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Modi attacks Mamata Banerjee government, pitches BJP for ‘Viksit Bengal’

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-09T07:28:33+00:00

Targeting the TMC, Narendra Modi accused the state government of hurting investment and youth prospects, urging voters in West Bengal to bring in a BJP-led “double-engine” government.

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Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing books 29.4% rise in Q2 profit, raises forecast

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-09T07:23:33+00:00

Fast Retailing raises its full-year operating profit forecast to 700 billion yen from 650 billion yen, putting the ‌retailer on track for a fifth-consecutive year of record earnings

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Donald Trump fortement critiqué par les influenceurs MAGA qui s’inquiètent de sa santé mentale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-09T07:21:16+00:00

Les récentes déclarations de Donald Trump au sujet de la guerre en Iran ont divisé ses partisans influenceurs, et cela à quelques mois d’une échéance électorale importante : les élections de mi-mandat, en novembre prochain. Beaucoup s’interrogent sur la santé mentale du président américain.

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The Masters: Golf’s segregated past

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-09T07:09:57+00:00

The Masters has a complicated segregated past, which include the PGA’s “Caucasian-only clause”

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-09T07:06:51+00:00
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Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, Yvette Cooper to say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T06:55:52+00:00

Foreign secretary to address City leaders in London as Israel intensifies bombing and Vance says Lebanon is not part of dealMiddle East crisis – live updatesLebanon must be included in the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, the British foreign secretary will say, as a two-week pause in the conflict hangs in the balance.Addressing an event at the Mansion House in London, Yvette Cooper is expected to say there “must be no return to conflict” after the ceasefire announced by the US president, Donald Trump, late on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, UK ministers tell Trump

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T06:55:52+00:00

Yvette Cooper and John Healey say Israeli strikes should end, widening rift between UK government and TrumpMiddle East crisis – live updatesLebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the strait of Hormuz must remain free of any tolls, two senior ministers have said, as growing differences emerged between the UK and Donald Trump over implementing a truce.John Healey, the UK defence secretary, told a press conference in London that Israel should end it attacks on Lebanon, and warned that tolls in the strait, as mooted by Trump, would set a dangerous precedent for internation

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Middle East crisis live: Trump warns Iran to comply with ‘real agreement’ as ceasefire in doubt over Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T06:52:03+00:00

US president warns that the US will start ‘shooting’ again unless Iran fully complies with deal Middle East ceasefire in serious doubt as Israel assaults Lebanon and Iran blocks oil tankersThe UK foreign minister, Yvette Cooper, has said Lebanon must be included in any ceasefire agreement. In other remarks now being reported by Reuters, Cooper added that shipping through the strait of Hormuz must be toll-free.Amid ceasefire talks, Tehran has proposed fees or tolls on vessels to safely pass through the strait. Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested the US and Iran could collect tolls in a joint ve

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ASK Property Fund exits two realty investments for ₹400 crore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-09T06:50:51+00:00

The larger of the two exits was in Borivali, Mumbai, where the fund had deployed ₹190 crore as growth capital into Kalpataru Group’s redevelopment project, Kalpataru Advay

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Bruce Lehrmann loses last-ditch legal effort to appeal defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-09T06:49:34+00:00

The high court has dismissed his bid to clear his name of findings that, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann has lost his last legal avenue to challenge his failed defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson after Australia’s top court dismissed his case.The high court dismissed his attempt to challenge the outcome in a short judgment published to its website on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Ola Electric shares surge 15% as LFP cell announcement lifts sentiment

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-09T06:44:33+00:00

The announcement was preceded by a price cut of ₹60,000 on the Roadster X+ 9.1 kWh, bringing it to ₹1,29,999, attributed to production efficiencies from scaled-up 4680 cell output

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4 місяці поспіль наші дрони знешкоджують більше окупантів, ніж ворог рекрутує, - Сирський

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-09T06:44:00+00:00

У березні, порівняно з лютим, на 29% зріс показник загальних втрат особового складу ворога, завданих нашими підрозділами безпілотних систем.

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« Le retrait du drapeau européen par certaines mairies RN est une insulte à la République »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-09T06:34:24+00:00

Dans une tribune au « Monde », un collectif de personnalités politiques s’inquiète du geste de certains élus du Rassemblement national, qu’ils perçoivent comme une menace à « l’intégrité et [à] la cohésion nationale » autant que comme une insulte aux Français et à nos voisins européens.

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