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Gold falls from three-week high on profit-booking, firm dollar

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-24T06:04:10+00:00

Spot gold fell 1.2% to $5,167.28 per ounce by 0538 GMT, snapping a four-session winning ‌streak and dropping from a more than three-week high ‌hit ⁠earlier in the day

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Reform mayor courted US oil and gas executive about fracking in UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T06:00:03+00:00

Exclusive: Documents show Andrea Jenkyns asked how she could help firm after major gas find in LincolnshireLincolnshire’s Reform party mayor, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, has courted the head of an American oil and gas dynasty in the hope of bringing fracking to the county, the Guardian can reveal.Egdon Resources, a British subsidiary of the US fracker Heyco Energy, announced a major gas discovery in Lincolnshire’s Gainsborough Trough last year. Jenkyns, who became the first mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May, reached out personally to the company asking how she “could help with your recent gas find

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Criminals ‘systematically’ targeting UK shops, costing £400m last year, say retailers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T06:00:03+00:00

British Retail Consortium warns over ‘endemic’ violence towards shop workers and says theft is causing anxietyCriminal gangs are “systematically” targeting shops, retailers have warned, with 5.5m incidents of shoplifting detected last year, costing the industry an estimated £400m.The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned over “endemic” violence towards shop workers – who faced an average 36 incidents of violence involving a weapon every day last year – and said high levels of theft was causing “anxiety” among retail staff. Continue reading...

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Gaudium IVF IPO Day 3: subscribed nearly 4x, retail and NIIs lead demand

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-24T05:42:37+00:00

The retail portion was subscribed 5.08 times, while NIIs saw 6.68 times subscription. In contrast, QIBs had subscribed 0.03 times of their allotted quota at the time of reporting

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Les nouveaux droits de douane de 10 % décidés par Donald Trump sont entrés en vigueur

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-24T05:38:12+00:00

Cette surtaxe, basée sur une loi de 1974, court jusqu’au 24 juillet et remplace les précédents taux déclarés illégaux par la Cour suprême il y a quelques jours. Le gouvernement devra obtenir un vote du Congrès s’il veut maintenir ces droits de douane sur la durée.

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Che fine fanno i peluche del pattinaggio

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-24T05:32:06+00:00

Non finiscono in un mucchio indistinto. Vengono messi dentro dei grandi sacchi con l’etichetta dei nome di ogni pattinatrice o pattinatore, i quali hanno pochi giorni di tempo per passare a ritirarli.

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Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire actor, dies aged 71

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T05:29:18+00:00

The actor killed himself, his family said in a statement that aimed to raise awareness of ‘his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder’Robert Carradine, a member of the famed acting family who was known for his roles in Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire, has died aged 71.Carradine killed himself after years of living with bipolar disorder, his family said in a statement which they said they hoped would raise awareness. Continue reading...

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Trust becomes the new currency in food ingredients: Oterra CEO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-24T05:13:19+00:00

Food safety, environmental accountability and ethical sourcing have shifted from aspirational benchmarks to baseline market-entry requirements, he added

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IDFC First Bank steadies after Monday’s rout, shares trade flat

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-24T05:09:37+00:00

Traded volume stood at around 804 lakh shares with a traded value of ₹563 crore by mid-morning, significantly lower than Monday’s ₹2,027 crore, suggesting the initial panic selling has subsided

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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-24T05:01:42+00:00

Four years into the war, a major sticking point in talks is control of the eastern Donetsk region. Residents could face an agonizing choice if Ukraine gives up the territory.

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After Six Decades of the War on Drugs, What Works?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-24T05:01:30+00:00

The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.

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What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-24T05:01:21+00:00

Whatever you make of Emerald Fennell’s R-rated “Wuthering Heights” movie, the region where the original novel was written is worth revisiting in its own right.

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Four years into Ukraine invasion, Russia’s gains are small, while Kyiv remains resilient

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T05:00:02+00:00

With the Russian military performing poorly, Ukraine is clarifying strategy and pushing back with modest successRussia’s invasion of Ukraine, now entering its fifth grim year, has already gone on longer than the entire fight on the eastern front in the second world war. The Soviets marched from the gates of Leningrad to Berlin in a little over 15 months in 1944-45; today the Russian rate of gain in Pokrovsk in Ukraine is 70 metres a day, in Kupiansk, 23 metres, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.The gains are trivial, given Ukraine’s size, amounting to 1,865 sq mil

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