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Melbourne council votes to scrap Lime ebikes for failing to meet ‘bare minimum standards’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T04:05:43+00:00

City of Yarra councillors end trial, claiming the company has not done enough to stop dumping and misuse of share bikesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShared ebikes will disappear from some inner-city Melbourne streets after a council scrapped its agreement with Australia’s largest electric bike operator.The City of Yarra on Tuesday voted to end its memorandum of understanding with Lime, terminating its almost six-year-long trial. Continue reading...

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Minister breaks ranks with Victorian premier by calling for explanation for alleged wrongdoing on project

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T04:04:58+00:00

Melissa Horne describes allegations of improper government interference on a hospital project as ‘alarming’, after Jacinta Allan said report was wrongFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian minister has broken ranks with Jacinta Allan over allegations involving the CFMEU, describing a report about alleged improper government interference on a hospital project as “alarming” and asking a senior official for assurances that no wrongdoing occurred.The Facebook post by the health infrastructure minister, Melissa Ho

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Kwame N’Krumah, père du panafricanisme et idéologue oublié de Conakry

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T04:00:28+00:00

« Chefs d’Etat africains en exil » (3/6). L’ancien dirigeant du Ghana exilé en Guinée était le héraut du panafricanisme et un grand défendeur de l’indépendance des pays d’Afrique. Aujourd’hui, il est difficile de trouver des documents qui racontent son histoire.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex jumps over 400 points, Nifty tops 24,170 as earnings lift sentiment

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-15T03:58:12+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices opened higher on Wednesday, tracking positive global cues as investors shifted focus to the earnings season. Easing oil prices, optimism over the India-UK trade pact and encouraging early corporate results further supported market sentiment.

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Barnaby Joyce claims Australia is a ‘Christian nation’ and says many First Nations people would agree

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T03:53:02+00:00

One Nation MP refines party’s view on national identity as he accepts award for ‘political courage’ at anti-abortion gala organised by Joanna HoweFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s Barnaby Joyce has claimed First Nations people would agree with him that Australia is a “Christian nation”.The New England MP made the comments at an anti-abortion gala – where he accepted a prize for “political courage” – in Sydney over the weekend. Continue reading...

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El genocidio armenio como arma diplomática

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-07-15T03:45:01+00:00

El reconocimiento del exterminio de 1915, reclamado durante décadas por los armenios, avanza muchas veces no cuando lo exige la memoria, sino cuando sirve para incomodar a Turquía. Israel es el último ejemplo

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A Ningbo, le plus grand port du monde, la Chine déroule sa toute-puissance commerciale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T03:30:11+00:00

« La ruée sur les ports » (6/16). Bâtie non loin de Shanghaï, cette immense infrastructure portuaire, qui voit défiler plus de 1 milliard de tonnes de marchandises par an, est l’un des chaînons-clés forgés par Pékin pour imposer sa puissance industrielle exportatrice au reste du monde.

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US targets Iran shipping network with new sanctions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-15T03:28:05+00:00

The measures imposed ‌on the network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani represent the US ‌Treasury’s latest effort to ramp ‌up economic ⁠pressure on Tehran

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China economic growth falls sharply, missing target

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-15T03:26:47+00:00

Weak demand domestically and the impact of the Iran war on oil prices overshadowed the country's strong exports.

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Liberals re-examine gender quotas in slew of proposals to make party ‘fit-for-purpose political machine’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T03:18:24+00:00

Angus Taylor has stated his opposition, but discussion paper’s authors warn ‘if we want a different outcome, we need to be prepared to do things differently’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party is canvassing views on gender quotas among possible interventions to increase the number of women in its parliamentary ranks, which it says is critical to the long-term survival of the movement.The idea has re-emerged in a new discussion paper from the Liberal Party Commission, an internal group established und

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En Turquie, le souvenir amer du putsch manqué du 15 juillet 2016

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T03:00:17+00:00

Une union sacrée avait suivi la tentative de militaires de renverser le régime de Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mais l’événement a marqué le début d’une répression accrue et d’une restriction des libertés dans le pays.

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En Turquie, le souvenir amer du putsch militaire manqué du 15 juillet 2016

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T03:00:15+00:00

Une union sacrée avait suivi la tentative de militaires de renverser le régime de Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mais l’événement a marqué le début d’une répression accrue et d’une restriction des libertés dans le pays.

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Géopolitique : le retour de la guerre et ses paradoxes (2/4)

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T03:00:07+00:00

Dans ce deuxième épisode de podcast de la série « Géopolitique » consacrée à la nouvelle donne internationale en perte de repères, Gilles Paris et Delphine Papin, respectivement éditorialiste et responsable de l’innovation cartographique au « Monde », analysent comment les terrains de guerre sont profondément modifiés.

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Gift Nifty signals flat opening; Q1 earnings in focus

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-15T02:48:32+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian markets are expected to open flat as investors focus on the earnings season, positive global cues, easing oil prices and the India-UK trade pact, while analysts continue to favour a stock-specific approach amid subdued benchmark momentum.

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News live: PM vows Australian music, art and writing not ‘up for grabs’ by AI giants and outlines power and water standards for datacentres

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T02:44:25+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShorten shocked by testimony given to royal commission on antisemitismFormer Labor leader Bill Shorten, now the vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra, said he was shocked by the evidence given from the university sector during the latest round of hearings before the royal commission on antisemitism.It describes an Australia … and Australian universities that I don’t recognise. But the fact is that these voices who are speaking up through the vehicle of the royal commission are revealing things, which mea

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