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Morgan McSweeney resigns and says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-08T15:14:12+00:00

McSweeney, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, resigns as PM’s chief of staff after Mandelson revelationsMorgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staffSpeaking to Sky News this morning, Conservative shadow minister Alex Burghart said:This administration under Keir Starmer has failed. It has U-turned, I think, what, 14 or 15 times now. It has had two resets in the past five months, and it is now caught up in the worst political scandal of my lifetime.He was lied to by someone who was known to be a serial liar. There’s no excuse for the fact that he made the wrong judgment.H

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Develop scalable AAM corridor in NCR to reduce transit time, proposes CII

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-08T15:04:05+00:00

Advanced Air Mobility or AAM refers to an integrated aviation ecosystem that uses next-generation aircraft such as electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, drones, among others, to transport passengers and cargo

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Social media companies are being sued for harming their users’ mental health – but are the platforms addictive?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-08T15:00:33+00:00

Experts say the term ‘addiction’ is be overused and, for social media use, could be difficult to proveForthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social media addiction trials”, but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still the subject of scientific debate.The lawsuits were brought against Meta, YouTube (Google), Snap Inc and TikTok by plaintiffs alleging these platforms severely damaged their mental health when they were children. Snap and TikTok settled the first case to go to trial, brought by a woman known as KGM, now about 20. The r

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Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-08T14:39:31+00:00

The PM’s chief of staff, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, departs Downing Street after Mandelson revelationsSpeaking to Sky News this morning, Conservative shadow minister Alex Burghart said:This administration under Keir Starmer has failed. It has U-turned, I think, what, 14 or 15 times now. It has had two resets in the past five months, and it is now caught up in the worst political scandal of my lifetime.He was lied to by someone who was known to be a serial liar. There’s no excuse for the fact that he made the wrong judgment.He was in possession of enough facts to have not mad

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Japan election: Sanae Takaichi’s ruling conservatives on course for landslide win

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-08T14:33:01+00:00

Exit polls point to public endorsement of new prime minister on day of blizzards and freezing conditionsJapan’s conservative governing party is on course to dramatically strengthen its grip on power after exit polls predicted a landslide victory in Sunday’s elections, in what will be seen as an early public endorsement of the new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.The Liberal Democratic party (LDP) was projected to win between 274 and 328 seats out of a total of 465, according to an exit poll by the public broadcaster NHK, well above the 233 it needed to regain the majority it lost in 2024. NHK pr

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China’s Presence Looms Large in Japan’s Election

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-08T14:30:01+00:00

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s handling of bilateral relations has become a campaign issue. Her earlier comments on Taiwan brought reprisals from Beijing.

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E-Way Bill generation surged second all-time high in Jan

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-08T14:21:36+00:00

Latest data has come at a time, when sources said that the Centre is enga­ging with states on revamp­ing the eway bill frame­work and this is likely to be taken in the next meet­ing of the GST Coun­cil.

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Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-08T14:14:10+00:00

Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plottersUK politics live – latest updatesMorgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and longtime aide, has resigned after a bitter row about supposed plots to bring down the PM.McSweeney masterminded Starmer’s path to Downing Street less than five years after Jeremy Corbyn’s devastating defeat in the 2019 election. Continue reading...

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No erasures

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-08T14:11:31+00:00

Synchrotron technology unveils ancient hidden text in palimpsest

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