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A palm oil partnership built on shared responsibility

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-25T15:11:02+00:00

India and Malaysia set an example of how prosperity is driven by cooperation, responsibility and long-term vision

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Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-25T15:00:48+00:00

Claim of nefarious plot draws attention of lawmakers and president – but are disappearances and deaths really linked?Are the disappearances or deaths of at least 11 US scientists, each allegedly connected in some way to space, defense and nuclear research, really linked in a nefarious plot: one that involves the Chinese or other state enemies, or possibly links back to UFOs?A conspiracy theory positing exactly that has roared through sections of the US population in recent weeks, spreading rapidly from the internet into rightwing media and hence into the mainstream press and prompting an inqui

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California’s jet fuel supply drops to three-year low as Middle East turmoil squeezes global oil market

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-25T15:00:48+00:00

Industry analysts say fuel price surge could lead to canceled flight routes that could snarl travelers’ plansCalifornia’s jet fuel supply has dropped to a level not seen since 2023, as turmoil in the Middle East continues to squeeze the global oil market.As of 17 April, the state’s jet fuel stock was just over 2.6m barrels, in comparison to 3.2m barrels two years prior, according to the California energy commission (CEC), which publishes a refinery stocks data dashboard. Continue reading...

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Militants launch coordinated attacks across Mali

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-04-25T14:37:56+00:00

Islamist militants struck across the country in an “unprecedented” attack believed to be waged by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes Lebanon despite ceasefire, claims Hezbollah also launched rockets

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-25T14:33:09+00:00

The IDF said it detected two rockets launched from southern Lebanon towards northern IsraelWe have some images coming through the newswires of Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, speaking with Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, and other officials in Islamabad this morning.Araghchi arrived in Pakistan last night. He wrote on social media that his trip would focus on “bilateral matters and regional developments”. Continue reading...

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Darderi parte bene, battuto Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-25T14:29:37+00:00

L'italo-argentino si è preso la rivincita con il rivale, che due mesi fa lo aveva eliminato a Rio de Janeiro, lasciandogli appena 4 giochi. Al prossimo turno dovrà vedersela con il fratello Francisco con cui è sotto 2-3 nei precedenti

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Madrid, bene Cobolli e Darderi. Ancora male Paolini, eliminata nel terzo turno

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-25T14:29:37+00:00

L'italo-argentino si è preso la rivincita con il rivale, che due mesi fa lo aveva eliminato a Rio de Janeiro, lasciandogli appena 4 giochi. Al prossimo turno dovrà vedersela con il fratello Francisco con cui è sotto 2-3 nei precedenti

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie a lancé une des plus grandes attaques nocturnes sur l’Ukraine depuis le début de l’année

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-25T14:14:44+00:00

Au moins sept personnes sont mortes et 57 blessées, selon les autorités ukrainiennes. Les défenses aériennes ukrainiennes ont intercepté 580 drones et 30 missiles. Le président ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, a dénoncé des frappes visant principalement des infrastructures civiles, appelant les alliés de Kiev à renforcer la défense aérienne du pays.

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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-25T14:00:47+00:00

The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfiresAs wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the Canadian province made a simple plea to residents: stay away from the woods.As the situation deteriorated, authorities turned the request into a prohibition: anyone caught hiking under the shade of the forest canopy faced a C$25,000 fine – a figure more than half the average worker’s yearly salary. Continue reading...

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Mississippi school kids stop school bus on highway after driver passes out

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-25T13:54:31+00:00

Students aged 12 to 15 steered bus to safety and called for help after driver lost consciousness from asthma attackMiddle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They saved my life.”The bus in question had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln on Wednesday when the driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness. Continue reading...

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