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Thaïlande : après une fusillade mortelle dans un lycée, le débat sur les armes relancé

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-09T15:49:59+00:00

Le 7 août, un adolescent de 14 ans a tué huit personnes par arme à feu, dont six dans son collège-lycée. Malgré une législation relativement stricte, près de 10 millions d’armes sont en circulation dans le pays, où sévit un important marché clandestin.

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War on Iran: Phase II: Day 29

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-09T15:46:09+00:00

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain restricted unless the US meets a series of demands.

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Pakistani grooming gang suspect ‘refuses to give date for return to UK’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T15:41:31+00:00

Rukhsar Ahmed was recently elected an MP in Pakistan while on bail over alleged child rape in 1990s ManchesterA grooming gang suspect released on bail in the UK and then re-elected as an MP in Pakistan has reportedly declined to say when he would return to face rape charges.The Guardian disclosed that Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistan state minister, was arrested at Manchester airport in July 2024 on suspicion of raping and trafficking at least two underage girls from care homes in the city’s Rusholme area during the 1990s. Continue reading...

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Editorial. Strategic reforms

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T15:33:09+00:00

Focus on small ticket disinvestment is paying off

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bl Changemaker Awards: Jury to meet on Monday

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T15:19:51+00:00

The eighth edition of the awards will be held on September 22 in New Delhi

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Strategic reforms

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T15:17:42+00:00

Focus on small ticket disinvestment is paying off

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Iran-aligned Houthis claim they attacked oil refinery in Saudi Arabia

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T15:11:28+00:00

Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Tehran issues tough demands to reopen strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesYemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed ⁠a defence pact with Turkey ⁠and Pakistan in response to ​growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran.The attack early on Sunday came after Iran issued tough new demands to reopen the strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships had been targeted by an Iranian missile

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Gulliver and the Lilliputians

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T15:08:32+00:00

Ridicule by a thousand memes could lay the BJP low but they won’t

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AI broadens India office demand beyond Fortune 500, Embassy REIT says

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T15:07:22+00:00

India’s large and increasingly fungible technology talent pool is lowering the entry barrier for smaller overseas companies, says Embassy REIT CEO Amit Shetty

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China expresses ‘grave concern’ as internal documents reveal suicide warning before death in Melbourne immigration detention

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T15:00:18+00:00

Exclusive: Serious questions raised about whether Chinese citizen was properly monitored at centre run by US prison giantGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US private prison company running Australia’s immigration system was warned that a newly detained Chinese citizen expressed suicidal ideation and had a history of self-harm less than 24 hours before she died by suicide in a Melbourne detention centre, internal documents show.The death has raised serious questions about whether the detainee was properly monitored and whether she was placed in an appropriate room,

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Italy condemns Spain’s ‘unacceptable’ border controls as Ceuta fallout intensifies

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:59:39+00:00

Travellers caught up in ongoing migration row as Madrid introduces retaliatory measures on visitors from Italy after Rome imposed checks Italy’s foreign minister has called Spain’s decision to impose retaliatory checks on travellers from Italy “incomprehensible and completely unacceptable” as people making their way between the two EU countries were left grappling with the fallout of the escalating feud.Spain started carrying out spot checks on visitors from Italy at midnight on Saturday. The tit-for-tat move came after Rome infuriated Madrid by launching checks on 1 August for travellers from

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Captain charged after woman and five-month-old die in New York boat capsizing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:47:37+00:00

Manuel Hernandez charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment after boat overturned in New York harborThe captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor on Saturday evening has been charged following the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and five-month-old girl.Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arrested and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment in the early hours of Sunday morning, a New York police department spokesperson told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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Captain charged after woman and her five-month-old die in New York boat capsizing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:47:37+00:00

Manuel Hernandez charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment after boat overturned in New York harborThe captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor on Saturday evening has been charged following the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and her five-month-old daughter.Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arrested and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment in the early hours of Sunday morning, a New York police department spokesperson told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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Market likely to adapt to new closing auction

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T14:45:12+00:00

Closing auctions do not erase sharp moves. They may change where those moves occur

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Besties and dares

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-09T14:44:33+00:00

Brands wrote odes to Friendship Day, the petcare category really came alive, and the Spider-Man franchise pulled many into its web

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Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:44:02+00:00

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s best leverage to get Washington to release Iran’s frozen assets, lift economic sanctions and end its naval blockade.

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Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:33:46+00:00

Rage-baiting efforts of Trump accounts silenced after posts such as a video linking her Red album to RepublicansSome of Taylor Swift’s songs have been removed from videos posted on social media by Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, silencing efforts to mock the pop star.A video posted 3 August featuring the US president and the first lady, Melania Trump, watching fireworks was posted this month on TikTok with Swift’s song August. Continue reading...

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Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe, putting tariffs under scrutiny

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:30:58+00:00

Imports this year now account for 14% of the market amid claims vehicles are being dumped in the EU and UKChinese electric car sales have risen across Europe to a record high driven by strong demand and low tariffs in the UK and a surge in buyers in Italy.Against a backdrop of claims that Chinese carmakers are “dumping” state-subsidised vehicles in the EU and UK to gain market share, the figures will give impetus to calls for quotas and higher tariffs to protect European manufacturers. Continue reading...

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Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe putting tariffs under scrutiny

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:30:58+00:00

Imports this year now account for 14% of the market amid claims vehicles are being dumped in the EU and UKChinese electric car sales have risen across Europe to a record high driven by strong demand and low tariffs in the UK and a surge in buyers in Italy.Against a backdrop of claims that Chinese carmakers are “dumping” state-subsidised vehicles in the EU and UK to gain market share, the figures will give impetus to calls for quotas and higher tariffs to protect European manufacturers. Continue reading...

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Syria Agrees to Reorganized Russian Military Presence

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-09T14:30:54+00:00

After more than a year and a half of negotiations, Syria and Russia have agreed on new parameters of Russia’s military presence in Syria. Syria said it opens the way for a new phase in relations.

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