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Buyers can push back harder than any regulator will

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:30:45+00:00

Markets are not just economic systems but also social ecosystems layered with identity, belief, and emotions

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British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T17:26:05+00:00

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory• What is hantavirus?Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander said.The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where they live, with a suspected case of hantavirus. Continue reading...

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How Indian IT majors are decoding AI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:22:28+00:00

There is a structural shift not only in the services IT firms deliver, but also how they price it and hire talent for it

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Trump says US will not allow Iran to reach enriched uranium

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-10T17:22:18+00:00

US president says Washington has the nuclear material in Iran 'surveilled' and will 'blow up' anyone who gets near it.

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When we are starstruck!

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:17:18+00:00

The reality check of hiring or promoting charismatic leaders

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Dozens of people from cruise ship struck by hantavirus leave Tenerife

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T17:10:32+00:00

Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries as part of two-day operationDozens of passengers and crew from countries around the world have been evacuated from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.British people were among those taken off the ship as part of a two-day operation which began on Sunday in Tenerife. They were put on chartered flights back to the UK, where they will enter hospital quarantine in Merseyside. Continue reading...

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Fire me if I fail: Pirojsha Godrej

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:09:55+00:00

Building anew. How the new chairman of Godrej Industries Group is planning to reshape one of India’s oldest conglomerates

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Angela Rayner calls blocking Andy Burnham’s return to parliament a mistake as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T17:09:42+00:00

Catherine West issues ultimatum for PM as ex-minister Josh Simons joins calls for prime minister to quitAt the start of her programme Laura Kuenssberg addressed Catherine West and Bridget Phillipson who were sitting waiting for the main interviews.Kuenssberg told West she wanted a cabinet minister to challenge Keir Starmer. She said she was sitting next to one of them. What was her message to her?Well, there’s nothing stopping Bridget from standing. Why are all the men better than the women? We do need some senior women to step forward and to challenge for what is going to be a really difficul

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Tech giant Adobe opens seventh office in India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:04:17+00:00

The economy may be stressed, but the good news is that some companies are expanding investments in India and opening new offices

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Iran responds to US proposal as drones hit Gulf nations and Netanyahu warns war ‘not over’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T17:02:10+00:00

Pakistan confirms it has forwarded response to Washington as Israeli PM says war will go on as long as Iran has uranium stockpileIran has said it has replied to a US peace proposal, on a day when a month-old ceasefire showed signs of fraying, with drone strikes reported around the region, and Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war was “not over”.Iranian state media reported that the Iranian response had been passed to Pakistani mediators, without giving further details. Pakistan confirmed it had been forwarded to Washington. Continue reading...

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How India’s ethanol hedge is paying back

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T17:00:29+00:00

Amid global supply disruptions, blended petrol is growing in stature as a sustainable fuel of the future

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Entre le Kenya et la France, un rapprochement très stratégique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-10T17:00:12+00:00

Nairobi accueille, les 11 et 12 mai, le sommet « Africa Forward », organisé conjointement avec Paris. Les deux pays n’ont cessé, ces dernières années, de renforcer leur coopération.

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The wait for atmanirbharta in pumped storage projects

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T16:48:05+00:00

The country is dependent on foreign manufacturers for the supply of ‘reversible Francis turbines’

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Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in King’s speech

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:45:38+00:00

Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs The full nationalisation of British Steel is expected to be announced in the King’s speech this week, a year after the government took over the daily running of the loss-making business from its Chinese owner.The steelmaker, which employs 3,500 people at its plant in Scunthorpe, came under government control last April amid fears that its owner, Jingye, was planning to shut down the site. Continue reading...

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Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:45:16+00:00

Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to work with other parties and press the UK government for extra powersUK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has vowed to form a stable minority government in the Senedd and said he would seek out mature cooperation from all opposition parties.Ap Iorwerth said his administration would press the UK government for extra powers over policy areas such as policing and justice and focus on results rather than engaging in political rows with Westminster. Continue reading...

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Rhythm nation: politician’s viral dance moves mark new, optimistic era for Hungary

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:42:24+00:00

Zsolt Hegedűs’s celebrations since the election of Péter Magyar have sparked joy across the countryAs Hungary’s Péter Magyar took office, ousting Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, the daylong event on Saturday was laced with symbolism, from the return of the EU flag to parliament to the ringing out of the European anthem, Ode to Joy.But it was the 56-year-old tipped to be the new health minister – and more specifically, his dance moves – that may have become the most potent symbol of Hungary’s new political era. Continue reading...

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Food inflation hammers households in war-hit Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:37:10+00:00

Iranians faced with skyrocketing food prices as inflation soars, currency plunges amid US-enforced naval blockade.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran met en garde la France et le Royaume-Uni contre l’envoi de navires militaires à proximité du détroit d’Ormuz

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-10T16:31:14+00:00

Emmanuel Macron a répondu aux menaces de Téhéran et assuré que la France n’avait « jamais envisagé » un « déploiement » militaire naval dans le détroit d’Ormuz, mais une mission de sécurisation « concertée avec l’Iran ».

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EN DIRECT, hantavirus : un des cinq Français rapatriés en France présente « des symptômes »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-10T16:22:20+00:00

L’avion reconduisant les cinq passagers français évacués du MV « Hondius » a atterri à l’aéroport du Bourget. Ceux-ci doivent être transportés à l’hôpital Bichat, à Paris, où ils seront placés en quarantaine durant soixante-douze heures, le temps d’une évaluation complète.

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Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:20:38+00:00

The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius were being repatriated to the United States on Sunday after the vessel docked in Tenerife and all the passengers were evacuated.Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were waiting and interviewed the passengers, whose identities have not been publicly disclosed and who have not tested positive for the virus, about their exposure on the cruise. Cont

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Strengthening GCCs to offset external shocks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T16:20:15+00:00

Building a talent pipeline, nurturing innovation and improving physical infra can help India become a major GCC destination

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A bloated Cabinet is a really bad idea

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T16:11:18+00:00

Adding more ministries and ministerial positions to oblige the MPs will hurt governance

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Iran Responds to Latest U.S. Plan to End War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-10T16:10:23+00:00

The two countries have been discussing a 30-day extension to the cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Editorial. Bond truths

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T16:06:48+00:00

Retail exposure to foreign bonds not a great idea

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