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Irán y Omán negocian un modelo de pago para el estrecho de Ormuz

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-07-03T03:40:00+00:00

La Casa Blanca se opone a la imposición de una tasa a los barcos y juega la baza del levantamiento de sanciones sobre el petróleo iraní, pero Teherán insiste en su cobro

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Christian Brothers kept nine child abusers in religious order due to Gospel imperative to help ‘the needy’, court documents reveal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:36:39+00:00

Exclusive: Documents also show the Catholic order sought financial support from the Holy See months before it declared it lacked money to pay survivorsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Christian Brothers has deliberately kept nine convicted child abusers, one who is currently behind bars, as members of its religious order because it says it has a “Gospel imperative” to “care for all Brothers” and “the needy”.Court documents also reveal the head of Christian Brothers Oceania met with representatives of the Holy S

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Christian Brothers kept nine child abusers as members due to Gospel imperative to help ‘the needy’, court documents reveal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:36:39+00:00

Exclusive: Documents also show the Catholic order sought financial support from the Holy See months before it declared it lacked money to pay survivorsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Christian Brothers has deliberately kept nine convicted child abusers, one who is currently behind bars, as members of its religious order because it says it has a “Gospel imperative” to “care for all Brothers” and “the needy”.Court documents also reveal the head of Christian Brothers Oceania met with representatives of the Holy S

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Tributes for Melbourne boy allegedly left to die from stab wounds, as teen charged with murder

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:33:39+00:00

Darweish Mohamed, 15, died after being found with alleged stab wounds outside a Craigieburn hospital on Wednesday nightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLoved ones of a 15-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed and left to die outside a hospital have asked the community to keep him in its prayers.Mickleham teenager Darweish Mohamed was found with critical wounds outside the Craigieburn community hospital at about 7.50pm on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: minister says it’s safe to ‘keep buying eggs, keep buying chicken’ as east coast records first suspected bird flu case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:33:12+00:00

Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.AAP reports the boy was found critically injured outside Craigieburn Community hospital in Melbourne’s north about 7.50pm on Wednesday. A staff member from the clinic rushed to his aid and delivered CPR but he died at the scene. Continue reading...

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Les Etats-Unis ont 250 ans : à Washington, des festivités bâclées et politisées

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-03T03:30:11+00:00

Les célébrations, reprises en main par Donald Trump, culmineront samedi 4 juillet pour la fête nationale. Les pavillons installés sur le National Mall, dans la capitale fédérale, censés honorer l’histoire et la culture populaire, n’attirent pas les foules.

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Timothy Snyder, historien : « La guerre menée par Trump contre l’Iran montre que le mal et la folie peuvent aller de pair »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-03T03:30:09+00:00

Dans une tribune au « Monde », le professeur à l’université Yale analyse les conséquences du protocole d’accord signé entre les Etats-Unis et l’Iran sur l’image du président américain, qu’il décrit comme « l’architecte de la renaissance d’un régime iranien brutal ».

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IIFL Finance raises $300 million via social debt issue

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T03:29:53+00:00

The non-banking finance company will ‌offer a yield ‌of ⁠7.75% to investors, slightly below ⁠the initial price guidance at about 7.85%, sources said

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India’s space industry hunts for its SpaceX moment

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T03:26:16+00:00

India’s first space unicorn is preparing for a lift-off, and start-ups are making advanced Earth-imaging and all-weather satellites

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Former AFL player Nicky Winmar found guilty of assaulting woman in northern Victoria

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:24:56+00:00

Judge finds woman was truthful after the former St Kilda star accused her of lying about attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer AFL player Nicky Winmar has been found guilty of dragging a woman by the hair and hitting her head against a door.Winmar, 60, argued the woman lied about the attack but Bendigo magistrate Trieu Huynh on Friday found she was being truthful and convicted him of three charges. Continue reading...

