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US citizen alleges immigration agent in Chicago shot her from behind

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T14:08:55+00:00

Border patrol says in response to lawsuit use-of-force cases are ‘thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented’A US citizen who was shot one year earlier by a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent during a sweeping immigration crackdown in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, alleging the agent lied about the shooting and fired into her vehicle from behind.Federal prosecutors initially accused Marimar Martinez, then 30, of using her vehicle to strike and box in agent Charles Exum’s sport utility vehicle on Chicago’s southwest side on 4 October 2025 during w

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One in eight vehicles sold in India is now electric

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T14:05:43+00:00

Electric two-wheelers contribute more than 60 per cent of EV volumes and electric car registrations have nearly doubled from a year earlier

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Fault lines in GDP growth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T14:03:14+00:00

Constraints in manufacturing, real estate, employment, private investment and consumption expenditure call for a fresh policy rethink

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PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T14:00:17+00:00

‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigationFind more from the Unmarked graves investigation hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has been urged to use national cabinet to stop the use of unmarked communal graves to bury impoverished Australians and address failings that are leaving family and friends blindsided.Guardian Australia’s revelations on Tuesday that unmarked, communal graves were being used, in some cases without notifyi

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PM urged to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to ‘do better’ with urgent review

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T14:00:17+00:00

‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigationFind more from the Unmarked graves investigation hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has been urged to use national cabinet to stop the use of unmarked communal graves to bury impoverished Australians and address failings that are leaving family and friends blindsided.Guardian Australia’s revelations on Tuesday that unmarked, communal graves were being used, in some cases without notifyi

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Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T14:00:16+00:00

Angus Taylor’s drastic cuts to graduate visas aim to end a citizenship pathway, but universities body says changes will make Australia less competitiveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching Australia’s free trade agreement with India, signed by the former Morrison government, allowing Indian students to stay and work for up to four years after completing their studies.Angus Taylor on Tuesday announced plans to cut net overseas migration to 100,000 for the first two years of a Coalition government and up to 160,000 in year four,

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7 жовтня Київ прогріється до +22°

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-06T14:00:00+00:00

Це буде один із найтепліших днів у столиці перед майбутнім похолоданням.

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Norwegian princess Märtha Louise and husband sue ex-friends for ‘betrayal of trust’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T13:59:17+00:00

Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett launch defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles, claiming ‘coordinated series of devastating public attacks’The Norwegian princess Märtha Louise and her husband, the American businessman Durek Verrett, are suing several former members of their inner circle for defamation over what they described as a “calculated betrayal of trust”.Court documents filed in Los Angeles on 14 September claim the former friends and colleagues took “private access once afforded to them and weaponised it”. The accused include “former intimate partners, trusted business associates, a family m

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HEG Advanced Materials surges 8% on fresh orders, demerger plans

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T13:54:14+00:00

Under the demerger scheme, the graphite electrodes business is being carved out into HEG Graphite, which will list as a standalone graphite electrodes company by October-end

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Here’s the latest.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-06T13:49:44+00:00
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Cheikh Hamidou Kane, grande mémoire sénégalaise, est mort

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T13:38:12+00:00

Ecrivain, mais aussi homme d’Etat, plusieurs fois ministre, il était à la fois témoin et acteur de l’histoire contemporaine du Sénégal. Cheikh Hamidou Kane est mort le 3 octobre à Dakar, à l’âge de 98 ans.

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Emmanuel Macron ferme la porte à un dialogue sur l’avenir de la Polynésie sous l’égide de l’ONU

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T13:34:41+00:00

L’adjoint du représentant permanent de la France aux Nations unies, Jay Dharmadhikari, a signifié le refus de la France de voir l’ONU s’immiscer dans le dossier sur l’avenir institutionnel du territoire, avant d’ajouter que le président de la République ouvrirait néanmoins « des consultations avec l’ensemble des parties prenantes ».

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Emmanuel Macron ferme la porte à un dialogue sur l’avenir de la Polynésie sous l’égide des Nations unies

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T13:34:40+00:00

L’adjoint du représentant permanent de la France aux Nations unies, Jay Dharmadhikari, a signifié le refus de la France de voir l’ONU s’immiscer dans le dossier sur l’avenir institutionnel du territoire, avant d’ajouter que le président de la République ouvrirait néanmoins « des consultations avec l’ensemble des parties prenantes ».

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Protests sweep France, closing schools as student walkouts escalate

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-10-06T13:32:41+00:00

A nationwide day of protest follows more than two weeks of demonstrations and blockades over school conditions. More than 5,000 people have been detained, many of them minors.

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