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Silver futures decline to ₹2.4 lakh/kg

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T08:26:52+00:00

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver contracts for July delivery declined by ₹959, or 0.38% to ₹2,49,146 per kg in a business turnover of 673 lots.

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-17T08:26:27+00:00

Group of 7 leaders will discuss Artificial Intelligence and global imbalances on Wednesday, even as questions over Iran linger.

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India must improve oilseed yields to reduce imports: SEA chief

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T08:15:09+00:00

It should tap the potential of cottonseed oil, ricebran oil, and other alternatives, if it aims to reduce imports in the coming years, says Sanjeev Asthana

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Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T08:11:53+00:00

PM says firing of warning shots at yacht was reckless and UK is dealing with proxy attacks from Russia ‘every day’Warning shots fired by a Russian warship sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning were “deeply concerning and reckless”, Keir Starmer said from the G7 summit on Wednesday as he warned that the UK was dealing with proxy attacks from Russia “every single day”.The prime minister said the Ministry of Defence had assessed that the Russian vessel was drifting and fired the shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : après les attaques israéliennes dans le sud du Liban, les dirigeants du G7 plaident pour un cessez-le-feu « immédiat et ferme »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-17T07:57:36+00:00

Les Etats-Unis et l’Iran doivent signer, vendredi en Suisse, leur protocole d’accord pour mettre fin au conflit, avec la réouverture du détroit d’Ormuz en ligne de mire. L’armée iranienne a menacé d’une « réponse sévère » si les attaques israéliennes se poursuivaient.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : après les attaques d’Israël dans le sud du Liban, les dirigeants du G7 plaident pour un cessez-le-feu « immédiat et ferme »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-17T07:57:32+00:00

Les Etats-Unis et l’Iran doivent signer, vendredi en Suisse, leur protocole d’accord pour mettre fin au conflit, avec la réouverture du détroit d’Ormuz en ligne de mire. L’armée iranienne a menacé d’une « réponse sévère » si les attaques israéliennes se poursuivaient.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Israël a mené des frappes dans le sud du Liban à deux jours de la signature du protocole d’accord entre les Etats-Unis et l’Iran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-17T07:57:32+00:00

Les Etats-Unis et l’Iran doivent signer, vendredi en Suisse, leur protocole d’accord pour mettre fin au conflit, avec la réouverture du détroit d’Ormuz en ligne de mire. L’armée iranienne a menacé d’une « réponse sévère » si les attaques israéliennes se poursuivaient.

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Keir Starmer says he wants to offer Burnham ‘big role’ in government to avoid leadership contest – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T07:55:35+00:00

Former health secretary Wes Streeting also threatened to launch a leadership contest if the prime minister did not set out a timetable to step downGood morning. Keir Starmer is still in France for the G7 summit but – as Margaret Thatcher discovered on a trip to Paris in November 1990 – acting as a statesman on the world stage does not protect a PM from a leadership challenge at home and, on that front, there has been a small development overnight; Starmer is now being told explicitly he will face a leadership challenge next week if he does not agree a timetable to stand down after the Makerfie

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Trump Says He Hopes to Put War in ‘Rearview Mirror’

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-17T07:53:34+00:00

Iran’s foreign minister said new talks on nuclear arms and sanctions relief would start on Friday, right after an initial agreement is signed.

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Two children dead after pram hit by car in Sydney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T07:46:56+00:00

Police officers found two children – both aged under five – had been struck by a car in Cabramatta, in the city’s south-westFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo children in a pram have been struck and killed by a car in Sydney’s south-west.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Joseph and Gilbert streets, Cabramatta at about 3.15pm on Wednesday after reports of a crash, New South Wales police said. Continue reading...

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