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Oil companies assure uninterrupted fuel supply

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T12:42:13+00:00

They assured that there is enough stock available and no shortage in the system, despite increased demand at some retail outlets

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Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:38:43+00:00

Verdict is latest legal milestone over France’s worst ever air disasterA Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s worst air disaster.The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France’s most emblematic companies and families of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims. Continue reading...

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‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:38:35+00:00

Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identityWhen the Jamaican MP Nekeisha Burchell stood up to give her maiden speech, she was keenly aware of how much her country’s parliament mirrored the Westminster version thousands of miles away in London.As in the UK, the session on 12 May had started with the arrival of the ceremonial mace – a 1.7-metre ornamented silver staff representing the British monarch’s authority over parliament – which now rested on a table between the government and the opposition. Despite the heat ou

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Lib Dems say it’s ‘deeply troubling’ Andrew was not vetted before being given trade envoy role – politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:37:48+00:00

Government releasing 11 documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoyThe Home Office has also published asylum figures this morning. These show that the number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels stood at 20,885 at the end of March 2026, down 35% year-on-year from 32,326. The Press Association says:It is the lowest figure since data was first reported in 2022, Home Office figures show.The total had climbed as high as 56,018 at the end of September 2023.Brits are leaving on a massive scale and non-EU immigration remains far too high. Mass immigra

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Blind UK pop producer to take legal action over alleged lack of support at work after surgery

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:36:54+00:00

Disability rights campaigner Robin Millar reveals he is taking owners of music business he founded to a tribunalThe head of one of the UK’s biggest disability charities is planning a legal challenge against the owners of the music business he founded in a dispute over its alleged failure to provide him with proper workplace support after a major illness.The pop producer Robin Millar, who is blind, said he had been denied a request for a support worker to assist him in his work after he faced mobility challenges following cancer surgery. Continue reading...

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West Asia conflict may push up condom prices in India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T12:34:09+00:00

Mankind Pharma may hike condom prices if the Middle East conflict persists and continues to keep oil prices elevated

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Virus Ebola : un premier cas confirmé dans le Sud-Kivu, en République démocratique du Congo

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-21T12:28:05+00:00

Le foyer de l’épidémie se trouve dans la province de l’Ituri et des cas ont également été décelés dans celle du Nord-Kivu (Est), mais aucun n’avait encore été confirmé dans celle du Sud-Kivu. Le diagnostic a été établi dans une zone aux mains des rebelles du M23.

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China’s Endless Housing Crisis Shows Faint Signs of Hope

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:21:49+00:00

Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.

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UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires after video of Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting activists causes outcry

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:18:11+00:00

Israel widely criticised after security minister’s video shows humiliating treatment of people on flotilla headed for Gaza The UK has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires as international outrage escalates over a video posted by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting activists detained after a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted.The global outcry continued as Israel began releasing hundreds of the activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organisation working with the fl

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UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires over video of minister taunting activists

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:18:11+00:00

Foreign Office denounces treatment of Gaza flotilla activists as outcry over Itamar Ben-Gvir’s video escalatesThe UK has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires as international outrage escalates over a video posted by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting activists detained after a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted.The global outcry continued as Israel began releasing hundreds of the activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organisation working with the flotilla. Conti

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Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:15:16+00:00

Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil giants to help meet costs of plans and confirms freeze on fuel duty increasesBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves will cut VAT to 5% on summer attractions such as theme parks and softplay centres during the school holidays, as she aims to ease the impact of the war in Iran on cash-strapped households.The chancellor told MPs on Thursday she would also raise more tax from global oil firms operating in the UK, to help meet the costs of her plans. Continue reading...

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Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:14:22+00:00

Weirs, culverts and sluices among 602 barriers demolished in year in attempt to restore 15,500 miles of rivers by 2030A few miles downstream from a lava field in western Iceland, the gargle of free-flowing water is unbroken for the first time in decades after hydraulic peckers chipped away at a dilapidated dam that once powered a farm. The structure, on the River Melsá, continued to block fish migration long after falling into disrepair.“It wasn’t providing any electricity; the old power house had sheep living in it,” said Hamish Moir, a river engineer from CBEC, a Scottish firm that provided

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Uganda Says It’s Not Aware of Ebola Clinics Promised by U.S.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:14:08+00:00

The State Department said it would fund up to 50 clinics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I don’t know the ones they are talking about,” a top Ugandan official said.

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ManageEngine India revenue up 27-28% in CY25

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T12:13:29+00:00

Rajesh Ganesan, CEO of ManageEngine, stated that geopolitical issues have caused market unpredictability and delayed enterprise decisions, yet the company has still seen encouraging results without revealing exact figures

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У Єврокомісії відреагували на ідею Мерца про "асоційоване" членство для України

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-21T12:13:00+00:00

У Брюсселі наголосили, що процес вступу України до ЄЄ має враховувати заслуги, навіть якщо будуть розглядатися будь-які інноваційні пропозиції щодо зближення України із блоком.

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This is the face of Israel

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:11:00+00:00

Ben Gvir’s video of bound flotilla activists showed Israel without the mask.

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JPMorgan banker countersues accuser, says sexual assault 'lies' ruined her life

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T12:06:33+00:00

Investment banker Lorna Hajdini says ex-colleague Chirayu Rana’s ‘malicious’ allegations ‘wreaked havoc’The JPMorgan Chase investment banker accused of sexual assault in an explosive lawsuit that went viral countersued her accuser, saying his malicious lies destroyed her reputation and “wreaked havoc” on her life.In papers filed on Tuesday night in a New York state court in Manhattan, Lorna Hajdini said her former colleague Chirayu Rana fabricated allegations that she raped and drugged him, in order to attract maximum press coverage, cause her pain and extract millions of dollars from her and

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La DJ Barbara Butch visée par un appel au boycott

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-21T12:00:04+00:00

La venue de la musicienne à Grenoble est contestée par la section locale de La France insoumise, car elle a signé une tribune soutenant la très controversée « loi Yadan », tandis que l’Israélienne Sigalit Landau a renoncé à participer à une exposition à la Fondation Villa Datris, dans le Vaucluse, face aux protestations d’autres artistes invités.

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No evidence of formal security vetting when Andrew became UK trade envoy, minister says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T11:59:06+00:00

Documents released by government also show late queen was ‘very keen’ for her son to have prominent roleUK politics live – latest updatesFormal security vetting and due diligence appears not to have been carried out before the appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a trade envoy, the government has said, as it emerged that the late queen was “very keen” for her son to take up a prominent role in promoting Britain’s interests.The first batch of documents relating to the appointment of the former prince as trade envoy by Tony Blair in 2001 includes a memo dated 25 February 2000 and address

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