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Sirona’s Act II: Breaking more taboos

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-31T19:02:19+00:00

The femtech firm is transforming menstrual and intimate hygiene through innovations and education

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Birmanie : une explosion fait des dizaines de morts dans une région contrôlée par les rebelles

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-31T18:53:38+00:00

Selon l’Armée nationale de libération des Ta’ang, groupe rebelle qui contrôle l’Etat de Shan, en Birmanie, un déclenchement « accidentel » d’explosifs stockés s’est produit dimanche dans la commune de Namhkam. « De nombreux villageois ont perdu la vie, ont été blessés et ont vu leurs maisons endommagées », a-t-elle précisé.

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Prices are going up, so let’s buy lots more!

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-31T18:52:19+00:00

An inflationary environment creates some surprising impacts on consumer behaviour

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Cory Booker has ‘concerns’ with Graham Platner’s Senate bid after leaked texts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-31T18:17:23+00:00

US senator says Platner, whose wife says he sent sexually explicit messages to other women, has ‘questions to answer’A high-profile Democrat has expressed concerns with party candidate Graham Platner’s Maine US Senate campaign amid revelations that Platner reportedly sent a number of sexually explicit messages to other women while married.“Yes, I have concerns,” Cory Booker, the US senator from New Jersey, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week when host Jonathan Karl when asked about the Platner revelations. “That guy has questions to answer – and that’s what campaigns are for.” Continue reading...

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Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concerns over US appointment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-31T18:12:48+00:00

Exclusive: Papers to be published on Monday cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officialsEmbarrassing WhatsApps, but no vetting report: what will be in the new release of Mandelson files?A trove of government documents about Peter Mandelson contains no record of any measures taken to mitigate serious security concerns over his appointment as Washington ambassador, the Guardian has learned.Multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on the files, which will be published on Monday, say there is no detail about any steps put in place to deal with flags raised about his associ

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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to stay silent at Hay festival

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-31T17:18:27+00:00

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak on stage on her lawyer’s advice amid tech firm’s sanctionFacebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta.Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim Wu. Continue reading...

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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-31T17:18:27+00:00

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firmFacebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta.Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim Wu. Continue reading...

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The Wars, Raids and Airstrikes Under Trump

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-31T17:06:01+00:00

The United States has been involved in many military operations around the world since President Trump returned to office.

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Seul(e) dans Moscou : comment la résistance russe tente de survivre sous Poutine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-31T17:01:52+00:00

« Face à un pouvoir répressif » (1/3). Depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine, des « invisibles », journalistes anonymes, avocats ou militants, collectent les informations sur le sort de milliers de prisonniers politiques condamnés à de lourdes peines pour avoir contesté le Kremlin.

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Bapu and Bajaj

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-31T16:51:06+00:00
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Man, 27, arrested after PSNI officer hit by stolen police vehicle

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-31T16:49:40+00:00

Attempted murder investigation launched after police officer struck by vehicle in DownpatrickPolice have launched an attempted murder investigation after an officer was hit by a stolen police vehicle in Northern Ireland.The officer, who fired his gun during the incident at 4.45am on Sunday, had been chasing a suspect on foot after another vehicle had earlier failed to stop for police in the Fountain Street area in Downpatrick, County Down. Continue reading...

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