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GRSE launches next generation warship 'Shruti'

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T16:34:51+00:00

Ship part of the Indian Navy’s 11-ship NGOPV programme, GRSE builds four of them

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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T16:31:22+00:00

Prediction comes amid warning of ‘extreme heat’ this week with temperatures of 38C possibleThe Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey, has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here:There’s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England and that’s rain, says Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.An important consequence of drought is that very dry soils can become less able to absorb rainfall when it does arrive. This can increase surface runof

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Famed tourist destinations evacuated as wildfire threatens California’s Big Sur

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T16:22:00+00:00

Nearly 500 personnel battle Timber fire in Los Padres national forest as blaze grows to 2,000 acresEvacuations have been ordered for areas along California’s famous Big Sur coast as a wildfire burns in the nearby steep, rugged mountains.The Timber fire in Monterey county started on Sunday and grew to 2,000 acres by Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency. Nearly 500 fire personnel had been assigned to the fire in the Los Padres national forest. Continue reading...

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Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads - as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T16:19:18+00:00

Union chief says vote is about staff ‘warning they cannot protect the public properly’In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earlier (see 9.58am), saying he was confident that more could be done to free up space in the prison system (which would allow the early release system to be changed so that PC Andrew Harper’s killers are excluded). Burnham said that since becoming PM he had been pushing the system “every single day” to go further.Explaining how extra space could be found (see 9.19am), he particularly singled out the more than 2,000 priso

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Watch: Tide of rubbish blankets Philippines river

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-11T16:10:55+00:00

Workers in Manila waded through the river, collecting waste that washed in during days of heavy rain.

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Air India management summoned over Phuket-Delhi incident

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T16:09:42+00:00

Passenger injuries rise to 20; secondary psychoactive-substance test of pilot reportedly positive, official confirmation awaited

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev confirme une nouvelle attaque contre un centre logistique du géant russe de l’e-commerce Wildberries

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-11T16:02:57+00:00

L’attaque a eu lieu dans l’oblast russe de Voronej. Le chef des forces de système sans pilote de l’armée ukrainienne a dit lundi que les frappes contre les centres logistiques de Wildberries visaient à faire ressentir aux Russes les conséquences de la guerre et qu’elles ne cesseraient que lorsque des réparations rapides du réseau deviendraient impossibles.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev confirme une nouvelle attaque contre un centre logistique du géant russe de l’e-commerce Wildberries

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-11T16:02:55+00:00

L’attaque a eu lieu dans l’oblast russe de Voronej. Le chef des forces de système sans pilote de l’armée ukrainienne a dit lundi que les frappes contre les centres logistiques de Wildberries visaient à faire ressentir aux Russes les conséquences de la guerre et qu’elles ne cesseraient que lorsque des réparations rapides du réseau deviendraient impossibles.

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Mohammed Dahlan, l’ambitieux exilé gazaoui qui a joué de ses relations avec l’administration Trump pour négocier le désarmement du Hamas

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-11T16:00:22+00:00

L’ancien patron de la sécurité intérieure palestinienne à Gaza, qui vit aux Emirats arabes unis, s’est imposé en médiateur du plan de paix américain et cultive ses relations avec les rivaux et successeurs potentiels du président Abbas, son éternel rival.

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Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T16:00:03+00:00

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability caseSupreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.The analysis from the non-profit advocacy group and judicial watchdog Court Accountability, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that even at the lowest range of estimates, Alito gained almost $400,000 from his oil and gas interests since being tapped for the high court by George W Bush in 2005. Continue reading...

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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, August 12, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:59:38+00:00

BL Morning Report August 12, 2026: Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:58:14+00:00

Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic stateRussia has freed a former US marine who had been in jail since 2022, after Vladimir Putin granted the ailing American a pardon on humanitarian grounds.Robert Gilman, 32, an English teacher who briefly served in the US Marines, was travelling by train when he was arrested in the southern Russian city of Voronezh in January 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian state media. He was later sentenced to four and a half years in prison, though his family has consistent

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Matrimony.com Q1 PAT more than doubles y-o-y at ₹19 crore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:54:28+00:00

The matchmaking segment added 2.71 lakh paid subscriptions during the quarter, up 15.9% sequentially and 3.7% compared to the same period last year

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Harness the power of finfluencers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:54:13+00:00

They are increasingly becoming the go-to source for stock related advice, especially for the Gen Z and Millennial investors

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«Аэрофлот» сократил внутренние перевозки в пик сезона

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-11T15:52:59+00:00

Пассажиропоток группы «Аэрофлот» (включает также авиакомпании «Россия» и «Победа») в июле 2026 г. снизился на 0,6% по сравнению с показателем аналогичного периода прошлого года и составил 5,66 млн человек. Это следует из опубликованных 11 августа операционных результатов компании.

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‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:49:18+00:00

Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several daysThe battle to contain a large wildfire spreading across the New Forest will go on for several days, experts have said, as wind changes and a desiccated landscape fuel the flames.Smoke billowed above the deserted A31 road, the main tourist route into the New Forest national park where tens of thousands of families are on holiday, late on Tuesday while a helicopter flew above the blaze. Firefighters at the scene said they were trying to contain several hotspots across the more than

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Rwanda: The genocide against the Tutsi

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:49:09+00:00

How colonial identity, extremist politics and 'hate radio' helped turn Rwanda’s genocide into organised mass murder.

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SEBI proposes wider FPI access to commodity derivatives

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:48:29+00:00

FPIs are currently allowed to participate only in cash-settled non-agricultural commodity derivatives and indices comprising such commodities

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Russia releases former US Marine reported in poor health

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:47:53+00:00

Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022 for kicking a police officer while drunk, had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state.

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Record-breaking El Capitan climber dies in Sierra Nevada fall

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:47:52+00:00

Jacob ‘Jake’ Whisenant died in Sequoia and Kings Canyon wilderness in ‘climbing-related incident’, authorities sayA 30-year-old California climber known for breaking speed records died after falling in the Sierra Nevada wilderness last week, according to authorities.Jacob “Jake” Whisenant, from Mammoth Lakes, California, died in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon wilderness on 3 August, according to the Tulare County sheriff’s office coroner unit and the National Park Service (NPS). Continue reading...

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Сонячна панель на балконі не зменшує платіжки: реальний досвід

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-11T15:46:00+00:00

Сонячна панель на балконі квартири в українських реаліях – це вже не екзотика, а одна з поширених опцій для забезпечення енергонезалежності оселі. Але між "мати власне джерело електроенергії" та "економити...

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