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Burnham says politics ‘needs new script’ and vows to change Labour if elected as Makerfield MP – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:26:08+00:00

Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost of rail journeys.£364 is the cost of an anytime return from Wigan North Western to London Euston. So how can people here connect with the capital and all of the opportunities it’s got, if they cannot afford those train fares? We need to use rail re-nationalisation to reduce those train fares and make them affordable to people again

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Max Healthcare shares fall over 6%, lead Nifty 50 losers after Q4 earnings

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-22T10:24:46+00:00

The company reported a consolidated profit after tax of ₹387 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, up 3% y-o-y from ₹376 crore in the corresponding quarter last year

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Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini dies aged 76

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:22:21+00:00

Petrini's movement rejected fast food to promote sustainable production and traditional cooking.

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Зручна фінансова звичка чи борговий тягар: українці масово переходять на оплату частинами

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-22T10:15:00+00:00

Раніше покупка в кредит асоціювалася з паперовою бюрократією та переплатами, а сьогодні оформити розстрочку можна за кілька кліків у смартфоні. УНІАН з’ясував, чому українці обирають "оплату частинами" та дав поради, як не загнати себе у борги.

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Burnham says politics ‘needs new script’ as he launches Makerfield byelection campaign – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:09:15+00:00

Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost of rail journeys.£364 is the cost of an anytime return from Wigan North Western to London Euston. So how can people here connect with the capital and all of the opportunities it’s got, if they cannot afford those train fares? We need to use rail re-nationalisation to reduce those train fares and make them affordable to people again

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Local US newspaper workers allege Hearst is trying to ‘destroy unions’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:00:57+00:00

Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violationWorkers at local newspapers owned by Hearst allege the company is trying to “destroy unions” amid claims of widespread anti-union tactics, including violating union contracts and bad-faith bargaining.The Albany Newspaper Guild, which represents the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York, said it had been more than 17 years since the union had a contract and there had been little progress toward reaching a new one. Continue reading...

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Venezuelan makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador seeks asylum in Spain: ‘I feel safe here’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:00:56+00:00

Andry José Hernández Romero was deported from the US to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison before he was allowed to return to VenezuelaOne of the Venezuelan men sent from the US to El Salvador’s most notorious prison by Donald Trump has moved to Spain to request asylum after concluding that he did not feel safe back home and did not trust US authorities sufficiently to return to fight his legal case.Andry José Hernández Romero left Venezuela for Spain in early February and is due for his first asylum hearing in court there in a few days, hoping that the country’s liberal approach to immigrat

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Healey asks Farage if any of £5m gift may have come from Russia-linked profits

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-22T10:00:55+00:00

Defence secretary also asks if billionaire’s company may have benefited from Iran war, which Reform leader initially supportedUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe defence secretary, John Healey, has urged Nigel Farage to provide transparency about the £5m gift he received from a billionaire businessman, in particular over whether any of the sum could have been linked to Russia-connected profits.In a letter to the Reform UK leader, Healey also asked him to address the possibility that the war against Iran might boost the revenues of AML Global, an aviation fuel com

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Як почистити мікрохвильовку, аби усунути бруд та неприємні запахи: експерти назвали метод

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-22T09:34:00+00:00

Експерти радять ніколи не використовувати абразивні губки, металевий посуд або агресивні хімічні засоби для чищення мікрохвильовки.

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La passivité européenne face à l’extrême droite israélienne

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-22T09:30:17+00:00

La diffusion d’images humiliantes de militants propalestiniens par Itamar Ben Gvir, le ministre de la sécurité nationale israélien, a suscité l’émoi de nombreuses capitales européennes. Une réaction qui rend d’autant plus saillant leur silence sur les conditions de détention dégradantes infligées aux Palestiniens dans l’Etat hébreu.

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Ebola surveillance stepped up at CIAL after emergency meeting

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-22T09:29:44+00:00

Passengers arriving from countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan will be placed under special health surveillance in view of global alerts over Ebola outbreaks

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