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Families of two men killed in Trump’s military boat strikes sue US government

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T15:07:57+00:00

First-of-its kind suit filed by civil rights attorneys on behalf of families centers on 14 October strike in Caribbean Sea that killed six Civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against the United States government on Tuesday on behalf of the families of two men from a small fishing village in Trinidad who were killed in a US military airstrike on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea on 14 October.The lawsuit, shared in advance with the Guardian, says that Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, both of Las Cuevas, Trinidad, were returning to Trinidad from Venezuela when they and four oth

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Agri sector to gain from trade deal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T15:05:27+00:00

Exporters of grapes, gherkins say tariff reduction will boost shipments, enhance competitiveness

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Pubs and live music venues to get support after business rates backlash

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T15:05:00+00:00

Fears of closures and job losses prompt temporary rates cap in England and Wales, with review for hotels sectorPubs voice fury at Reeves’s business rates changesBusiness live – latest updatesThe Treasury has unveiled a support package worth tens of millions of pounds for pubs and live music venues in England and Wales, in a climbdown that follows a fierce backlash against plans to overhaul business rates.Trade bodies had warned that Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates, announced at the chancellor’s November budget, would trigger widespread closures and job losses in the hospitality secto

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How GenAI can bridge the academia-industry divide

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T15:04:22+00:00

Interaction with theory-informed GenAI systems allows organisations to examine assumptions, explore alternatives, and make implicit trade-offs explicit

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Financial sector reforms: Going beyond incrementalism

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T15:02:56+00:00

Legislative-regulatory reforms must be harmonious across sectors. The forthcoming Budget should articulate this objective

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VIDEO Italie : les images d’un impressionnant glissement de terrain en Sicile

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-27T14:56:36+00:00

Plus de 1 000 personnes ont été évacuées en Sicile après l’effondrement, dimanche, d’un tronçon de falaise de 4 kilomètres de long pendant une tempête, laissant des maisons dangereusement perchées au bord du précipice.

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Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in US and launch on Jan 30

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T14:55:20+00:00

Some early reviews have praised the device for its expansive inner screen, which makes movies and other video entertainment more immersive than on regular foldables

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January selloff hits realty, tourism, high-beta pockets

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T14:54:19+00:00

Valuation resets, foreign outflows and muted earnings drive sharp underperformance across select sectoral indices

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US tech workers call on CEOs to demand Trump remove ICE from cities

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:51:18+00:00

More than 800 employees sign petition calling for withdrawal of ICE agents and cancellation of contractsMore than 800 US tech workers have signed a petition calling for tech CEOs to demand the Trump administration remove US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from US cities and cancel contracts with the agency.“We know our industry leaders have leverage: in October, they persuaded Trump to call off a planned ICE surge in San Francisco,” the petition reads. “Now they need to go further, and join us in demanding ICE out of all of our cities.” Continue reading...

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India-EU trade pact positive for metal companies

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T14:40:41+00:00

Duty on base metals set to be reduced to zero from up to 10 per cent now

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В Санкт-Петербурге прошли мероприятия, посвященные снятию блокады Ленинграда

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-01-27T14:38:43+00:00

Владимир Путин принял участие в памятных мероприятиях, посвященных годовщине снятия блокады Ленинграда. Президент сначала приехал к монументу «Рубежный камень» на Невском пятачке, где возложил цветы. Невским пятачком называется место на левом берегу Невы напротив Невской Дубровки, которое было удержано советскими войсками Ленинградского фронта с 19 сентября 1941 г. по 29 апреля 1942 г. и с 26 сентября 1942 г. по 17 февраля 1943 г. в ходе битвы за Ленинград. Отсюда советские войска неоднократно пытались прорвать блокаду Ленинграда.

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Pubs and live music venues to get support after business rates backlash, Treasury confirms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:35:43+00:00

Fears of closures and job losses prompt temporary rates cap in England and Wales, with review for hotels sectorPubs voice fury at Reeves’s business rates changesBusiness live – latest updatesThe Treasury has unveiled a support package worth tens of millions of pounds for pubs and live music venues in England and Wales, in a climbdown that follows a fierce backlash against plans to overhaul business rates.Trade bodies had warned that Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates, announced at the chancellor’s November budget, would trigger widespread closures and job losses in the hospitality secto

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Girl, 5, deported to Honduras despite being US citizen, becomes latest victim of Trump crackdown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:34:28+00:00

Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relativeFive-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos misses her cousins, classmates and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas. Despite being a US citizen, she was deported on 11 January alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, to Honduras, a country Génesis had never known.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were acting on an administrative deportation order against Gutiérrez, 26, issued in 2019, before Génesis was born. Continue reading...

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Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:34:28+00:00

Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relativeFive-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos misses her cousins, classmates and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas. Despite being a US citizen, she was deported on 11 January alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, to Honduras, a country Génesis had never known.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were acting on an administrative deportation order against Gutiérrez, 26, issued in 2019, before Génesis was born. Continue reading...

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‘I lost part of my heart’: last of Japan’s pandas leave for China as ties fray

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:33:48+00:00

Thousands visit zoo in Tokyo to say farewell to Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao as China ends ‘panda diplomacy’ with JapanHundreds of people have gathered to say farewell to two popular pandas departing Tokyo for China, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years, as ties between the Asian neighbours fray.Panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao were transported by truck out of Ueno zoological gardens, their birthplace, disappointing many Japanese fans who have grown attached to the furry four-year-olds. Continue reading...

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India-EU ink first security & defence partnership framework

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T14:32:34+00:00

Experts feel the pact comes at an appropriate time when India is localising defence production while Europe has begun rearmament

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« La diplomatie française doit décider où elle engage sa crédibilité, ses équipes et son temps long »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-27T14:30:10+00:00

L’action extérieure de la France est pilotée dans l’urgence, au fil d’arbitrages successifs, regrettent, dans une tribune au « Monde », les diplomates Bassem Aly Youssef, Michael Li et Luc Pierron. Ils appellent la France à opérer des choix stratégiques et à accepter un effort budgétaire supplémentaire de l’ordre de 300 millions d’euros par an.

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