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The Blind Side actor Quinton Aaron on life support after blood infection

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:21:02+00:00

Aaron’s wife, Margarita, told outlets he was intubated on Friday and put on life support after losing feeling in legsThe actor Quinton Aaron, best known for his starring role in the Oscar-nominated film The Blind Side, has reportedly been placed on life support while grappling with a severe blood infection, according to multiple outlets citing interviews with his wife.Margarita Aaron reportedly confirmed to Fox News and TMZ that her 41-year-old husband was intubated on Friday and placed on life support after he lost feeling in his legs while walking up their home’s stairs and collapsed, prompt

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GB News presenter unveiled as Reform UK candidate in Gorton and Denton – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:19:30+00:00

TV presenter and former academic Matt Goodwin will compete for the seatAs Dave Burke reports for the Daily Mirror, the Reform UK MP Lee Anderson posted a picture on social media of himself and activists campaigning in the Gorton and Denton byelection – standing outside a hotel that is actually in Angela Rayner’s neigbouring Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. Rayner told the paper: “Farage’s Reform can’t even find the Gorton and Denton constituency on a map. Perhaps it’s because they’re too busy filling their party full of former Tories who failed the country.”The British Property Federation has s

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Cropin launches AI ecosystem for agri-food systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-27T14:09:17+00:00

A statement said that it designed to provide a plug-and-play model for agri-food businesses navigating the complex challenges of data interoperability, climate change-induced risks, etc.

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Facing U.S. turmoil, Europe and India announce blockbuster trade deal

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:07:20+00:00

The accord, among two of the world’s largest economies, would create a free trade zone of 2 billion people, as President Donald Trump upends U.S. alliances and global trade.

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Sussan Ley has two factors working in her favour as rumours of a Liberal leadership mutiny swirl

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:00:47+00:00

As Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor emerge as likely challengers, two things could buy Ley some timeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn the chaotic few hours after the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, blew up the Coalition, one thing appeared clear to many Liberal MPs.Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Liberal party was all but over. Continue reading...

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How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:00:47+00:00

Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlashImmigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a phone’s camera at their intended target and scanning the person’s face allows Mobile Fortify to pull data on an individual from multiple federal and state databases, some of which federal courts have deemed too inaccurate for arrest warrants. Continue reading...

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Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s primary vote soars to record high amid Coalition chaos

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:00:46+00:00

Pauline Hanson’s party polls a primary vote of 22%, while Labor’s response to the Bondi terror attack wins widespread supportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s polling surge has continued with a record-high primary vote of 22% in the latest Guardian Essential poll off the back of ongoing Coalition chaos and rising social tensions.Meanwhile, there is widespread public support for the Labor government’s response to the Bondi beach terror attack, with a majority backing crackdowns on guns, hate speech and protests. However, most poll respondents say Anthony Al

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Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:00:45+00:00

The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare nowWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereOn Tuesday, Australia’s second largest city baked through one of its hottest days since modern instrumental records began in 1910. Several Melbourne suburbs topped 45C.The country’s fifth largest city, Adelaide, reached that temperature on Monday. Its residents then suffered through their hottest night ever, with a minimum of about 34C.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s C

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ФАС вынесла первое решение по делу о рекламе VPN-сервисов

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

Вологодское УФАС признало ненадлежащей рекламу VPN-сервисов и рассматривает вопрос о привлечении к административной ответственности ее распространителя, в этом случае – владельца блога, следует из базы решений этой службы. Регулятор отнес к рекламе публикации с электронными ссылками на соответствующие ресурсы в Telegram-канале, отмечается там же. Указанное дело было возбуждено по результатам рассмотрения заявления Центра по противодействию экстремизму УМВД России по Вологодской области.

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Burnham accuses No 10 sources of lying about byelection decision

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T14:00:26+00:00

Manchester mayor suggests claims he was told Labour would not give him permission to stand were untrueUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour party’s civil war over the Gorton and Denton byelection has intensified after Andy Burnham accused Downing Street sources of lying about his decision to apply to stand in the Manchester seat.The Manchester mayor was reacting to suggestions by unnamed Keir Starmer allies that he had been told “in no uncertain terms” that any request to the NEC committee to put his name forward for the byelection would be refused. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Chine se dit prête à « renforcer la coordination stratégique » avec la Russie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-27T13:58:45+00:00

Dong Jun, le ministre de la défense chinois, a déclaré, lors d’un entretien avec son homologue russe, que les deux pays devaient « renforcer conjointement leur capacité à répondre à divers risques et défis, et s’unir afin d’apporter une énergie positive à la sécurité et à la stabilité mondiales ». Pékin, qui dit avoir adopté une position neutre sur le sujet de la guerre en Ukraine, n’a jamais condamné l’offensive russe.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : à Ankara, Jean-Noël Barrot plaide en faveur de la lutte contre la flotte fantôme russe

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-27T13:58:45+00:00

« Nous devons accroître la pression sur l’agresseur russe et ses ressources financières en réduisant ses revenus pétroliers », a déclaré le ministre des affaires étrangères français, lors de sa visite dans la capitale turque. Un pétrolier soupçonné d’appartenir à cette flotte, qui permet à la Russie de contourner les sanctions internationales, a été arraisonné jeudi par la marine française en Méditerranée.

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Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T13:57:42+00:00

Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe Spain’s socialist-led coalition government has approved a decree it said would regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, rejecting the anti-migration policies and rhetoric prevalent across much of Europe.The decree, expected to come into effect in April, will apply to hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and people in Spain with irregular status. To qualify for regularisation, applicants will have to prove they do not have a criminal record and had lived i

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US still faces freezing temperatures and power outages amid deadly winter storm

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T13:57:15+00:00

More than 30 have died across a dozen states as deep snow and ice halted traffic, canceled flights and closed schoolsMany in the US faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a deadly, colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the north-east and kept parts of the south coated in ice.More than 30 deaths were registered in more than a dozen states afflicted with severe cold, according to reports. There were still nearly 550,000 power outages in the nation on Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us. Most of the outages were in the south, where weekend

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Storm Chandra brings ‘danger to life’ flood warnings in Devon and Dorset

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T13:54:27+00:00

More than 100 flood warnings issued in England, with two red warnings in Ottery St Mary and DorchesterStorm Chandra – live updatesTwo red flood warnings – meaning danger to life – are in force for rivers in south-west England as Storm Chandra brings heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the UK, causing huge travel disruption and shutting hundreds of schools.The Environment Agency (EA) said severe flooding was expected on Tuesday in Ottery St Mary with the River Otter rising to its highest level on record. Continue reading...

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Recycled plastic packaging claims are misleading, say experts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T13:48:58+00:00

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-basedEurope’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum.Brands using plastic packaging – from Kraft’s Heinz Beanz to Mondelez’s Philadelphia – use materials made by the plastic manufacturing arm of the oil company Saudi Aramco.This article is part of a cross-border investigation, supported by IJ4EU and coordinated by the independen

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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-27T13:48:58+00:00

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-basedEurope’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum.Brands using plastic packaging – from Kraft’s Heinz Beanz to Mondelēz’s Philadelphia – use materials made by the plastic manufacturing arm of the oil company Saudi Aramco.This article is part of a cross-border investigation, supported by IJ4EU and coordinated by the independen

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