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Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:32:47+00:00

Group blames expected £30m loss in first half of year on weakening market and lower consumer confidenceVistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has warned it will make a loss in the first half of the year, after it resorted to heavy discounting to attract buyers for unsold homes .Vistry shares fell by 8% after the firm also announced its finance director was leaving. Continue reading...

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Broker’s Call: Minda Corp (Buy)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T11:31:06+00:00

Monarch Networth Capital

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Sun Mobility t3-55T electric trucks with world’s first modular battery swapping at Pravaas 5.0

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T11:30:40+00:00

Unlike passenger cars, commercial vehicles are judged primarily on operating economics rather than technology. Sun Mobility is betting that battery swapping can tip that equation by cutting upfront vehicle costs, reducing charging downtime and creating a shared energy network that multiple truck and bus manufacturers can use. Backed by a $78 million IndoFast-IOCL joint venture, the companyAIS-038-certified platform aims to cut upfront vehicle costs by about 40 per cent and address one of the biggest barriers to commercial EV adoption.

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More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:29:05+00:00

Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figuresUK politics live – latest updatesA host of transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures and donations to the party caused bankers to report potential money-laundering concerns to the National Crime Agency, a Guardian investigation has found.On Tuesday, the Guardian revealed that the undisclosed £5m gift provided to the Reform leader, Nigel Farage, by a cryptocurrency billionaire shortly before the 2024 general election was reported to the NCA.One relates to a £1m

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MAHE and Novo Nordisk GBS expand collaboration in pharmacometrics

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T11:28:58+00:00

Novo Nordisk GBS will provide financial support of ₹1.75 crore over five years to enhance specialised talent development, research capacity and advanced infrastructure in quantitative drug development.

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Broker’s Call: Marico (Buy)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T11:22:27+00:00

Motilal Oswal Research

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У Карпатах запустили перший електронний квиток для національних парків: першим став маршрут на гору Хом'як

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-08T11:21:00+00:00

У Карпатському національному природному парку запрацював перший в Україні електронний квиток для відвідувачів. Пілотний проєкт стартував на одному з найпопулярніших туристичних маршрутів регіону – до гори...

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PMQs live: James Cleverly presses David Lammy on ‘wrong and dangerous’ early prisoner release schemes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:17:58+00:00

Deputy PM faces shadow housing secretary James Cleverly at PMQs, while Keir Starmer attends a Nato summitRevealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concernsFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the ultimate badge of seriousness. There are probably hundreds of MPs who have never made it onto the programme because they have not been deemed important enough.But, as if to prove the point that the Clacton byelection really is a “farce” (see 7.59am), this morning Today had an interview with Count Bi

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ISMA defends E20 fuel, silent on mileage drop

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-08T11:11:27+00:00

Sugar industry body says concerns over ethanol-blended fuel are driven by misinformation, not evidence.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Donald Trump juge que le cessez-le-feu est « terminé », après la reprise des bombardements

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-08T11:11:05+00:00

Comme à la fin de juin, le stratégique détroit d’Ormuz est au cœur des affrontements : des tirs sur trois navires commerciaux dans le détroit ont été imputés à Téhéran, puis les Etats-Unis ont riposté par des « frappes puissantes » contre plus de 80 cibles dans la nuit en Iran, selon l’armée américaine.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : le président iranien accuse les Etats-Unis de « contourner les règles et de tricher » ; Donald Trump juge que le cessez-le-feu avec l’Iran est « terminé »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-08T11:11:05+00:00

Les bombardements ont repris durant la nuit dans le Golfe, alors qu’a lieu un sommet de l’OTAN en Turquie. « C’est simplement une perte de temps de négocier avec eux, ce sont des menteurs », a déclaré Donald Trump. De son côté, le président iranien a comparé la politique étrangère des Etats-Unis à sa conduite en tant qu’hôte de la Coupe du monde de football.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Donald Trump menace de « frapper fort » l’Iran mercredi soir

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-08T11:11:05+00:00

Les bombardements ont repris durant la nuit dans le Golfe, alors qu’a lieu un sommet de l’OTAN en Turquie. « Ils ne peuvent pas avoir l’arme nucléaire, c’est pour ça que je suis là », a fait valoir Donald Trump. « S’ils l’avaient, ils l’utiliseraient, et je ne peux pas laisser ça se produire. »

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Iraqis Turn Out in Droves to Mourn Khamenei in Show of Solidarity

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:03:01+00:00

In the cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to two of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites, hundreds of thousands attended commemorations for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who extended Iran’s influence in Iraq.

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Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:00:52+00:00

Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hoursAs Europe’s sweltering summer continues, trades unions are mounting a push for new laws to counter deadly heat stress that is linked to an estimated 230 workplace deaths a year.This year’s toll may be even higher, with 1,300 excess European deaths already connected to the June heatwave by the World Health Organization, and other estimates running as high as 20,000. Continue reading...

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US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T11:00:52+00:00

Environmental protection agency and independent studies have found food biggest source of chemical exposureThe US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in food, marking another setback for public health advocates’ push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds.The agency is refusing to set limits despite a growing body of science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding food is the biggest source of Pfas exposure. Testing has found the levels of Pfas in single servings of some contaminated foods to

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Trump makes fresh Greenland demand and threatens trade with Spain at Nato meeting – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-08T10:58:28+00:00

US president says he is not happy with Nato and tells officials to ‘cut all trade with Spain’ Trump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summitAnd that ends their short briefing, with Trump saying he will be back later, and Rutte desperately throwing in that he will also do a press conference if anyone is interested in it please.Trump also heaps praise on Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, praising the Turkish military might, and, amusingly, out of nowhere praises China, too. Continue reading...

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