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One killed and 16 injured after van mows into crowd and people stabbed at Berlin Pride

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:35:11+00:00

The 21-year-old suspect fled and was ⁠identified by police as member of ⁠city’s ‘Islamist scene’German authorities have issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B. Continue reading...

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One killed, 16 injured after van mows into crowd and people stabbed at Berlin Pride

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:35:11+00:00

The 21-year-old suspect fled and was ⁠identified by police as member of ⁠city’s ‘Islamist scene’German authorities have issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B. Continue reading...

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Police hunt for suspect after one killed and 16 injured in attack at Berlin Pride

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:35:11+00:00

Police and prosecutors ask for help in finding 21-year-old identified as Abdul B after van ramming in German capitalGerman authorities have issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B. They said he was believed to have injured several people with a moving vehicle on Saturday night, and that one or more people apparently then left that vehicle. Several people were also apparently stabbed, they

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Oil near $100 puts Fed and peers in interest-rate spotlight

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T05:25:25+00:00

Crude oil’s brief foray above the $100 level it last exceeded two months ago is just one of the potential inflation risks confronting policymakers

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На трусость, глаза и воробьев: самые необычные налоги в истории

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-26T05:12:23+00:00

24 июля 1851 г. в Великобритании отменили налог на окна. Чем их больше было – тем богаче считался человек. Его ввели в Англии и Уэльсе в 1696 г., а в Шотландии – в 1748-м. Система была построена так: базовый налог на дом составлял 2 шиллинга, владельцы домов с 10–20 окнами доплачивали еще 4 шиллинга, а при наличии более 20 окон – 8 шиллингов. За время существования сбор повышали не менее шести раз, неоднократно корректируя методику расчета. При этом годовой доход представителей бедных сословий составлял 20–60 фунтов (400–1200 шиллингов), а среднего класса – 100–300 фунтов (2000-6000 шиллингов)

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Oil near $100 puts fed and peers in interest-rate spotlight

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T05:11:34+00:00

Crude oil’s brief foray above the $100 level it last exceeded two months ago is just one of the potential inflation risks confronting policymakers

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U.S.-Iran Strikes Abate as War Enters Latest Crossroads

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:09:59+00:00

The Trump administration pulled back from major escalation, in part because of concerns over the supply of munitions, said people familiar with the matter.

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Hassanein Hiridjee, ou les ambitions d’un impatient de transformer l’Afrique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:11+00:00

« Fortunes africaines ». Né à Madagascar il y a dix ans, le groupe Axian opère dans 21 pays d’Afrique, dans les télécoms, l’énergie ou les services bancaires. Une expansion tous azimuts portée par un fondateur charismatique qui veut aller très vite. Le milliardaire est tout autant convaincu des forces du secteur privé du continent que lucide sur ses faiblesses.

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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:04+00:00

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously disclosed increasing nervousness over their security. Some have reported avoiding or altering coverage on certain topics due to intimidation, leading to self-censorship and “a narrowing of the public c

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How Trump could undermine the midterms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:04+00:00

The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in NovemberWhen Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Friday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.US elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen”, Trump alleged, claiming that “the trust of the American people was lost” when he was defeated. Continue reading...

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UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:04+00:00

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously disclosed increasing nervousness over their security. Some have reported avoiding or altering coverage on certain topics due to intimidation, leading to self-censorship and “a narrowing of the public c

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UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:04+00:00

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously disclosed increasing nervousness over their security. Some have reported avoiding or altering coverage on certain topics due to intimidation, leading to self-censorship and “a narrowing of the public c

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Venezuela men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:03+00:00

Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownVenezuelan men sent last year to a notorious Salvadorian terrorism prison by the Trump administration are suing the US aviation companies that transported them there.A lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Washington DC accuses the companies CSI Aviation and GlobalX of violating the Venezuelans’ civil rights, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and other violations, for their role in flying the three planes that took the men to El Salvador.

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‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:03+00:00

Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union saysBeekeepers and environmentalists in France have reacted furiously after parliament approved a bill reauthorising two banned pesticides scientists say can poison bees.“There are no words to describe the frustration,” said Carolyn Bouguet, a beekeeper in Essonne, greater Paris. “Bee populations have already been badly compromised by climate change, new parasites and loss of habitat. And now this.” Continue reading...

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Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T05:00:03+00:00

Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownVenezuelan men sent last year to a notorious Salvadorian terrorism prison by the Trump administration are suing the US aviation companies that transported them there.A lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Washington DC accuses the companies CSI Aviation and GlobalX of violating the Venezuelans’ civil rights, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and other violations, for their role in flying the three planes that took the men to El Salvador.

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TN cracks down on liquor overpricing, issues new rules

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T04:41:30+00:00

Prompted by a recent judgment by the Madras High Court, the corporation aims to eliminate widespread consumer complaints regarding illegal price markups at retail outlets

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Look beyond the “No Palm Oil” label

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T04:21:39+00:00

Palm oil is neither a miracle ingredient nor a villain; it is an edible oil whose health and sustainability profile depends on how it is produced and used

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‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-26T04:16:11+00:00

This blog is now closed‘We’re cohesive’: PM says after muted ALP national conferenceThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke with David Speers on Insiders as Labor’s 50th national conference in Adelaide was wrapping up.Well, our government does listen to people but [there was a] broad consensus about the direction in which we’re taking government … A government that doesn’t sit idle. We don’t just occupy the space. And there’s recognition of that from delegates that we are a united party We’re cohesive. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran affirme que la guerre va « s’étendre encore » si les attaques américaines reprennent

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-26T04:15:31+00:00

« Si les Américains se laissent à nouveau tromper par [Israël], et insistent pour continuer la guerre, particulièrement par des frappes aériennes, elle s’étendra géographiquement », a déclaré, le porte-parole de l’armée iranien, Mohammad Akraminia, dimanche, avant une visite du premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Nétanyahou, à Washington.

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Pick of BL commodities -July 26, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T04:11:32+00:00

Last week, the Indian Agriculture Ministry’s data showed that the deficit in kharif sowing narrowed to 6%, though the monsoon continues to be 17% deficient so far. The US meteorological agency, the Climate Prediction Center, says there is a 97% chance of El Nino lingering till March 2027. India’s edible oil import bill is up 20% between November and June, while egg prices have soared to a record high on prolonged summer. Exits from physically-backed gold exchange-traded (ETFs) fund matched inflows in the week ending July 17

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Why global automotive suppliers can no longer manage India from Europe

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-26T04:11:29+00:00

As global automakers redraw supply chains and software reshapes the car, FORVIA Chief Executive Officer Martin Fischer says India’s role is changing from an offshore engineering centre to a market with local product ownership, faster decision-making and growing influence over global automotive strategy

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