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‘I’m broken-hearted’: father pays tribute to student, 21, stabbed in Primrose Hill

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:31:09+00:00

Finbar Sullivan, who ‘loved movies and making films’, had gone to London park to use new camera, says fatherA film student who was stabbed to death in London’s Primrose Hill was a “beautiful, lovely, outgoing, loving” man, his father has said.Finbar Sullivan, 21, was stabbed in a fight in the north London park in the early evening on Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

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Nato ‘wasn’t there’ over Iran, Trump says after tense meeting with Rutte – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:19:09+00:00

Secretary general says Trump ‘clearly disappointed’ with alliance as US media report White House is considering a plan to ‘punish’ some membersThe US president, Donald Trump, has once again lashed out against Nato after a tense and lengthy meeting with the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, who admitted Trump was “clearly disappointed” with allies over their refusal to get involved in Iran.In another angry ALL CAPS post on social media overnight, Trump said:“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PI

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Родственник первого главы Абхазии Ардзинба вернулся в администрацию президента

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-09T08:18:32+00:00

Бывший глава МИД Абхазии Инал Ардзинба вернулся на работу в администрацию президента (АП) России. Об этом «Ведомостям» рассказали трое собеседников, близких к АП. Он стал начальником одного из департаментов в новом кремлевском управлении по стратегическому партнерству и сотрудничеству, которое было создано в 2025 г.

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Man fighting for life after woman allegedly attacked him with hammer at Sydney hospital

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:13:52+00:00

Woman, 46, charged with grievous bodily harm after she allegedly struck 63-year-old RPA patient in head, NSW police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is fighting for his life after being allegedly attacked with a hammer at a Sydney hospital by a woman he knew who claimed he had stolen her brother’s ashes, a court has heard.Viki Graham, 46, was refused bail and will spend at least two months behind bars after she was charged with wounding the 63-year-old man while he lay in a bed at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alf

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Woman who allegedly attacked Sydney hospital patient with hammer claims he stole her brother’s ashes, police allege

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:13:52+00:00

Woman, 46, charged with grievous bodily harm after she allegedly struck 63-year-old RPA patient in head, NSW police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is fighting for his life after being allegedly attacked with a hammer at a Sydney hospital by a woman he knew who claimed he had stolen her brother’s ashes, a court has heard.Viki Graham, 46, was refused bail and will spend at least two months behind bars after she was charged with wounding the 63-year-old man while he lay in a bed at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alf

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Woman who allegedly attacked Sydney hospital patient with hammer claims he stole her brother’s ashes, court hears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:13:52+00:00

Woman, 46, charged with grievous bodily harm after she allegedly struck 63-year-old RPA patient in head, NSW police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is fighting for his life after being allegedly attacked with a hammer at a Sydney hospital by a woman he knew who claimed he had stolen her brother’s ashes, a court has heard.Viki Graham, 46, was refused bail and will spend at least two months in jail after she was charged with wounding the 63-year-old man while he lay in a bed at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred

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Stock Market Live: Markets slide after rebound; Sensex drops 780 pts, Nifty below 23,850

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-09T08:12:48+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian markets opened flat to slightly negative after a strong rebound, as Iran-US tensions kept sentiment cautious, with investors shifting focus to Q4 earnings and TCS results expected to guide the IT sector.

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Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:00:27+00:00

Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public healthIt was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their wheat just before harvest. Struggling in the damp glens to get their crop to dry evenly, they came up with the idea of accelerating the process by killing it a week or two before harvesting.Glyphosate, then a revolutionary herbicide that killed everything plant-based but spared animal life, seemed perfect for the job. Soon the practice spread to wetter, colder agricultural regions around the world. Continue reading...

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Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to controversial herbicide

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T08:00:27+00:00

Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public healthIt was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their wheat just before harvest. Struggling in the damp glens to get their crop to dry evenly, they came up with the idea of accelerating the process by killing it a week or two before harvesting.Glyphosate, then a revolutionary herbicide that killed everything plant-based but spared animal life, seemed perfect for the job. Soon the practice spread to wetter, colder agricultural regions around the world. Continue reading...

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Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Barrage Kills at Least 182 People

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-09T07:57:00+00:00

The intense bombardment of more than 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes was a sharp escalation that put pressure on the shaky cease-fire with Iran.

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Four people die in Channel small-boat sinking

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T07:55:56+00:00

French authorities say situation still being assessed after taxi-boat sank between France and UKFour people have died after a small boat sank in the Channel between France and Britain, French local authorities said on Thursday.“A taxi-boat sinking occurred today. The situation is still being assessed and remains subject to change,” local authorities in Calais said in a press statement. Continue reading...

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Iran cannot ‘hijack’ strait of Hormuz with shipping tolls, says Yvette Cooper – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T07:54:39+00:00

As Keir Starmer continues his Gulf visit, foreign secretary says laws of the sea prevent Tehran from charging for passage of ‘international transit route’Good morning. Keir Starmer is still in the Gulf, and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has been doing a round of interviews this morning, ahead of delivering a speech on foreign policy this evening.As Jamie Grierson reports, Cooper has been arguing forcefully that Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire.The starting point here is this is an international transit route. It’s international shipping that uses this. This is part of

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Серйозний удар по логістиці: що втрачає Росія через виведення з ладу порому в Керчі

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-09T07:52:40+00:00

Загарбникам потрібне постійне постачання пального, припасів, амуніції та зброї, а Кримський міст вони для цього намагаються не використовувати.

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