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UE-Mercosur : l’Uruguay devient le premier pays à ratifier l’accord

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-26T16:32:17+00:00

Le Parlement européen a saisi fin janvier la Cour de justice de l’UE pour vérifier la légalité de ce traité de libre-échange, ce qui suspend le processus de ratification pendant un an et demi.

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Tensions entre le Chili et les Etats-Unis autour d’un projet de câble sous-marin vers la Chine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-26T16:30:11+00:00

Washington a révoqué les visas de trois responsables gouvernementaux chiliens accusés d’avoir « érodé la sécurité régionale » en soutenant un projet de câble sous-marin de fibre optique entre le Chili et la Chine. Porté par l’entreprise China Mobile, il doit relier Valparaiso à Hongkong.

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Home Office urged to make it easier for mosques to apply for protection

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-26T16:28:27+00:00

British Muslim Trust says fund announced last week falls short as it requires mosques to prove they have been targetedMinisters are being urged to drop the requirement for mosques to prove they have faced a hate crime before they can apply for protective security.Last week, the Home Office announced up to £40m in funding for security staff, CCTV, fencing, alarms and floodlights for mosques, Muslim schools and community centres through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme. Continue reading...

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T-Hub to help Tripura promote start-up ecosystem

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-26T16:26:05+00:00

T-Hub will work closely with Tripura’s Information Technology department to design and operationalise structured incubation frameworks

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Labour, Green Party and Reform make final pitch to voters in Gorton and Denton – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-26T16:12:01+00:00

Labour has focused its efforts at voters who may be tempted to back the Reform candidate in the by-electionThe number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels has fallen to the lowest level for 18 months, Home Office figures show. Rajeev Syal has the story.A minister has confirmed that the government is pressing ahead with the deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.Yes. My colleague the foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has been talking to Marco Rubio, her opposite number in the US, about it. Foreign policy is never easy. We will make progress on the Chagos d

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les représentants ukrainiens rencontrent les émissaires américains Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-26T16:06:05+00:00

Moscou n’a « aucune échéance » pour mettre fin à la guerre, a affirmé Sergueï Lavrov alors qu’une nouvelle réunion entre négociateurs ukrainiens et émissaires américains est en cours, à Genève, pour préparer de nouvelles discussions trilatérales.

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Editorial. Last mile finance

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-26T16:02:55+00:00

Local body finances need boost, with more transparency

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Au Tchad, Amdjarass, ville symbole du règne de la famille Déby

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-26T16:00:53+00:00

La localité est le fief historique de l’ex-président tchadien Idriss Déby Itno et dorénavant de son fils, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, au pouvoir depuis 2021. Frontalière du Soudan, Amdjarass était, jusqu’à fin 2025, un hub de soutien logistique aux rebelles paramilitaires soudanais.

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Как члены совета директоров ЦБ оценили влияние НДС на цены

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-26T15:56:31+00:00

Повышение НДС с 20 до 22% отразилось на ценах сильнее, чем в 2019 г., когда правительство увеличило ставку с 18 до 20%, следует из «Резюме обсуждения ключевой ставки», опубликованного Банком России. Во-первых, из-за перегрева спроса компании в большей мере переносили возросшие издержки в цены. Во-вторых, повышение налога коснулось большего числа товаров и услуг, в частности банковских операций, а также расширился круг производителей, обязанных уплачивать НДС в связи со снижением порога применения упрощенной системы налогообложения (УСН).

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They Helped Women Fight Online Abuse. They Were Barred From the U.S.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-26T15:52:31+00:00

The founders of HateAid, a German human-rights group that helps victims of online attacks, were accused by the Trump administration of being part of a “global censorship-industrial complex.”

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Edtech M&A activity picks up as investors bet on outcome-led growth

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-26T15:46:16+00:00

Investors say the market is entering a more disciplined cycle, with strategic integrations and product depth taking precedence over the hyper-growth playbook that defined the previous funding boom

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Epstein and the politics of distraction

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-26T15:44:40+00:00

Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power.

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