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Positive opening seen for Indian stocks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T02:32:34+00:00

With the geopolitical tension continues to giving mixed signals, experts believe domestic sentiment will drive market movement in the short-term.

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Australia politics live: Josh Burns tells antisemitism inquiry of online hate; RBA warns datacentre boom may fire up inflation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T02:24:30+00:00

Meanwhile Melissa McIntosh doubles down on suggestion Liberals might need a ‘rebrand’ to win back voters. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came

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6 Are Killed During a Rare Mass Shooting in Germany

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-30T02:13:59+00:00

The authorities said a 45-year-old man opened fire at a youth facility after a quarrel about the custody of his baby daughter. The dead were all facility employees.

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Watch out for these 15 companies, including 4 banks, in today’s trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T02:12:01+00:00

HDFC Bank, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, Bandhan Bank, RailTel Corp, Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals, SIS Limited, BSE, Oberoi Realty, RITES, Accord Transformers & Switchgear, WeWork India, ARSS Infrastructure Projects, Schneider Electric stocks to be in focus today

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Chinese tycoon sentenced to 30 years in US jail

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-06-30T02:08:21+00:00

Guo Wengui branded himself as a China critic, gaining followers who backed his fraudulent schemes.

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Liberal supreme court justices condemn ‘destabilizing’ ruling that expands Trump’s power to fire regulators – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T02:07:14+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Key cases today: Trump can fire federal regulators; Lisa Cook firing unconstitutional; bid to appeal $5m E Jean Carroll verdict; mail-in ballots arriving after election dayThe supreme court is due to release some of its final opinions at 10am ET, with major decisions including on Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship and to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook still to come.Last week the court handed the Trump administration huge wins in major rulings on immigration. It gave the administration a green light to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico

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Iran Says Its Delegation Will Be in Doha, but Not for Talks With U.S.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-30T02:03:08+00:00

After President Trump said U.S.-Iran talks would take place in the Qatari capital on Tuesday, an Iranian official said its delegation would only be talking to mediators about getting the U.S. to uphold its cease-fire commitments.

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Yen hits 40-year low in historic slide that rattles Japan

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T02:01:22+00:00

The currency depreciated 0.2% to touch 161.98 versus the greenback in New York trading, breaching the 161.95 mark touched in July 2024 during an earlier campaign by Japan to shore up the exchange rate.

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Australia politics live: Josh Burns tells antisemitism inquiry of online hate targeting himself and MP partner Georgie Purcell

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T01:59:54+00:00

Meanwhile Melissa McIntosh doubles down on suggestion Liberals might need a ‘rebrand’ to win back voters. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came

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Yen hits four-decade low in historic slide that’s rattled Japan

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T01:51:44+00:00

The currency depreciated 0.2% to touch 161.98 versus the greenback in New York trading, breaching the 161.95 mark touched in July 2024 during an earlier campaign by Japan to shore up the exchange rate.

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Honeywell Aerospace shares slip in Nasdaq debut

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T01:45:48+00:00

Shares ‌opened the day higher, at one point gaining about 7%, before falling back on volume of about 8.5 million shares ‌to end down 82 cents at $220.19 a share.

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Director sentenced to more than two years for defrauding Netflix out of $11m

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T01:25:16+00:00

Carl Rinsch requested $11m for never-finished sci-fi series but diverted money to personal account, prosecutors saidHollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11m for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai fantasy film 47 Ronin, was convicted in December of federal wire fraud and other charges. According to prosecutors and trial testimony, he told Netflix he needed $11m to finish a show

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Cairo Takeaway secures court win over pro-Israel activist who claimed he was ‘completely vindicated’ after settlement

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T01:23:35+00:00

Federal court judge rules Ofir Birenbaum breached parts of settlement with Middle Eastern restaurant reached after incident when working with Daily TelegraphFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pro-Israel activist breached parts of a legal settlement with Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, a court has ruled, after he claimed to have been “completely vindicated” following the settlement.Justice Robert Bromwich handed down his decision in the federal court on Tuesday, in the latest chapter of a long-running feud with Of

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US, India trade deal in ‘final steps’: Sergio Gor

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-30T01:23:00+00:00

"We are in the final steps on this deal. Most of this deal is complete. There's a few items that remain on both sides. It's in the last 1 per cent of that deal," US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Tuesday.

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Australia politics live: Duniam says Liberal party has bigger problems than branding; fuel excise to rise tomorrow

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T01:14:26+00:00

Melissa McIntosh doubles down on suggestion party might need a ‘rebrand’ to win back voters. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came up nationall

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Both Republican Dan Sullivans can compete in Alaska primary, court rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T00:54:22+00:00

Challenger Dan Sullivan had been booted from ballot, but supreme court ruled he can compete against senator of same nameA man with the same name and party affiliation as Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, is qualified to run for the seat and ordered election officials to place him on Alaska’s primary ballot in August, the state supreme court ruled Monday.The ruling came hours after arguments on Monday and just days after state court Judge Thomas Matthews found the division of elections had “abused its discretion” in booting the challenger Sullivan from the ballot. The supreme court, in a brie

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Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T00:18:15+00:00

The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballotsPeru’s conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore “order and hope” after defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right.Fujimori won the 7 June presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed. Continue reading...

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Trump nominates Keith Sonderling to permanent role of labor secretary

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T00:13:29+00:00

Sonderling is filling in as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced she was leaving in AprilDonald Trump announced he is nominating Keith Sonderling to serve as US secretary of labor, a role he is currently filling as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s announced her departure in April.“It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at t

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Australian police close in on ‘Scorpio’, mystery author of threatening letters to high-profile people

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T00:12:23+00:00

Federal and NSW police say more than 100 letters sent to MPs and community leaders since 2015Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are appealing for help in tracking down the mystery author of more than 100 letters, some threatening, sent to high-profile community figures.The Australian federal police and New South Wales police have released excerpts of anonymous letters sent by someone who goes by “Scorpio” and “Bullit”. Continue reading...

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‘Humanity is a privilege’: Umar Khalid on his six years in an Indian jail without trial

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-30T00:00:32+00:00

Exclusive: Activist tells of his life as one of India’s most prominent political prisoners and his opposition to the government of Narendra ModiPrison is hardest at sunset. As the thousands of prisoners incarcerated in Delhi’s most infamous jail are cast out of their cells and forced into the dank yard until darkness falls, prisoner number 626714 feels the punishing dread begin to rise.Yet the inmate – better known as Umar Khalid – was recently moved to discover that another political prisoner, exiled at a camp thousands of miles from India, wrote of the very same feeling more than 150 years a

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Delusione Germania, eliminata ai sedicesimi: il Paraguay vince ai rigori

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-29T23:51:17+00:00

Tempi regolamentari e supplementari finiti 1-1 per le reti di Enciso e Havertz. Dal dischetto si va a oltranza, decisivo l’errore di Tah. Canale non sbaglia nel momento della verità

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Australia politics live: Geoffrey Watson criticises ‘silly’ call to pause Victorian big build projects over corruption

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-29T23:44:00+00:00

McIntosh doubles down on call for Liberal ‘rebrand’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance rates in Brisbane came up on the weekend, if you compare the preliminary numbers from the week before. They also came up in Adelaide. They came up nationally in aggregate, as I understand it. But

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6 Dead in Rare Shooting in Germany Over Custody of Girl, Police Say

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-29T23:24:16+00:00

The authorities said a 45-year-old man opened fire at a youth facility after a quarrel about the custody of his baby daughter. The dead were all facility employees.

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