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Iranian football players celebrated in Tehran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-20T05:10:56+00:00

Iran’s national women’s football team has been given a hero’s welcome home, weeks after they were thrust into a crisis.

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India well prepared to meet 270 GW peak power demand: Manohar Lal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T05:10:42+00:00

The statement assumes significance in view of the ongoing West Asia crisis, when the use of electric appliances like induction cookers, as well as electric vehicles, is likely to increase in the country

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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-20T05:00:11+00:00

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictionsFor the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli authorities keep the complex shut, forcing worshippers to hold Eid prayers as close as they can to the sealed site.On Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old City, as Israeli police barricaded the entrances to the site. Continue reading...

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University of Liverpool acquires entire archive of poet Roger McGough

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-20T05:00:11+00:00

Archivist Jo Klett says the 40 boxes of material will provide ‘a full picture of Roger’s entire working career’“It’s a joy to be old,” wrote Roger McGough, one of Britain’s most popular, prolific and funniest poets. “The dog dead and the car sold.”Another joy might be decluttering. After the departure of dozens of boxes of notebooks, manuscripts, drafts, project files, journals, posters, letters, personal artworks and more, McGough has admitted his house is significantly emptier. “If anyone wants to buy some old empty filing cabinets then get in touch … through you,” he joked. Continue reading

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Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-20T05:00:10+00:00

Michael Kenny’s daughter Juliette, a sixth-former at a school in Kent, died one day after showing symptomsThe father of an 18-year-old school pupil who died after the meningitis outbreak in Kent said his family’s devastation is “immeasurable” as he called for better protection for young people.Juliette Kenny died last Saturday, one day after first showing symptoms of vomiting and discoloration in her cheeks, her father, Michael Kenny, said. Continue reading...

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Gold set for third weekly fall on hawkish US Fed, elevated dollar

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:58:30+00:00

The bullion has lost ​over 6% so far this ‌week. Spot gold has fallen more than 10% since the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28.

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Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex rises 750 pts to 75,187.89; Nifty 50 up 220 pts to 23,294.80 as crude cools on de-escalation hopes; Tata Steel, Coal India top gainers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:46:35+00:00

Sensex, Nifty Live Updates on 20 March 2026:  Indian shares opened higher ​on Friday after logging their steepest ‌fall in nearly two years ​in the previous session ⁠as oil prices eased, offering some relief to global markets amid the ‌ongoing war in the Middle East.

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Auto PLI disbursements under 10% as 2028 deadline approaches

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:44:19+00:00

Despite over ₹35,600 crore in investments, payouts have lagged as companies struggle with localisation requirements and scaling production for incentives

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How Japan Reacted to Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-20T04:42:55+00:00

Some people criticized President Trump’s decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relations.

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L’Iran en passe d’être « décimé », assure Benyamin Nétanyahou

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-20T04:31:58+00:00

Le premier ministre israélien a dit, jeudi, voir « apparaître des fissures (…) au sein du haut commandement » de la République islamique « mais aussi sur le terrain ». Téhéran a mené des frappes massives sur des sites énergétiques du Golfe, au lendemain de frappes israéliennes contre ses propres installations gazières.

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Donald Trump pris de court par l’escalade de la guerre contre l’Iran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-20T04:31:33+00:00

Le président américain peine à justifier l’intervention israélo-américaine devant l’opinion, d’autant que la fermeture du détroit d’Ormuz tout comme les frappes sur des sites énergétiques dans le Golfe alimentent l’inflation.

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La diferencia entre recordar y juzgar

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-03-20T04:30:01+00:00

Un país que, como Argentina, enjuicia a sus dictadores no elimina las discusiones sobre el pasado, pero establece un marco de referencia común

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US approves $7 billion more in weapons for UAE, WSJ reports

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:26:26+00:00

Includes Patriot PAC-3 missiles and Chinook helicopters; comes on top of $16.5 billion deals to three West Asian nations announced earlier

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Oil Falls and Stocks in Asia Hold Steady

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-20T04:24:57+00:00

Oil prices had been gyrating this week, after a new round of attacks on major energy facilities in Iran and Qatar raised concerns about energy supplies.

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India's proposal to preload national ID app Aadhaar on phones faced pushback

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:20:24+00:00

An internal email from MAIT on January 13 revealed that UIDAI requested the IT ministry to collaborate with Google, Apple, and major smartphone manufacturers to consider pre-installing the new Aadhaar app

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Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-20T04:18:18+00:00

Government faces political fight as industry says mooted 25% levy on exports would hurt Australia’s economy and energy security Gas giants will lobby against any federal government moves to introduce a 25% export levy on windfall profits, as crossbenchers pressure the prime minister to redirect billions of dollars in “wartime profits” to Australians struggling amid the global energy crisis.It comes after the prime minister’s department asked treasury to model the impacts of placing a flat 25% tax on gas exports, the ABC reported on Friday, along with any further changes to the petroleum resour

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Australia news live: more than 100 NSW service stations without diesel, premier says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-20T04:17:01+00:00

Follow today’s news liveTropical Cyclone Narelle hits far north Queensland as 250km/h winds tear off roofs and fell treesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFar north residents in the path of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle say they have taken shelter as winds begin to swirl in the remote Cape York Communities.Sara Watkins, the owner of Coen Mechanical and the Little Bush Pantry in the township of Coen – population about 330 – say they moved to a more secure brick building when the winds picked up about 4am, local time.The wind has really started to pick up, you can hear

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Poutine chef d’orchestre d’une « opération musicale spéciale » en Europe

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-20T04:15:07+00:00

Banni à l’Ouest, Valery Gergiev, maestro tout-puissant en Russie et ambassadeur culturel du maître du Kremlin, aspire à retrouver les salles européennes. Teodor Currentzis et ses orchestres, eux, enchaînent les concerts en Espagne, en Italie et en France. Sur le front de la musique classique, Moscou passe du soft power au « sharp power ».

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Chefs d’orchestre russes et concerts en Europe : l’« opération musicale spéciale » de Poutine pour normaliser la guerre en Ukraine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-20T04:15:04+00:00

Banni à l’Ouest, Valery Gergiev, maestro tout-puissant en Russie et ambassadeur culturel du maître du Kremlin, aspire à retrouver les salles européennes. Teodor Currentzis et ses orchestres, eux, enchaînent les concerts en Espagne, en Italie et en France. Sur le front de la musique classique, Moscou passe du soft power au « sharp power ».

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Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex rises 980 pts to 75,187.89; Nifty 50 up 300 pts to 23,294.80; Tata Steel, Coal India top gainers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-20T04:09:22+00:00

Sensex, Nifty Live Updates on 20 March 2026:  Indian shares opened higher ​on Friday after logging their steepest ‌fall in nearly two years ​in the previous session ⁠as oil prices eased, offering some relief to global markets amid the ‌ongoing war in the Middle East.

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