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Bridget Phillipson orders review of hidden childcare charges hitting parents

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T17:31:51+00:00

Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable depositsBridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s flagship expansion of funded childcare hours.Phillipson has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) asking it to examine practices including non-refundable deposits, compulsory add-ons and restrictions attached to government-funded childcare places. Continue reading...

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Electrifying energy consumption

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-24T17:31:37+00:00

What prevents India from reducing power supply losses by raising the share of electricity in the overall energy mix?

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How protected are power plants from the risk of flooding?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-24T17:28:00+00:00

Study maps the potential catastrophic consequences for the country’s electricity infrastructure in the absence of safeguards against inundation

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Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, les victoires de l’extrême droite aux municipales menacent la mémoire locale et le récit historique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-24T17:00:10+00:00

Les victoires du RN à Rivesaltes et d’un candidat aux convictions pétainistes à Elne, lors des élections des 15 et 22 mars, ont renforcé les attaques contre plusieurs sites mémoriels dans un territoire bouleversé par l’arrivée des républicains espagnols puis des rapatriés d’Algérie.

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Republican lawmakers warn of ‘disastrous mistake’ as Trump nears deal with Iran

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:50:18+00:00

Trump insists US won’t rush talks with Tehran after rebukes from Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey GrahamRepublican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and questioning why the US president launched the war in the first place.Allies of Trump who strongly backed his controversial decision to order war on Iran alongside Israel urged him to “hold the line” this weekend, despite mounting economic costs and no sign of progress on many of the the initial objectives set out by his administration. Continue readin

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Trump has ‘alienated’ voters ahead of midterms, Thomas Massie warns after primary loss

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:49:48+00:00

Ousted Republican congressman says his party is facing ‘Trump disappointment syndrome’ over president’s agendaDonald Trump’s Republican party is on course for a damaging rejection at the ballot box in November, according to a maverick US congressman ousted by a challenger handpicked by the president.Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, became the latest of Trump’s targets to be defeated in the party’s primaries this week. He had repeatedly broken with the president over military action against Iran, government spending and the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Continue reading...

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Trump has ‘alienated’ voters ahead of midterms, warns ousted Republican Thomas Massie

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:49:48+00:00

GOP congressman says his party is set to count cost of ‘Trump disappointment syndrome’ after primary defeatDonald Trump’s Republican party is on course for a damaging rejection at the ballot box in November, according to a maverick US congressman ousted by a challenger handpicked by the president.Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, became the latest of Trump’s targets to be defeated in the party’s primaries this week. He had repeatedly broken with the president over military action against Iran, government spending and the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Continue reading...

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Gunman who opened fire near White House was known to Secret Service

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:46:38+00:00

Suspect who died after exchanging fire with agents had tried to enter the complex last summer, records showA gunman who opened fire outside the White House on Saturday before he was shot by federal agents was already known to the US Secret Service, court records show.The man, 21, was taken to a nearby hospital, before he was later pronounced dead. He had previously tried to enter the complex, according to an affidavit filed in DC superior court in 2025, following an arrest nearby. Continue reading...

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Iran team trains through World Cup uncertainty

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:40:39+00:00

Al Jazeera exclusive footage follows Iran’s national football team as they train for the World Cup in Turkiye.

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Люди, які обожнюють рожевий колір, мають ці 7 рис

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-24T16:31:00+00:00

Любов до рожевого може свідчити про турботливість, емоційну теплоту та прагнення до комфорту, але водночас – про схильність уникати конфліктів.

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UK records heatwave as parts of England hit historic highs for May

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:20:46+00:00

Santon Downham in Suffolk first area to hit threshold, with temperatures of more than 27C for three consecutive daysParts of the UK are officially in a heatwave as temperatures soared to within reach of May records.The first area of the UK to hit the threshold was Santon Downham in Suffolk, which reached the criteria of recording temperatures of more than 27C for three consecutive days at 11.30am on Sunday. Continue reading...

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Israeli strikes pound Lebanon a day after 11 people killed in single raid

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:14:07+00:00

Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reportsMiddle East crisis: live updatesIsraeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal.Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said. Continue reading

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Israeli strikes pound Lebanon despite signs US and Iran are close to peace deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T16:14:07+00:00

Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reportsMiddle East crisis: live updatesIsraeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal.Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said. Continue reading

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India can count on me, says Trump

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-24T16:11:21+00:00

Trump reassures India of US support, praising PM Modi and highlighting strong ties during a New Delhi reception.

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Rubio Says Details on Iran Nuclear Program Still to Be Negotiated

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-24T15:59:40+00:00

The Secretary of State said the United States was prepared to begin those talks if Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz as part of an apparently emerging deal on the war.

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Govt allocates 8,606 tonnes of raw sugar exports to the US

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-24T15:59:05+00:00

The DGFT has announced that 8606 MTRV of raw cane sugar will be exported to the USA under the TRQ scheme from 01.10.2025 to 30.09.2026

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US and Iran inch closer to peace deal as Trump faces criticism from GOP hawks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T15:49:41+00:00

American president says he is not rushing into a deal after proposed plan to end war prompts Republican backlashMiddle East crisis: live updatesDonald Trump defended himself against criticism from fellow Republicans on Sunday as he appeared on the verge of agreeing a deal with Iran to end the war.As hawks in his party called the proposed agreement a disaster and questioned why the US president had launched the conflict in the first place, Trump claimed on social media that his deal would be “THE EXACT OPPOSITE” of the one agreed by Barack Obama, which Trump pulled out of in 2018. Continue read

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Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-24T15:46:51+00:00

Reform UK leader claims ‘counter-espionage experts’ suggest state-sponsored hackers are behind the disclosure of £5m giftNigel Farage is under mounting pressure to provide evidence for his claim that a state-sponsored Russian hack was behind the disclosure of the £5m gift he received from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.Reform UK claimed over the weekend that analysis of Farage’s phone by “counter-espionage experts” suggested that “Farage’s phone, email and bank accounts were compromised by hostile actors, almost certainly linked to Moscow, using spear phishing tactics”, before the

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4 дати, коли народжуються "інтуїтивні генії"

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-24T15:43:00+00:00

Прихильники нумерології вважають, що люди, народжені 3, 14, 16 та 20 числа, можуть мати особливо сильну інтуїцію та здатність швидко аналізувати складні ситуації.

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Editorial. Fiscal dividend

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-24T15:25:40+00:00

RBI’s dual transfers, a confidence booster

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