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‘Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office operators

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T17:14:08+00:00

Government should not be involved in providing redress to victims of Horizon IT scandal, campaigner tells MPsSir Alan Bates has said that the schemes set up to compensate post office operators over the Horizon IT scandal have been an “utter disaster” and that the government should not be involved in running them.Bates, who led a two-decade fight for justice for thousands of post office operators falsely accused and wrongfully convicted for theft and false accounting, has previously accused the government of presiding over a “quasi-kangaroo court” system for compensation. Continue reading...

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Seul(e) dans Pékin : comment les dissidents chinois contestent le régime

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-01T17:00:00+00:00

« Face à un pouvoir répressif » (2/3). A partir de 2020, les trois années de politique zéro Covid et leurs confinements drastiques ont provoqué de nombreuses protestations, favorisant un éveil politique d’une partie de la jeunesse. Les autorités ayant renforcé le contrôle, certains choisissent la résistance passive.

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Покорщина на Чернігівщині отримала міжнародний грант на відновлення

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-01T16:56:00+00:00

Фонд збереження національної спадщини "Реальна історія" Акіма Галімова отримав грант від Міжнародного альянсу захисту спадщини (ALIPH) – міжнародного фонду, що базується в Женеві, Швейцарія – на відновлення козацького маєтку XVIII ст. Покорщина. Розповідаємо, на що спрямують кошти.

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Nifty-50 valuation faces test as global capital chases faster earnings growth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T16:54:59+00:00

Nifty 50 companies recorded year-to-date earnings growth of just 1.3 per cent, placing India ahead of only China’s SHCOMP (-3.8 per cent) and Singapore’s STI (-5.8 per cent) among the major emerging market indices tracked

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Hungarian PM threatens to oust Orbán-era president

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:54:28+00:00

Hungary's president has refused Prime Minister Péter Magyar's demands to step aside, setting up a constitutional clash.

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Family of woman murdered by her partner launch legal challenge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:49:36+00:00

Michaela Hall’s family bring claim against Devon and Cornwall police and Probation ServiceThe family of Michaela Hall, who was murdered by her partner five years ago, has launched a legal challenge over failings by the police and probation service that could have prevented her death.Lee Kendall, a serial violent offender, is serving a 21-year minimum sentence for stabbing Hall through the eye at her home in Truro, Cornwall on 1 June 2021. An inquest and a police watchdog investigation into the handling of the murder revealed a string of errors by public agencies that contributed to her death.

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Guerra in Iran, news. Trump: “Non informati dello stop ai negoziati ma il silenzio farà bene”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-01T16:47:55+00:00

Media: “Telefonata tra il presidente Usa e Netanyahu”. Giallo sull’esplosione a bordo di una portacontainer nel Golfo. L’Iran emette un avviso di evacuazione per il nord di Israele: “Colpiremo se Beirut viene attaccata”. Media: Teheran chiuderà completamente lo Stretto di Hormuz e punta al Mar Rosso, sbarrando Bab el-Mandeb

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60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lays into CBS leadership over cuts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:39:16+00:00

Pelley reportedly rebuked ousting of show’s executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondentsScott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, called out CBS News management in a heated meeting on Monday morning, attacking the network’s decision on Thursday to fire the show’s executive producer, executive editor, and two fellow correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as part of a broader overhaul of the show, sources tell the Guardian.During a meeting of the show’s staff and Nick Bilton, its newly appointed executive producer, along with the CBS News managing editor Char

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60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ show

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:39:16+00:00

Pelley reportedly rebuked CBS ousting show’s executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondentsScott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, called out CBS News management in a heated meeting on Monday morning, attacking the network’s decision on Thursday to fire the show’s executive producer, executive editor, and two fellow correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as part of a broader overhaul of the show, sources tell the Guardian.During a meeting of the show’s staff and Nick Bilton, its newly appointed executive producer, along with the CBS News managing editor Cha

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London tube strike to go ahead after 11th-hour talks fail to find resolution

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:39:14+00:00

About half of drivers will take action on Tuesday as RMT blames TfL’s ‘refusal to engage meaningfully’ Strikes on the London Underground will go ahead on Tuesday after a day of talks failed to avert industrial action.About half of London’s tube drivers will go on strike, bringing widespread transport disruption to the capital. A second strike is planned for Thursday. Continue reading...

