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World in Waiting Game Over Iran Peace Proposal Response

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-07T10:10:12+00:00

An Iranian official said that Tehran would convey its reply through Pakistan, a key mediator. Another Iranian official earlier dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”

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Digital platform launched to strengthen maternal, child healthcare services

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T10:10:02+00:00

JANANI (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care), a service-oriented digital platform is designed to comprehensively monitor and maintain digital health records of women during their reproductive years

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Нова пародія від Юрія Великого та музичні сюрпризи: що "Вечірній Квартал" покаже у премʼєрних концертах

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-07T10:01:00+00:00

З 9 травня в ефірі телеканалу "1+1 Україна" стартують нові концерти "Вечірнього Кварталу". Вже о 19:00 глядачі зможуть побачити прем’єрні випуски з абсолютно новими жартами, гострими політичними номерами...

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Woman charged after allegedly posing as 16-year-old Bronx student

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T10:00:47+00:00

Suspect, 28, accused of enrolling under false identity before arrest, in case echoing similar US incidentsA 28-year-old woman pretended to be age 16 and enrolled at a Bronx high school under a false identity before New York City police jailed her recently, according to officials.Kacy Claassen pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal impersonation in the second degree as well as trespassing on 28 April, the day after her arrest, Bronx court records show. Continue reading...

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Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T10:00:46+00:00

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to itWalking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace also seems off-kilter.The teetering of many of the capital’s historic buildings is the most visible sign of a phenomenon that has been ongoing for more than a century: Mexico City is sinking at an alarmi

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Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T10:00:46+00:00

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop themThe utility industry is quietly dispatching a network of front groups to thwart the growing push for public power across the US – a push that comes amid mounting frustration over sky-high utility bills, electric outages, a slow transition to clean energy and private utilities’ soaring profits.Communities from Ann Arbor, Michigan to San Diego, California and St Petersburg, Florida are exploring municipalizing their grids to join the country’s approximately 2,000 p

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Lloyds Metals eyes reopening of giant PNG copper mine

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T09:55:35+00:00

Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd. on Tuesday said the wholly owned unit will “pursue a long-term cooperation and mining agreement in respect of the Panguna mine”

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CESC Q4 net profit grows 19% to ₹459 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T09:45:34+00:00

Total income in Q4 rises to ₹4,129 crore from ₹4,030 crore a year ago

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Amazon MX Player to be integrated with Prime Video

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T09:41:56+00:00

Integration to bring together India’s largest free-and-paid streaming service under one brand, company says

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Fertiliser shortages to have dramatic effect on food prices, says Duke of Westminster’s firm

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T09:39:54+00:00

Powerful property and farming firm Grosvenor Group says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next yearFertiliser shortages caused by the Iran war have driven up costs for UK farmers by up to 70% and will have a “dramatic” impact on food prices globally next year, according to one of Britain’s most powerful property and farming companies.Mark Preston, executive trustee of the 349-year-old Grosvenor Group, controlled by the Duke of Westminster, said fertiliser “was already quite expensive” before the 50% to 70% surge in prices since the start of the Iran war in late February. Continue readin

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Antisemitism has become ‘almost fashionable’ among Australians, Jillian Segal tells royal commission

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T09:34:51+00:00

On its fourth day of public hearings, royal commission into antisemitism also hears Jewish Australians have been pressured to resign and verbally abusedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJewish Australians have been told to use “less obviously Jewish” names, felt pressure to resign and been verbally abused by colleagues in the wake of 7 October 2023.On its fourth day of public hearings, the antisemitism royal commission also heard evidence from Australia’s antisemitism envoy, who said hatred towards Jews had become “almost fashionable”, while a Sydney nurse said New Sou

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Guerre contre l’Iran : l’urgence de la diplomatie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-07T09:30:09+00:00

Pour les Etats-Unis, il est grand temps de mettre fin à un conflit dévastateur pour l’administration Trump, dont la parole a rarement été autant dévaluée. Les deux parties devront renoncer à leurs exigences maximalistes pour permettre la réouverture de négociations de fond sur le programme nucléaire de Téhéran.

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