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Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:32:43+00:00

Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza warA record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, and two-thirds of them were killed by Israel, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said.It was the second straight year that killings set a record and the second straight year that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of them, the CPJ, a New York-based independent organisation that documents attacks on the press, said in its annual r

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Nobody believed that Putin would invade Ukraine. Four years on, has Europe learned from the failures of 2022?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:30:01+00:00

I looked back to discover the untold story of how western intelligence was misread, even in Kyiv. The conclusion offers a stark warning for the futureTuesday marked the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and at this time of year it’s hard not to recall memories of the morning of 24 February 2022, when the fate of Ukraine and the history of Europe were irrevocably changed by the decision of the man in the Kremlin.Around 9pm the evening before, I had received a message from a colleague at another news outlet. It was an unequivocal warning from an intelligence

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Met apologises to Commons speaker for sharing tip-off with Mandelson’s lawyers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:26:06+00:00

Exclusive: Lindsay Hoyle told MPs he had shared information ex-US ambassador planned to flee UK with police ‘in good faith’UK politics live – latest updatesThe Metropolitan police has apologised to the Commons speaker for sharing with Peter Mandelson’s lawyers that he had passed on a claim that the former UK ambassador planned to flee the country.Senior Scotland Yard officers are also understood to be meeting in person with Lindsay Hoyle on Wednesday afternoon to explain their error, which is regarded internally as a serious breach of protocol. Continue reading...

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Education reform, the answer to AI jobs threat

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T15:23:33+00:00

The government and educational institutions must join hands with reskilling and policy support to meet the AI challenge

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Устройствами дистанционного мониторинга здоровья обеспечены 1,5 млн россиян

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-25T15:20:10+00:00

Почти 1,5 млн пациентов с болезнями системы кровообращения, сахарным диабетом и другими хроническими заболеваниями обеспечены устройствами дистанционного мониторинга здоровья. Об этом сообщил председатель правительства Михаил Мишустин во время отчета в Госдуме. С помощью них врач может корректировать лечение удаленно – не дожидаясь обострения ситуации, уточнил он.

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The changing face of the factory

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T15:17:23+00:00

Industry push. India’s aim to raise manufacturing’s share to 25% of GDP will depend on the design of factories and the people who run them

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Ed Davey accuses care home trustee of embezzlement amid watchdog enquiry

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:14:34+00:00

Lib Dem leader says crisis at William Blake House is ‘one of my worst nightmares’ after Guardian revealed inquiry into financesEd Davey has accused a trustee of a learning disability care home of embezzlement and called for watchdogs to take over the charity to resolve a crisis he described as “one my worst nightmares”.The Liberal Democrat leader’s intervention at prime minister’s questions came hours after the Guardian revealed the Charity Commission has opened a serious inquiry into concerns around financial mismanagement and potential misuse of funds at William Blake House. Continue reading

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Disinvestment must gather pace

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T15:11:08+00:00

The shortfall in proceeds can be made good by a calibrated attempt to divest in public sector banks

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Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:11:02+00:00

Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreeing to scrap parts of a contentious heating law mandating the use of renewables in favour of a draft law allowing homeowners to rely on fossil fuels.While the previous law required most newly installed heating systems to use at least 65% renewable energy, often with a heat pump, the reformed legislation will allow households to keep using oil and gas. Continue reading...

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House speaker says he nearly ejected Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from Trump’s State of the Union address – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:11:01+00:00

Mike Johnson criticizes congresswomen’s verbal protests during speech The ‘golden age of America’? Trump delivers the State of the Union address – podcastA newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns.More from Reuters:President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplom

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Seeding farms with tech

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T15:10:54+00:00

AgriStack is re-coding the future of farming in India

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Broker’s Call: Mphasis (Add)

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T15:10:52+00:00

HDFC Securities

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Disputes over Hamas disarmament stall Gaza peace plan progress

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T15:06:56+00:00

Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weaponsProgress in the Gaza peace plan has stalled over disagreements on how Hamas should be disarmed, with Israel threatening to go back to full-scale war if the condition is not carried out quickly.The second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire, which Washington declared had begun in January, was meant to involve Hamas disarming, Israeli forces withdrawing, and a Palestinian interim administration moving into Gaza backed by a Palestinian police force and an inter

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Військовий Сазонов звинуватив одіозного гендиректора ДП "Ліси України" Болоховця в знищенні галузі та корупції

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-02-25T14:59:00+00:00

Таку думку у своєму Телеграм-каналі висловив політичний експерт і військовослужбовець Кирило Сазонов, коментуючи журналістське розслідування "Золотий мільярд" видання "Рівне онлайн" про реформу лісової...

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AI data hub to come up in Karnataka: Minister MB Patil

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-25T14:54:51+00:00

A conducive ecosystem will be created to establish hyperscale data centres with capacities exceeding 500 MW, added Minister Patil

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Israël salue la décision américaine d’offrir des services consulaires dans une colonie en Cisjordanie ; l’Autorité palestinienne dénonce « une violation du droit international »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-25T14:53:52+00:00

Le 27 février et « pour une journée seulement », les résidents américains pourront bénéficier « des services courants de passeports » dans la colonie d’Efrat, a annoncé sur X la mission américaine de Jérusalem.

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Role of Scotland’s top law officer questioned after ‘bombshell’ over Peter Murrell charges

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-25T14:52:24+00:00

Lord advocate Dorothy Bain informed first minister of embezzlement charges against former SNP chief executive a year before they were made publicSerious doubts have been raised about the dual role of Scotland’s top law officer after it emerged that the first minister was informed of criminal charges against Peter Murrell nearly a year before they were made public.The lord advocate, Dorothy Bain, who acts as Scotland’s chief prosecutor as well as the government’s principal legal adviser in cabinet, has faced calls to resign but the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service maintains she was ac

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