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Canine row: Misplaced anger

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-15T01:00:00+00:00

The civic bodies have failed in their duties

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Australia news live: Adelaide festival invites Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak in 2027 as author says she’ll consider offer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:54:47+00:00

Author says she accepts festival’s ‘unreserved’ apology but says repairing damage ‘won’t be a quick fix’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIranian Australians left distraught with no confirmation their family is safeAlmost a week into Iran’s communication blackout, Iranian Australian activist Mohammad Hashemi received a call from his home country.When I heard the stories, what happened to people, I was crying about the situation and what’s going on in our country.We continue to advise do not travel to Iran. If you choose to remain in Iran, you’re re

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Rural development needs people, not just funds

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-15T00:45:00+00:00

A national cadre of trained local para-professionals in rural India is needed to foster climate-resilient farming

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US Senate kills resolution that would have limited Trump action in Venezuela

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:41:04+00:00

Republicans Josh Hawley and Todd Young flipped after receiving ‘assurances’ from Trump administrationThe US Senate has voted against a war powers resolution that would have prevented Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without giving Congress advance notice.Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who had joined three other Republicans to advance the resolution alongside Democrats last week, flipped after they said they received assurances from the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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Why the US anger against Indian immigrants?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-15T00:40:00+00:00

Anti-immigration feeling peaks during downturns, when jobs disappear

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Australia news live: Adelaide festival apologises ‘unreservedly’ to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to speak in 2027

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:39:00+00:00

Festival issues an unreserved apology amid the firestorm over the decision to remove her from its program. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIranian Australians left distraught with no confirmation their family is safeAlmost a week into Iran’s communication blackout, Iranian Australian activist Mohammad Hashemi received a call from his home country.When I heard the stories, what happened to people, I was crying about the situation and what’s going on in our country.We continue to advise do not travel to Iran. If you choose to remain in Iran, you’re r

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India and the next Kondratiev wave

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-15T00:30:00+00:00

Growth narrative. Digital deep tech will drive the next wave. India, which has the talent, data and demand, can play a key role here if policy, capital and institutions align

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EN DIRECT, Groenland : « Je ne peux pas compter sur le Danemark pour se défendre tout seul », déclare une nouvelle fois Donald Trump

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-15T00:19:13+00:00

La France et plusieurs pays européens, dont l’Allemagne, mobilisent leurs armées sur le territoire autonome danois pour un exercice conjoint. Après une réunion à Washington, mercredi, Copenhague a acté un « désaccord fondamental » avec les Etats-Unis sur l’avenir du Groenland convoité par le président américain.

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Australia news live: Sussan Ley calls Labor’s hate law reforms ‘unsalvageable’ as Penny Wong criticises Coalition ‘hypocrisy’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:15:48+00:00

Opposition claims proposed legislation ‘does not address the real issues’ behind Bondi terror attack. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIranian Australians left distraught with no confirmation their family is safeAlmost a week into Iran’s communication blackout, Iranian Australian activist Mohammad Hashemi received a call from his home country.When I heard the stories, what happened to people, I was crying about the situation and what’s going on in our country.We continue to advise do not travel to Iran. If you choose to remain in Iran, you’re respon

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Australia news live: Sussan Ley calls Albanese’s hate law reforms ‘unsalvageable’ as Penny Wong criticises Coalition ‘hypocrisy’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:07:58+00:00

Opposition claims proposed Labor legislation ‘does not address the real issues’ behind Bondi terror attack. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIranian Australians left distraught with no confirmation their family is safeAlmost a week into Iran’s communication blackout, Iranian Australian activist Mohammad Hashemi received a call from his home country.When I heard the stories, what happened to people, I was crying about the situation and what’s going on in our country.We continue to advise do not travel to Iran. If you choose to remain in Iran, you’re

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Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:01:47+00:00

Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England schemeWinston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli’s desk, a painting by Vanessa Bell and a rare artwork by Edgar Degas are among the items of cultural importance saved for the nation this year.The items, worth a total of £59.7m, will be allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives around the UK as part of Art Council England’s cultural gifts and acceptance in lieu schemes. Continue reading...

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Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:01:46+00:00

Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results showA year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again.The 21-country survey for the influential European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank also found that under Trump, the US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies – particularly in Europe – feel ever more distant. Continue reading...

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Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:01:46+00:00

Pressure mounting for use of glyphosate, listed by WHO since 2015 as probable carcinogen, to be heavily restrictedChildren are potentially being exposed to the controversial weedkiller glyphosate at playgrounds across the UK, campaigners have said after testing playgrounds in London and the home counties.The World Health Organization has listed glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen since 2015. However, campaigners say local authorities in the UK are still using thousands of litres of glyphosate-based herbicides in public green spaces. Continue reading...

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NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-15T00:01:44+00:00

Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridorCorridor care is “a type of torture” that is leading to patients dying and causing NHS staff to have nightmares, the UK’s nurses union has warned.In one case, an elderly patient choked to death in a corridor, unseen by staff, according to a new dossier of evidence highlighting the problem published by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Continue reading...

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In viaggio tra le pagine che hanno scritto una certa idea dell’Italia

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Si sorride davanti alle vignette che riguardando le immagini delle prime riunioni di redazione. Ci sono Ezio Mauro, Corrado Augias, le figlie del fondatore Enrica e Donata Scalfari e l’amato nipote Simone Viola

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Mafai, quel soffio di libertà nell’anima del giornale

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

La giornalista, scrittrice e politica salì sin dal primo giorno a bordo della "nave corsara" di Scalfari. Il suo spirito, fermo nei valori ma indipendente, ha incarnato quello di Repubblica

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“I primi numeri che avventura. Mancavano persino le sedie"

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Il primo art director, tra i fondatori di Repubblica, ricorda gli inizi. "E quella volta che Forattini prese in giro Scalfari ma non osò mostrargli la vignetta. Il direttore la fece pubblicare"

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Bellocchio: “Grazie a Repubblica ho messo a fuoco la tragedia di Moro”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

I ricordi del regista che ha girato due film sul sequestro: "Sono un lettore della prima ora. Quando fu pubblicata la foto del leader dc sulla spiaggia di Maccarese, in giacca e cravatta, ebbi un'illuminazione per Esterno notte"

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Un commissario per il Ponte. Palazzo Chigi pensa a Ciucci

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

L’idea di centralizzare una gestione finora troppo confusa. La mossa è anche una mano tesa ai giudici della Corte dei conti

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