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Doreen Lawrence will not foot any of legal bill in failed attempt to sue Daily Mail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T14:18:18+00:00

Exclusive: Source close to co-claimant Prince Harry says he is ‘protective’ of social campaigner and will not ‘see her out of pocket’Doreen Lawrence, the social justice campaigner, will not foot any of a multimillion-pound bill for the failed attempt to sue the publisher of the Daily Mail, the Guardian understands.Lawrence, the mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, whose case was the subject of a long-running Daily Mail campaign from the late 1990s, was one of seven claimants defeated in court over claims the Mail titles used unlawful methods to source stories. Continue reading...

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Havells enters battery energy storage segment, inks partnership with Pixii AS

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-09T14:11:18+00:00

India’s Battery Energy Storage System market for Residential, C&I segments is expected to reach about Rs ₹10,000-12,000 crore by FY30, growing at nearly 100 per cent CAGR during next three years. I

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Fraudster Cottrell was introduced as Farage’s chief of staff, says ex-Reform candidate

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T14:05:51+00:00

Exclusive: Questions grow over close ally’s role in 2024 election in which he held no official positionUK politics live – latest updatesWhy is Farage quitting as an MP, only to stand again?George Cottrell was routinely introduced as Nigel Farage’s chief of staff before the 2024 election despite denials that he had any official role, according to a Reform UK candidate who stood aside for the party leader.Others who have been closely involved in the party have also claimed Cottrell arranged the Land Rovers that ferried Reform’s newly elected MPs to parliament, and that he covered the cost of a f

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Convicted fraudster was introduced as Farage’s chief of staff, says ex-Reform candidate

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T14:05:51+00:00

Exclusive: Questions grow over George Cottrell’s role as party says he has never held an official positionUK politics live – latest updatesWhy is Farage quitting as an MP, only to stand again?George Cottrell was routinely introduced as Nigel Farage’s chief of staff before the 2024 election despite denials that he had any official role, according to a Reform UK candidate who stood aside for the party leader.Others who have been closely involved in the party have also claimed Cottrell arranged the Land Rovers that ferried Reform’s newly elected MPs to parliament, and that he covered the cost of

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Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T14:00:08+00:00

Officials say climate crisis ‘worsening our exposure’ to bacteria as at least 28 people sickened in ManhattanA New York outbreak of legionnaires’ disease, a rare but severe form of pneumonia, highlights the microbe’s growing and disproportionate impacts in a warming climate.At least 28 people have been sickened in an outbreak on the Upper East Side, a wealthy neighborhood between Central Park and the East River in Manhattan. Health department officials, seeking to stop the outbreak, have sampled water from nearly 160 building cooling towers to test for the bacteria. Continue reading...

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Flight of fancy: San Francisco moves to build private luxury airport terminal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T14:00:06+00:00

City seeking bids to build and operate separate terminal, following Los Angeles, London and other citiesSick of the TSA lines? Tired of playing musical chairs at the gate? Rather sit as far from your fellow airplane passengers for as long as possible, in the comfort of your own private, luxury airport terminal?Soon you may get your wish. And San Francisco international airport wants to be your genie – for a fee. Continue reading...

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Licensed to drill? How a Trump-linked Texas oil company is elbowing its way into Greenland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T13:52:19+00:00

Greenland Energy says billions of barrels of crude lie beneath territory and claims it has exploration permits – a claim flatly denied by NuukOn 10 June, a snowy-haired American in his 60s addressed the residents of a remote Greenland hamlet. He was there to tell them about a business venture supported by figures linked to Donald Trump. “So,” Robert Price said via an interpreter, “we have a project to drill for oil here.”The Texas oil company that Price represents, Greenland Energy, hopes to prove that billions of barrels of crude lie underground by bringing in 300 shipping containers of drill

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Growing importance of debt funding for Indian start-ups

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-09T13:46:07+00:00

Though the time taken to receive the first round of angel funding is not very different from that of VC funding, the VC funding rounds are about 6.8 times larger than that of an angel round.

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Final Stage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Begins After Delay

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-09T13:45:19+00:00

Thousands gathered for the procession in Mashhad for the supreme leader, who was killed in the first U.S.-Israeli attacks of the war. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran traded strikes.

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Trump’s NATO Summit, and Everyone Else’s

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-09T13:42:07+00:00

While President Trump insulted allies and demanded loyalty, the military alliance moved quietly closer to accepting more European responsibility for defense.

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Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-09T13:39:48+00:00

Some stations in Spain recorded temperatures of up to 44C after western Europe experienced the warmest June on recordA high temperature warning has also been issued for a dozen counties in the Republic of Ireland, PA reported.Irish national forecaster Met Éireann said temperatures could exceed 27C during the day with overnight temperatures staying above 15C. The agency warned of water safety issues, heat stress, and uncomfortable sleeping conditions as a result. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran affirme avoir bombardé la base aérienne d’Azraq, en Jordanie, qui abrite des unités américaines

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-09T13:37:11+00:00

« Si les terroristes américains répètent leur agression, aucune base américaine dans la région ne sera à l’abri de nos tirs nourris », mettent en garde les gardiens de la révolution dans un communiqué. La base d’Azraq est l’une des plus importantes de la force aérienne jordanienne, et est située à une centaine de kilomètres à l’est d’Amman.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : la Jordanie dit que l’attaque iranienne sur la base d’Azraq n’a fait « ni victime ni dégât »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-09T13:37:10+00:00

L’armée jordanienne dit avoir intercepté tous les missiles et drones iraniens, après une attaque revendiquée par les gardiens de la révolution. Il s’agit de la dernière attaque en date depuis la reprise des hostilités entre Téhéran et Washington.

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