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Thousands flee as Netanyahu orders Israeli bombing of southern Beirut

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:36:28+00:00

Iran calls off all further talks maintaining that a ceasefire in Lebanon is a precondition of broader truce with US• Middle East crisis – live updatesThousands of Beirut residents have fled their homes after Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Israeli military to bomb the city’s southern suburbs, a move that threatens to derail Iran-US peace talks.The Israeli prime minister and his defence minister, Israel Katz, said they had given instructions to strike “terrorist targets” in the southern suburbs for what they described as “repeated and ongoing violations of the ceasefire by Hezbollah”. Continu

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Вимагали $1 млн за постачання дронів. ВАКС арештував посадовця ДПСУ і виробника за вимагання хабаря

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-01T16:29:48+00:00

За даними слідства, посадовець ДПСУ та представник компанії-виробника безпілотників вимагали у переможця тендеру хабар за безперешкодне укладення та виконання державного контракту.

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Windrush compensation scheme needs significant overhaul, MPs told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:26:17+00:00

Victims should be given legal support to help slash number of claimants denied payouts, says Windrush commissioner The Windrush compensation scheme has failed to repair a grave injustice and needs a significant overhaul, a Westminster inquiry into government compensation schemes heard on Monday.Survivors of the Windrush scandal should be given legal support in making claims for compensation to help slash the number of claimants who are denied payouts and to bring the scheme in line with compensation programmes rolled out for victims of the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals, the i

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Minnesota Republicans rebuked for Derek Chauvin moment of silence

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T16:24:29+00:00

Attorney general Keith Ellison says gesture at convention was an ‘act of profound cruelty’ to George Floyd’s familyThe Minnesota Republican party’s decision to hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has angered the state’s attorney general – who was the lead prosecutor in the case.Keith Ellison, a Democrat, said Saturday’s gesture at the state Republicans’ annual convention in Duluth was “an act of profound cruelty” to Floyd’s family and “disrespectful” to Minnesota’s law enforcement personnel. Continue reading...

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Guerra in Iran, le news. Giallo sull’esplosione a bordo di una portacontainer nel Golfo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-01T16:20:00+00:00

L’Agenzia britannica per la sicurezza marittima: “Centrata da un proiettile non identificato”. Media iracheni: “No, un guasto tecnico”. L’Iran emette un avviso di evacuazione per il nord di Israele: “Colpiremo se Beirut viene attaccata”. Media: Teheran chiuderà completamente lo Stretto di Hormuz e punta al Mar Rosso, sbarrando Bab el-Mandeb

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Mattarella condanna le bombe: “Medio Oriente nel caos, basta prepotenza delle armi”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-01T16:19:33+00:00

Il discorso del capo dello Stato che ha ricevuto al Quirinale il corpo diplomatico accreditato in Italia alla vigilia del 2 giugno. “Libano colpito brutalmente e in modo indebito”. Poi punta il dito contro “le cattive pratiche che raccolgono velocemente adepti”

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Допоможуть пережити літо: названо 4 найкращі портативні кондиціонери у 2026 році

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-01T16:18:00+00:00

Сьогодні ринок зміщується в бік енергоефективних моделей із подвійними шлангами та інверторними компресорами, які забезпечують швидше та тихіше охолодження.

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Can India reap AI gains?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T16:13:56+00:00

That hinges on having ownership of AI capability

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Factory output expanded by 4.9% in April

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T16:06:09+00:00

Despite global economic challenges, factory output grew by 4.9% in April, according to the new Index of Industrial Production

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Editorial. Market for charity

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T16:05:28+00:00

Reform of social stock exchanges, a work in progress

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Cognizant creates new job roles for next-gen AI talent

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T16:05:13+00:00

Both roles are developed and certified through SkillSpring, Cognizant’s proprietary training platform

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