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Delhi EV Policy to be implemented entirely via portal: Minister

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T03:21:50+00:00

Approval of vehicle models, processing of purchase and scrapping incentives, and exemptions for eligible vehicles are among the operations that will be completed on the portal

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China says man who flew plane into Beijing skyscraper had mental health problems

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T03:15:13+00:00

Official statement offers the most detailed official account yet of the highly unusual and fatal incident in BeijingChinese authorities said the man who flew a small plane into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper last week was a 66-year-old who had mental health problems.The statement published on Thursday offered the most detailed official account yet of the highly unusual incident that occurred in Beijing’s central business district on the evening of 26 June. Continue reading...

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Guerre en Ukraine : comment l’armée russe a perdu l’initiative

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-03T03:00:26+00:00

La Russie s’enlise dans la guerre terrestre et accumule un retard technologique, tandis que ses ressources humaines et pétrolières décroissent. L’armée ukrainienne, soutenue par une industrie de défense réactive et innovante, ne parvient pas, pour autant, à basculer dans une posture offensive dans le combat terrestre.

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Comment l’armée russe a perdu l’initiative dans sa guerre en Ukraine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-03T03:00:18+00:00

La Russie s’enlise dans la guerre terrestre et accumule un retard technologique, tandis que ses ressources humaines et pétrolières décroissent. L’armée ukrainienne, soutenue par une industrie de défense innovante, ne parvient pas, pour autant, à basculer dans une posture offensive dans le combat terrestre.

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Microsoft forms 6,000-person unit to help businesses adopt AI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T02:50:04+00:00

The new division will support companies with technical and strategic implementation of artificial intelligence across industries, including banking, retail, energy, and life sciences

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Who are the rogue bishops defying Pope Leo XIV?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-03T02:36:54+00:00

A rebel group of Roman Catholics has ordained its own bishops in direct defiance of Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican order.

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Indian shares to open higher on easing Fed rate-hike bets

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T02:31:36+00:00

GIFT Nifty futures were at 24,414, as of 7:43 am, indicating the Nifty 50 ‌could open above Thursday’s close of 24,175.7.

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PNB clocks 13% loan growth in Q1, Bank of India 19%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T02:25:21+00:00

State-run lenders PNB and Bank of India reported robust credit growth in the June quarter, while ESAF Small Finance Bank and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank also posted strong gains in advances and deposits.

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Australia news live: ASX to pay $23.5m after misleading statement; trial for teen over alleged Melbourne plane hijacking

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T02:19:45+00:00

Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.AAP reports the boy was found critically injured outside Craigieburn Community hospital in Melbourne’s north about 7.50pm on Wednesday. A staff member from the clinic rushed to his aid and delivered CPR but he died at the scene. Continue reading...

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Trump ‘quite ill - and getting worse daily’, Rosie O’Donnell tells the Guardian after president posts AI video attacking her – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T02:00:32+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Trump posts AI video of him as doctor treating critics’ ‘derangement syndrome’Sign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump’s administration.The OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has argued that giving the US public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI, according to the Financial Times, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the discussion

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NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T01:52:00+00:00

Migratory giant petrel discovered near Hawks Nest north of Newcastle infected with H5. Testing under way to determine if it’s highly pathogenic H5N1 strainFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales has its first suspected case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a giant petrel that was found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle, on the state’s coast.If CSIRO testing confirms it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, it would mark the first detection of the deadly disease on the Australian east coast. Continue reading.

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Nayara's gasoline sold to Russia via traders, sources say

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-03T01:46:44+00:00

Traders have sold gasoline produced by Nayara Energy to Russia as fuel shortages deepen following Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure, sources said

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More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-03T01:42:35+00:00

Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this yearMore than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess Cruises ship fell sick from suspected norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marking the third outbreak to hit one of the company’s watercrafts this year.The Ruby Princess vessel set sail on 12 June from San Francisco, bound for Alaska and Canada, with a scheduled return on 2 July. More than two weeks into the journey, CDC officials received a report of an outbreak, which is defined by

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A Madrid, les riverains donnent de la voix contre les mégaconcerts

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-03T01:00:11+00:00

La star Bad Bunny est restée de fin mai à mi-juin en résidence dans un stade de la capitale espagnole. Des concerts qui ne furent pas du goût des habitants du quartier. Lassés par le bruit, de nombreux Madrilènes déplorent la transformation de leur ville, alors que les autorités locales ont fait de l’événementiel un moteur de la croissance.

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