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US inflation hits 3.7%, raising odds of Fed rate hike in October

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T14:36:15+00:00

Higher fuel costs and broadening price pressures complicated the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook, while markets reassessed the likelihood of another rate increase.

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Pour la « gen Z » de Madagascar, un an après le putsch militaire, les lendemains qui déchantent

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-14T14:30:13+00:00

« Madagascar, un an après le coup d’Etat » (1/4). Lancé en septembre 2025, le mouvement de protestation de la jeunesse malgache, qui a conduit au renversement du président Andry Rajoelina, se heurte aux promesses d’une « refondation » du pouvoir par la junte restée lettre morte.

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France’s students are angry about more than crumbling classrooms and missing teachers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:29:13+00:00

Beneath a wave of school protests in France lies a more existential worry: the future prospects of an entire generation• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSay what you will about France’s high schools, they still produce world-class slogan writers. Here’s a brief selection spotted during three weeks of blockades and marches over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings:“Pas d’avenir, pas de calme” (No future, no calm). “Diplômés aujourd’hui, précaires demain” (Graduates today, insecure tomorrow). “Vous détruisez notre futur, on bloque v

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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:17:27+00:00

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Q2 Results Today Highlights: Groww Q2 profit jumps 54%, Canara Bank up 8.4%; HDB Financial profit rises, Tata Tech revenue surges 28%, Leela net profit up 27%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T14:15:22+00:00

Q2 Results Today, 14th October 2026 Highlights: Several companies are scheduled to announce their results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, on Wednesday includingBHEL, Groww, Canara Bank, ICICIGI, CEAT, HDB Financial, Tata Tech are among the companies in focus as the September-quarter earnings season progresses. Follow this live blog for the latest results, key financial highlights and stock movements as companies announce their earnings.

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New York City moves to ban horse-drawn carriages

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:14:20+00:00

Mamdani and city council leader agree on ban that would make it illegal to operate horse-drawn carriages in the cityMayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.Mamdani has agreed to back a bill supported by Julie Menin, the speaker of the New York City council, that would make it illegal to operate horse-drawn carriages beginning in June 2028, Politico reported on Tuesday. The city council is expected to vote on the legislation next week. Continue reading

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NLC to set up BESS projects at multiple locations in West Bengal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T14:11:34+00:00

NIRL emerged as the successful bidder under Tariff- Based Competitive Bidding and accordingly has received Letter of Award from WBSEDCL for the development of aforesaid project

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Colombia inaugurates embassy to Israel in Jerusalem

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:08:45+00:00

Move by Colombia's new right-wing government marks a major shift after former President Petro severed ties with Israel.

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‘English nationalist’ content creators film themselves in asylum seekers’ house

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:08:24+00:00

Video posted online shows men entering home through unlocked door and claiming to be looking for paperworkA Home Office accommodation provider has launched an investigation after “English nationalist” content creators posing as contractors filmed themselves entering a property housing asylum seekers.The video, titled “HMO Hunting in Leicestershire”, was posted to the Truthhurts101UK YouTube account, which describes itself as being run by an “English nationalist citizen journalist” and claims to cover “immigration, demographic change, policing and stories others overlook”. The footage was also

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Steel prices rise for third consecutive month on cost push

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T14:07:03+00:00

The ongoing geo-political uncertainty has pushed up cost on imported key raw materials including coking and thermal coal, ferro-alloys besides the rise in shipping cost

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Merry squishmas: £10 squeezy banana on list of top festive season toys

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-14T14:03:08+00:00

Social media-driven craze puts ‘squishies’ up there with evergreen favourites such as Lego and Barbie, Hamleys saysA cartoonish banana so addictively squidgy that it is “really difficult to put down” is tipped to be among the must-have toys this Christmas, according to expert buyers at Hamleys.The £10 “slow-rise, squeezable, sensory” fruit taps into the “squishies” craze that is fuelling a high street boom in toy sales. Hamleys expects to sell thousands of the Big Squij toys, which come in a variety of food and animal shapes filled with a flour-based compound, in the coming weeks. Continue rea

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Excluding UK from ‘Made in Europe’ law will hurt entire EU car industry, Mercedes boss warns

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-14T13:57:03+00:00

Ola Källenius says it will ‘weaken the industry on both sides’ ahead of act intended to counter non-EU competition Locking the UK out of the EU’s flagship industrial “Made in Europe” legislation would amount to a “deliberate choice” by EU leaders to “hurt” the car industry across the bloc, the head of Mercedes-Benz has said.Speaking in his capacity as president of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Ola Källenius said such a move would “weaken the industry on both sides”. Continue reading...

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How Bengaluru startup Aaahara is taking botanical foods global

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T13:54:30+00:00

The company leverages cryogenic technology to process spices; ships products to New Zealand, Netherlands and eyes markets in the US, Australia

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India-Mauritius pact brings in Principal Purpose Test

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-14T13:54:02+00:00

The amendment introduces a treaty-level safeguard against abuse, while investments made before April 1, 2017, remain outside the test’s scope

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