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Labour MP to stand down to allow Burnham run for byelection amid leadership row

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T16:16:44+00:00

Greater Manchester mayor would need to win byelection to launch leadership challenge against Starmer• UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham now has a route back to parliament after a Greater Manchester MP announced he would stand down, triggering a byelection, and putting Burnham in contention to become the next Labour leader.The Greater Manchester mayor has been seeking to return to parliament for months, but was blocked by Keir Starmer from running in the Gorton and Denton byelection at the start this year, to the anger of his supporters inside the party. Continue reading...

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Millions of unpaid UK carers ‘living in agony’, says Louise Casey

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T16:15:03+00:00

Government social care commissioner says system relying on exhausted unpaid carers to plug gaps in supportUK politics live – latest updatesMillions of unpaid carers in the UK are “living an agony” while propping up an outdated, fragmented and confusing social care system, Louise Casey, the head of the government’s adult social care commission, has said.Lady Casey, who is leading an independent review of adult social care, criticised a system that “still behaves as if we are living in 1948 and not 2026” by relying on female carers to plug gaps in services. Continue reading...

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Starmer ‘truly sorry’ to see Streeting resign from cabinet - UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T16:14:04+00:00

Streeting called on PM to resign but stopped short of announcing a leadership bidAl Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional level as well as on an economic one, we will continue to lose voters who would naturally align with us. Working-class voters have not simply left Labour. Many feel Labour stopped understanding their lives, and so they looked elsewhere.What is the p

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Gateway cofounder detailed his romantic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell in House testimony

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T16:09:43+00:00

Transcripts reveal billionaire Ted Waitt’s relationship with Epstein accomplice and $7.2m breakup payoutSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Ted Waitt, the billionaire cofounder of the Gateway computer company, told lawmakers during a closed-door interview that he was in a romantic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell from 2004 to 2010, but said that “if I knew then what I know now about Ms Maxwell, I never would’ve befriended her or allowed her to be around my four children”, according to a transcript of his testimony released by the House oversight and reform committee.“I never w

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Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T16:07:51+00:00

Now former health secretary and Manchester mayor could be about to make an unlikely deal to oust Keir StarmerWho said the Labour party needs “a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism … It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates”?Until this morning, almost everyone would have attributed those words to Andy Burnham, the mayor or Greater Manchester. But those were the closing paragraphs of the former health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation letter, a cadence so similar to Burnham’s own that it cannot be accidental. Continue reading...

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Au Brésil, le président Lula lance un plan pour combattre le crime organisé

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T16:00:35+00:00

En difficulté dans les sondages avant l’élection présidentielle d’octobre, le dirigeant brésilien veut montrer qu’il prend en main la lutte contre la criminalité, parmi les préoccupations des électeurs et au cœur du discours de son rival d’extrême droite, Flavio Bolsonaro.

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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, May 15, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T15:58:28+00:00

BL Morning Report May 15, 2026: Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Editorial. Precious saving

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T15:51:00+00:00

Increasing import duties on gold, the right step

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Precious saving

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T15:44:55+00:00

Increasing import duties on gold, the right step

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Уряд готує рішення для зупинки боргів на енергоринку, – Свириденко

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-14T15:42:20+00:00

Юлія Свириденко / УНІАНУряд готує системні рішення для стабілізації розрахунків на ринку електроенергії та врегулювання проблеми боргів на балансуючому ринку. Про це заявила прем’єр-міністр України Юлія...

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Payment discipline, a must for making ECLGS work

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T15:41:03+00:00

A good credit design alone will not help in ensuring the scheme’s success. The collapse of trade credit must be dealt with

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Air India losses drag SIA Group’s FY26 net profit down 57%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T15:38:53+00:00

SIA Group says full-year Air India losses as well as absence of merger-related accounting gain impacted earnings despite higher operating profit

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After Xi’s Warning on Taiwan, He and Trump Strike Positive Tone

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T15:37:05+00:00

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, told President Trump that if the Taiwan issue were handled poorly, it could lead to a clash with the United States. Later, at a state dinner, they emphasized cooperation.

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