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National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T15:10:17+00:00

Exclusive: Outsourced guards, largely from ethnic minority backgrounds, barred from staff hub for mainly white employeesThe National Gallery’s security staff, of whom the vast majority are from ethnic minority backgrounds, are facing shocking segregation, a senior curator has claimed.Its outsourced guards are barred from the building’s high-quality “hub” – bright and airy recreation rooms that are available to the institution’s mainly white employees. Continue reading...

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Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T15:00:27+00:00

The 85-year-old former broadcaster faces 22 charges from six different complainants in what is expected to be a four-month trialGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe high-profile trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones for indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins on Monday in Sydney’s Downing Centre local court and is expected to run for four months and hear from 76 witnesses.Judge Glenn Walsh will hear from six complainants who were allegedly indecently assaulted by the 85-year-old between 2003 and 2020. Continue reading...

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A record number of First Nations people died in NSW prison custody last year. Advocates fear this year will be worse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T15:00:24+00:00

Exclusive: Karlene Whitton says her son Matthew Roberts took his own life three months into his jail term. ‘I keep picturing it every night’Warning: This article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirst Nations advocates warn that prisons in New South Wales could exceed the record number of Indigenous deaths in custody set last year, after two men died this month.Matthew Roberts, a 27-year-old Bundjalung, Yaegl and Gamilaroi man and father of two young boys, took his life inside Lithgow correctional centre

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« Les gens viennent ici pour se reposer. Mais il devient très difficile de leur offrir cette sérénité » : en Tunisie, le secteur du tourisme affecté par les coupures d’électricité et d’eau à répétition

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-02T15:00:07+00:00

Le pays est confronté à des chaleurs exceptionnelles qui mettent à rude épreuve le réseau électrique et la distribution d’eau. Avec de lourdes conséquences pour les hôteliers et les restaurateurs, en pleine saison estivale.

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En Géorgie, le plus long mouvement de contestation de l’histoire du pays, vitrine de la résistance : « On défend notre avenir européen »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-02T15:00:03+00:00

Malgré la répression, des centaines de personnes manifestent quotidiennement depuis la suspension, en novembre 2024, du processus d’intégration à l’Union européenne. Gagnés par l’abattement, certains mettent en cause l’efficacité de ces protestations.

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Man arrested after Scottish woman found dead inside suitcase in Athens

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T14:56:41+00:00

Greek police say 26-year-old foreigner is believed to have left Elisabeth-Jane Ross’s body in derelict buildingA man has been arrested after the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Athens.The 26-year-old man, who Greek police said was a foreigner, was arrested after the death of Elisabeth-Jane Ross. The 38-year-old’s body was discovered inside a suitcase by a homeless man in a derelict building in the Kypseli area of Athens on 18 July. Continue reading...

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A high stakes feline translocation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T14:56:25+00:00

A gripping behind-the-scenes account of the re-introduction of cheetahs back to India

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A dispatch from the last sane era of AI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T14:47:08+00:00

A perfect chronicle of the pre-2022 moment in AI, when the field still had protagonists

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Heatwave forces nuclear shutdown in Hungary

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-02T14:44:34+00:00

Hungary says a heatwave has forced the shutdown of its largest nuclear plant as low Danube levels disrupt cooling.

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‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T14:42:01+00:00

Labour chair accuses Reform of making ‘grubby pacts’ after contradictory reports emerge on timeline of eventsReform UK is operating under a “stench of sleaze” Labour have said, after reports that Nigel Farage struck a secret deal to return as leader of Reform UK months before the general election.Farage was in discussions about a return to the political frontline from as early as March 2024, despite claiming that he had no intention of returning to politics until June 2024, the Sunday Times reported. Continue reading...

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Tanks, troops and space

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-02T14:34:21+00:00

Andrius Kubilius on the lessons from Ukraine and why drones and space are transforming Europe's security strategy.

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Why not a have a GRE-style NEET exam?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-02T14:28:33+00:00

The GRE conducted by the ETS in the US gives us a useful template to revamp NEET

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже с 27 по 31 июля

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-02T14:16:51+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка за неделю с 27 по 31 июля поднялся на 2,8% до 2226,36 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС увеличился на 0,95% до 882,61 пункта.

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Crise de Ceuta : entre l’Espagne et le Maroc, trente ans de rapprochements stratégiques et beaucoup d’arrière-pensées

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-02T14:15:05+00:00

L’afflux de migrants dans l’enclave de Ceuta, les 30 et 31 juillet, est un nouvel épisode des relations tumultueuses qu’entretiennent les deux pays depuis la signature de leur traité « d’amitié, de bon voisinage et de coopération » dans les années 1990.

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Нейтралізувати генерала у ресторані в Москві намагалася "третя сторона", - експерт

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-02T14:14:00+00:00

Коваленко зауважив, що якби це були розбірки всередині російських спецслужб, то вони закінчуються інакше - інфарктом, інсультом або стрибком з вікна.

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House prices slide across Australia as Middle East conflict and tax changes begin to bite

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T14:01:23+00:00

Cotality data shows a drop in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, as nation’s median home price falls about $19,000 below its March peakGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHouse prices have fallen in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as the market downturn spreads across Australia.New Cotality data, released on Monday, showed prices have fallen across most of the nation since May. Continue reading...

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‘Tiger mum’ Lucy Powell on Labour’s vocational skills drive: ‘It’s about ambition for everybody’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T13:58:43+00:00

New education secretary says it is ‘false trade-off’ by critics to suggest schools cannot pursue academic excellence alongside technical skillsLucy Powell has said she wants to be an ambitious “tiger mum” for all young people, whatever their route through education, after the government was accused of dumbing down England’s schools with plans to create more vocational routes.The new education secretary said secondary pupils should be able to pursue academic excellence as well as high-quality vocational training, and it was a “false trade-off” to suggest schools could not provide both. Continue

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Evacuations near Athens as Greece becomes focus of Europe’s wildfire crisis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T13:52:53+00:00

High winds spread flames through Attica while blazes stabilise in France and Spain but risk of flare-ups remains highEurope’s wildfire crisis fractured along starkly different fronts on Sunday: gale-force winds drove flames deeper into the Athens region and forced fresh evacuations, France guarded a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris against renewed spread, and Spain’s major fires finally stopped advancing.The centre of immediate danger was Greece. Gale-force winds drove flames deeper into western Attica, the administrative region that includes the capital, threatening villages an

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Moscow bomb kills at least three as device carried by woman explodes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-02T13:51:41+00:00

More than 20 people injured in blast near Italian restaurant Balzi Rossi in centre of Russian capital on Saturday nightA homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in ⁠an explosion near a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, prompting speculation on social media that the attack may have been linked to the war in Ukraine.The explosion occurred just before 8pm local time (18:00 BST) close to an Italian restaurant in one of Moscow’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya ​Square, the police said. Continue reading...

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