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Women's billion-dollar boom leaves players behind, says Fifpro

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-10-12T10:04:50+00:00

Women's football is on course to become a billion-dollar industry, but many professional players are still earning low wages, working on insecure contracts and experiencing rising psychological stress, a Fifpro survey indicates.

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Row over Paris opera house ceiling reignites with lawsuit threat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T10:04:44+00:00

Descendant of 19-century artist demands removal of Marc Chagall’s 1960s canvases that cover original frescoIn 1962, the then French culture minister, André Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris’s opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and determined it needed a makeover.In his ennui, Malraux decided his friend and artist Marc Chagall, sitting next to him at the Palais Garnier at the time, was the man for the job and commissioned him to make a new ceiling. Continue reading...

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Chagall or Lenepveu or both? Row over Paris opera house dome enters legal arena

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T10:04:44+00:00

Descendant of 19-century artist demands removal of Marc Chagall’s 1960s canvasses that cover original frescoIn 1962, the then French culture minister, André Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris’s opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and decided it needed a makeover.In his ennui, Malraux thought his friend and artist Marc Chagall, sitting next to him at the Palais Garnier at the time, was the man for the job and commissioned him to make a new ceiling. Continue reading...

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Republican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debt

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T10:00:52+00:00

Roger Marshall says he has ‘no idea how this happened’ and repaid bill double for 2020 election watch party treatsThe Republican US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt – after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by a Kansas business that had supplied a large order of treats for a 2020 election watch party.“We have absolutely no idea how this happened”, the Kansas senator wrote in a social media post containing a screenshot of the payment on a $678.75 invoice from Holly’s Sweet Treats as well as his $1,300 payment. “And we have repaid the bill … dou

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Viyona Fintech expands opeartions to Zimbabwe

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T09:58:04+00:00

The move aligns with the upcoming rollout of Viyona Tap & Pay, an NFC-based SoftPOS solution designed to turn commercial Android smartphones into contactless payment terminals

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Le prix Nobel d’économie 2026 décerné aux Américains Michael Woodford et Robert Hall

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-12T09:57:06+00:00

Les deux professeurs américains ont été récompensés pour leurs travaux sur les fondements microéconomiques de la stabilisation macroéconomique. Ils succèdent au Français Philippe Aghion, à l’Américano-Israélien Joel Mokyr et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l’innovation qui ont reçu le prix en 2025.

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Le prix Nobel d’économie 2026 décerné aux Américains Michael Woodford et Robert E. Hall

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-12T09:57:06+00:00

Les deux professeurs américains ont été récompensés pour leurs travaux sur les fondements microéconomiques de la stabilisation macroéconomique. Ils succèdent au Français Philippe Aghion, à l’Américano-Israélien Joel Mokyr et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l’innovation qui ont reçu le prix en 2025.

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Visakhapatnam ITI cluter to get a ₹200 crore facelift

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T09:56:58+00:00

The Visakhapatnam cluster’s Strategic Investment Plan is the first in the country to be approved by PM-SETU’s National Steering Committee

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GMR Hyderabad Airport launches real-time lost & found tracking platform

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T09:53:07+00:00

The digital platform simplifies the process of reporting, tracking and recovering lost belongings. It brings lost-item reporting, request tracking and passenger communication onto a single platform

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Брухт можна буде продавати, коли бюджет на цьому зароблятиме: Укрметалургпром закликав зберегти нульову квоту на експорт

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-12T09:50:54+00:00

фото ua.depositphotos.comВідновлення українських металургійних підприємств значною мірою залежатиме від того, чи зможуть вони купувати достатньо металобрухту всередині країни, тому галузь наполягатиме...

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Зупинка металургії посилює ризики для бюджету: втрати податків можуть сягнути 100 млрд грн, - Forbes

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-12T09:49:21+00:00

фото ua.depositphotos.comРосійські атаки на виробництво та логістику вже призвели до суттєвих втрат для державного бюджету. За дев’ять місяців 2026 року він недоотримав близько 49,5 млрд грн податкових...

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GMR Hyderabad Airport launches real-time lost & found tracking platform

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T09:45:13+00:00

The digital platform simplifies the process of reporting, tracking and recovering lost belongings. It brings lost-item reporting, request tracking and passenger communication onto a single platform.

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Трамп може не тільки перекрити Україні зброю і розвіддані: Дикий попередив про загрозу

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-12T09:44:00+00:00

Україні треба наперед шукати шляхи протидії на той випадок, якщо адміністрація Дональда Трампа повністю перейде у підтримці на бік Росії.

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Meloni all’assemblea di Assolombarda: “Al lavoro per incentivare investimenti software”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-12T09:43:29+00:00

La premier: “Crescita 2026 all’1%, non soddisfa ma è segnale importante”. Con l’Europa riapre il dossier Ets e la flessibilità nelle spese dovute all’inflazione. Orsini: “Iperammortamento ha funzionato, continuare”. Biffi: “Milano sarà fabbrica dell’IA”. Tra le richieste deducibilità dei canoni di locazione degli immobili ai lavoratori

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Meloni ad Assolombarda: “Non siamo in Ue per dire sempre sì”. E rilancia su Ets e flessibilità

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-12T09:43:29+00:00

La premier riapre il dossier sul sistema dei crediti per le emissioni e l’adeguamento delle spese all’inflazione: “Riproporrò la questione al prossimo Consiglio. Confronto in fase avanzata contro il caro-bollette”. Sulla crescita all’1%: “Non soddisfa ma è segnale importante”. L’annuncio: in arrivo incentivi per investimenti software

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French centre left must wage ‘existential battle’ to prevent far right winning presidency

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T09:41:59+00:00

French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann issues call after becoming the social democrat candidate for 2027 presidential run The European lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann has urged the French centre left to wage an “existential battle” to prevent Marine Le Pen’s far right winning the 2027 presidential election, after he was chosen as the social democrat candidate for the presidency.“We’ve got to rid our hearts of the spirit of defeat,” Glucksmann, founder of the small party Place Publique, said on Monday morning after his decisive win in a centre-left primary race held by the Socialist party. Continue readin

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Fmi, l’economia del mondo è in crescita del 3% e dobbiamo ringraziare l’IA

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-12T09:32:49+00:00

La spinta è distribuita in modo diseguale, e premia chi sviluppa la tecnologia o fornisce semiconduttori e macchinari. Nelle stime di luglio gli Stati Uniti crescevano del 2,3%, l’area euro dello 0,9%, l’Italia dello 0,5

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Cosa succede in Vaticano quando il Papa viene ricoverato

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-12T09:30:19+00:00

Le uniche norme riguardano il caso della “sede vacante”, ma il diritto canonico non prevede alcuna supplenza in caso che il Pontefice si ammali, sia impedito o debba sottoporsi a un intervento chirurgico con anestesia

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Trump: a la defensiva en las encuestas, desatado en los mítines

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-10-12T09:30:00+00:00

“Puedo decir la cosa más estúpida y ustedes me aplaudirán”, se ufanó este fin de semana durante una gira para apoyar a los candidatos republicanos

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