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Rescuers search for Colombia quake survivors as death toll passes 200

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:28:35+00:00

Dogs and drones have been deployed to search for those trapped under collapsed buildings, with local authorities reporting at least 150 deaths from the nation's strongest earthquake in a decade.

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US state department has canceled over 175,000 visas since Trump’s return to office

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:28:00+00:00

Revocations targeted foreign nationals who allegedly broke terms of their visas, says Department of StateThe US Department of State has canceled more than 175,000 visas since Donald Trump returned to office, quadrupling the pace of revocations under Joe Biden’s final year in the White House, according to a new tally released by the department this week.The announcement said the revocations targeted foreign nationals who allegedly broke the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against Americans, defrauded US citizens, abused the immigration system or endangered national s

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Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:24:07+00:00

The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.

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Frenzy for Solar Eclipse Glasses Takes Over London

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:22:49+00:00

Ahead of Wednesday’s rare cosmic event, thousands of people in London are searching for protective eyewear, as prices surge and stocks sell out.

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Former judge Baka elected new Hungarian president in another break from Orbán era – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:21:05+00:00

The new president is a former judge on the European Court of Human RightsSpanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares visited Ceuta earlier today, as he insisted that Madrid had it all under control despite “the most unique and complex” border arrangements there.He said Spain was in direct dialogue with the Moroccan authorities on how to prevent another border crisis. Continue reading...

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Images From Colombia, Battered by Quakes

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:20:20+00:00

The strongest temblor in years struck in a Pacific Coast region, killing over 100 people.

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University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:18:24+00:00

Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rulesA University of Cambridge whistleblower who alleged bullying of female staff inside the university’s Institute of Astronomy has won a tribunal against his employer.Prof Wyn Evans told a tribunal hearing in June that the Institute suffered from “a bad history of misogyny”. He claimed that one woman in the department had been “hounded out of a job”, another was “left a frightened woman”, and a third had faced “aggressive professors” at the institute. C

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A new Middle East is being built

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:13:16+00:00

The Mecca Accord brings together Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye, raising questions for Delhi

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Wooing foreign investments

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:07:01+00:00

Govt is using tax sops as an economic policy tool

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Press corps traveling with Trump kept in dark about president’s catering container switch to secret plane – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:06:39+00:00

Reporter says media got no extra guidance about president’s movements amid questions over secretive plane swapSign up to the US Breaking News emailPete Hegseth’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology.Defense Policy Board appointee Marc Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital firms and known by the name “a16z”, co-invests alongside the Trump partnership 1789 Capital in three defense contr

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Demographic shift will fuel consumer and energy demand

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T15:03:34+00:00

The trend towards smaller families in India will increase the demand for consumer goods, real estate and ready-to-eat foods

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Au Kenya, le gouvernement veut réconcilier sa jeunesse avec l’agriculture

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-11T15:00:13+00:00

Le secteur, qui représente 22,5 % du produit intérieur brut kényan, est délaissé par les jeunes : l’âge moyen des exploitants est de 64 ans. Alors que la sécurité alimentaire du pays est en jeu, Nairobi promeut les métiers de la filière agricole.

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The RBA likely believes it won’t need to hike rates again – but the worst thing it could do is say that out loud

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:00:04+00:00

When it comes to the Reserve Bank, there’s a whiff of a parent making a threat they have no intention of carrying outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvery parent makes threats in an effort to get their kids to behave – and every parent hopes they won’t have to follow through.Some (most?) parents even make threats they have zero intention of carrying out. Continue reading...

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Coalition to back One Nation policy barring overseas Australians with terrorist links from returning home

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:00:02+00:00

Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan will support Pauline Hanson’s migration bill despite vowing to fight her rightwing partyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition will back a plan by Pauline Hanson to prevent Australian citizens with links to overseas terrorist groups from returning home, significantly elevating One Nation’s policy prescriptions on matters of national security.Despite pledging to fight Hanson’s insurgent rightwing movement amid collapsing support for their own parties, the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, and Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, both sig

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Coalition to back Hanson’s migration policy despite pledging to fight One Nation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T15:00:02+00:00

Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan to support bill barring overseas Australians with terrorist links from returning homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition will back a plan by Pauline Hanson to prevent Australian citizens with links to overseas terrorist groups from returning home, significantly elevating One Nation’s policy prescriptions on matters of national security.Despite pledging to fight Hanson’s insurgent rightwing movement amid collapsing support for their own parties, the opposition leader, Angus T

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Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads - UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-11T14:58:50+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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Vijay Singh exits Sir Ratan Tata Trust

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T14:58:15+00:00

The resignation comes three days before his tenure was supposed to end

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CIEL HR Services post robust revenue and profit growth in Q1FY27

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-11T14:56:25+00:00

Speaking at a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Executive Director & Chairman, K Pandiarajan said that the company’s growth has beat the HR industry average of 10 per cent year-on-year recorded by its peers.

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