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Robert Jenrick launches scathing broadside against ‘Kensington Kemi’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:21:14+00:00

Reform UK shadow chancellor seeks to associate Tory leader with metropolitan elite as party relations sour furtherUK politics live – latest updatesRobert Jenrick has launched an extended attack on Kemi Badenoch for being part of a metropolitan elite, saying a coalition deal with the Tories would be like being “handcuffed to a zombie”.The Reform UK shadow chancellor repeatedly called the Tory leader “Kensington Kemi” and claimed her party was for people who moan about the decline of Mayfair clubs and complain that they cannot find Ottolenghi recipe ingredients in the shops. Continue reading...

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« Terres rares » : l’UE va soutenir 46 nouveaux projets, dont six en France, pour réduire sa dépendance à la Chine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-09T13:20:30+00:00

Les terres rares sont des éléments métalliques devenus essentiels pour des pans entiers de l’économie, en particulier l’industrie automobile, les énergies renouvelables, le numérique ou la défense. La Chine a développé un quasi-monopole sur leur raffinage.

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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:18:58+00:00

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Rishi Sunak’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenueBusiness live – latest updatesTax cuts for big banks have deprived the UK government of £6bn in revenues, according to campaigners, who are calling on the chancellor, John Healey, to increase taxes and force lenders to pay their “fair share” in the upcoming budget.Calculations by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents unions with more than 5.3 million members across England and Wales, shows that the public purse is billions of pounds worse off as a result of tax cuts introduc

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Напад у Монако на Єрмолаєва не був "санкціонованим", - Жикович

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-09T13:18:32+00:00

Віталій Жикович / фото - GettyImagesПідозрюваний у замаху на українського мільйонера Вадима Єрмолаєва екс-працівник СБУ із СІЗО Віталій Жикович дав інтервʼю ВВС, в якому звинуватив в замовленні вбивства...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le fondateur du canal Telegram Rybar, important vecteur de la propagande du Kremlin, arrêté au Monténégro

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-09T13:16:14+00:00

Mikhaïl Zvintchouk et plusieurs ressortissants russes ont été interpellés à Risan, au Monténégro. Le premier ministre monténégrin a salué une « opération réussie », évoquant des tentatives d’ingérence hybride et de déstabilisation, sans plus de détails. Mikhaïl Zvintchouk, visé par des sanctions européennes et britanniques, est suivi par plus de 1,5 million d’abonnés.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les Etats-Unis mènent des discussions avec l’Ukraine lors d’une rencontre en Floride à laquelle ont également été conviés les Européens

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-09T13:16:11+00:00

La délégation ukrainienne doit rencontrer Jared Kushner et Steve Witkoff, émissaires de Donald Trump, pour cette réunion qui « devrait durer deux jours », a affirmé Volodymyr Zelensky à des journalistes avant les pourparlers.

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Chair of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection loss

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:13:15+00:00

Vivien Lichtenstein urges party leader to quit over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy – but could face no-confidence motion herselfThe chair of the Jewish Greens has called for Zack Polanski to step down as pressure increases on the Green leader to acknowledge anger within the party over a new policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for the state of Israel to be abolished.The comments by Vivien Lichtenstein come after Caroline Lucas, the Greens’ former leader and first MP, criticised Polanski for a lack of leadership in missing the debate and vote at the weekend that resulted in the policy

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Study cautions against blind trust in medical imaging AI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T13:10:54+00:00

In a recent study using four AI models, when researchers removed information of chest X-rays provided to the models, their ability to identify the relevant regions declined

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faced £1.8m repair bill after leaving Royal Lodge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:09:23+00:00

Ex-prince was granted £302,000 in compensation for early end of lease and king has reportedly contributed to costsAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor faced a £1.8m bill to cover repair and restoration of his former Royal Lodge home in Windsor after the lease was officially surrendered.But the former prince was granted £302,000 in compensation for giving up the lease early on the 98-acre property, meaning his total costs came to £1.5m. Continue reading...

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‘Abolish ICE’: Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:09:15+00:00

US immigration officer shot man in car where five-year-old child was sitting in the Bronx, sparking fierce protestsUS politics live – latest updatesLeading New York Democrats expressed anger and demanded curbs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violence after a federal officer shot a man in a car where a five-year-old child was sitting, sparking fierce protests.At least seven shots were reportedly fired and the man was hit in the neck late afternoon on Thursday as children were coming home from school in the busy Marble Hill neighborhood of the south Bronx in New York City. Continue

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Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructure

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:01:57+00:00

Drone attacks target Russian digital giant Yandex, as well as continuing strikes on missile plants and oil refineries.

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Price vs Value: Don’t pay extra to invest overseas

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T13:01:47+00:00

Several overseas ETFs are trading far above their NAVs, leaving investors vulnerable if premiums narrow or disappear

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‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-09T13:00:28+00:00

Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsidesFor decades, East Fishkill helped build New York’s tech industry.The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acre campus where IBM researched and manufactured semiconductor chips for nearly fifty years. Continue reading...

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Q2 Results Today Live: Poonawalla Fincorp Q2 profit surges five-fold, Canara HSBC Life PAT at ₹43 crore, Anand Rathi Wealth to announce Q2 results

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T12:48:37+00:00

Anand Rathi Wealth, Can Fin Homes, Canara Robeco Asset Management Company and Poonawalla Fincorp are among the companies in focus as the September-quarter earnings season progresses. Follow this live blog for the latest results, key financial highlights and stock movements as companies announce their earnings.

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SEBI notifies new settlement rule; introduces new formula, fast-track route

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T12:45:25+00:00

Under the new framework, settlement terms will comprise the settlement amount, disgorgement of wrongful gains, wherever applicable, and remedial and regulatory terms, earlier referred to as non-monetary terms

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Lupin gets USFDA nod for generic vitamin K drug

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T12:37:32+00:00

US FDA approves Lupin’s injectable vitamin K emulsion, a generic treatment for deficiency and hypoprothrombinemia, boosting access and competition

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Shriram Finance ups FD rates by up to 40 basis points

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T12:36:43+00:00

On October 7th, when RBI’s rate setting panel raised the repo rate, Bajaj Finance increased interest rates on its FDs by 15 to 40 bps across all tenures with immediate effect

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TCS lifts Dalal Street out of its eight-week rut

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-09T12:36:38+00:00

Nifty 50 closes 1.30% higher at 22,520.45, adding 288 points, while the BSE Sensex advanced 1.23% to 72,472.33, a gain of 879.09 points

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