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Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T06:11:03+00:00

New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect childrenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSocial media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria.The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, announced a suite of social media reforms on Sunday, saying families needed new ways to protect their children online. Continue reading...

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Technical Call: Godrej Properties - BUY

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-19T05:59:28+00:00

Godrej Properties share price can rally to ₹3,700

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Dozens of Russian missiles pound Kyiv in major attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T05:49:10+00:00

At least one death with authorities reporting fires and damage to offices and homes, while Ukraine’s forces earlier hit logistics warehouses in RussiaRussia has carried out one of its biggest ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead and seven injured, with fires and damage across the city.Ukrainian officials said the capital was hit with about 40 Iskander-M and hypersonic Zircon missiles. Residents heard an air raid siren sound at 1.30am. There was the sound of air defences followed minutes later by a series of booms and explosions.

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Cube Highways Trust InvIT, Indo MIM among 4 public issues opening nextweek

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-19T05:43:59+00:00

Cube Highways Trust will open its ₹5,000-crore InvIT public issue on July 22 and close on July 24. The price band has been fixed at ₹151-152 per unit, while anchor investor bidding will take place on July 21

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Terence Donovan, ‘larger-than-life’ actor and father of Jason, dies aged 90 – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T05:32:35+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London eventPianist Jayson Gillham peforms joint concert for Palestinian familiesPianist Jayson Gillham has performed a concert for Palestinian families.Healing is a long road. For Palestinians, for Gazans, for the families in our care, carrying grief and worry that most of us can barely imagine, there is no quick remedy. But music creates space. Space to grieve. Space to breathe. Space to feel held by something larger th

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ICSI unveils plans for global conference, national convention

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-19T05:30:13+00:00

5th international conference to be held in Mauritius from Aug 3 to 5; 54th national convention planned in Bhubaneswar from Sept 5 to 7

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US bombs Iran for eighth-straight night

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-19T05:08:20+00:00

The US has launched a new wave of strikes on Iran after two American soldiers were killed by Iranian strikes in Jordan.

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Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T05:00:17+00:00

Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuelClimate campaigners have declared a victory after the Bank of England said it would no longer accept bonds linked to one of the most polluting industries on the planet for key loan arrangements.The ban, which comes into force in October, marks a fresh crackdown on thermal coal, which is burned in power plants to create electricity, and has long been a target of green policy activists. Continue reading...

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One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T05:00:17+00:00

The fatal shootings of two men, both killed in their vehicles by ICE agents, have rekindled anger over the US’s militarized deportation pushLorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with his brother and two other passengers in Houston, Texas, when immigration agents began tailing his car. They pulled him over and fired a fatal shot through the open passenger-side window.Six days later in Biddeford, Maine, Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 26, was driving around his neighborhood when agents stopped him at an intersection – right outside the laundromat where he’d often go with his three-year-

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Sur l’armée, les guerres, la politique ou la religion, ce que les jeunes Israéliens disent de leur pays

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-19T04:45:04+00:00

Pour la génération des 15-30 ans, la guerre est devenue un horizon permanent et, pour beaucoup, le prix à payer pour assurer leur sécurité. « Le Monde » est allé à la rencontre de cette jeunesse fracturée entre la certitude d’être au bon endroit et un désir d’ailleurs.

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Australia news live: Terence Donovan, ‘larger-than-life’ actor and father of Jason, dies aged 90

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-19T04:44:53+00:00

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPianist Jayson Gillham peforms joint concert for Palestinian familiesPianist Jayson Gillham has performed a concert for Palestinian families.Healing is a long road. For Palestinians, for Gazans, for the families in our care, carrying grief and worry that most of us can barely imagine, there is no quick remedy. But music creates space. Space to grieve. Space to breathe. Space to feel held by something larger than ourselves. Space to remember that our shared humanity is greater than anything that divides us.

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En Norvège, l’amertume des survivants de l’attentat d’Utoya : « Les idées du néonazi Breivik se sont banalisées dans l’espace public »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-19T04:30:14+00:00

Il y a quinze ans, le terroriste Anders Behring Breivik assassinait 77 personnes à Oslo et sur l’île d’Utoya. Le 22 juillet, la Norvège commémore ces attentats, les plus meurtriers de son histoire depuis la seconde guerre mondiale, en inaugurant un mémorial et un centre d’exposition. Mais les rescapés se désolent de voir que les idées d’extrême droite gagnent du terrain.

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