 miles (26km) south-west of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo estate, near the northern edge of the Florida Everglades, developers have proposed a hyperscale datacenter on a 202-acre (82-hectare) parcel of land surrounded by water. Local environmentalists warn that the proposed 600MW datacenter in western Palm Beach county could damage the wetlands, which the federal government and the state of Florida have spent a combined $6bn to restore after decades of drainage and development.One concer

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Here’s the latest on the eclipse.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-12T11:27:51+00:00

Normally empty Spanish towns have filled up, and

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