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Pick of BL commodities - May 10, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T13:39:21+00:00

The Indian Government will likely impose a ban on Paraquat Dichloride, a widely used herbicide. India’s rice procurement for buffer stocks has touched 50 million tonne, while wheat purchases gathered steam last week. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices has recommended a revision of ethanol prices from sugarcane, whose fair and remunerative prices have been hiked. For the first time in 10 months, central banks turned net sellers of gold in March. 

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Un due tre Aprilia: festa a Le Mans. Martin è a un punto da Bezzecchi

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-10T13:36:26+00:00

Dopo la Sprint, lo spagnolo vince anche la gara lunga in Francia, precedendo il riminese e Ogura, che completano il monopolio della casa di Noale sul podio. Week end da dimenticare per la Ducati

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Путін розказує Трампу про перемогу, але його армія фактично загрузла в Україні, - NYT

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-10T13:35:00+00:00

Якщо нинішні темпи просування росіян збережуться, їм знадобиться понад три десятиліття, щоб повністю захопити Донбас, підрахували журналісти.

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Passengers flying home from virus-hit cruise ship

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:30:52+00:00

Spanish passengers are the first to leave the MV Hondius, after an outbreak saw three people die and several infected.

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EN DIRECT, hantavirus : l’arrivée du vol sanitaire rapatriant les cinq Français qui se trouvaient à bord du MV « Hondius » est prévue « d’ici à 17 heures » à l’aéroport du Bourget

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-10T13:24:12+00:00

A leur arrivée, les passagers doivent être placés « en quarantaine à l’hôpital durant soixante-douze heures, le temps d’une évaluation complète », ont précisé les ministères de la santé et des affaires étrangères.

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First plane carrying passengers from cruise ship hit by hantavirus leaves Tenerife

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:23:34+00:00

Spanish passengers taken off MV Hondius by medical teams in hazmat suits after being screened for the infectionCruise ship hantavirus outbreak – latest updatesThe first passengers to have left the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have departed by plane for Spain, as the evacuation of other nationalities continues.Spanish passengers wearing blue plastic ponchos and hair coverings were taken off the vessel by medical teams in hazmat suits on Sunday morning after being screened for the infection. They were then taken by coach to Tenerife airport. Continue reading...

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First passengers fly home from virus-hit cruise ship

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:15:28+00:00

Spanish passengers are the first to leave the MV Hondius, after an outbreak saw three people die and several infected.

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‘Everyone was in tears’: the tenants given eviction notices just before ban in England

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:00:27+00:00

Shock and fears for future, including homelessness, after landlords rushed to issue section 21 notices before 1 MayIt was 2pm on 30 April when Carl Kansinde Middleton received a “no fault” eviction from his landlord in Brighton – just 10 hours before section 21 notices were officially banned under the Renters’ Right Act.“As we were getting closer, I really thought I was safe,” he said. “It just never occurred to me that it would just come right on the last day – I truly felt blindsided. Continue reading...

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Health advocates warn government’s claims of baby formula safety contradict data

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:00:27+00:00

Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalatesThe Trump administration announced earlier this month that hundreds of baby formula samples it tested for toxic chemicals “meet a high safety standard”, but public health advocates warn this claim contradicts data showing a majority were contaminated with dangerous substances, such as Pfas or phthalates.Independent scientists who reviewed the results say the data gaps and the contamination raise concerns, though they added the testing shows some bright spots, and praised the US Food and D

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Research sheds light on GI’s murder of seven-year-old girl in Northern Ireland in 1944

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T13:00:26+00:00

William Harrison, a US soldier stationed in the region, was convicted and hanged for the murder of Patsy WylieOn the afternoon of 25 September 1944, William Harrison, a US soldier stationed in Northern Ireland, visited the cottage of the Wylie family in Killycolpy, County Tyrone, and offered to buy treats for the children.He had visited before and was, if not a friend, at least known to the family. Mary Wylie let him take her seven-year-old daughter, Patricia, better known as Patsy, across the fields to the shops. Continue reading...

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До 14 днів зі збереженням виплат: як військовим отримати відпустку за сімейними обставинами

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-10T12:51:00+00:00

Військовослужбовці можуть отримати до 10 днів відпустки за сімейними обставинами зі збереженням грошового забезпечення та додатковим часом на дорогу.

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Can we eat without devouring the earth?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T12:49:20+00:00

Food is now as big a climate challenge as oil and coal, warns this timely book

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Lessons from a titan of Wall Street

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T12:48:31+00:00

What Goldman Sachs’s most improbable CEO can teach India’s entrepreneurs

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Don’t let Farage and Reform divide us, Labour’s Sarwar urges Holyrood leaders

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:30:21+00:00

Scottish Labour leader says he aims to hold SNP to account after his party tied for second with Reform in electionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has warned other Scottish political leaders not to spend the next Holyrood parliament “shouting about Nigel Farage”, saying his job is to ensure there is a credible opposition at Holyrood “that holds the SNP’s feet to the fire”.While the Scottish National party won a fifth successive Holyrood victory and ended up with 58 MSPs, Labour had its worst result since devolution in 1999, tying for second place with

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