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olee.space: Charge of the light transmission brigade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-19T00:45:00+00:00

With spectrum running scarce, olee.space builds laser-based optical communication systems

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Australia news live: ‘dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi’, Jewish MP tells parliament

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:44:29+00:00

Josh Burns says ‘every act of violence begins with hate’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMarles ‘confident about the future of Nato’ despite Trump pressureContinuing his media rounds, the deputy PM, Richard Marles, is pressed on the government’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on some European nations, in a bid to take over Greenland.Nato has played a very important role and continues to be very strong. I’ve been to the last two Nato meetings representing Australia, and there is a definite sense of unity when you’re at Nato meetings. So I

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Bids for ₹6,444 cr west-east RE transmission project

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-19T00:39:00+00:00

Renewable energy capacities are bunching up in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and consumption centres are emerging in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

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Davos goes far beyond just signing MoUs

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-19T00:35:00+00:00

It has evolved into a forum for ideation, to understand how the next generation of business, industry, and tech will converge

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Australian politics live: ‘We must not dehumanise each other,’ Jewish MP tells parliament as politicians share condolences for Bondi attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:34:58+00:00

Josh Burns says ‘every act of violence begins with hate’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMarles ‘confident about the future of Nato’ despite Trump pressureContinuing his media rounds, the deputy PM, Richard Marles, is pressed on the government’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on some European nations, in a bid to take over Greenland.Nato has played a very important role and continues to be very strong. I’ve been to the last two Nato meetings representing Australia, and there is a definite sense of unity when you’re at Nato meetings. So I

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Why a one-size-fits-all approach to regulating NBFCs?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-19T00:30:00+00:00

A smarter framework would treat size as a preliminary filter, not the final verdict. Risk-weighted classification should follow

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A future fraught with uncertainties

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-19T00:30:00+00:00

The 3-player — US, China and the rest — phenomenon will be inherently unstable, making rational decision-making more complex

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Australia news live: ‘we must not dehumanise each other’, Jewish MP tells parliament as politicians share condolences for Bondi attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:20:32+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMarles ‘confident about the future of Nato’ despite Trump pressureContinuing his media rounds, the deputy PM, Richard Marles, is pressed on the government’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on some European nations, in a bid to take over Greenland.Nato has played a very important role and continues to be very strong. I’ve been to the last two Nato meetings representing Australia, and there is a definite sense of unity when you’re at Nato meetings. So I feel confident about the future of Nato. Continue reading.

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Women ‘being failed by underfunded and understaffed’ UK postnatal care

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:01:09+00:00

Thousands of new mothers feel unsafe, unsupported and overwhelmed, according to the National Childbirth TrustWomen in the UK are being failed by a postnatal care system that is “dangerously underfunded and understaffed”, a damning report has warned.Thousands of new mothers feel unsafe, unsupported and overwhelmed in the weeks and months after giving birth, according to the National Childbirth Trust (NCT). Continue reading...

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Two short but spectacular HS2 tunnels offer glimmer of hope for stalling project

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:01:09+00:00

Despite much soul-searching over UK’s inability to build infrastructure, two sections of HS2 under Chilterns are being hailed for their engineeringSeventy metres down, in deep incognito beneath a disguised ventilation shaft in the Chilterns countryside, lies HS2’s buried treasure: two 10-mile tunnels, built to avoid an area of outstanding natural beauty, eerily spectacular in gleaming concrete.They are, laments a staffer on the high-speed railway scheme, what all of the route should look like by now: pristine, fully constructed, and just waiting for a railway to run through them. Continue read

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‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:01:08+00:00

Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report saysThe world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger.Oxfam’s annual survey of global inequality has revealed that the number of billionaires surpassed 3,000 for the first time during 2025. Since 2020, their collective wealth grew by 81%, or $8.2tn, which the charity claims would be enough to eradicate global poverty 26 times over. Continue reading...

