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India fuel retailers say E20 petrol meets quality standards

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-10T09:01:28+00:00

India’s state-run fuel retailers denied claims of ​high chloride contamination or ⁠moisture in E20 petrol; fuel quality remained within prescribed limits

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Woman assaulted after Travelodge staff gave room key to her abuser

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-10T08:51:15+00:00

The woman had gone to London hotel for a ‘night away from the fear’ in latest incident of chain giving keys to men without checking firstTravelodge staff gave a room key to the domestic abuser of a woman, who then physically attacked her.The woman, who is remaining anonymous, told the BBC that she was staying in a branch of the hotel in London to escape the man, but he followed her and was given a key by the reception staff. Continue reading...

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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-10T08:41:25+00:00

Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise itBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite intense scrutiny of Britain’s biggest water company’s finances as it tries to avoid being taken into public control.The utility revealed that it made the payment last month, in a letter sent last week by Sir Adrian Montague, its chair, to MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs select committee, Sky News first reported. Continue reading...

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Labour says Farage has ‘no serious answers’ to prisons crisis – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-10T08:35:01+00:00

Reform says it will free up space in jails in England and Wales by rapidly deporting all foreign offendersGood morning. Andy Burnham has said Middlemarch is his favourite novel, but he may not remember George Eliot’s line about the genial businessman Mr Vincy who “blustering as he was, had as little of his own way as if he had been a prime minister”. Burnham only took over in No 10 three weeks ago today. But already he is learning that Eliot had a point about the constraints of office.As PM, Burnham became responsible for the prisoner early release scheme due to come into force in September, w

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Los secretos del maestro vidriero que hizo la estrella de La Sagrada Familia

Source: Clarin · Published: 2026-08-10T08:32:09+00:00

La historia de David Gibernau, desde sus inicios en el taller familiar de Mataró hasta la icónica obra que soñó Antoni Gaudí.Creador del monumental retablo de Báscara, sus patentes de vanguardia, el trampantojo para la Casa Batlló y la pasión por llevar el vidrio artesanal a la gran escala arquitectónica.

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Мобілізація в РФ: реальні плани

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-10T08:30:00+00:00

Російська влада озвучила плани по мобілізації: на минулому тижні в Кремлі відбулася нарада, на якій вперше було озвучено мобілізаційний план до кінця року. Російська армія просить 800 тисяч осіб… Одразу...

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Iran says no reason to fear Pakistan-Turkey-Saudi security pact

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-10T08:26:44+00:00

The pact shows a shift in regional countries' approach ​to ‌security, with greater reliance on their own capabilities rather than ‌outside powers: Esmaeil ‌Baghaei, iranian Foreign Ministry

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ADNOC Gas exploring new LNG export plant to avoid Hormuz

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-10T08:23:53+00:00

ADNOC Gas is considering a new LNG export facility outside the Strait of Hormuz in order to bypass the critical waterway that’s been severely disrupted by the Iran war

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Ukraine launches drone attack on Russian oil refining facilities – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-10T08:08:12+00:00

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that strikes on such facilities were directly linked with putting more pressure on MoscowA Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, Russian authorities said.The city, some 1,000 kilometers within Russia, hosts a major oil refinery, with facilities long targeted by Ukrainian army. Ukraine previously hit the facility in June. Continue reading...

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