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Au Japon, une révision législative confirme le modèle patriarcal de la famille impériale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-17T11:00:06+00:00

Inquiet du risque d’extinction de la lignée impériale, le gouvernement japonais a révisé la législation encadrant, depuis 1947, la Maison impériale, afin d’augmenter le nombre de successeurs potentiels à l’empereur. Même si les Japonais sont ouverts à l’accession d’une femme au trône, le texte maintient le principe de priorité aux hommes.

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Lindsey Graham’s death leaves South Carolina confronting complex legacy: ‘You loved him and you hated him’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-17T11:00:05+00:00

The US state mourns its longest-serving senator while Republicans scramble to choose a successorThe South Carolina state house is a microcosm of the US’s contradictions. Outside there are memorials to the Confederate war dead and African American history. Below a statue of Strom Thurmond, a longtime US senator and racial segregationist, are the names of his five children including Essie Mae, whose mother, a Black maid, was 15 when Thurmond impregnated her.Thurmond died at the age of 100 in 2003; his successor, Lindsey Graham, a lifelong bachelor who never had children, died last Saturday at 71

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Le Japon réforme la succession impériale pour intégrer plus d’hommes, mais toujours pas de femmes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-17T11:00:05+00:00

Inquiet du risque d’extinction de la lignée impériale, le gouvernement japonais a révisé la législation encadrant, depuis 1947, les règles de succession. Même si les Japonais sont ouverts à l’accession d’une femme au trône, le texte maintient le principe de priorité aux hommes.

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Інвестиції ПУМБ у сталий розвиток у 2025 році збільшились на 30% і досягли майже пів мільярда гривень

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-17T11:00:00+00:00

Вже п’ятий рік поспіль за умов повномасштабної війни ПУМБ впроваджує соціальні ініціативи для підтримки держави, її громадян і Сил безпеки і оборони України. Загальні інвестиції ПУМБ у наближення перемоги...

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Iran accuses US of hitting civilian infrastructure

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:57:50+00:00

The US military says its attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities".

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Burnham to become Labour leader and promise to ‘fix the big things politics has neglected’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:52:49+00:00

‘Special conference’ to take place at noon where Burnham will be formally announced as Labour leaderWhen Andy Burnham first tried to return to the Commons, by applying to be Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour’s national executive committee blocked him – in part because, they argued, Labour might find it hard to hold the Greater Manchester mayoralty in the byelection caused by his resignation.When he next applied to be a candidate, for Makerfield, the NEC no longer felt able to say no because the results for Labour in the May elections were so bad that the case for h

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U.S. hits bridges and energy targets, Iran says, as strikes widen

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:48:16+00:00

The attacks on Iran's infrastructure came on the sixth consecutive day of U.S. strikes. A retaliatory attack by Iran caused damage to a power and desalination plan in Kuwait.

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Crisil upgrades long-term ratings of Vedanta group companies

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-17T10:47:01+00:00

The ratings agency upgraded the long-term ratings of Vedanta, Vedanta Aluminium Metal, and Vedanta Oil & Gas to AA+/stable, removing all three from 'Rating Watch with Developing Implications’

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Coupe du monde 2026 : Pedro Sanchez, le premier ministre espagnol critique de Donald Trump, assistera à la finale, le président argentin Javier Milei absent par « superstition »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-17T10:42:59+00:00

Si les relations diplomatiques entre l’Espagne et les États-Unis se sont détériorées depuis l’opposition de Pedro Sanchez à la guerre menée par les États-Unis et Israël contre l’Iran, le dirigeant espagnol sera présent à la finale opposant son pays à l’Argentine.

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Coupe du monde 2026 : Pedro Sanchez, le premier ministre espagnol, critique de Donald Trump, assistera à la finale ; le président argentin, Javier Milei, absent par « superstition »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-17T10:42:56+00:00

Si les relations diplomatiques entre l’Espagne et les Etats-Unis se sont détériorées depuis l’opposition de Pedro Sanchez à la guerre menée par les Etats-Unis et Israël contre l’Iran, le dirigeant espagnol sera présent à la finale opposant son pays à l’Argentine.

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Trump’s new election push, explained

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:40:11+00:00

US President Donald Trump used a primetime White House address to revive claims about the 2020 election.

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Digested week: So long primary school, it’s going to be hard – for me | Emma Brockes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:37:00+00:00

Plus, Trump pays out to E Jean Carroll, somnolent Little House on the Prairie, and why I’ll be avoiding salad in the USIt’s the last week of school and, in our case, the last week of primary school, ever, which I thought wouldn’t be a big deal but now we’re here, I’m sliding off my axis about the cruel passage of time. It’s not about my children, who can’t wait to crack on, it’s about me, me, me. Continue reading...

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:29:22+00:00
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Zepto is said to face sharply lower valuation for IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-17T10:27:17+00:00

Foreign investors value the company at around $4.5 billion, while some domestic institutional investors estimate it between $3 billion and $3.5 billion

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Спецпідрозділ "Артан" отримав від "Української команди" дві мобільні електростанції для стабільного зв’язку

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-17T10:22:00+00:00

Підрозділ завжди матиме енергетичну автономність і збереже боєздатність навіть в умовах повної відсутності електрики.

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Democrats criticize Trump’s claims of election interference – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-17T10:21:27+00:00

Virginia’s Mark Warner says speech was ‘just lies and long-debunked conspiracies’ Sign up for US News Breaking emailTrump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’Several major networks declined to air Donald Trump’s primetime televised address on Thursday, citing concerns that the content could be politically partisan or inflammatory.CNN, ABC and NBC chose not to air the speech live, but CBS, Fox News and MS Now (formerly MSNBC) aired at least large portions of the speech live. Some ABC station station affiliates – including the Washington DC station owned by right-leaning broadcas

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex surges 965 points, Nifty tops 24,334; banking, financial stocks shine ahead of key earnings

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-17T10:14:35+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Sensex settled 964.58 pts or 1.25% higher at 78,151.45; and Nifty 50 climbed 261.55 pts or 1.09% to 24,334.30. Banking and financial stocks shine ahead of key earnings: HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, PNB, IDBI Bank, Yes Bank to announce results tomorrow.

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