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Helen Haines live coverage: police charge accused Brendan Nugent with additional offences

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:54:43+00:00

Independent MP was attacked on Monday and her alleged attacker appeared in court on Wednesday‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injuredHelen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliamentAnthony Albanese has described the police interview on Tuesday with Brendan Nugent as “extensive” but that the motivation of the alleged “violent” attack against Helen Haines is still unknown.Certainly, it’s a reminder that the world is a more dangerous and divided place than it was a generation ago.But I think that Australians do want to see their politi

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Elon Musk considering Tesla-SpaceX merger

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:48:46+00:00

Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.

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IMD update: More rain in store for Tamil Nadu as low-pressure area brews

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:41:36+00:00

India Meteorological Department predicts very heavy showers over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal even as a second ‘low’ could intensify into a major system over the Bay early next week

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Kalpataru Projects International bags orders worth ₹2,349 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:39:48+00:00

The company said it has secured EPC orders in transmission and distribution (T&D) and buildings and factories (B&F) segments in the domestic market.

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Anthropic posts $80bn loss in first half of 2026: WSJ

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:33:20+00:00

The loss, up from $13bn in the same period last year, was driven by accounting charges, according to the report.

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OpenAI says its agents turned off own safeguards

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:30:50+00:00

ChatGPT creator says AI agents disabled misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks.

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En Israël, les violences en France associées à l’islam et au soutien des Palestiniens

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T05:30:16+00:00

Alors que les images du week-end ont été largement diffusées dans l’Etat hébreu, les commentaires sur la France, son pouvoir politique, sa ligne diplomatique et son modèle d’intégration sont particulièrement sévères. Plusieurs responsables politiques ont appelé les juifs de France à rejoindre Israël.

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En Israël, les violences du 17 octobre en France associées à l’islam et au soutien des Palestiniens

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T05:30:11+00:00

Alors que les images du week-end ont été largement diffusées dans l’Etat hébreu, les commentaires sur la France, son pouvoir politique, sa ligne diplomatique et son modèle d’intégration sont particulièrement sévères. Plusieurs responsables politiques ont appelé les juifs de France à rejoindre Israël.

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Q2 Results Today Live: Eternal, Adani Green, Indian Hotels, SRF, KEI Industries shares fall; PC Jeweller gains ahead of earnings

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:26:33+00:00

Q2 Results Today, 21th October 2026 Live Updates: Follow the latest announcements and developments on the company's September quarter earnings, revenue and profit, updates on Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, Adani Green Energy, Aye Finance, Eternal, PC Jewellers, KEI Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, SRF, Vishal Mega Mart, Indosolar, Welspun Specialty Solutions and others.

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Netflix reports largest ever subscriber net adds in India in Q3

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:26:22+00:00

View hours in India grew 24% annually, while view hours per member grew low-to-mid single digits in Q2; revenue for the country also increased 18% y-o-y on a foreign exchange, content slate basis

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MCX Copper: Key support coming up

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:24:02+00:00

The price action around ₹1,376 will need a close watch

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La vie cabossée de Vanessa B., jugée pour avoir tenté de tuer son mari djihadiste avec un fusil à pompe en Syrie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T05:23:09+00:00

Cette Française est, à ce jour, la seule « revenante » du groupe Etat islamique à être jugée pour une tentative de meurtre commise en Syrie. Son procès, qui devait initialement se tenir en 4 juin mais qui avait été renvoyé, s’ouvre mercredi 21 octobre à Paris.

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OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio, expands life sciences push

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:21:51+00:00

The acquisition will integrate Orchestra Bio’s drug development coordination platform with OpenAI’s Rosalind suite, aiming to help scientists manage complex workflows and accelerate the development of new medicines.

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AFP warns Australia of ‘tsunami of youth crime’ and radicalisation accelerated by AI

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:18:20+00:00

Children as young as 12 among dozens subject to federal police operations since 2020, parliamentary inquiry hearsAustralia is facing a “tsunami” of youth crime as artificial intelligence accelerates the pace and scale of radicalisation, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.Australian federal police acting deputy commissioner, Sandra Booth, told the hearing on Wednesday that, while radicalisation had traditionally taken years or months, that process could now happen within days. Continue reading...

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Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI’s nod for Zytorvi

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:17:36+00:00

The approval is for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)

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Jio Platforms IPO Day 1 Live Updates: Issue subscribed 0.91 times, QIB portion 2.90 times

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:14:17+00:00

Jio Platforms IPO GMP Day 1 live updates: Jio Platforms’ ₹30,213-crore initial public offering (IPO) opens for subscription on October 21 and closes on October 23. The company has allotted shares worth ₹8,109.85 crore to 212 anchor investors at ₹1,119 apiece, after institutional demand for the anchor book exceeded ₹2.5 lakh crore. Follow live updates on the IPO’s subscription status, grey market premium (GMP), issue details and analyst recommendations.

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Jio IPO: What brokerages say about Jio Platforms’ ₹30,213 cr IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:08:15+00:00

The issue is entirely a fresh issue of up to 27 crore equity shares, with a price band of ₹1,065–₹1,119 per share, aggregating up to ₹30,213 crore at the upper end

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Présidentielle au Brésil : Lula et Flavio Bolsonaro lancent des recours pour se disqualifier mutuellement, à quelques jours du second tour

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T05:08:00+00:00

Le président sortant de gauche, Lula, accuse Meta d’« ingérence » au profit du candidat d’extrême droite, Flavio Bolsonaro, qui estime en retour que Lula s’est livré à un « abus de pouvoir » via des publications massives sur la messagerie WhatsApp.

