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Mancini reappointed Italy boss after Pirlo controversy

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:54:00+00:00

Roberto Mancini is appointed Italy manager for a second time - just a day after Andrea Pirlo rules himself out of the running for the job and technical director Paolo Maldini resigns.

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Tories’ Philp rejects French claim that shots fired from naval boat near him were training exercise – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:50:52+00:00

Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.In a post on social media, he says:On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17

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Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:41:54+00:00

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyedThe campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament Square saying “Yes it’s a Genocide” was seized by Greater London Authority officials and destroyed.Representatives of the GLA arrived on the scene in central London and confiscated the 40-metre by 40-metre banner after it was unfurled on 4 December 2024, just under two months after Israel began its assault on Gaza following the 11 October attacks by Hamas. Continue rea

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SIP inflows of most listed MFs hits a bump

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-28T13:40:04+00:00

Sequential SIP inflows slow down in June quarter on weak returns

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Turmeric prices soar on tight supplies, fear over deficient monsoon rain

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-28T13:37:00+00:00

Turmeric prices surged to ₹200 a kg in the Erode APMC yard from ₹160 in a very short time, but have pulled back to ₹170, said RKV Ravishankar, President of Erode Turmeric Merchants Association 

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : après plusieurs jours d’accalmie, des échanges diplomatiques entre l’Iran, Oman et l’Arabie saoudite

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-28T13:35:37+00:00

Les ministres des affaires étrangères iranien, omanais et saoudien ont évoqué l’état du détroit d’Ormuz, et appelé à la coopération face aux Etats-Unis, rapportent des médias iraniens. Donald Trump a dit avoir décidé de suspendre les bombardements afin de donner une nouvelle chance aux négociations, selon des médias américains.

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Guerre en Ukraine : l’Europe redoute une participation plus active de la Biélorussie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-28T13:30:12+00:00

Sommé par Kiev de rompre ses liens militaires avec Moscou, courtisé sans succès par les Occidentaux, Alexandre Loukachenko, le président biélorusse, maintient son pays dans une posture d’appui discret à la Russie, sans engager pour le moment ses propres troupes.

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Japan earthquake injures 50 and traps ‘many people’ inside shopping mall

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:29:18+00:00

Deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildingsA 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured, with some trapped and presumed dead inside a partly collapsed shopping mall.The earthquake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on the southern Kyushu island late on Tuesday afternoon, knocking out power to thousands of homes and damaging roads, bridges and buildings. Continue reading...

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‘Many people’ trapped inside Japanese shopping centre, others missing in paper factory, after earthquake – live updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:28:24+00:00

An ⁠earthquake ​with ⁠a ⁠preliminary magnitude ​of ‌7.1 ‌struck ‌the country’s Kumamoto prefectureKyushu Electric Power said ​48,000 homes had lost power as a result of the latest ​quake, while railway company JR Kyushu said that it had ​suspended services, including its high-speed bullet trains.Kumamoto airport also shut its runway, as airlines diverted and cancelled flights. Continue reading...

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Озеро під Антарктидою не замерзає вже 15 мільйонів років: вчені пояснили, у чому секрет

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-28T13:26:00+00:00

Особливий інтерес викликає питання про можливе існування життя. Оскільки сонячне світло ніколи не проникає під лід, фотосинтез у озері неможливий.

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Озеро під Антарктидою не замерзає вже 15 мільйонів років: вчені розкрили секрет

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-28T13:26:00+00:00

Особливий інтерес викликає питання про можливе існування життя. Оскільки сонячне світло ніколи не проникає під лід, фотосинтез у озері неможливий.

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Conservative MP rejects French claim that shots fired from naval boat near him were training exercise, not intimidation – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:25:16+00:00

Chris Philp says French authorities claims that shots fired near him in the Channel were part of training are ‘not credible’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.In a post on social media, he says:On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship appr

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Cognizant bags IT operations deal from Novartis

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-28T13:25:10+00:00

Under the agreement, Cognizant will help consolidate applications, infrastructure, security, digital workplace and platform services into a unified, end-to-end operating model powered by AI, automation and agentic capabilities.

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GSK to cut jobs amid £1.9bn cost-cutting plan and bid for faster drug development

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:20:22+00:00

Pharmaceuticals company is investing £400m in UK life sciences and moving scientists to new Cambridge R&D siteBusiness live – latest updatesThe British drugmaker GSK is to announce sweeping job cuts as part of a £1.9bn cost-cutting programme to pay for a £400m investment in UK life sciences over the next three years, including in a new research and development centre in Cambridge, as it looks to develop drugs more quickly under its new chief executive.The pharmaceuticals company announced on Tuesday it will move more than 1,000 of its scientists to its new site on the Cambridge biomedical

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‘It’s not cricket’: cheating row as ‘Clicky Ponting’ appears to dupe umpire

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-28T13:18:54+00:00

Viral video apparently shows a Saltburn 2nd XI fielder clicking his fingers to mimic a batter’s nickThe ball is bowled, the batter plays a shot and it’s caught by the wicketkeeper to cheers all round. The batter is clearly bemused. Did he hit it? Or … did a fielder click his fingers to mimic a nick?A row has erupted in the normally friendly, if ultra-competitive, world of English club cricket after footage went viral of alleged cheating. Australian cricket will always have Sandpapergate. The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League now has clickgate – or, as it has been christened onlin

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