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Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T15:00:14+00:00

Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searchedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of evacuees from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have been housed behind temporary fences and denied visitors after being forced to evacuate their homes in the most vicious wet season on record.In March, the Daly River in the NT reached a record peak of 23.93 metres, forcing families from Palumpa and Nauiyu to flee for the second time in four weeks. Continue reading...

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Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T15:00:13+00:00

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition for the first time.The results come as Australians are becoming more pessimistic about the country and the economy, with the majorit

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Brittany Higgins criticises federal inaction as Victoria moves to protect victim-survivors’ counselling records

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T15:00:13+00:00

Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will strengthen laws regarding the use of victim-survivors’ confidential communications after a push by advocates including Brittany Higgins, who described her experience of having counselling records subpoenaed as a “violation”.In an interview with Guardian Australia, Higgins was also critical of the federal government’s lack of action following a sweeping review in

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‘It feels like a betrayal’: anger as Apple to close US’s first unionized store

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T15:00:13+00:00

Tech giant accused of ‘cynical attempt to bust the union’ in decision to shutter location in Towson, MarylandWorkers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation

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Bank of Baroda launches Indian Sign Language support through video calls

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:54:50+00:00

The public sector bank said the ISL service is available across five key customer touch points: website, mobile banking app, WhatsApp Banking, Phygital Branches, and ADI (GenAI-powered chatbot)

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Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed as part of US-brokered Polish-Belarusian prisoner swap – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:49:49+00:00

Sakharov prize winner was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony in Belarus in 2021 Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the 2025 Sakharov prize winner, has been freed from Belarusian prison.His release has been confirmed by Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of him on social media saying: “Andrzej Poczobut is free! Welcome to your Polish home, my friend.”“Both have paid a heavy price for speaking truth to power, becoming symbols of the struggle for freedom and democracy.” Continue reading...

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RBI launches capacity-building training initiative for UCB

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:48:06+00:00

The Mission is expected to enhance managerial and operational capabilities, improve the compliance culture, and strengthen institutional resilience across UCBs, per a RBI statement.

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Sahi raises $33 million in Series B funding led by Accel, Elevation Capital

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:44:44+00:00

Founded by Dale Vaz and Manish Jain, Sahi is an NSE and BSE registered broker, Sahi competes with the likes of Mumbai-based Dhan, listed stock broker Groww and Bengaluru-based Zerodha

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Opposition blocking women’s entry into politics, says Narendra Modi in Varanasi

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:44:40+00:00

Speaking at a Mahila Samelan in Varanasi, he defended the push for women’s reservation through the Nari Shakti Vandan Act and criticised the failure of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha

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John Hinckley Jr calls Trump shooting at same hotel he shot Reagan ‘spooky’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:39:40+00:00

Hinckley says ‘bad things keep happening’ at Washington Hilton and it was ‘not a secure place to hold big events’US politics live – latest updatesThe man who shot Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton in 1981 has said it was “spooky” for him to learn of Saturday’s shooting at the hotel during a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior members of the president’s administration.In an interview with TMZ published on Monday, John Hinckley Jr also observed that “bad things keep happening” at the hotel and maintained it was “just not a secure place to hold big events”. Continue re

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Journalist Katie Phang sues acting attorney general Todd Blanche over Epstein files

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:38:42+00:00

Lawsuit alleges DoJ breached transparency law by withholding records on Jeffrey Epstein and over-redacting disclosuresTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, engaged in a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of a law requiring the justice department (DoJ) to release the entirety of the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit filed in Washington DC alleges.The action on Monday by Katie Phang, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, seeks to hold Blanche personally responsible for the DoJ’s alleged failure to publish all the documents the government holds about Jeffrey Epstein, the lat

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Как Владимир Путин посетил Центр медицины катастроф в Москве

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-28T14:38:02+00:00

Владимир Путин в Москве 28 апреля, в День работника скорой медицинской помощи, посетил Федеральный центр медицины катастроф (ФЦМК) Медико-хирургического центра им. Пирогова, где ему показали технику, которая применяется при оказании медицинской помощи, и пообщался с врачами. Кроме того, президент по видеоконференцсвязи открыл новые приемные отделения скорой помощи в четырех регионах.

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Radisson Hotels expands presence in Mumbai metro region

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:34:36+00:00

The hotels are expected to be ready in three years and will add 217 keys to the region’s hospitality market

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Что пишут иностранные СМИ о выходе ОАЭ из ОПЕК и ОПЕК+

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-28T14:32:51+00:00

28 апреля государственное агентство Объединенных Арабских Эмиратов (ОАЭ) WAM сообщило, что страна выйдет из ОПЕК и ОПЕК+ с 1 мая 2026 г. Это решение было принято в рамках долгосрочной стратегической и экономической концепции.

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The cost of 76 years of US wars, from Korea to Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:30:27+00:00

Al Jazeera breaks down the human and financial cost of decades of US-led wars and its latest war on Iran.

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Russian oligarch’s superyacht allowed through strait of Hormuz, source says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:30:24+00:00

Billionaire Alexei Mordashov’s vessel, Nord, reportedly able to cross blockaded strait with US and Iranian approvalA superyacht owned by the Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov was able to transit the blockaded strait of Hormuz after undergoing maintenance in Dubai because neither Iran nor the US objected, a source close to Mordashov said on Tuesday.It has been unclear how the multi-deck pleasure vessel, worth more than $500m (£370m), gained permission to sail on Saturday through the commercially important waterway at the heart of the US-Iran conflict, where traffic has been severely restric

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Eternal posts multi-fold growth in net profit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-28T14:27:46+00:00

Food delivery NOV growth has been accelerating over the last three quarters after bottoming out in Q1 FY26

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Do conspiracy theories hold value?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-28T14:16:53+00:00

Is there any value in conspiracy theories?

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