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Vedanta arm Runaya expands critical metals production

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:46:55+00:00

Firm to add new capacities under execution for cobalt, cadmium and copper, alongside other base metals and their compounds

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Rachel Reeves suggests if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it - as fight to keep her job goes on

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:44:15+00:00

The GDP boost has raised the chancellor’s prospects for staying in post, whoever wins the Labour leadership battleBusiness live – latest updatesUK economy records surprise 0.3% growth despite Iran warThe message from Rachel Reeves is clear. After Britain’s economy defied the predictions for a slump in March, despite the fallout from the Iran war, why put things at risk with a roll of the dice in domestic politics?Responding to bumper growth of 0.3% in March – much stronger than City economists’ forecasts for a 0.2% contraction – the chancellor said the figures showed she had the right economic

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What to Know About Day 1 of Trump and Xi’s Meeting

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:43:54+00:00

President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, exchanged pleasantries and also tackled areas of contention like Taiwan and trade.

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Streeting allies claim more MPs asking Starmer to resign, as No 10 says health secretary has PM’s full confidence - UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:40:17+00:00

Cabinet ministers have rejected the suggestions and accused Streeting’s supporters of attempting to ‘brief resignations into existence’Full report: Streeting in standoff with No 10 as allies claim ‘things are shifting’Al 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

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GMR Aero Technic signs Boeing deal for P-8I aircraft heavy maintenance

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:30:28+00:00

The work will be conducted at its Hyderabad MRO facility and includes structural upgrades, inspections and system enhancements, strengthening India’s defence aviation maintenance ecosystem

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Two India-bound LPG tankers cross Hormuz; India-flagged vessel sinks after hit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:26:17+00:00

This takes the total number of Indian vessels to have crossed the shipping channel, which had been effectively shut since the US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation more than two months back, to 13

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Taylor vows to run coal ‘long and hard’ and scrap EV concessions in budget reply – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:22:28+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHolding Jewish people responsible for Israel a ‘building block’ of racism, inquiry hearsThere will always be “edge cases”, Dr Dave Rich has told the antisemitism royal commission, where there are good faith disagreements on whether something is antisemitic.Holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the state of Israel is the justification provided by terrorists who murder Jews around the world, who attack Jews around the world while shouting abuse about Israel, about Gaza.I’m not pretending anything

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Чем известна новый омбудсмен Яна Лантратова

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-14T11:22:02+00:00

14 мая Госдума назначила главу комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Яну Лантратову («Справедливая Россия») новым уполномоченным по правам человека в России. За ее кандидатуру проголосовал 301 депутат, против – 4, двое воздержались. Она сменила омбудсмена Татьяну Москалькову, которая провела на этом посту максимально возможные два срока. По подсчетам «Ведомостей», за время работы в Госдуме Лантратова поучаствовала в разработке почти 600 законопроектов.

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Streeting claims more MPs privately asking Starmer to step down - UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:21:13+00:00

Cabinet ministers have rejected the suggestions and accused Streeting’s supporters of attempting to ‘brief resignations into existence’Full report: Streeting in standoff with No 10 as allies claim ‘things are shifting’Al 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

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Trump and Xi discuss Iran and reopening Strait of Hormuz

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:14:04+00:00

Xi Jinping expresses interest in China purchasing more US oil to reduce future Chinese dependence on Gulf oil

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Roche brings under-the-skin lung cancer treatment injection to India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:13:38+00:00

The subcutaneous (under-the-skin) immunotherapy for lung cancer can be administered in approximately seven minutes, compared to conventional IV (intravenous) infusions that can take hours

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Maharashtra cabinet nod to silt removal pilot project in six dams

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T11:12:32+00:00

The cabinet also cleared key decisions on staffing, development projects, welfare schemes, tax exemptions, and institutional reforms across multiple departments

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Hedge fund proposes £1bn buyout of UK’s biggest private hospital operator

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:12:03+00:00

Shares in Spire Healthcare jump after approach from Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’Business live – latest updatesThe board of Britain’s largest private hospital operator has backed a buyout proposal worth £1bn from its second-biggest shareholder, a hedge fund manager known as “the Rottweiler”, sending its shares soaring by nearly 50%.Spire Healthcare, which owns the Claremont hospital in Sheffield and St Anthony’s hospital in south London, said it had received a non-binding proposal worth 250p a share from funds advised by the activist investor Toscafund Asset Manag

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Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T11:09:34+00:00

Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperformChief executives who attended private school are perceived by investors as a “safer bet”, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.Companies run by privately educated bosses tend to experience lower stock market volatility, even though there are no meaningful differences in their performance, decision-making or crisis management, the research from the University of Surrey found. Con

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