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Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:22:00+00:00

Emanuel Fabian says his routine report became focus of wager with $23m at stake on online prediction platformAn Israeli journalist received threatening messages from users of the online prediction platform Polymarket after one of his reports, on a minor missile strike near Jerusalem, suddenly became the focus of an unresolved bet about the Israel-Iran conflict.“After you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you,” said one message to the journalist, Emanuel Fabian. Continue reading...

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Polanski positions Greens’ economic policy as radical alternative to Reeves

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:19:24+00:00

Offer to reform taxes, tackle ‘rip-off Britain’ and overhaul fiscal rules could tempt exasperated Labour supportersZack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing insteadThe venue for Zack Polanski’s economic speech on Wednesday – a sunny north London garden centre – could hardly have been more different to the sombre City backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture on Tuesday.The chancellor was, as it happens, the last politician to give a major economic speech at the New Economics Foundation (NEF), the leftwing thinktank that invited the Green party leader, Polanski, t

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CAT issues notice to Centre, ESIC over alleged bias in nursing officer postings

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-18T14:18:58+00:00

Petitioners claim meritorious SC and OBC candidates were denied preferred postings despite policy provisions, raising concerns over fairness, transparency, and adherence to established guidelines

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Україні потрібно більше газу, ніж оцінив уряд: експерт назвав критичні обсяги у сховищах

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-18T14:13:00+00:00

Геннадій Рябцев очікує на падіння вартості газу у Європі наприкінці літа, що дозволить, в разі потреби, імпортувати його за прийнятною ціною.

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NSW police overusing ‘highly intrusive’ legal powers to monitor phones and computers, national watchdog finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:00:43+00:00

Commonwealth ombudsman also finds Victoria and Queensland police not keeping adequate recordsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police force is overusing intrusive technology to monitor the phones and computers of people suspected of committing less serious crime, the commonwealth ombudsman has found.The watchdog said Victoria and Queensland police were not keeping sufficient records to justify their use of the electronic surveillance powers, while NSW police “were unable to demonstrate” they were meeting the requirements of the Telecommunications (I

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‘It’s not panic-buying’: farmers defend stockpiling as regional Australia bears brunt of fuel crisis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:00:42+00:00

Independent retailers are struggling to get fuel from the majors and say farmers have only responded to soaring prices and lack of availabilityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRural fuel distributor Paul McCallum hopes the worst is over.At the start of the month, as fuel prices surged after the US and Israel bombed Iran, farmers started bringing their diesel orders forward, requesting “a boisterous but not over the top” 1.5m litres from his company Inland Petroleum. Continue reading...

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South Australian premier told gun lobby he wouldn’t tighten firearm laws despite agreeing to federal crackdown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:00:42+00:00

Hopes for uniform nationwide gun control reform fade as states walk back federal cabinet commitment after Bondi beach massacreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, assured gun lobbyists that he had no plans to strengthen firearm laws in the state despite agreeing to a national crackdown after the Bondi beach massacre.In a letter signed a day before the government entered caretaker mode for the state election on 21 March, Malinauskas told a peak shooters group that SA had some of the strictest gun laws in the country and ther

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California’s new ‘war on drugs’: thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:00:42+00:00

Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little helpCalifornia prosecutors have filed nearly 20,000 drug possession felony cases under a tough-on-crime measure passed in 2024. But despite promises to get people into services, the vast majority of those arrested have not received drug treatment, state data reveals.Proposition 36, a state ballot measure, enacted harsher penalties for minor theft and drug offenses, with proponents pledging the crackdown would lead to “mass treatment to keep people alive, out of jail, and off our st

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‘Where have all our front gardens gone?’: Sydney’s supersized driveways eat into yards

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T14:00:40+00:00

Research shows average front garden size has declined by 46% in areas where older low-density homes have been replaced by larger, modern housesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s increasingly supersized driveways are shrinking suburban front yards as residential redevelopment accelerates, a research paper has found.The research, which details the loss of private tree space due to knock down-rebuilds, lays bare the gaps in the planning system for minimum private green space standards. Continue reading...

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Ancient skeleton discovered sitting upright in France

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T13:58:15+00:00

Body is latest in series to be found in Dijon. Scientists trying to work out why Gauls buried some of their dead in this wayChildren at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their playground this week: a skeleton sitting upright, peeking out the top of a circular pit.It is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were buried in a seated position facing west. Continue reading...

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Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-18T13:58:15+00:00

Skeleton is latest in series to be found in Dijon. Scientists trying to work out why Gauls buried some of their dead in this wayChildren at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their playground this week: a skeleton sitting upright, peeking out of a circular pit.It is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were buried in a seated position facing west. Continue reading...

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