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Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over last year, report shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:09+00:00

Data collected by Oxfam shows 48 billionaires hold more wealth than bottom 40% of the population – 11 million people – combinedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over the past year, or more than $10.5bn collectively, new analysis by Oxfam reveals.The anti-poverty organisation, which released the information in a report on Monday, used its findings to call for an end to negative gearing and capital gains discounts, concessions which are now being examined in a federal inquiry. Continue rea

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Oxfam: una dozzina di potenti più ricca di metà del mondo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Il nuovo report conta 3mila miliardari e conferma la disparità nella distribuzione delle risorse: “Rischio di regressione dei sistemi democratici”

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L’economista a Davos:“Non esiste crescita se è a somma zero”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

La docente di Harvard Stantcheva al Forum per smontare la convinzione che si possa guadagnare solo a spese di altri: “Idea che porta la sinistra a chiedere più tasse per gli abbienti, la destra a fermare gli immigrati”

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Mercosur, la Lega insiste: “Voteremo no”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Dopo la ratifica dell’accordo da parte dell’Ue, il centrodestra si spacca. Centinaio: “Noi con gli agricoltori italiani”

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Sicurezza, Meloni pensa al decreto la Lega: stretta sui giovani stranieri

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

La premier: “Al mio rientro da Seul vertice di governo”. E valuta l’accelerazione delle norme. Il Carroccio rilancia sulla repressione: tra le misure del partito di Salvini l’espulsione dei minori non accompagnati, vietata dalla Ue

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Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, officials say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:53:58+00:00

US army issues prepare-to-deploy orders amid tension over ICE killing, though it is unclear if units will be sentThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.The US army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent. Continue reading...

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Sydney shark attack: police warn against harbour swimming, say water visibility after rain a possible factor in incident

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:48:15+00:00

Police praise fast actions and bravery of boy’s friends as he faces ‘fight for his life’ in hospitalA 12-year-old boy is in for the “fight of his life” after being attacked by a large shark while swimming in Sydney harbour on Sunday afternoon.NSW police said the boy was jumping off a popular rock ledge near Nielsen Park in Sydney’s east around 4.20pm on Sunday with friends when the attack from an animal, possibly a bull shark, took place. Continue reading...

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Sydney harbour shark attack: police warn against swimming and say heavy rain created ‘perfect storm’ before boy bitten

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:48:15+00:00

Police praise fast actions and bravery of boy’s friends as he faces ‘fight for his life’ in hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 12-year-old boy is in for the “fight of his life” after being attacked by a large shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour on Sunday afternoon.NSW police said the boy was jumping off a popular rock ledge near Nielsen park in Sydney’s east about 4.20pm on Sunday with friends when the attack, possibly by a bull shark, took place. Continue reading...

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Sydney Harbour shark attack: police warn against swimming and say heavy rain created ‘perfect storm’ before boy bitten

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:48:15+00:00

Police praise fast actions and bravery of boy’s friends as he faces ‘fight for his life’ in hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 12-year-old boy is in for the “fight of his life” after being attacked by a large shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour on Sunday afternoon.NSW police said the boy was jumping off a popular rock ledge near Nielsen park in Sydney’s east about 4.20pm on Sunday with friends when the attack, possibly by a bull shark, took place. Continue reading...

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High-Speed Train Crash in Spain Leaves at Least 10 Dead

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:29:59+00:00

After the rear carriages of one train derailed onto the opposite track, another train passing by collided with it.

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News live: Australia will ‘never be the same’ after Bondi attack, Spender says; Ley says parliament must ‘face uncomfortable truths’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T23:15:37+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMarles ‘confident about the future of Nato’ despite Trump pressureContinuing his media rounds, the deputy PM, Richard Marles, is pressed on the government’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on some European nations, in a bid to take over Greenland.Nato has played a very important role and continues to be very strong. I’ve been to the last two Nato meetings representing Australia, and there is a definite sense of unity when you’re at Nato meetings. So I feel confident about the future of Nato. Continue reading.

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