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Politics live: Greens senator says ‘immoral’ NDIS reforms being rushed through; Coalition says Labor ‘misled, deceived’ Australians over taxes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:41:49+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet 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 anythin

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex up by 160 pts at 74,772.97; Nifty gains 60 pts; Cipla, Adani Enterprises top gainers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T04:38:34+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Live Updates: Indian equity markets opened on a positive note on Thursday, tracking gains in Asian peers and continued momentum in global AI-linked stocks, even as sustained foreign portfolio investor (FPI) outflows and geopolitical uncertainties kept investors cautious.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un mort et 16 blessés à Kiev dans une vaste attaque nocturne russe ; 56 missiles et 675 drones ont visé l’Ukraine durant la nuit

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T04:36:03+00:00

Le maire de la capitale ukrainienne, Vitali Klitschko, a fait savoir que la Russie avait visé la ville avec « des drones et des missiles balistiques ». Les frappes ont touché six districts de la capitale ainsi que six autres de sa région, selon les autorités militaires.

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Beijing Tightens Security As Trump and Xi Meet in China

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:35:52+00:00

Historic sites and roads have been closed in the Chinese capital for President Trump’s state visit, resulting in severe traffic and disappointed tourists.

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Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:26:09+00:00

The minister says the situation in Cuba is "extremely tense", as a US-led blockade of oil to the country causes widespread power cuts.

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UAE denies Netanyahu made secret visit during Iran conflict

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T04:23:40+00:00

“The UAE confirms its relations with Israel are public and based on the officially declared Abraham Accords, not on unofficial arrangements,” the Foreign Ministry stated

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President Trump Goes to China

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:21:54+00:00

His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.

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President Trump Goes to China

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:21:53+00:00

His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.

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Australia politics live: Greens senator says ‘immoral’ NDIS reforms are being rushed through Senate; question time begins

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:14:16+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet 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 anythin

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Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to fly out of Netherlands in full PPE after plane and crew secured

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:13:47+00:00

Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on FridayFour Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey.The health minister, Mark Butler, said the citizens, along with a permanent resident and a New Zealand citizen, were due to take off from the Netherlands on Thursday evening local time and would land in Perth on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...

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US-China relations will be ‘better than ever’, Trump tells Xi

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-14T04:02:50+00:00

The two leaders have met at least six times over the past decade — typically on the sidelines of major multilateral summits — although they have also visited each other’s nations

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Donald Trump, avec ses visées sur Mars, le Canada ou le Groenland, s’efforce de se réapproprier le mythe de la frontière, celui de l’Amérique des pionniers

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:39+00:00

Depuis l’origine, les Etats-Unis ont appuyé leur expansion sur la conquête de nouveaux horizons géographiques ou politiques. Dans cette veine, le président actuel évoque d’autres contrées, sur Terre ou dans l’espace, tandis que le développement de l’intelligence artificielle ouvre des territoires inconnus.

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Céline Marangé, chercheuse à l’Ecole militaire : « Un déni subsiste en France sur la radicalité des intentions du pouvoir russe »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:32+00:00

La politiste publie « La guerre d’Europe a commencé », qui replace le conflit en Ukraine dans le temps long de l’impérialisme russe et prend la mesure de la menace que le Kremlin fait peser sur les pays de l’OTAN et de l’Union européenne. Etat des lieux.

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The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:16+00:00

Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operationEast Jerusalem to Amman should have been an easy trip: a short drive down to the Dead Sea, across the border checkpoint and swiftly on to the Jordanian capital.But in the early summer of 2024, the distance appeared an almost insurmountable obstacle to humanitarian workers from Unrwa (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees), as they sought to safeguard huge quantities of archival documents vitally important to decades of recent Palestinian history. Con

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Wife of Briton pleads for Saudi Arabia to release him from ‘arbitrary detention’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:16+00:00

Ahmed al-Doush’s health said to be in sharp decline since his arrest in 2024 in relation to social media postsThe wife of a British national who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since 2024 for social media posts, has pleaded for his release as his wellbeing declines.In November, the UN working group on arbitrary detention found Ahmed al-Doush was being detained arbitrarily under international law and recommended his immediate release, as well as the payment of compensation. The findings followed its eight-month inquiry Continue reading...

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Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:16+00:00

King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody endDecades after disappearing from the jagged cliffs around Tintagel Castle on the coast of north Cornwall, a bird with legendary connections to the area has returned.The custodian of Tintagel, English Heritage, and local ornithologists have declared that choughs – charismatic corvids with red beaks and feet – are back. Continue reading...

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Eurovision 2026 : pourquoi Israël est-il accusé d’avoir fait du concours un outil politique ? Comprendre en 3 minutes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T04:00:10+00:00

L’Espagne, l’Irlande, l’Islande, les Pays-Bas et la Slovénie boycottent la 70ᵉ édition du concours organisé cette année à Vienne pour protester contre la décision de l’Union européenne de radio-télévision de maintenir la participation d’Israël.

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A Watchful Beijing Tightens Security for Trump’s Visit

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T03:56:06+00:00

Historic sites and roads have been closed in the Chinese capital for President Trump’s state visit, resulting in severe traffic and disappointed tourists.

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El alcalde negro y musulmán que encarna los cambios de Francia

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-05-14T03:40:00+00:00

Bally Bagayoko, hijo de una familia de origen maliense y miembro de La Francia Insumisa, arrasó en la primera vuelta de las municipales y desató una ola de racismo en la derecha mediática francesa, que llegó a llamarlo “mono”

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