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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged massages to taxpayers while trade envoy, say reports

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:44:05+00:00

Former senior civil servants say culture of deference meant excessive expenses claims were waved throughAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for the cost of massages and excessive travel expenses while he was the UK’s trade envoy, it has been reported.Former senior civil servants said they were shocked to see the claims, and that there was a culture of deference towards the former prince within Whitehall that allowed them to proceed. Continue reading...

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged massages to taxpayer while trade envoy, say reports

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:44:05+00:00

Former senior civil servants say culture of deference meant excessive expenses claims were waved throughAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for the cost of massages and excessive travel expenses while he was the UK’s trade envoy, it has been reported.Former senior civil servants said they were shocked to see the claims, and that there was a culture of deference towards the former prince within Whitehall that allowed them to proceed. Continue reading...

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Rupee rises 7 paise to close at 90.87 against US dollar

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-23T10:39:10+00:00

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.76 and traded in the range of 90.67-90.89 against the greenback during the session; it eventually settled at 90.87 (provisional), up 7 paise

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Weather tracker: early taste of spring to sweep parts of Europe

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:33:19+00:00

South-western France could hit 25C, while a powerful Nor’easter is forecast to bring blizzards to BostonEurope live – latest updatesAn early taste of spring is on the way for millions across northern and western Europe this week. Temperatures could climb close to a near record-breaking 20C (68F) in parts of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, with south-western France approaching 25C on Wednesday.The warmth is being driven by a highly amplified synoptic pattern, featuring a region of low pressure over the Atlantic and strong high pressure over central Europe. The setup will allow

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Weather tracker: Early taste of spring to sweep parts of Europe

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:33:19+00:00

South-western France could hit 25C, while a powerful Nor’easter is forecast to bring blizzards to BostonEurope live – latest updatesAn early taste of spring is on the way for millions across northern and western Europe this week. Temperatures could climb close to a near record-breaking 20C (68F) in parts of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, with south-western France approaching 25C on Wednesday.The warmth is being driven by a highly amplified synoptic pattern, featuring a region of low pressure over the Atlantic and strong high pressure over central Europe. The setup will allow

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Yaap Digital to raise ₹80 crore via IPO on NSE Emerge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-23T10:31:01+00:00

The company will issue 55.25 lakh equity shares in a price band of ₹138 - ₹145 a share; the issue will open for bidding on February 25

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Martin Lewis ambushes Badenoch on Good Morning Britain over student loans plan

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:30:00+00:00

Finance campaigner marches on to set and tells Tory leader her policy to cut interest rates will only help top earnersKemi Badenoch has faced what could be described as the stuff of nightmares for a UK politician being interviewed about a personal finance policy: being ambushed and contradicted live on air by Martin Lewis.As the Conservative leader was being interviewed on ITV about her party’s plans to cut interest rates for some student loans, Lewis, the campaigner and finance expert, marched on to the set to announce that he completely disagreed. Continue reading...

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SEPCI order book touches Rs 10,455 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-23T10:29:20+00:00

The rise in order book reflects robust order accretion, improved execution momentum and disciplined project selection across core infrastructure verticals

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Фортеця в океані: скільки винищувачів може вмістити новітній авіаносець USS Enterprise

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-02-23T10:12:00+00:00

Після спуску на воду цей гігантський атомний авіаносець зможе нести різні літальні апарати, включаючи винищувачі, вертольоти і безпілотники.

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RBI holds 621st central board meeting in presence of FM Sitharaman

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-23T10:06:59+00:00

The Board assessed the global and domestic economic landscape, factoring in the challenges arising from geopolitical developments and financial market volatility

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For Iran’s Rulers, Refusing U.S. Demands Is a Risk Worth Taking

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:04:11+00:00

The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.

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Briton among 19 killed in Nepal bus crash

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:03:17+00:00

Nepalese police say the British national was a 24-year-old man.

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Suspected gunman identified after being shot dead at Mar-a-Lago – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:03:02+00:00

Law enforcement confirm man, who was armed with a shotgun and gas canister at Trump’s Florida home, was 21-year-old Austin Tucker MartinGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics.The armed man who US Secret Service agents killed yesterday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida has been identified in media reports as Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old illustrator from Cameron, North Carolina. Continue reading...

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The Ukrainian Bureaucrat Working to Squeeze Russia’s War Machine

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:02:35+00:00

Vladyslav Vlasiuk has spent the past four years pressing Western allies to squeeze the Russian economy through more sanctions. He hopes that 2026 will be the tipping point.

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The Japanese Airport That Doesn’t Lose Bags

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:02:12+00:00

Kansai International Airport, which is located near Osaka, Japan, hasn’t lost a single piece of luggage since it opened in 1994. River Akira Davis, our Tokyo correspondent, visited the airport to understand how Japanese culture has influenced its success.

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‘We’ve scratched the surface’: mission to digitise UK public art reaches 1m entries

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-23T10:00:37+00:00

New Art UK chair Ben Terrett appointed as charity marks 10 years of building online databaseFrom a bronze Rodin sculpture of the naked Eve outside a Nando’s in Harlow to more than 6,000 artworks by JMW Turner, to a crumpled-up piece of A4 paper owned by Manchester Art Gallery, the UK’s public art collection is a wonderful and varied thing.It is huge, as demonstrated by the charity Art UK, which has announced it has reached a million artworks on its database and appointed a new chair who said: “We’ve only scratched the surface.” Continue reading...

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