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SEBI, DoT sign pact to curb securities market fraud using data sharing

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-15T17:24:15+00:00

The agreement, effective April 15, will leverage DoT’s Digital Intelligence Platform for real-time coordination to combat cybercrime and misuse of telecom resources in financial fraud cases.

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« Il faut briser les chaînes de la corruption » : à son arrivée à Yaoundé, Léon XIV tance les élites camerounaises

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-15T17:21:03+00:00

Lors de la deuxième étape de sa tournée africaine, le souverain pontife a rappelé, devant le président camerounais Paul Biya, l’importance du respect de l’Etat de droit et des libertés fondamentales. Un discours politique fondé sur l’héritage de saint Augustin.

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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti at risk in Israeli jails as he faces ‘escalating abuse’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:19:59+00:00

‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer saysJailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention and

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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti facing ‘escalating abuse’ in Israeli jails

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:19:59+00:00

‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer saysThe jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention

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Une figure de la défense des droits humains en Palestine empêchée d’entrer en France

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-15T17:14:52+00:00

Shawan Jabarin, directeur d’Al-Haq, une ONG de Cisjordanie, placée sous sanction par les Etats-Unis, devait intervenir, mardi, devant le comité des droits de l’homme du Parlement européen, à Strasbourg. Mais les autorités françaises ont rejeté sa demande de visa.

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North Wales police threaten ban over calls about bins and noisy kids

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:14:43+00:00

Decision to seek contact ban orders for people who repeatedly call about non-criminal matters is believed to be UK firstPeople who call with complaints about their neighbours could face a contact ban for wasting police resources, a police force has said.In a social media post on the weekend, North Wales police (NWP) said they had responded to four antisocial behaviour callouts in 24 hours for disputes such as “neighbours who don’t put their bins away or kids playing in the garden making too much noise during the day”. Continue reading...

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The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:10:45+00:00

Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO MaxTV shows including The Pitt and a Game of Thrones spinoff have received age ratings in the UK after the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) deployed AI to help flag contentious scenes.The BBFC developed a tool to identify content that triggers compliance issues, such as violence, nudity and bad language. The flagged scenes were then passed over to BBFC staff for human review. Continue reading...

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Reeves steps up criticism of Trump’s Iran war, branding it a ‘mistake’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:08:13+00:00

UK chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’Middle East crisis – live updatesBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has stepped up her criticism of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, describing it as a “mistake” that has destabilised the global economy and damaged living standards around the world.In a marked fraying of the transatlantic relationship, the UK chancellor said Trump breaking off from diplomatic talks with Iran and launching airstrikes had not made the world a safer place. Continue reading...

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BBC Announces Plan to Cut Around 2,000 Jobs

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-15T17:03:04+00:00

The cuts amount to about 10 percent of the work force at the British public broadcaster, which is facing financial pressures.

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Leone XIV in Camerun: “La pace non è uno slogan, non sia fondata su minacce e armi”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-15T17:00:16+00:00

Leone ignora l’ulteriore attacco di Trump e Vance e nel Paese subsahariano, dove è giunto dall’Algeria, critica la logica della violenza. Davanti al presidente Paul Biya, al potere dal 1982, denuncia la corruzione e chiede un esame di coscienza delle autorità

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A Gaza, une église en plein cataclysme

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-15T17:00:11+00:00

Dans un livre témoignage, « Les Ruines et la lumière », le père Gabriel Romanelli, curé de la paroisse catholique à Gaza, raconte la guerre telle que les chrétiens palestiniens la subissent au quotidien.

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Is Iran beating the US at its own propaganda game?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:59:42+00:00

Iran has condemned a ban imposed by YouTube on a pro-Iranian group that releases Lego-style AI videos.

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Prosecutors won’t file domestic abuse charges against Taylor Frankie Paul

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:50:43+00:00

Mormon Wives star was accused of domestic violence by her former partner Dakota MortensenProsecutors in Utah have declined to press charges against Taylor Frankie Paul, star of the reality show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, after she was accused of domestic violence.In a statement on Tuesday, the Salt Lake county district attorney’s office said it would not be pursuing charges against Paul following a pair of domestic violence investigations stemming from allegations made by Paul’s former partner Dakota Mortensen. Continue reading...

