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Here comes the alt-bride: wedding gowns enter a more experimental era

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:55:34+00:00

Celebrities including Charli xcx and Gabbriette and avant-garde brands honour tradition while also rejecting itIf a wedding day brings to mind a bride dressed in a big white dress, the styles coming down the aisle in the near future may strike you as a little different. Whether it is through celebrity references, or new brands, wedding gowns are entering a more experimental era.For Charli xcx’s marriage to the 1975 drummer George Daniel last year, the bride wore a minidress and sunglasses. Continue reading...

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

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:49:17+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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Возможность защиты от валютной неопределенности: почему бронирование курса становится новой нормой для бизнеса

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-31T13:48:05+00:00

Экспортеры теряют миллиарды из-за укрепления рубля, импортеры – из-за его ослабления. И 2026 г. не стал исключением. Валютный рынок остается непредсказуемым. Например, курс юаня к рублю продолжает колебаться в широких диапазонах, а курс рупии к рублю – заметно снижаться с начала года. И для того, чтобы сохранить маржинальность и избежать потерь от курсовых скачков, бизнес вынужден искать простые и быстрые способы защиты от валютных рисков.

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Ascolti tv, cambia la misurazione: la Rai torna davanti a Mediaset

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-31T13:45:50+00:00

I dati dell’Osservatorio AgCom. Nel primo trimestre 2026 il servizio pubblico conquista il 38,5% di share nel prime time, contro il 38,4% del gruppo di Cologno Monzese. Il criterio “Total Audience” comprende smartphone, tablet, pc, contenuti on demand e programmi recuperati entro lo stesso giorno

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Ascolti tv, cambia la misurazione: la Rai è davanti a Mediaset

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-31T13:45:50+00:00

I dati dell’Osservatorio AgCom. Nel primo trimestre 2026 il servizio pubblico conquista il 38,5% di share nel prime time, contro il 38,4% del gruppo di Cologno Monzese. Il criterio “Total Audience” comprende smartphone, tablet, pc, contenuti on demand e programmi recuperati entro lo stesso giorno

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Two men to file wrongful arrest lawsuit over Nancy Guthrie disappearance case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:40:00+00:00

Move seeking $3.25m in damages six months after mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was last seen safeTwo men questioned early in the search for NBC’s Today Show host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother said they will file a $3.25m wrongful arrest lawsuit against the sheriff who detained them, as the investigation passes the six-month mark this weekend.Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen safe while at her Tucson, Arizona, home on 1 February. Authorities, including the FBI, believe she was kidnapped. But despite a number of leads and blood spatters at the house, no further trace of her has be

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Піраміда ШІ та чипів завалюється. Це передвісник масштабної фінансової кризи

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-31T13:38:00+00:00

Світ затамував подих у період звітності найбільших технологічних корпорацій. Адже якщо їхній курс на ШІ та чіпи виявиться провальним, це може "затягнути" планету у чергову фінансову кризу. А жодна така криза Україну раніше не оминала.

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LT Foods shares jump 4% on strong Q1 results; stock outperforms market

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T13:35:42+00:00

At the closing price, LT Foods carried a total market capitalisation of ₹14,338 crore, up sharply from ₹12,762 crore reported in the investor presentation as of June 30

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Kashmir eyes golf tourism as next growth driver

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T13:30:39+00:00

The focus on golf tourism comes into the spotlight once again as Srinagar gears up to host the fifth edition of the J&K Open, a DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) event, at the Royal Springs Golf Course from August 4 to 7.

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« Ce que vivent les Palestiniens en Cisjordanie occupée dépasse la violence ordinaire et correspond exactement à la définition du terrorisme »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-31T13:30:10+00:00

Arie Perliger, professeur à l’université du Massachusetts à Lowell, spécialiste du terrorisme d’extrême droite en Israël et aux Etats-Unis, revient dans un entretien au « Monde » sur les ressorts idéologiques de la violence des colons en Cisjordanie occupée et sur les responsabilités du gouvernement israélien dans sa persistance.

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Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:29:42+00:00

Exclusive: Danielle Kirton calls on Ed Miliband to help her get answers about why evacuation order came too lateThe bereaved daughter of a British couple who died in a Spanish wildfire is calling on Ed Miliband to get answers from Spain’s government about why her parents were not told to evacuate until it was too late.Severe wildfires have burned across Spain and France since early July, killing people, destroying thousands of homes and forcing more than 300,000 people to flee. Continue reading...

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Trump attacks Republican senator and defends $1.8bn slush fund amid Blanche nomination standoff – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:28:37+00:00

Trump says US senator John Cornyn, who is stalling Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination, didn’t have a problem with IRS slush fund until Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in Texas primarySign up for the US Breaking News emailDonald Trump went after US senator John Cornyn this morning, saying Cornyn didn’t have a problem with the IRS slush fund until after Trump endorsed his opponent, Ken Paxton, in the Republican primary in Texas, which Paxton won.Trump also defended the $1.8bn slush fund to pay out people who claim they were targets of political weaponization which also grants Trump and his bus

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Karjewy: как философия бренда помогает создавать украшения вне времени

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-31T13:19:21+00:00

Есть украшения, которые покупают под настроение. А есть те, что становятся частью семейной истории. Их надевают в самые важные дни жизни, бережно хранят долгие годы, а потом передают детям. На этих принципах уже более 20 лет строит свою работу семейный ювелирный дом Karjewy. Почему в компании считают, что настоящая роскошь измеряется не стоимостью, а временем, рассказала основатель бренда Мадина Абдусаламова.

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FTSE 100 on track for best month since first US attacks on Iran five months ago – business live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:15:52+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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Manipal Health Enterprises IPO subscribed 5x on closing day

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-31T13:12:08+00:00

The IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to ₹8,000 crore and an offer for sale of up to 2.16 crore equity shares by existing shareholders

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Andy Burnham calls on Infantino to resign over ‘outrageous’ World Cup plans

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-31T13:06:49+00:00

UK prime minister is the first head of a major nation to call on the under-pressure Fifa president to step downUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has called on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, to resign over his “outrageous” plans to sell a stake in the World Cup.Infantino faces growing pressure over his proposals, which triggered a backlash among major football bodies and prompted the resignation on Friday of a key advisor. Continue reading...

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