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Russian and Ukrainian strikes kill 14 on both sides

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-02T18:37:23+00:00

Ukrainian strikes target Russian oil hubs and high-rises as Zelenskyy warns of critical Patriot interceptor shortages

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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T18:28:43+00:00

Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMRRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles, as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years.Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years amplifying misinformation about vaccines, including the shot that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), made his call in the course of a contentious interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunda

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Farmhand with AI-powered deweeding skill

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T18:28:36+00:00

Robot with precision spraying technology travels from Bengaluru to the US market

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Au Brésil, Lula, 80 ans, lance sa campagne pour décrocher un quatrième mandat

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-02T18:24:30+00:00

Revenu en 2023 au pouvoir après deux premiers mandats (2003-2010), le président sortant de gauche a été investi lors d’une convention de son Parti des travailleurs. Il affrontera Flavio Bolsonaro, fils de l’ex-président d’extrême droite.

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Move to extend ISTS waiver

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T18:22:57+00:00

CERC proposes to extend 25-year waiver of inter-State transmission charges for storage systems linked to renewable energy plants

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The long and the short of decarbonising Tata Steel

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T18:18:22+00:00

Steel giant invests in breakthrough processes for long-term clean transition, alongside the use of eco-friendly stop-gap substitutions

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Burnham to be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T18:16:26+00:00

Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’, but safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle traffickingAndy Burnham has pledged to be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish territory, but said “safe routes” for refugees were necessary to tackle trafficking gangs.Speaking during a visit to Dover, the prime minister said he had been assured by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, that approximately 98% of the estimated 50,000 people who entered Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta last week have now

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Time to R&D a way out of solar imports

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T18:14:28+00:00

Solar manufacturing offers a huge scope for process improvements and the development of new-generation cells

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Pakistan Police Station Bombing Kills at Least 14

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-02T18:12:37+00:00

The authorities said the suicide bombing, which killed at least 14 people in the Swat Valley, had been staged by the Pakistani Taliban.

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Republican calls for Max Miller to resign from Congress amid abuse allegations

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T18:09:18+00:00

Senator Bernie Moreno says congressman and former son-in-law should step down after ex-wife’s allegationsRepublican senator Bernie Moreno on Sunday publicly called for Representative Max Miller, his ex son-in-law, to step down from Congress amid allegations of domestic and child abuse.As recently as Friday, the Ohio senator had avoided giving his opinion directly on accusations made by his daughter, Emily Moreno, against the congressman. Continue reading...

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Abdul Samad Rabiu, l’autre industriel multimilliardaire qui veut changer le Nigeria

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-02T18:00:08+00:00

« Fortunes africaines ». Son parcours rappelle celui d’Aliko Dangote, première fortune d’Afrique. Plus discret, le patron du groupe BUA a lui aussi bâti un empire dans le ciment et le sucre. Et lui aussi est originaire de Kano, carrefour millénaire du commerce transsaharien.

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India Inc’s big capex surge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:48:53+00:00

Corporates are borrowing big and the money is flowing towards the setting up of warehouses, renewable energy projects, data centres and factories, among other infrastructure

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Is your enterprise tuned to the Gen Z way of thinking?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:42:28+00:00

Is it time for us to reimagine our workplace policies and practices with the current generations in mind?

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Cubicle chronicles

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:28:31+00:00

Office Drama is India’s first theatre-led workplace storytelling IP

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The golden touch of Joy Alukkas

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:23:08+00:00

The business, the philanthropy and the carefree mindset of India’s wealthiest jewellery entrepreneur

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Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel sparks retailer anger

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T17:21:18+00:00

Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or tillThe chancellor, John Healey, has said the government is standing by to prevent the public “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices.While there had been “no significant evidence of so-called price gouging” during the crisis, he used a weekend column to tell the big retailers that ministers were “watching closely” for any signs of profiteering. Continue reading...

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Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel risks row with retailers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T17:21:18+00:00

Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or tillThe chancellor, John Healey, has said the government is standing by to prevent the public from “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices.While he said there had been “no significant evidence of so-called price gouging” during the crisis, he used a weekend column to tell the big retailers that ministers were “watching closely” for any signs of profiteering. Continue reading...

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Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T17:17:49+00:00

Search and rescue operation under way for crew member whose aircraft went down in gale-force winds west of capitalTwo firefighting helicopters have collided west of Athens, prompting a search and rescue operation, as efforts to control a massive wildfire barrelling towards the outskirts of the Greek capital intensified.Gale-force winds that have pushed flames towards settlements on Athens’ western fringes were caught on video on Sunday downing one of the water-dumping aircraft. Continue reading...

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Weak rupee: Import dependence of exports is a soft spot

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:15:43+00:00

Any export competitiveness accruing from a steadily depreciating rupee may be eroded by the rising cost of imports, especially raw materials and intermediate goods

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L&T Finance’s Lakshya is delivery: Sudipta Roy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T17:08:45+00:00

NBFC targets taking a diversified range of retail financial services to urban and rural customers

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Deadly floods and landslide hit India’s Kerala

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-02T16:55:39+00:00

At least two people have been killed and eight injured after torrential rain triggered flooding

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At the scene of deadly Moscow bomb blast

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-02T16:52:35+00:00

Three people have been killed and 21 injured after an explosive device detonated at an Italian restaurant, Russian media reports.

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Cleveland police failed to arrest man who later killed two-year-old girl

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T16:47:22+00:00

Paedophile breached non-molestation order before killing and sexually assaulting girlfriend’s daughterCleveland police failed to arrest a paedophile for breaching a non-molestation order, 18 months before he murdered and sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, Teesside crown court has heard.Isabelle Welsh died on 14 September 2025 after what police described as a “campaign of violence” against her. The two-year-old collapsed at her home in Teesside after she suffered weeks of abuse which left her with a body covered in bruises and 21 broken bones. Continue reading...

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