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Dozens paddle out in Sydney and Newcastle in solidarity with Gaza Flotilla – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T06:21:56+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan defends Coalition decision to preference One Nation ahead of independent in Farrer: ‘Socialists and communists always go last’Matt Canavan said he understood why voters in Farrer, set for a byelection next Saturday, were disillusioned with the federal opposition.I‘ve been down there for 20 days, 15 nights – and 10 of those I’ve been in a swag – over the past month.I’m doing everything I can to fight for them. I’d love to fight for that great part of our country again, it’s a wonderful part of our nation w

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Three people dead after incident in Sydney home believed to be parents and brother of arrested man, police say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T06:05:19+00:00

Man, 32, taken into custody after police called to Rosemeadow incident in early hours of Sunday morning Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree people have died after an incident in a Sydney home, with police saying they are believed to be the parents and brother of a 32-year-old man who has been arrested.New South Wales police arrived at the house in Rosemeadow in Sydney’s south-west on Sunday just after 1.30am after reports of an assault.This article was updated on 3 May 2026 to correct the age of one of the men w

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Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T06:00:46+00:00

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than workThe practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged.In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled from time, skill or effort. Instead, work had become a speculative practice with the rewards determined

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Australia news live: dozens paddle out in Sydney and Newcastle in solidarity with Gaza Flotilla; PM commits another $1.8bn to urgent care clinics

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T05:52:39+00:00

Parents of Australian who was detained by IDF call for stronger government response. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan defends Coalition decision to preference One Nation ahead of independent in Farrer: ‘Socialists and communists always go last’Matt Canavan said he understood why voters in Farrer, set for a byelection next Saturday, were disillusioned with the federal opposition.I‘ve been down there for 20 days, 15 nights – and 10 of those I’ve been in a swag – over the past month.I’m doing everything I can to fight for them. I’d love to figh

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Radisson aims 160 hotels, 19,500 keys in India by end-2026: Co executive

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-03T05:21:34+00:00

Nikhil Sharma, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, South Asia, says that the Group remains "very much on track" to achieve its target of 500 hotels in India by 2030

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По следам Гагарина: история первого астронавта Алана Шепарда

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-03T05:20:50+00:00

5 мая 1961 г. Алан Шепард вошел в историю как первый американец, покоривший космос. Хотя первенство в освоении внеземного пространства навсегда осталось за Юрием Гагариным, 15 минут и 28 секунд суборбитального полета Шепарда стали отправной точкой для начала лунной гонки.

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Telangana Govt to release ₹6000 cr pending retirement benefits soon

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-03T05:01:36+00:00

Stating that the State’s revenues, including GST collections, were on the rise, CM said the government would be in a position to consider other demands of employees from time to time

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Polanski takes combative approach as Greens enter media spotlight

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T05:00:46+00:00

From legitimate scrutiny to lurid scare stories, the Green party’s rise has brought a sudden spike in attentionIt is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party before this week’s elections has occasionally borne an unlikely resemblance to the height of Clegg-mania in the spring of 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was rewarded for his positive polling with the unlikely Daily Mail headline “Clegg in Nazi slur on Britain”.All mann

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Fuel distribution in the country remains stable: Union Minister

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-03T04:46:34+00:00

As international crude prices surge, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi defends the government’s fuel distribution stability amid sharp criticism from opposition parties over soaring commercial gas cylinder costs

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Australia news live: Victorian Liberal leader again refuses to rule out One Nation deal in November; federal Labor may extend fuel excise cut

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-03T04:44:20+00:00

Nepean result shows ‘Liberals can’t govern without One Nation’, premier says. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan defends Coalition decision to preference One Nation ahead of independent in Farrer: ‘Socialists and communists always go last’Matt Canavan said he understood why voters in Farrer, set for a byelection next Saturday, were disillusioned with the federal opposition.I‘ve been down there for 20 days, 15 nights – and 10 of those I’ve been in a swag – over the past month.I’m doing everything I can to fight for them. I’d love to fight for t

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IndiGo issues travel advisory as bad weather disrupts flight operations in Jaipur

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-03T04:41:31+00:00

Earlier on Friday, the IMD said that India is likely to witness a mixed temperature pattern along with wetter-than-usual conditions in May, indicating that rainfall across the country is "most likely to be above normal"

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How we reported in -30C temperatures in Canada's Arctic

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-03T04:30:41+00:00

BBC's Nadine Yousif and Eloise Alanna spent five days travelling with the country's military rangers through frostbite and sub-zero temperatures.

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« Taïwan est devenu incontournable pour l’avenir du monde » pour le vice-ministre des affaires étrangères de Taiwan, François Wu

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-03T04:15:05+00:00

Deux semaines avant la visite du président américain, Donald Trump, à Pekin, prévue les 14 et 15 mai, le vice-ministre des affaires étrangères François Wu Chih-chung, a insisté sur la place de plus en plus stratégique et le rôle « utile » que peut jouer Taïwan dans le monde.

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« Taïwan est devenu incontournable pour l’avenir du monde » pour le vice-ministre des affaires étrangères de Taïwan, François Wu

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-03T04:15:05+00:00

Deux semaines avant la visite du président américain, Donald Trump, à Pekin, prévue les 14 et 15 mai, le vice-ministre des affaires étrangères, François Wu Chih-chung, a insisté sur la place de plus en plus stratégique et le rôle « utile » que peut jouer Taïwan dans le monde.

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