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UK’s largest housebuilder to buy less land in blow to Labour’s homes target

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:47:07+00:00

Barratt Redrow blames effects of Iran war and expected impact on mortgages and costs for further reductionGovernment’s 1.5m housebuilding target is suffering subsidenceBritain’s largest housebuilder is planning to dramatically cut back on buying new land, blaming the impact of the conflict in the Middle East and putting Labour’s ambitious housing target under more pressure.Barratt Redrow said it intended to approve between 7,000 and 9,000 plots of land for purchase in its current financial year, far lower than previous guidance of between 10,000 and 12,000. Continue reading...

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Scottish Labour leader says claim he tried to do Reform deal is ‘desperate lie’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:42:13+00:00

Anas Sarwar says there have been ‘no stitch-ups, no deals, no backroom chats with Reform’ over Holyrood electionsUK politics live – latest updatesAnas Sarwar has dismissed as “a desperate lie from a desperate man” a claim by Reform UK’s Scotland leader, Malcolm Offord, that he offered to do a deal with the rightwing party to keep the Scottish National party out of power.Offord made the claim on Channel 4’s Scottish leaders’ debate on Tuesday evening, alleging the Scottish Labour leader came “bouncing up” to him at an event in December last year, suggesting they “work together to remove the SNP

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Gold rally boosts ETFs; jewellery stocks see mixed returns

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-15T16:38:48+00:00

While organised jewellers remain operationally strong, stock performance has been mixed, with leaders like Titan outperforming and mid-tier players showing volatility

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АГР во втором квартале начнет продавать Jaecoo местной сборки

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-15T16:36:13+00:00

Продажи автомобилей Jaecoo локальной сборки под новым российским брендом Jeland стартуют во втором квартале 2026 г., сообщила пресс-служба холдинга АГР 15 апреля. Для реализации машин этой марки формируется дилерская сеть в 95 городах России.

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АГР во II квартале начнет продавать Jaecoo местной сборки

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-15T16:36:13+00:00

Продажи автомобилей Jaecoo локальной сборки под новым российским брендом Jeland стартуют во II квартале 2026 г., сообщила пресс-служба холдинга АГР 15 апреля. Для реализации машин этой марки формируется дилерская сеть в 95 городах России.

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From divvy to dinlo: index of insults aims to record Britain’s diverse dialects

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:33:51+00:00

Academics from the University of Sheffield hope to create a ‘vivid, honest record’ of swearwords and other slights to stop them dying outAn idiot wandering the British Isles is sure to be greeted with a colourful volley of insults, each a signifier of the place in which he finds himself: “divvy” in Merseyside, “pillock” in Leeds or “dinlo” in Portsmouth.But with parochial phrases increasingly being lost to the homogenisation of the English language, experts are worried that soon, the wandering idiot may just be called an “idiot” wherever he goes. Continue reading...

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Trump believes diet soda kills cancer cells, Dr Oz reveals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:31:40+00:00

Physicians issue reminder to public after TV doctor and CMS chief relays president’s claim on Don Jr podcastDonald Trump defended his consumption of diet soda by suggesting it might help prevent cancer, according to recent comments shared by Mehmet Oz in an interview with Donald Trump Jr.The remarks have even prompted some doctors to remind the public that, no, diet soda will not do anything to prevent cancer. Continue reading...

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En Allemagne, l’immigration ne compense plus le déclin démographique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-15T16:30:09+00:00

Le pays a perdu près de 100 000 habitants en 2025 et les projections évoquent un recul de 2,5 millions d’ici à 2045. L’évolution est perçue comme durable, parce que liée non pas à la baisse de la natalité, mais à la diminution des flux migratoires, dépendants des tendances de fond et des choix politiques.

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Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:28:11+00:00

Leo doubles down on his message of peace as Trump and JD Vance continue to squabble with and insult the VaticanThe ongoing squabble between the Trump administration and the Vatican over the war in Iran took another twist on Wednesday when Pope Leo shared a message of peace and healing after the latest angry broadside from the White House.On Tuesday, JD Vance capped several days of insults by insinuating the pontiff was not being truthful in matters of theology, and did not understand the concept of war. Continue reading...

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Debt Alarms Ring as Countries Rack Up More Emergency Spending

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:25:33+00:00

Amid signs of a prolonged period of high energy costs, policymakers are urging restraint as governments open up the public till to protect households and businesses.

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Israel Considering Cease-fire With Lebanon, Officials Say

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-15T16:22:00+00:00

Talk of a truce that would pause the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon followed rare direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Tuesday.

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Aiding piped gas push

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-15T16:11:44+00:00

Stainless steel pipes are safe and viable for PNG

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Stocks are the least over-priced asset in India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-15T16:11:10+00:00

Investment call. But they are still over priced. Indian investors can look at selectively investing abroad due to rupee volatility

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