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En Belgique, une nouvelle journée de mobilisation contre les réformes du gouvernement De Wever

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T16:00:12+00:00

Les trois grands syndicats du pays appellent à une grève nationale et à une manifestation à Bruxelles, mardi 12 mai, notamment contre la réforme des retraites que les députés doivent approuver le lendemain. Le trafic aérien sera paralysé à Charleroi et fortement perturbé à Zaventem.

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Israeli troops jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:58:55+00:00

IDF says two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison over incident it said was viewed with great severityTwo Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for the desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it.The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his own mouth, went viral and sparked widespread outrage. It was the latest act by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon to be denounced as anti-Christian. Continue reading...

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Guerra in Iran, Trump: “Cessate il fuoco debole, poco probabile che tenga”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-11T15:55:20+00:00

Il presidente: “Ci sarà la resa di Teheran, Sto valutando di ripristinare l’operazione Project Freedom a Hormuz”. I pasdaran: “La reazione della Casa Bianca non ha alcuna importanza”. Wsj: “Ok di Teheran allo spostamento dell’uranio già arricchito”.

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Nifty slips below 24,000 amid uncertainty, FPIs pull out ₹2 lakh crore in 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:51:12+00:00

Rising geopolitical tensions, concerns over India’s import bill and pressure on foreign exchange reserves weighed heavily on investor sentiment, even as defensive sectors like Pharma and Healthcare showed resilience

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ASEAN’s elusive search for financial safety

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:50:50+00:00

The Samarkand decision of the ASEAN+3 to strengthen its regional financial safety net in volatile times, while significant, is neither final nor certain

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Editorial. Austere times

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:46:23+00:00

PM’s behavioural nudge no substitute for increase in user prices

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Savannah Guthrie will host Wordle TV game show

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:43:03+00:00

Jimmy Fallon will produce show, which will begin filming over the summer, based on New York Times’ hit word game Savannah Guthrie is to present a TV game show based on the New York Times’ hit word game Wordle, the newspaper announced Monday.It will be the first new onscreen venture for the host of NBC’s Today show since her return in April after the disappearance two months earlier of her mother. Continue reading...

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Brussels prepares to offer UK concession in agricultural deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:30:44+00:00

Exclusive: UK can keep ban on live animal exports, sources say, in fillip for Keir Starmer’s efforts to negotiate closer ties with EUUK politics live – latest updatesBrussels is preparing to offer Keir Starmer a key concession in talks over an agricultural deal, giving the beleaguered prime minister an important victory in his efforts to move closer to the EU.European officials have conceded that the UK can keep its ban on live animal exports as part of any joint deal on food and agricultural products, according to sources on both sides of the talks, even though the EU has not imposed such a b

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EU preparing to offer key concession to UK in new post-Brexit agricultural deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:30:44+00:00

Exclusive: Britain expected to be allowed to keep ban on live animal exports, sources say, in fillip for Keir StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesBrussels is preparing to offer Keir Starmer a key concession in talks over an agricultural deal, giving the beleaguered prime minister an important victory in his efforts to move closer to the EU.European officials have conceded that the UK can keep its ban on live animal exports as part of any joint deal on food and agricultural products, according to sources on both sides of the talks, even though the EU has not imposed such a ban. Continue rea

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An economic agenda for Bengal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:28:48+00:00

Looking ahead. The new BJP govt can start with unlocking land for industrialisation and improving urban infra

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Poland investigating how ex-minister wanted for alleged crimes fled from Hungary to US

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:28:18+00:00

Zbigniew Ziobro entered US despite having been stripped of passports, with reports Donald Trump was personally involvedPolish prosecutors are investigating how a former justice minister wanted on multiple criminal charges managed to flee to the US from Hungary, where the former prime minister Viktor Orbán had granted him political asylum.On Saturday, as the inauguration of Péter Magyar as Hungary’s new prime minister marked the end of Orbán’s 16 years in power, reports emerged that Poland’s Zbigniew Ziobro had left the central European country and was in the US. Continue reading...

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Mythos wake-up call: Questions India must answer

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:23:04+00:00

India must build digital infrastructure sovereignty to move from being a consumer to a trusted stakeholder in frontier AI

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Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:22:33+00:00

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not a threat to “in-person” attendance and are making audiences more adventurous, according to new research commissioned by the National Theatre.Introducing the findings on Monday, the NT’s director, Indhu Rubasingham, said that the boom in filmed theatre had raised major questions including the concern that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home would have a negative impact on live attendance. The

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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, May 12, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:19:13+00:00

BL Morning Report May 12, 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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Rupee closes at record low of 95.31 per USD

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-11T15:15:49+00:00

FPIs sold equities worth $844 million on Monday, triggering dollar demand for repatriation purposes

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Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, researchers find

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:08:58+00:00

Survey of 27,000 Australian supermarket items found some products boasting environmental benefits had significantly higher emissions than unlabelled counterpartsFoods in supermarkets boasting environmental terms such as “natural” or “sustainable” are mostly just using marketing speak, rather than verified claims, Australian researchers have found.More than 27,000 packaged foods sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA and Harris Farm supermarkets in Sydney were assessed by researchers from the George Institute for Global Health. Continue reading...

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Buy Less Gold and Skip Foreign Trips, Modi Urges Indians

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-11T15:03:46+00:00

Under pressure from the economic fallout of the war in Iran and politically emboldened, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks Indians to sacrifice.

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