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Migrants overrun a Spanish outpost, stirring European outrage

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:50:18+00:00

Widely circulated video showed thousands of Moroccans storming into a Spanish outpost in North Africa. The White House condemned Spain as weak on immigration.

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Chancellor confirms Autumn budget will be delivered on 28 October – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:49:40+00:00

The chancellor says it will ‘give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future’The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the Tower of London, can go ahead after a high court challenge against the decision to grant planning permission was dismissed, PA Media is reporting.The Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association (RMCRA) brought legal action against the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Continue reading...

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Kochi Metro Rail garner ₹52.64 crore operational profit; reduces loss

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:47:24+00:00

At the same time, the company’s net loss came down significantly from ₹430.50 crore in 2024–25 to ₹352.49 crore in 2025–26, witnessing a steady improvement in its overall financial health.

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Trump defends $1.8bn slush fund that is holding up Todd Blanche confirmation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:39:52+00:00

President calls for former personal defense lawyer to be ‘immediately approved’ as attorney generalDonald Trump has defended controversial plans for a $1.8bn slush fund even as they threaten to derail the nomination of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for US attorney general.Blanche “should be immediately approved” by the US Senate, the president declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, defending the payout scheme proposed by his officials in the Department of Justice as it holds up Blanche’s confirmation. Continue reading...

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Après l’Arabie saoudite, la Corée du Sud demande elle aussi aux Etats-Unis d’avoir le droit d’enrichir de l’uranium

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-31T14:35:49+00:00

Washington, qui vient d’annoncer un accord autorisant Riyad à se doter de ses propres moyens d’enrichissement, refuse toujours ce droit à Séoul. La Corée du Sud dit en avoir besoin pour faire face à des besoins énergétiques croissants et pour développer des sous-marins à propulsion nucléaire.

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Sensex, Nifty sustain successive monthly gains

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:27:51+00:00

A slew of positives, FPI buying, turnaround in IT stocks boost sentiment in July

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Supreme Court stays Senthilbalaji’s arrest in TASMAC corruption case

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:27:41+00:00

The apex court Bench said with the change in government in Tamil Nadu, there was no cause of worry for the State that Mr. Senthilbalaji would influence the trajectory of the investigation

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The Hindu reprints historic August 15, 1947 edition for Independence Day

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:24:09+00:00

As part of 80th Independence Day commemorations this year, The Hindu is making the landmark edition available on Zepto, allowing readers to revisit history exactly as it was reported on August 15, 1947

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The Bright Side

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:15:08+00:00

The Mercedes-Benz GLS 450d Night Edition delivers luxury the good old way — with a big diesel, ample room and effortless performance

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Maruti Suzuki Brezza: Fountain of Youth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:14:00+00:00

The Maruti Suzuki Brezza gets a spirited new engine among other revisions. Is that enough to widen its appeal?

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Iran strikes tankers under US escort in Hormuz strait as Trump gathers cabinet to discuss war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:11:31+00:00

Energy prices have soared again since fighting between US and Iran resumed two weeks ago as conflict spreads across Middle EastMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIran said it struck two tankers trying to pass through the strait of Hormuz under the escort of the US military, as Donald Trump gathered his cabinet at to discuss the stalling war and rising prices as midterm election in the US loom.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said they had hit two tankers trying to pass through the strait on Friday. Continue reading...

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TVS tops July e-2W retail registrations as EV sales jump 76.6%; penetration nears 11%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T14:11:28+00:00

TVS Motor retained its leadership in India’s electric two-wheeler market in July as registrations surged 76.6 per cent year-on-year to 1.91 lakh units, lifting EV penetration close to 11 per cent despite a marginal sequential moderation from June.

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FTSE 100 on track for best month since first US attacks on Iran five months ago – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:10:52+00:00

Live, rolling coverage as London’s biggest companies defy Middle East disruption and UK petrol prices rise to around £1.60 per litre, the highest since Donald Trump ordered renewed strikesThe story piquing the interest of the financial press this morning is that of Leopold Aschenbrenner, the AI Wunderkind (he’s German-born) who has been forced to sell off his fund in a fire sale after the AI boom ran out of steam.The 24-year-old had persuaded a lot of people to give him a lot of money for a hedge fund, after previously working for OpenAI and the FTX Future Fund, a charitable arm of the fraudul

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Second police official in St Paul alleges sexual harassment by mayor

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:08:15+00:00

Kaohly Her is accused of inappropriate conduct and creating a ‘sexualized work environment’ by senior officialsUS politics live – latest updatesA second senior police official in St Paul has alleged sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct by the Minnesota city’s Democratic mayor, Kaohly Her, following confirmation that an inquiry into her behavior was launched earlier this year.The new claims were reported on Thursday by the Minnesota Star Tribune, which said it obtained further details of the mayor’s alleged actions that gave rise to the original complaint by Axel Henry, the police chief

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At least 43 people die as tens of thousands cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T14:04:55+00:00

Pedro Sánchez decries ‘violation of territorial integrity’ as other EU countries criticise Madrid over incidentEurope live – latest updatesAt least 43 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after as many as 50,000 migrants entered the tiny territory from Morocco in a matter of hours, triggering a political crisis for the Madrid government and unleashing a barrage of criticism from other EU countries.The large influx of people arriving in Ceuta by swimming across from neighbouring Morocco or scaling the border fence has caught the city of 85,000 off guard and resulted in

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