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SBI reports suspected exposure of customer data on the dark web

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T05:04:22+00:00

During the preliminary analysis, 3,897 customer records containing Personally Identifiable Information have been identified, per an exchange filing by the SBI

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Au Brésil, l’ubérisation de l’économie profite à l’extrême droite

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:07+00:00

En dépit des mesures sociales destinées à réduire la pauvreté, la gauche de Lula a déçu une large partie des classes populaires, en particulier les travailleurs des plateformes numériques, de plus en plus nombreux. Un ressentiment sur lequel capitalise Flavio Bolsonaro, à la veille du second tour de l’élection présidentielle.

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‘A difficult line’: meet the editors tackling Wikipedia’s arms trade pages

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:05+00:00

Volunteers and new recruits come together for ‘wikithon’ to put more detail about industry into public domain“Anyone can edit Wikipedia,” the adage goes. But, it turns out, a relatively small number actually do.What is worthy of a digital page in the world’s largest and most-read encyclopedia is decided by roughly 270,000 active volunteers, enthusiasts who populate the online resource with information on anything from 19th-century medicine to TikTok trends. Inevitably, some subjects are sidelined – the global south, notable women – but a new batch of Wikipedian recruits are waging war on one n

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Streeting delays defence jobs plan for young people after union pushback

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:05+00:00

UK defence secretary had been due to unveil proposals on Thursday until concerns were raised at 11th hourWes Streeting has been forced to delay the publication of a plan to get more young people into defence industry jobs after pushback from trade unions, the Guardian understands.The defence secretary had been due to announce the proposals on Thursday, but some unions in the sector are understood to have reacted angrily to the plans, accusing the government of bypassing their members and minimising their roles in job creation. Continue reading...

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Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:03+00:00

Archaeologist says skeleton inside coffin inscribed to Valerius Amandinus is likely to be remains of 11th-century abbotIt has all the ingredients of a chilling mystery: the skeleton of an unknown man discovered within a Roman sarcophagus unearthed in the grounds of Westminster Abbey.Now an expert has said he has solved the longstanding “who-is-it”, suggesting the remains belonged to a medieval abbot. Continue reading...

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Troubled waters: life during wartime for Iranians on the strait of Hormuz

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:02+00:00

Despite US-Israeli airstrikes and Tehran’s attacks on shipping, the waterway still has to provide a lifeline for those that live and work thereCapt Farouq turns the wheel as he watches the ferry terminal of Bandar Abbas grow smaller, its bright lights flickering in the distance.In front of him, the navigation radar beeps periodically, its green and pink lights glowing in the darkness. The ferry, today at about half capacity with roughly 100 passengers, turns and heads into the darkness of the strait of Hormuz.Capt Farouq pulls into the deeper waters Continue reading...

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UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T05:00:01+00:00

Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTokA 14-year-old schoolgirl’s death after TikTok served her suicide content has prompted renewed calls for UK watchdogs to crack down on “toxic” social media feeds.Adriana Retyte, a pupil at Langley school in Norfolk, took her own life after she viewed videos and images related to suicide on the video-sharing platform, according to a coroner who last week found her access to the material on TikTok “may have played a significant part in her decision to take her life”. Continue reading...

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Australia’s largest datacentre operator NextDCs shares dive as Melbourne expansion delayed

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T04:58:25+00:00

NextDC has told investors that its plans to double the size of its west Melbourne datacentre has hit an obstacle in community objections to 22m high power polesAustralia’s largest datacentre operator has been forced to delay the controversial expansion of its M3 site in Melbourne’s west amid a pause in construction of new 22m power poles following community protest.On Wednesday, NextDC told the Australian Stock Exchange that delays to electricity provider Jemena’s upgrade of the power poles – essential to delivering the increased electricity required by the expanded West Footscray site – would

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Australia’s largest datacentre operator NextDC’s shares dive as Melbourne expansion delayed

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T04:58:25+00:00

NextDC tells investors plans to double the size of its west Melbourne datacentre have hit obstacle after community objects to 22 metres-high power polesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest datacentre operator has been forced to delay the controversial expansion of its M3 site in Melbourne’s west amid a pause in construction of new 22m power poles following community protest.On Wednesday, NextDC told the Australian Stock Exchange that delays to electricity provider Jemena’s upgrade of the power poles – essential to delivering the increased electricity r

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Rubio says Witkoff-Zelenskiy meeting "positive", had no surprises

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T04:58:08+00:00

"He ​will ‌now, armed with those ideas, be able ‌to go ​to St. Petersburg and share ⁠them with the Russian ‌side, and let's see if we can make some progress," ‌Rubio says

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty pare early gains; IT stocks rally, L&T Technology Services jumps 10.5%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T04:55:47+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian equity benchmarks traded higher on Wednesday but pared early gains, supported by a rally in IT stocks. The Nifty hovered near 23,000, while L&T Technology Services surged 10.5 per cent after reporting September-quarter revenue and profit growth.

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