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The Extraordinary Embezzlement Case That Rocked Scottish Politics

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:56:55+00:00

Peter Murrell, the husband of the former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, was sentenced on Tuesday after he admitted to buying a bizarre range of items with the Scottish National Party’s money.

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Sumeet Industries to raise ₹200 cr via rights issue

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-23T12:56:51+00:00

Company is engaged in the production of Pet Chips, Partially Oriented Yarn (POY), Fully Drawn Yarn (FDY) and Polyester Texturized Yarn.

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La violencia desangra a la región central de Nigeria

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-06-23T12:49:31+00:00

Hombres armados matan a más de 20 personas en el Estado de Plateau, entre ellas un médico y cinco pacientes de un centro de salud

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La violencia desangra la región central de Nigeria

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-06-23T12:49:31+00:00

Hombres armados matan a más de 20 personas en el Estado de Plateau, entre ellas un médico y cinco pacientes de un centro de salud

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AI without trust will not scale

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-23T12:42:42+00:00

Trust is more than a societal requirement. It is an economic enabler that will shape AI adoption, determine scale and define competitiveness

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Thousands rally in Leh as Ladakh presses Centre on key demands

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-23T12:42:36+00:00

The protest, called by the Ladakh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), also voiced opposition to the proposed privatisation of the power sector and the Union Territory’s new liquor policy

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Keir Starmer is out. Other establishment politicians are in trouble.

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:39:42+00:00

Across the West’s advanced democracies, conventional political parties are being gutted by stagnant wages and fraying social contracts that have left voters fed up with the status quo.

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No 10 says there will be ‘no new major policy or spending commitments’ before new PM appointed – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:34:11+00:00

Spokesperson did not suggest this would cover the defence investment plan and added Burnham will be allowed ‘access talks’ with civil servicePeter Walker is a senior Guardian political correspondent.The Liberal Democrats are marking the tenth anniversary of Brexit by enjoying their favourite pursuit – being rude about Nigel Farage.Nigel Farage pocketed a £5m “reward” for the damage he’s caused, while the rest of us are paying for it dearly. When he promised we would be better off, he clearly only meant himself. We are taking over billboards across the UK today to say enough is enough.Key to a

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Europe’s media look on in bemusement at post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ of UK prime ministers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:33:07+00:00

Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain’s political turmoil after Starmer becomes sixth prime minister to quit since 2016Europe live – latest updatesIn Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door.As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of Keir Starmer’s precipitous fall from landslide election winner to ousted prime minister, many also focused on a wider reality – Britain’s

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Decoding the 12-year wage-debt squeeze

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-23T12:32:35+00:00

Robust headline GDP and corporate profit numbers conceal a growing economic stress among the working class

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Iran casts doubt on nuclear inspections Vance said would happen

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:31:01+00:00

Iran's Foreign Ministry there was no plan for the IAEA to inspect its damaged nuclear facilities, a day after Vice President JD Vance said conversations with inspectors could happen imminently.

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Deadly collapse at Florida condo happened slowly over several weeks, report finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:28:48+00:00

Building had been vulnerable before it collapsed in the middle of the night, killing 98 people in 2021The deadly destruction of a Florida beachfront condominium actually started weeks before it collapsed into a pile of rubble in the middle of the night, killing 98 people in 2021 – but the building had been vulnerable from the start, federal investigators found in a final report issued on Monday.The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said in the report that two connections between garage columns and the pool deck started to fail around early June. The combination of a structu

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Чому залізничників перевели з ДМС на лікарняну касу: експерт розказала про непрозорість медичної моделі

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-23T12:23:00+00:00

У матеріалі стверджується, що ГО "Лікарняна каса Львівської залізниці" не має юридичного зв’язку з АТ "Укрзалізниця" та була заснована трьома фізичними особами.

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Ransom note about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance says she died, according to reports

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:10:03+00:00

Note reportedly said kidnappers her didn’t mean to kill mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, but she died shortly after her disappearanceA ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie – the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie – said the 84-year-old had died, CNN and other news organizations are reporting, citing law enforcement sources.Some media outlets had previously reported receiving ransom notes tied to the case in the days after Guthrie’s disappearance in early February from her home in the foothills just outside Tucson, Arizona. Continue reading...

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Angus Taylor won’t say if he supports multiculturalism

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:09:08+00:00

Treasurer says Coalition playing ‘footsie with the monoculture language’ after Liberal leader sidesteps questions at press conferenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor has repeatedly refused to say whether he supports multiculturalism in Australia, sidestepping five questions at a press conference about his views and claiming “there’s all these vague words running around”.The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, accused the opposition leader of “playing footsie” with One Nation and Pauline Hanson’s call for a “monoc

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UK could rejoin EU on ‘short’ timeline if it wanted, former Brexit negotiator says – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-23T12:08:03+00:00

Michel Barnier says UK could also join a new European security and defence councilWhoever becomes the next UK prime minister will have plenty of political space to move closer to Europe, polling expert John Curtice has said.His comments come as many domestically and in Europe begin to question whether the potential future British prime minister will move further away or closer to the EU than Keir Starmer.“Labour’s vote is something like three-quarters to four-fifths pro-Rejoin [the EU] vote. Labour has always had much more potential political opportunity to be able to go further in terms of

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