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Milma to hike milk price by ₹4 per litre from June 1

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T14:57:46+00:00

A mix of droughts, rising costs for milk from neighboring States, and skyrocketing transportation expenses due to global issues are driving the price rise

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ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:56:13+00:00

Exclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls, as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong dateUK politics live – latest updatesThe Electoral Commission has called for new legal controls over misinformation from AI chatbots, after a thinktank found they had made serious mistakes during the recent Scottish election.The thinktank Demos said its investigation had found that AI services gave voters misinformation to 34% of the questions it posed, which it said raised worrying questions about the lack of regulation of AI platforms in the UK. Continue readi

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January 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.8bn fund, alleging ‘presidential corruption’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:49:54+00:00

Retired Capitol police officer and DC officer allege Trump’s $1.8bn fund unlawfully rewards January 6 rioters and alliesUS politics live – latest updatesTwo police officers who clashed with rioters at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to create a $1.776bn “anti-weaponization” fund.The fund, which critics have argued is essentially a slush fund, is set to compensate allies of the US president who he claims were victims of prosecutorial overreach. Continue reading...

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Banks step up hiring of apprentices to cut costs, expand operations

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T14:45:12+00:00

Data on recent recruitment trends show that banks are increasingly using apprentices to meet manpower requirements arising from the expansion of marketing, customer outreach, etc.

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Interview With Australian Swimmer Who Crashed Beach Fashion Show

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:44:39+00:00

David Handley was going for a swim in Sydney when he found himself walking on an Australian Fashion Week runway. “I’ve usurped the spot of the lead model,” he said.

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MANN+HUMMEL bets on India growth, expands R&D footprint with Tumakuru centre

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T14:42:29+00:00

The company on Wednesday inaugurated its global Technology and Innovation Centre in Tumakuru, Karnataka, positioning India as a key pillar in its global research and development network

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US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:40:43+00:00

Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claimsMiddle East crisis – live updatesFresh questions have been raised over the US and Israeli effort to depose the Iranian regime after it was claimed that Israel wanted to put the populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power.Ahmadinejad’s turbulent presidency from 2005 to 2013 was marked by incendiary attacks on Israel but he recast himself as a critic of the regime and champion of the poor after falling out with the supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Continue reading...

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Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:39:33+00:00

Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions over governments’ AI use for defence and intelligenceGoogle DeepMind has agreed to enter formal talks with UK tech workers that could lead to trade union representation amid growing staff concerns about the use of its AI by the US and Israeli governments’ defence and intelligence.In a groundbreaking move, the artificial intelligence arm of the multi-trillion dollar Google empire, led by the Nobel prize winner Demis Hassabis, has agreed to meet the Communications Workers Union and Unite at the Advisory, Conciliation an

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Люди несуть 80% відповідальності за проблеми зі своїм здоров’ям у старості, - дослідження

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-20T14:38:00+00:00

Водночас, частина науковців вважає це перебільшенням, адже існує бідність, забруднення довкілля та таке поняття, як доступ до медицини.

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Путин завершил визит в Китай

Source: Vedomosti – All News · Published: 2026-05-20T14:33:44+00:00

Кортеж президента выехал в аэропорт от Дома народных собраний в Пекине

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LMW reports 33% increase in consolidated net profit in Q4’26

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T14:31:32+00:00

For the year ended March 31, 2026, the company reported a 27% increase in consolidated net profit to ₹131 crore as against ₹103 crore in the previous year

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Immigration : un « grand brassage » mais des inégalités persistantes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-20T14:30:01+00:00

La deuxième édition de la grande enquête sociologique « Trajectoires et origines », pilotée par l’Institut national d’études démographiques, montre une convergence rapide des pratiques culturelles et sociales des immigrés et de leurs descendants et de celles du reste de la population. Mais les difficultés d’accès au travail et au logement confirment l’expérience de discriminations systémiques et du racisme.

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Євродепутатка закликала ЄС врахувати вплив СВАМ на українську металургію після візиту в Україну

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-20T14:29:00+00:00

Вона наголосила, що українська металургія продовжує працювати попри постійні обстріли, проблеми з енергетикою та логістикою, а сама галузь залишається важливою для економічної стійкості країни.

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Что сказали Путин и Си на традиционном чаепитии после переговоров

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-20T14:28:52+00:00

Президент РФ Владимир Путин и председатель Китая Си Цзиньпин после официальных переговоров в Пекине провели неформальное чаепитие, в ходе которого подвели итоги визита российской делегации и обсудили дальнейшее развитие двусторонних отношений.

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US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:24:44+00:00

In state department cable, Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning ‘consequences will follow’ if they failed to complyThe US has ordered its Jerusalem embassy to pressure the Palestinian leadership into dropping a bid for a UN general assembly vice-presidency, anxious that the role could allow Palestinians to chair high-profile debates on the Middle East.A 19 May state department cable seen by the Guardian instructed the US embassy in Jerusalem to issue a démarche (a formal protest) to the leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) pressuring them to wi

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Labour must be bolder or it will lose, says Wes Streeting

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:21:56+00:00

In first speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to ReformUK politics live – latest updatesLabour must be bolder and deliver real change, Wes Streeting has said in his first Commons speech since resigning as health secretary, saying that he quit the government because it was “currently losing” the fight against populist nationalism.Streeting reiterated his view that leaving the EU had been a damaging mistake for the UK, and argued that young people had been let down by a system stacked against them. Continue reading...

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Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:21:56+00:00

In first speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to ReformUK politics live – latest updatesLabour must be bolder and deliver real change, Wes Streeting has said in his first Commons speech since resigning as health secretary, saying that he quit the government because it was “currently losing” the fight against populist nationalism.Streeting reiterated his view that leaving the EU had been a damaging mistake for the UK, and argued that young people had been let down by a system stacked against them. Continue reading...

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Brexit may be back, but Britain needs to know what it wants

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:20:25+00:00

A decade after the referendum, EU leaders would welcome closer ties – once the UK has understood the ‘European deal’• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBrexit’s back. Well, sort of. If it ever really went away. At any rate, an awful lot of ink has been spilled – in Britain, at least – over last weekend’s remarks by a would-be PM that Brexit was “a catastrophic mistake” and the UK’s future lay “back in the EU”.That reflects, first, just how deep the wounds of Brexit still run. A decade after the referendum unleashed an identity politics so powerful it still dominates

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‘He sacrificed his life’: security guard killed in San Diego mosque attack hailed as hero

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-20T14:20:05+00:00

Amin Abdullah, 51, was one of the three victims of deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on MondayA security guard who was killed during the shooting at a San Diego mosque on Monday is being hailed as a hero after police said that his actions “undoubtedly” saved lives.On Monday, two teenagers opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, California, shooting and killing three men. The two attackers, aged 17 and 18, were found dead several blocks away, from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said. Continue reading...

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India to witness high memory chip prices for next 18 months: IESA President

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-20T14:19:40+00:00

With no significant capacity expansions expected and high demand continuing to strain supply, consumers may face a 20-30 percent increase in the price of devices, particularly smartphones.

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Guerra in Iran, news. Trump: “Netanyahu farà quello che voglio, è una brava persona”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-20T14:17:39+00:00

Media, Trump e Netanyahu hanno avuto una “lunga e drammatica” telefonata. Ghalibaf: “Gli Usa vogliono iniziare una nuova guerra, siamo pronti. Non cederemo”. Pasdaran: “Se la guerra riprende dilagherà oltre la regione”. Usa e Israele volevano Ahmadinejad come nuovo leader

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