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China’s monthly car ‌exports top 1m for first time as overall trade soars

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T10:32:23+00:00

Country risks new tariffs from US and EU as it looks likely to match or beat last year’s record surplus of $1tnBusiness live – latest updatesChina’s monthly car ‌exports topped 1m for the first time in June as overall overseas shipments from the world’s second biggest economy rose 27%.Official Chinese customs data showed that a stronger-than-expected trade performance kept China on track to match or beat last year’s record trade surplus of $1tn (£748bn), achieved despite Donald Trump’s curtailed tariff war. Continue reading...

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Net direct tax collection grows over 16% so far in FY27

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T10:30:51+00:00

Net corporate tax collection grew over 22% to around ₹2.40 lakh crore, while net non-corporate tax collection recorded increased around 12% to ₹3.85 lakh crore

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Fresh low-pressure area over Bay to revive monsoon after weak spell

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T10:27:20+00:00

The weak phase has widened rainfall deficits with the South Peninsula logging a deficit of 22% and Central India 8%, reversing gains made during last week’s heavy rains

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China Purges Top Official Over Corruption and Sex Charges

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-14T10:23:29+00:00

Ma Xingrui is the third member of the Politburo to be purged since 2022. He once led the Xinjiang region and was previously head of China’s space program.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev affirme viser les pétroliers de transbordement russes en mer d’Azov pour freiner les exportations de brut

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T10:23:06+00:00

Des drones ukrainiens ont frappé ​dans la nuit ‌‌de lundi à mardi cinq pétroliers, cinq cargos secs et un remorqueur russes en mer d’Azov, a ⁠déclaré le commandant des ⁠forces ‌de drones ukrainien, ajoutant que ​le nombre total de navires touchés au cours des neuf ‌derniers ‌jours ⁠s’élevait ​à 116.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le Parlement ukrainien approuve la démission de la première ministre, Ioulia Svyrydenko

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T10:23:06+00:00

La Rada s’est prononcée, mardi, en faveur de la démission de la cheffe du gouvernement ukrainien, ouvrant la voie à la formation d’un nouvel exécutif. Le président Volodymyr Zelensky avait annoncé, dimanche, ce remaniement dans le cadre d’« une nouvelle stratégie politique », sans donner plus de détails.

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First Thing: Trump threatens to impose US tolls on Hormuz shipping as strikes on Iran continue

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T10:22:41+00:00

Change of US position on free navigation comes as two tankers hit by Iranian cruise missiles. Plus, the international outpouring of love for the late actor Sam NeillGood morning. The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and charge ships for safe passage. The UAE said two ⁠national tankers ⁠were ​targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in ⁠the southern lane of the strait ⁠of Hormuz in Omani territorial ​waters, ‌killing one ‌Indian crew member and wounding ‌eight others, includ

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Arts venue faces eviction from former Sydney church after religious groups protest LGBTQ+ events

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T10:20:43+00:00

Landlord of deconsecrated building sends notice of breach to Divine Playhouse, claiming it ‘insulted and mocked’ beliefs of Christian AustraliansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA deconsecrated Sydney church newly transformed into an arts venue hosting LGBTQ+ events has been ordered to stop “engaging in offensive trade” by its landlord after religious groups protested against its opening night.Divine Playhouse opened last Wednesday with the intention of being a safe and inclusive space for artists to work and conne

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Скорочення квот ЄС на сталь створює додаткові ризики для українського експорту, – Politico

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-14T10:16:00+00:00

ЄС скоротив квоти на українську сталь, і річні втрати експорту можуть сягнути 1,6 млн тонн / фото ua.depositphotos.comНові захисні заходи Європейського Союзу щодо імпорту сталі можуть суттєво обмежити...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : des bombardements signalés sur quatre sites de la ville de Bouchehr, rapporte l’agence de presse iranienne IRNA

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T10:11:44+00:00

« Cinq explosions ont été entendues à l’ouest de Bandar-e Abbas », près du détroit d’Ormuz, a annoncé, par ailleurs, la télévision d’Etat iranienne, sans donner plus de précisions.  Le commandement américain pour le Moyen-Orient a annoncé que les Etats-Unis reprendraient mardi à 22 heures le blocus des ports iraniens, qui avait été levé le 18 juin dans le cadre de la trêve entre Washington et Téhéran.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : des bombardements signalés sur quatre sites de la ville de Bouchehr, en Iran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T10:11:44+00:00

Selon un responsable local, cité par l’agence de presse iranienne IRNA, « quatre points de la ville de Bouchehr ont été touchés par des projectiles ennemis [mardi] après-midi ». « Cinq explosions ont été entendues à l’ouest de Bandar-e Abbas », près du détroit d’Ormuz, a annoncé, par ailleurs, la télévision d’Etat iranienne, sans donner plus de précisions.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : un pétrolier norvégien touché par une explosion au large des côtes d’Oman

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T10:11:44+00:00

Un pétrolier norvégien de la compagnie Stolt Magnesium a pris feu après « l’explosion d’un engin externe non-identifié » alors qu’il naviguait, sous pavillon libérien, dans la mer d’Arabie au large d’Oman, a annoncé le gestionnaire dans un communiqué, qui précise que l’incident s’est produit lundi soir.

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Net direct tax collection grew over 16% between April 1 and July 16

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T10:09:33+00:00

Net corporate tax collection grew over 22% to around ₹2.40 lakh crore, while net non-corporate tax collection recorded increased around 12% to ₹3.85 lakh crore

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Lindsey Graham autobiography sheds light on record on race

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T10:00:57+00:00

Memoir details upbringing of late senator – who denied existence of systemic racism – in segregated southA little-known autobiography from Lindsey Graham published in 2015 sheds light on his complicated record of acknowledging and addressing racism in South Carolina.Graham, born in 1955, came of age in a small textile town in the segregated south, located in Pickens county, the site of the last documented lynching in South Carolina in 1947. My Story, which came across as political spin to anyone who knew the background of Graham’s unlikely rise to political prominence, is a window into the con

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Bangkok bar fire: death toll reaches 30 as police say negligence is ‘primary theory’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T09:50:44+00:00

Bar owner offers ‘deepest apologies’ as police investigate whether exits were either blocked or hard to accessThe Bangkok pub that became the scene of the city’s deadliest blaze in 17 years has said it will cooperate with an investigation into alleged negligence, as the death toll rose to 30.The local district office said on Tuesday that three more people died after the devastating fire that broke out in the early hours of Monday. An initial assessment by disaster officials found an electrical short ‌circuit in an air conditioner located in the ‌ceiling caused the fire. Continue reading...

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Gold rises from two-week low ahead of US inflation data

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T09:44:41+00:00

Spot gold was up 0.6% at $4,023.77 per ounce by 0747 GMT, after touching its lowest ‌level since July 1 at $3,983.29

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Iranian flights to Yemen are violation of sovereignty, says Yemeni official

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T09:43:54+00:00

Plane bringing Houthi delegation home from Tehran had to divert after Yemeni government bombed Sana’a airportMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIranian flights to and from Yemen are an unacceptable violation of the country’s sovereignty, the vice-president in Yemen’s Saudi-backed, UN-recognised government has said.Abdullah al-Alimi said in an interview that the planes contained equipment for the Houthi movement, which he said had transformed from merely a domestic threat into a regional and international threat to global security and the global economy. Continue reading...

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