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NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T05:05:16+00:00

Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewideNew South Wales will send specialist nurses rather than police to some mental health emergencies after the state announced long-fought-for reform in the wake of multiple deaths at the hands of police.Rose Jackson and Yasmin Catley, the mental health and police ministers, announced on Thursday a statewide change to how triple 0 calls are triaged, with a new team of mental health experts assessing mental health calls 24/7 in a bid to provide better support. Continue reading...

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‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T05:03:39+00:00

Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative groupA member of a group of young conservative Liberal power brokers being investigated for allegedly soliciting illegal donations has compared their factional work to Mel Gibson’s Braveheart – and said they “didn’t think the law applied to us” when it came to political funding.The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Thursday heard from Robert Assaf, the first witness from the hard-right Liberal factional group the Reformers to g

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UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T05:00:54+00:00

Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelationsThe UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which US military personnel accused of committing serious crimes on UK soil are avoiding the British justice system.The effort, involving multiple government departments, is examining why UK police forces, which have primary responsibility for investigating such cases, have been ceding jurisdiction to US military investigators. Continue reading...

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A quarter of young Africans believe USAID cuts could be positive, survey finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T05:00:53+00:00

Losing funds should force leaders to confront their own challenges, they said, while many voiced concerns over increasing foreign influence A quarter of young Africans believe aid cuts by the US could have a positive impact, saying that losing foreign money will force leaders to confront and solve their own challenges, according to a new survey.In Ghana and Nigeria, almost half (41% and 40% respectively) of young people aged 18 to 24 were optimistic, with Liberia not far behind (37%). A further one in 10 (11%) young people were uncertain about the impact, according to the African Youth Survey,

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‘Lenin was an enemy of humanity’: Why Kyiv wants to put Cossack chief statue in place of Soviet leader

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T05:00:53+00:00

Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identitySince 2013 the plinth at the bottom of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv has been eerily empty. The scruffy monument is daubed in white paint and graffiti. Someone has stuck a Ukrainian trident where Lenin once stood, gazing down during the years of Soviet communism. A crowd toppled the sculpture during Ukraine’s Maidan revolution, which ousted the pro-Russian government, and smashed it with sledgehammers.In June, Volodymyr Zelenskyy p

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty trade flat; IT stocks lead gains; Waaree Energies shares fall over 6%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:53:21+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian benchmark indices traded marginally higher in early deals on Thursday, led by a broad-based rally in IT stocks, even as investors remained cautious over elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical tensions in West Asia and uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve's policy outlook.

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Waaree Energies shares fall over 6% despite ₹850 crore Q1 profit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:52:58+00:00

Domestic brokerage JM Financial said the company’s first-quarter performance was an all-round miss. The brokerage said revenue stood at ₹79 billion, including one-off revenue of ₹3.5 billion.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty trade flat; IT stocks lead gains amid mixed global cues

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:46:59+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian benchmark indices traded marginally higher in early deals on Thursday, led by a broad-based rally in IT stocks, even as investors remained cautious over elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical tensions in West Asia and uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve's policy outlook.

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Abyro Capital floats spacetech accelerator

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:43:41+00:00

T-Hub will serve as the ecosystem partner, enabling founders to leverage its innovation platform, startup network and industry ecosystem throughout the programme

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Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 28 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:42:33+00:00

Soldiers and emergency workers are searching a badly damaged shopping mall, paper mill and collapsed houses for survivorsThe death toll from the major earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday rose to 28 as the search for trapped survivors inside a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses in the country’s south-west continued.The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu has injured at least 62, the prefectural government said. That number has steadily grown, fanning fears it will rise. Continue reading...

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SUIND raises ₹20.5 cr in seed funding to scale its unmanned aerial systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:33:50+00:00

The fresh capital will be used to scale the commercial deployment of Bumblebee, SUIND’s DGCA type-certified autonomous spraying UAS, accelerate the development of Wasp, its aerial intelligence and inspection UAS

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Evo Morales defiant after new Bolivia arrest warrant

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:27:22+00:00

Bolivia's former president is being investigated 'for armed uprising' against the state, among other things.

