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PMI Manufacturing dipped to 54.2 in June

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T05:46:00+00:00

Concerns over demand and market conditions dampened business confidence ​to a five-month low

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Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:44:50+00:00

In today’s newsletter: A country already in crisis since the removal of its leader earlier this year by the US, now has to find a way to rebuild with little state presence in evidenceThe shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds apart. Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in search of their families. “I’m shaking,” says the cameraman.Since the quakes struck last Wednesday, the search for missing

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Copper futures: Sell at ₹1,275

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T05:33:12+00:00

The July futures might slip to ₹1,230

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Au Royaume-Uni, le plan d’investissement pour la défense de Keir Starmer concentre les critiques

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T05:21:29+00:00

Alors qu’il s’apprête à passer la main à Andy Burnham, le premier ministre britannique a demandé aux ministères de renoncer à 1 % de leur budget d’investissement. Pour autant, il n’atteindra pas son engagement de consacrer 3 % du produit intérieur brut à la défense en 2030.

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Tutti i biglietti del presidente

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-01T05:01:25+00:00

I regali a Trump: il valore politico supera quello economico. Una forma di potere che conferma la leadership. Ne sa qualcosa Infantino

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‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:00:27+00:00

Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sectorGood news for Andy Burnham: one of the original 10 water privatisations from the Thatcher-era has returned to public ownership already. Thanks to a complicated turn-of-the-century corporate saga, Welsh Water, serving 3 million people, converted to not-for-profit status in 2001. It has no shareholders. Financial surpluses go “straight back into keeping bills down and looking after your water and beautiful environment”, as the website blurb puts it.How’s it going? After a quarter of a cent

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Specieswatch: How heatwaves play havoc with bees’ fertility

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:00:26+00:00

Study reveals extreme heat causes sharp drop with knock-on effect for pollination of food crops in following yearsWe know heatwaves have serious health consequences for humans, but what about other species? A study has shown they severely diminish bees’ fertility, with significant implications for the pollination of food crops in the following years.Prof James Gilbert of the University of Hull his and colleagues simulated a three-day UK heatwave in the lab and measured its effect on solitary red mason bees, compared with those kept under control conditions of an ordinary summer. Continue readi

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Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:00:26+00:00

Typical bill will surge by £220 a year from Wednesday, forcing 13.5m homes to spend over 10% of income on fuelMillions of households in Great Britain will be pushed into fuel poverty after months of volatility on the global gas markets as energy bills rise by more than £220 a year under the government’s price cap from Wednesday.As the cap on gas and electricity rates rises to the equivalent of £1,862 a year, the number of households forced to spend more than 10% of their income on energy bills will increase to 13.5m from almost 11.3m in April, according to fuel poverty campaigners. Continue re

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‘Imagine this was your daughter’: how grieving mothers campaigned to close sentencing gap

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:00:26+00:00

David Lammy’s decision to increase minimum sentence for domestic murder victims follows years of tireless lobbyingDavid Lammy had gone quiet. Sitting in his ministerial office in the Palace of Westminster, the justice secretary had just been presented with pictures of women killed by their partners in their own homes, by their grieving mothers.As she put the photographs in front of him, Carole Gould explained that her 17-year-old daughter, Ellie, was killed by fellow sixth-former Thomas Griffiths the day after she ended their relationship in 2019. Julie Devey, who was joining the call remotely

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Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T05:00:26+00:00

Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual increases may soon be over, with the government to introduce limits on executive pay.Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, with pay in academy trusts equating to anything from less than £5 a pupil to more than £150. Only a quarter of the high-earners were women. Continue reading...

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RBI sees banks’ bad loans rising on geopolitical risks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T04:58:56+00:00

If the RBI’s projections are realised, it would highlight how the conflict in West Asia has emerged as a key risk for Indian lenders

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Super El Nino threat unseen since 1950 shaping up, says Australian Met body

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T04:45:48+00:00

It may become one of the powerful El Niño events, triggering fears of major worldwide weather and climate disruptions; global sea surface temperatures at a new high, says Copernicus

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Advit Jewels stock debuts at 37% premium on NSE

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T04:45:48+00:00

The ₹165.16-crore IPO was subscribed 212.63 times on the final day of biddingBengaluru

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Australia politics live: Albanese says Coalition and One Nation an ‘axis of grievance’ as Taylor questions Labor on cost of living

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T04:42:43+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says charges against EY employees who accessed PM’s bank account details ‘appropriate’It’s not just KPMG in (boiling) hot water right now; EY is also in the spotlight, after two of its graduate employees on secondment at the Commonwealth Bank allegedly used the bank’s systems to access the personal details of Anthony Albanese. The two employees have been sacked.It’s before the courts and I’m not about to go into the detail of that. It’s appropriate that charges have been laid …accessing anyone’s privacy

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le point sur la situation

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T04:37:42+00:00

L’armée ukrainienne a affirmé avoir libéré près de 670 km² depuis le début de l’année. Kiev dit aussi avoir ouvert un « corridor » dans la défense aérienne russe vers Moscou.

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M&M posts 28% YoY growth in June domestic sales to 60,393 units

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T04:37:24+00:00

The company dispatched 39,896 units in the commercial vehicle segment, a YoY growth of 43.5% as compared with 27,802 units in June 2025

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Rupee falls 19 paise to 94.75 against US dollar in early trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-01T04:33:04+00:00

Forex traders said whenever fresh foreign inflows enter the country, the central bank is likely to use the opportunity to rebuild its reserve position rather than allowing the rupee to strengthen too much.

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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T04:32:35+00:00

Twenty-nine-year-old beat Representative Diana DeGette in deep-blue Denver districtThe democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections held on Tuesday, after a campaign in which support for Israel became a wedge issue among voters.The Associated Press reported that Kiros had defeated DeGette for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue first congressional district centered on Denver. The victory of Kiros came a week after New York voters unseated two Democratic congressional incumbents and replaced a third who was retirin

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Burkina Faso : la rupture des relations diplomatiques avec la France, une décision soudaine aux lourdes conséquences

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T04:30:06+00:00

Le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré a annoncé, vendredi 26 juin, la rupture des relations bilatérales avec Paris. Les 2 500 ressortissants français résidant dans le pays ne pourront plus compter sur les services de l’ambassade et du consulat, qui doivent rapatrier leurs agents.

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