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Cut in gas supply puts many steel companies in the dock

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-13T11:05:09+00:00

Besides shortage of gas, the sharp rupee depreciation against dollar has also pushed up the cost of coking coal imports amid rising shipping and insurance expenses

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Turkey Says NATO Defenses Shot Down a Third Iranian Missile

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:02:48+00:00

Turkey did not say where the missile was intercepted. But residents near Incirlik Air Base, which hosts U.S. troops, reported hearing sirens and a loud boom.

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Trump issues fresh Iran warning, calling regime ‘deranged scumbags’ – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:01:40+00:00

President posts on Truth Social to ‘watch what happens today’ and says it is an ‘honor’ to be killing regime’s leadersSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMiddle East liveblog – latest updatesHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump threatened a major retaliation after Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia.Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the

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One family’s harrowing escape to the US – and the Trump government’s relentless efforts to deport them back

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:50+00:00

Oscar, Ana and their children fled violence for safety in the US. Now Oscar, afraid and alone, is back in Honduras – ‘at the mercy of God and his will’ As soon as Oscar’s deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap. On the airport shuttle toward the terminal, he pulled his cap even lower – trying to obscure his face at various police checkpoints.His parents picked him up in a car, and drove him to a lodging they had arranged for him – miles away from his family home. He has hardly stepped outside since. “Because I can’t trust anyone – not the author

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An environmental activist and her family escaped death threats in Honduras. ICE deported her husband anyway

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:50+00:00

Oscar, Ana and their children fled violence for safety in the US. Now Oscar, afraid and alone, is back in Honduras – ‘at the mercy of God and his will’ As soon as Oscar’s deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap. On the airport shuttle toward the terminal, he pulled his cap even lower – trying to obscure his face at various police checkpoints.His parents picked him up in a car, and drove him to a lodging they had arranged for him – miles away from his family home. He has hardly stepped outside since. “Because I can’t trust anyone – not the author

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Seven in 10 Americans say Trump’s tariffs caused higher prices - poll

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:49+00:00

Exclusive survey finds negative economic impacts felt across party lines as White House doubles down on tariffsSeven in 10 Americans say Donald Trump’s tariffs have led to them paying higher prices, according to an exclusive new poll for the Guardian.The Harris Poll survey presents Republicans with a major problem in the battle for the upcoming midterm elections. The majority of all voters (72%) believe Trump’s tariffs have had a negative rather than a positive impact and 67% said tariffs aren’t the right solution for improving the economy.64% of Republicans agreed that Trump’s tariffs had led

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Seven in 10 Americans say Trump’s tariffs caused higher prices

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:49+00:00

Exclusive survey finds negative economic impacts felt across party lines as White House doubles down on tariffsSeven in 10 Americans say Donald Trump’s tariffs have led to them paying higher prices, according to an exclusive new poll for the Guardian.The Harris Poll survey presents Republicans with a major problem in the battle for the upcoming midterm elections. The majority of all voters (72%) believe Trump’s tariffs have had a negative rather than a positive impact and 67% said tariffs aren’t the right solution for improving the economy.64% of Republicans agreed that Trump’s tariffs had led

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Has the pro-Maga media turned on the Pentagon over Iran?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:48+00:00

New pro-Trump press corps has surprised some skeptics with tough questions, though sycophancy fears remainThe question, asked during a 4 March press briefing with Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, and Gen Dan Caine, was a good one: if the US had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities during an operation last June, “what was the intelligence that suggested that somehow they became a threat once again that required us to get involved with Operation Epic Fury?”It was asked by Heather Mullins, who works for LindellTV, the television network founded by Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur,

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Former second world war soldier, 100, becomes oldest-known US organ donor

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:47+00:00

Dale Steele, who died in February, ‘is a powerful reminder that generosity has no age limit’, says CEOAfter spending some of his prime years aiding German concentration camp survivors and guarding Nazi leaders tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg, a US second world war veteran is now believed to have become his country’s oldest known organ donor.The story of 100-year-old Dale Steele, who died in February after a head injury led to his being placed on life support, demonstrates how donors’ health is a more important consideration than how old they are, according to Live On Nebraska, a

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Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T11:00:47+00:00

Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anthropic is fighting Trump officials not over if, but howThe standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon has forced the tech industry to once again grapple with the question of how its products are used for war – and what lines it will not cross. Amid Silicon Valley’s rightward shift under Donald Trump and the signing of lucrative defense contracts, big tech’s answer is looking very different than it did even less than a decade ago.Anthropic’s feud with the Trump administration escalated three days ago as the AI

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‘A minefield’: taoiseach prepares for St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T10:56:03+00:00

Traditionally jovial affair poses potential debacle for Irish leader at odds with US over foreign policy, tax and immigrationFor Ireland’s leaders, it has long been the highlight of the political calendar: a love-fest in Washington with hosts who sport shamrocks and toast Saint Patrick.Irish delegations are traditionally received on Capitol Hill and at the White House in a blaze of goodwill and backslapping that has them wishing every day was 17 March. Continue reading...

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"Скептично налаштований": в Politico розкрили, хто відмовляв Трампа від війни проти Ірану

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-13T10:55:00+00:00

Водночас, речниця Білого дому Анна Келлі назвав ці повідомлення "спробою вбити клин" між президентом Трампом та його близьким соратником.

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Lila Global’s VLCC becomes 1st Indian-flagged vessel structured via GIFT City

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-13T10:52:12+00:00

The addition of the VLCC is expected to deepen the group’s engagement with India’s PSU chartering market, where large tankers are typically deployed to transport crude oil for domestic refiners

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The ‘bad leader’ trap

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-13T10:39:38+00:00

Turning leaders into symbols of evil makes intervention easy to justify and its consequences easy to ignore.

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Humanitaire française tuée en RDC : ouverture d’une enquête pour crime de guerre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-13T10:38:40+00:00

Karine Buisset, 54 ans, employée de l’Unicef, a été tuée mercredi par une frappe de drone non revendiquée à Goma, grande ville de l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, aux mains du groupe antigouvernemental M23. Les faits apparaissent « en lien avec une situation de conflit armé opposant les forces congolaises et le mouvement dit M23 », selon le PNAT.

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Ексголова Держприкордонслужби Дейнеко очолив бойовий підрозділ на фронті: у Раді назвали це "чоловічим вчинком"

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-13T10:33:16+00:00

Колишній голова Державної прикордонної служби України Сергій Дейнеко після завершення роботи на посаді очолив бойовий підрозділ, який бере участь у боях на фронті. Про це повідомляє сайт "Політарена". Йдеться...

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Fitch raises India's GDP growth projection for FY26 to 7.5%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-13T10:29:05+00:00

For next fiscal (2026-27), Fitch has revised upwards its growth estimate to 6.75 from 6.4% projected in December 2025

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Weather tracker: Southern France under yellow alert after severe thunderstorms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-13T10:26:44+00:00

US also sees active few days of severe convective storms, while record breaking heat recorded in parts of South AfricaOn Monday 9 March, severe thunderstorms affected parts of southern France, with several departments including Hérault, Var, and the Alpes-Maritimes put under yellow alert for heavy rain.Some of the heaviest rainfall totals came from a cell that passed over the Var department. Examples of high rainfall totals taken from some private weather stations come from the towns of Carqueiranne and Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, where 104.4mm was recorded in seven and a half hours, and 92.7mm in

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