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Redington posts record revenue and PAT growth in Q1

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:22:25+00:00

Revenue from operations for the quarter went up 34.5% year-on-year to ₹34,922 crore

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty edge higher; IT stocks lead gains amid mixed global cues

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:21:50+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian benchmark indices traded marginally higher in early deals on Thursday, led by a broad-based rally in IT stocks, even as investors remained cautious over elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical tensions in West Asia and uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve's policy outlook.

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Crude oil futures fall despite continued US-Iran strikes

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:18:54+00:00

US Central Command assets struck dozens of IRGC targets in Iran, including military command centres, missile and drone facilities, and maritime capabilities

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Juniper Green Energy IPO opens today at ₹214-225 price band

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:14:49+00:00

Juniper Green Energy develops, builds and operates utility-scale solar, wind, hybrid and battery energy storage projects across India.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex falls over 150 points at open; Nifty slips amid mixed global cues

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:12:54+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian benchmark indices opened on a cautious note on Thursday as investors weighed a divided US Federal Reserve, renewed West Asia tensions and elevated crude oil prices, although sustained FPI inflows, a stable rupee and supportive derivatives positioning helped limit the early losses.

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Nifty opens flat amid Fed split, crude surge and US-Iran flare-up

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T04:12:33+00:00

The muted opening followed a sharp overnight sell-off on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 2.2 per cent and the Nasdaq fell 1.7 per cent

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Anthony Fauci’s diaries take aim at News Corp journalist Sharri Markson’s ‘nonsense’ Covid-19 investigation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:10:53+00:00

US former top health official, who was subpoenaed to appear at a Senate hearing into Covid-19, says Markson’s reporting about virus’s origin ‘does not make any sense’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDr Anthony Fauci, the US’s chief medical adviser at the start of the pandemic, has described a book by News Corp investigative journalist Sharri Markson backing the “lab leak” theory of Covid-19’s origins as a “bunch of nonsense” in his newly released diaries.This week, Fauci, 85, was subpoenaed by the Republican senator Rand Paul to appear at a Senate hearing into Covid-1

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Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:00:52+00:00

Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according to the head of the British car industry’s lobby group.The chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Mike Hawes, said those with existing UK operations were considering building new models, but had held back so far. Continue reading...

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How Climate Change and Tariffs Help China Raise More Cattle

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:00:11+00:00

As increased rain makes grasslands and cornfields possible in areas that once were deserts, the world’s largest beef importer is becoming more self-reliant by expanding domestic herds.

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U.S.-Saudi Attack on Iraqi Militias Risks Drawing Them into War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-30T04:00:10+00:00

Iran-aligned militias in Iraq were under growing pressure to disarm, but the latest strikes may embolden them to get more deeply involved in the war.

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« C’est comme si j’étais prisonnier dans un paradis » : le Cap-Vert, refuge précaire pour de nombreux homosexuels africains persécutés

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-30T04:00:06+00:00

Etat d’Afrique le plus tolérant envers les LGBT+, d’après une enquête d’Afrobarometer, l’archipel abrite de nombreux Africains qui fuient la répression liée à leur orientation sexuelle. Mais l’absence de politique d’asile leur empêche d’obtenir des titres de séjour.

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US launches ‘heavy wave’ of new strikes on Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-30T03:56:07+00:00

Iranian media report that a couple and their two-year-old child were killed in latest US attacks on Qeshm Island.

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Australia news live: Taylor ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to rightwing Liberal faction’s activities, Icac hears; Neil the seal’s Tasmanian antics cost $36,000

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-30T03:49:32+00:00

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMinister says meeting Closing the Gap target a major step, but more work needed on othersMalarndirri McCarthy, the minister for Indigenous Australians, said early childhood education enrolment for First Nations children was a milestone in the effort to reach the Closing the Gap targets.It is important to see this milestone achieved, and that is because of the work of the Aboriginal and community controlled sector and those involved in the preschool sector. … Clearly, the challenges with all the other targets remain,

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Samsung reports record earnings on surging AI memory chip demand

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-30T03:43:51+00:00

The semiconductor division offset losses elsewhere as rising AI infrastructure investments boosted demand for advanced memory chips and server components.

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