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Trump’s attorney general pick says he has reached deal with senators after standoff – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:34:56+00:00

Todd Blanche issues formal order to withdraw ‘anti-weaponization fund’ after weeks of negotiations with Republican senators who were blocking his nominationBlanche formally rescinds Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization fund’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Acting US attorney general Todd Blanche issued a formal order late on Sunday terminating Donald Trump’s $1.8bn “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies. Continue reading...

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Власник Trans-Oil Важа Джаши закликав рятувати українського аграрія

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-03T10:29:41+00:00

фото REUTERSЗасновник групи Trans-Oil Важа Джаши, зернові термінали якої в порту Рені працювали всі воєнні роки, переконаний: в умовах нової блокади портів головне – зберегти українського виробника. Про...

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UK manufacturing growth picks up as Trump tariff chaos eases

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:29:26+00:00

Factories in upbeat mood despite fears over economic impact of US war on Iran, poll findsBusiness live – latest updatesUK manufacturers ramped up production last month for the fourth consecutive month and at the fastest pace in almost two years, according to a leading survey of the industry.The S&P Global poll of manufacturers found them in upbeat mood in July, though anxious about the prospect of a long war in the Middle East that would block supplies of oil and gas, and raise the cost of production. Continue reading...

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Russia blames Ukraine for deadly restaurant bombing in Moscow

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:27:16+00:00

Foreign ministry accuses Kyiv of carrying out attack reports say may have been aimed at air force chiefEurope live – latest updatesRussia has blamed Ukraine for a bombing at a restaurant in central Moscow that killed five people, amid growing speculation that a senior Russian military commander was the intended target.The explosion occurred on Saturday evening near the entrance to an upscale Italian restaurant in one of city’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers on Kudrinskaya Square. Continue reading...

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Rupee ends flat as robust importer hedging blunts oil price relief

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-03T10:25:29+00:00

The currency peaked at 95.1275 as Brent crude prices fell following Trump’s cancellation of an imminent attack, ending at 95.3375 per dollar, down from 95.38

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AstraZeneca holds talks with US cancer drug developer in $400bn merger

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:22:41+00:00

Bristol Myers Squibb tie-up would be one of biggest-ever pharma deals and create world’s fourth-largest drugmakerBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s biggest drugmaker, AstraZeneca, is understood to be in discussions to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a near-$400bn (£300bn) pharmaceutical group.AstraZeneca, run by Pascal Soriot, its longtime chief executive, is the second-biggest listed company in the UK, with a market value of nearly £196bn before the news broke. BMS, headquartered in Princeton and known for its cancer treatments, is worth $133bn. Co

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State Bank of India, HSBC and ICICI lead India's overseas deposit drive, data show

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-03T10:16:21+00:00

ICICI Bank leads private-sector peers with about $3.7 billion in deposits under the scheme. HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, the country’s largest and third-largest private lenders respectively, raise about $1.5 billion each

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еАкциз, скоріш за все, доведеться ще раз перенести через неготовність системи, – Гетманцев

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-03T10:11:19+00:00

фото УНІАН, Олександр СиницяЗапровадження електронного акцизу, заплановане на 1 листопада 2026 р., імовірно, доведеться знову перенести через неготовність програмного забезпечення. Про це заявив глава...

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Reform UK hold press conference on immigration after criticism of pledge to use Navy to stop small boats – politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:06:29+00:00

Labour say plan is a ‘desperate attempt to distract from sleaze’ while a retired commander says it ‘lacks substance’Nigel Farage is speaking at his press conference in London to lay out more details about his plan to deploy the Royal Navy in the English Channel to stop small boat crossings, a proposal which has been criticised for being unworkable. You can watch it live here:Reform UK deputy’s leader, Richard Tice, is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest. Continue reading...

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India’s economy at a crossroads: Robust revenues, emerging headwinds

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-03T10:04:08+00:00

Arun Singh, Global Chief Economist at Dun & Bradstreet, speaks on the significance of record GST collections, rising import-linked tax revenues, trends in the newly introduced Index of Services Production (ISP), and the evolving fiscal deficit situation.

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‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:00:16+00:00

Exclusive: court records reviewed by the Guardian show medical procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood drawsHomeland security officials under the Trump administration have quietly attempted to subject at least 10 hunger strikers in US immigrant detention to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding, a Guardian investigation has found.In 2025 and 2026, officials had definitely performed the procedures on at least three detained immigrants and likely subjected two more to the forced treatment – widely considered torture by human rights

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Abandoned by the US: Palestinian Americans trapped in a surge of Israeli settler violence

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-03T10:00:14+00:00

After visits by US ambassador Mike Huckabee to the nearby Israeli settlement of Shilo, Palestinian Americans in Turmus Ayya have witnessed a terrifying rise in attacksNo man’s land in Turmus Ayya lies where the US flags end and the Israeli flags begin. It is a few hundred metres of soil scorched by molotov cocktails where Israeli settlers have placed a boulder to tell the Palestinian villagers: this is our land now.On one side of that boulder are the white-stoned mansions where the Palestinian residents of Turmus Ayya live. About 80% of them are US citizens, members of the diaspora in New York

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Як вибрати солодкий кавун: що перевірити за хвилину перед покупкою

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-03T10:00:00+00:00

Розповідаємо, на що слід звертати увагу під час купівлі кавуна, як перевірити його стиглість за шкіркою, хвостиком і стуком, а також чи справді кавун-дівчинка солодший.

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Чи шкодять магніти холодильнику та збільшують рахунки за світло: експерти відповіли

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-03T09:59:00+00:00

Виробники побутової техніки запевняють, що звичайні декоративні магніти не впливають на роботу холодильника, але є один важливий нюанс.

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