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Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:47+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, it’s Nick Visser here to take over the blog. Let’s get to it and see what Friday holds.Big news to start the morning: Australia’s Delta Goodrem has qualified for the Eurovision final. Continue reading...

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Au Royaume-Uni, les prudentes manœuvres d’approche des rivaux de Keir Starmer

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:27+00:00

Si le premier ministre est vivement contesté au sein du Parti travailliste, aucun de ses opposants ne s’est pour l’instant porté candidat à son remplacement. Au Labour, la procédure pour évincer le chef de file est particulièrement complexe et risquée.

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Guerre en Ukraine : comment Kiev a su imposer, au moins pour un temps, sa maîtrise des données numériques issues des champs de bataille

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:15+00:00

Au cœur de la guerre de drones se trouvent des outils informatiques et numériques qui en démultiplient l’efficacité. Kiev disposait jusqu’à présent d’un avantage dans ce domaine, qui inspire les pays de l’OTAN. Mais la Russie se rattrape, et l’IA rebat les cartes.

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Comment l’Ukraine a su imposer, au moins pour un temps, sa maîtrise des données numériques issues des champs de bataille

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:09+00:00

Au cœur de la guerre de drones se trouvent des outils informatiques et numériques qui en démultiplient l’efficacité. Kiev disposait jusqu’à présent d’un avantage dans ce domaine, qui inspire les pays de l’OTAN. Mais la Russie se rattrape, et l’IA rebat les cartes.

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Estados Unidos y Cuba intensifican las negociaciones con la isla colapsada

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

La insólita reunión entre el director de la CIA y el ministro del Interior cubano supone el mayor hito en dos meses de opacas negociaciones marcadas por la asfixia casi total del país

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live Updates: Markets opens positively, Sensex up 110 pts; Nifty up 43 pts to 23,732.85

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-15T03:53:15+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian stock markets open positively as experts predicted a flat to negative opening on Friday amid mixed global cues, with all eyes on US-China deals. Gift Nifty at 23,675 indicates a gap-down opening of about 50-60 points for the Nifty.

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Pauline Hanson claimed $16,000 for private charter despite claiming floods tour was at ‘no cost to taxpayer’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-15T03:40:43+00:00

One Nation leader and Barnaby Joyce flew on Gina Rinehart’s plane from the Sunshine Coast to Mount Isa before taking charter to tour flood-affected communitiesPauline Hanson billed taxpayers almost $16,000 in private charter flights to travel around flood-affected Queensland on the suggestion of billionaire Gina Rinehart, despite previously claiming the trip was at “no cost to the taxpayer”.In January, Hanson and Barnaby Joyce flew on Rinehart’s luxury Gulfstream G700 from the Sunshine Coast to Mount Isa, after which they travelled on charter flights to flood-affected communities around Julia

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Por qué Xi aludió a la trampa de Tucídides

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-05-15T03:40:00+00:00

La referencia, que simboliza el riesgo de conflicto entre una potencia en ascenso y la hegemónica, muestra voluntad de estabilidad pero también confianza en el ascenso chino

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : la Chine appelle à un cessez-le-feu complet et durable et à la réouverture du détroit d’Ormuz

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-15T03:38:35+00:00

Alors que Téhéran a annoncé laisser passer des navires chinois, le ministère des affaires étrangères chinoises a appelé, en marge du sommet entre les présidents chinois Xi Jinping et américain Donald Trump à Pékin, à un retour à la situation d’avant-guerre.

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« Les gens se terrent chez eux, certains ne vont même plus au travail » : à El Paso, au Texas, les habitants s’efforcent d’échapper aux policiers de l’ICE

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-15T03:30:10+00:00

Présente depuis longtemps dans cette ville frontalière du Mexique et peuplée à 80 % d’Hispaniques, l’agence de contrôle de l’immigration y a récemment intensifié son action et les arrestations. Elle a ouvert un centre de détention de 5 000 places dans la zone militaire voisine.

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Musk’s xAI unveils first coding agent in bid to rival Anthropic

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-15T03:24:32+00:00

Musk and xAI are racing to catch up to other AI companies on coding, a lucrative market for AI and an area where the billionaire admits his firm has fallen behind

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Xi’s threat to Trump cements Taiwan as top US-China risk

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-15T03:19:24+00:00

Xi’s assertion that interfering with Taiwan could trigger a ‘highly dangerous situation’ for the world’s biggest economies marked his bluntest language yet on the topic

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Trump China visit live: Beijing being ‘very pragmatic’ on Iran, says top US official, as Trump and Xi meet for final day of summit

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-15T03:14:27+00:00

US official says it is important for Xi Jinping to have the strait of Hormuz open and is confident China will try to limit material support for IranXi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over TaiwanAnalysis: For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcomeJamieson Greer also said US export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing.The US trade representative’s comments to Bloomberg on Friday suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, Reuters is

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‘We are not in Trump’s America’: migrant groups say Angus Taylor in race to bottom with far right

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-15T03:07:12+00:00

Prime minister claims Coalition imitating One Nation’s policies as refugee advocacy group warns migrants ‘should not be used as scapegoats’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has accused Angus Taylor of copying One Nation and “dog-whistling” to marginalise immigrants to Australia, as the Coalition seeks to cut social benefits and government programs for permanent residents.Delivering his budget reply speech on Thursday night, the opposition leader announced plans to slash immigration and restrict welf

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What happens to those who say no to fighting wars?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-15T03:00:13+00:00

Al Jazeera’s @avawarrinerr explains what it means for people who object to fighting in wars today.

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Weak opening seen for Indian stocks amid cautious global mood

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-15T02:47:00+00:00

Market sentiment is likely to remain cautious and headline-driven, with crude oil movement, rupee trend, institutional flows, and global geopolitical developments expected to remain the key drivers for Indian equities in the near term

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Australia news live: defection speculation as ex-Liberal senator Hollie Hughes prepares to host Pauline Hanson at her NSW pub

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-15T02:43:40+00:00

Hughes quit the Liberal Party in November, and was strongly critical of her former colleagues for undermining then-leader Sussan Ley. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, it’s Nick Visser here to take over the blog. Let’s get to it and see what Friday holds.Big news to start the morning: Australia’s Delta Goodrem has qualified for the Eurovision final. Continue reading...

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CIA chief visits Havana as energy crisis worsens

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-15T02:40:50+00:00

The reported visit came after the US renewed an offer of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade.

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CIA chief visits Cuba as energy crisis worsens

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-15T02:40:50+00:00

The reported visit to Havana came after the US renewed an offer of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade.

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