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MCX Zinc futures: Uptrend intact

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T06:07:39+00:00

MCX Zinc Futures contract can rise to ₹375-₹380

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KPIT Technologies shares slide 4.5% as Q4 earnings disappoint street

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T06:05:23+00:00

The results that triggered Thursday’s selling showed KPIT posting Q4 revenue of ₹1,711 crore, up 12 per cent year-on-year in rupee terms, and EBITDA of ₹353.2 crore, growing 9.4 per cent over the same period last year

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Major test for Labour as polls open in English, Scottish and Welsh elections

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T06:00:41+00:00

Local, mayoral and parliamentary contests could upend political landscape as Reform, Greens and Lib Dems surgePolling has opened across England, Scotland and Wales in a series of local, mayoral and parliamentary contests – the biggest electoral test Keir Starmer and the Labour government have faced since the 2024 general election.As millions of people across Great Britain go to the polls on Thursday, party leaders are poised for a set of results that could fundamentally change the political landscape nationally in Scotland and Wales, and across local authorities in England. Continue reading...

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Europe’s AI translation industry told it risks reputation by partnering with US firms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T06:00:40+00:00

Partnership between top startup DeepL and Amazon comes amid concern about Silicon Valley’s monopoly over digital infrastructureAI companies in Europe risk losing their world-leading status in the field of machine translation, industry figures have said, after the decision by one of the continent’s leading startups to partner with Amazon’s cloud computing division provoked alarm.While businesses in the EU have generally lagged behind the US and China in AI adoption, a small group of European companies have cornered the global market for high-quality machine translations for professional use. Co

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За крок над прірвою: Кремлю бракує грошей на регіони, регіонам - на найманців, але всі шукають "стрілочника"

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-07T06:00:00+00:00

Регіони РФ мають рекордні борги та дефіцити бюджетів, а ЗС РФ - найменші за 2 роки темпи "закупівель" найманців. Який тут зв’язок, кого тепер "доїтимуть" та чому російська влада сама почала лякати росіян тим, що це лише початок - дізнався УНІАН.

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JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T05:38:12+00:00

Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has declined to attend an upcoming literature festival in Israel, writing a excoriating letter to organisers citing the country’s “genocidal campaign” in Gaza, stating: “It will take many years for Israel to clear its name”.The 86-year-old author, who was born in apartheid South Africa and lives in Australia, wrote to organisers of the Jerusalem international writers festival in November. Continue reading...

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Moore Park golf course to be cut by a third instead of 50% under compromise to create new parklands

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T05:37:24+00:00

After backlash, including from actor and avid golfer Mark Wahlberg, state says ‘we’ve worked to increase offering from 9 holes to a 12-hole course’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney golfers will be able to play on a 12-hole course in the inner city after the state government compromised on its plan to halve Moore Park’s 18-hole golf course to create more public green space.The Minns government announced on Thursday its final plan for the 45-hectare Moore Park golf course site after a years-long battle over its

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Arthur Miller opens up about marriage to Marilyn Monroe in newly unearthed recordings

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T05:00:40+00:00

Exclusive: Taped conversations also cover playwright’s relationship with fame, self-doubt and communismHe was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century and she was one of the greatest actors. In newly unearthed recordings made over a period of nearly three decades, Arthur Miller opened up about his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe, saying she wanted a husband who was a “father, lover, friend and agent,” and the child she longed for would have been an “additional problem”.In taped conversations with his friend and biographer Prof Christopher Bigsby, Miller said he had felt “deat

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CG Power shares hit 52-week high after Q4 profit jumps 32% y-o-y

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-07T04:55:40+00:00

The stock climbed to a high of ₹863.80 in early trade; At 10.12 am, it was trading at ₹860.25, compared with the previous close of ₹828.90

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Bolivian police fire tear gas at protesting teachers

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-07T04:51:35+00:00

Bolivian police fired tear gas at protesters in La Paz, as three separate groups rallied against the government.

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Australia news live: royal commission hears NSW health system ‘not safe’ for Jewish people; beehives worth $150,000 allegedly stolen from rural property

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-07T04:48:44+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie says rollback of inland rail project sends ‘chill’ through communityNationals senator Bridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said the Labor party has sent a “chill through the infrastructure pipeline” after the Albanese government abandoned a beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland.People were surprised and shocked and dismayed at this announcement by the Labor government, they’ve been making their concerns heard loud and clear.This Labor government has

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