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CMA begins full review of Kingsmill owner’s planned takeover of bread rival Hovis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:27:26+00:00

Move by UK competition regulator comes as Associated British Foods, which owns Primark, issues profit warningBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK competition watchdog has ramped up its investigation into a £75m takeover deal that will result in the owner of Kingsmill snapping up its sliced bread rival Hovis.Associated British Foods (ABF), which also owns the Primark clothing chain, confirmed plans to buy Hovis from private equity owners Endless in August, combining the UK’s second- and third-largest bread brands. Continue reading...

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Запоріжсталь призупинила виробництво через чергову російську атаку

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-01-08T13:25:00+00:00

7 січня, внаслідок масованої дронової атаки РФ по енергетичній інфраструктурі України, у Запорізькій області стався блекаут. Через повне знеструмлення регіону металургійний комбінат Запоріжсталь, як і...

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Revealed: the crypto entrepreneur linked to illegal weight-loss drug operation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:22:44+00:00

Exclusive: Haul of illicit products led by medicines regulator was described as world’s largest of its kind, but no arrests have yet been madeWedged between an air-compressor service and an auto repair shop on a Northampton industrial estate is an undistinguished red-brick unit that was, until recently, the base for a major illegal weight-loss drug operation.In late October, enforcement officers arrived here for a two-day raid, seizing thousands of unlicensed Alluvi-branded weight-loss pens, raw chemical ingredients, manufacturing equipment, packaging materials and £20,000 in cash. Some of the

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Amidst the X’s Grok conundrum, there is more to fix

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-08T13:22:23+00:00

There is an urgent need to have a proactive policy to curb explicit content generated through AI

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Nasa considering early return of crew from ISS due to medical reasons

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:20:28+00:00

Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceledNasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.A Nasa spokesperson said the astronaut with the medical concern, whom she did not identify, was in a stable condition on the orbiting laboratory. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, Venezuela : la Russie accuse les Etats-Unis d’accentuer les tensions « militaires et politiques » après qu’un pétrolier a été saisi dans l’Atlantique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-08T13:18:31+00:00

La diplomatie russe a accusé Washingtoin d’attiser des « tensions militaires et politiques » à la suite de la saisie de ce navire, dans le cadre du blocus de Washington visant l’exportation du pétrole vénézuélien, dénonçant des agissements américains « dangereux et irresponsables ».

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« La domination de la Chine dans l’IA open source est un défi pour les Etats-Unis »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-08T13:15:34+00:00

La concurrence entre modèles propriétaires et modèles ouverts et gratuits d’intelligence artificielle est au cœur de l’affrontement économique et idéologique entre l’Amérique de Trump et la Chine de Xi Jinping, explique Alexandre Piquard dans sa chronique.

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French farmers stage protest in Paris to oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:05:34+00:00

Tractors overran police checkpoints to reach city centre in pre-dawn protest organised by Coordination Rurale unionFrench farmers in tractors have blocked roads around the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in protest at an imminent EU trade deal with South American countries that they say will create unfair competition.The farmers blockaded motorways outside Paris on Thursday and dozens of tractors overran police checkpoints to reach the city centre in a pre-dawn protest organised by the Coordination Rurale union. Continue reading...

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Saudi Official Accuses U.A.E. of Helping Yemeni Separatist to Escape

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:03:01+00:00

Aidarous al-Zubaidi is wanted on treason charges in Yemen after he led a lightning military offensive that escalated a bitter feud between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

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‘Brilliant for work-life balance’: how Britain is embracing the ‘workation’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:00:10+00:00

Research finds growing trend of employers letting employees work remotely to free up more holiday timeKatherine first caught the bug when she visited Australia a couple of years ago. The flights were expensive, and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so she asked her manager if she could extend the trip by two weeks, and work remotely from her friend’s house.That was her first taste of a “workation” – combining working with a holiday – and she loved it. She now regularly arranges petsitting in different places so she can visit family, friends and new cities for long weekends without spend

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‘Catastrophic’: fears for families after Trump officials cut $10bn in social funds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:00:09+00:00

Health department’s decision to freeze money for childcare and for families in need could lead to disaster, experts sayThe Trump administration’s sudden decision to freeze $10bn worth of federal funding for childcare and needy families has not only already thrown the US childcare system into mass confusion, but could also lead to disaster for hundreds of thousands of families within weeks, experts say.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced late on Tuesday it would block California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York from drawing down money from three major social s

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Minneapolis had been bracing for catastrophe before ICE killing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T13:00:09+00:00

Before shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, agents had been grabbing people at stores, gyms, homes and schoolsIn the days before a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Trump administration said it was launching what would be the agency’s “largest operation to date” in the Twin Cities.Since early December, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations – many of them masked and brandishing rifles – have grabbed people at hardware stores and gyms, or outside homes and schools aroun

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Giulio Regeni, segreti, bugie e depistaggi

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-08T13:00:00+00:00

A dieci anni dal rapimento e dall’omicidio al Cairo di Giulio Regeni, un documentario racconta la vicenda processuale (non ancora conclusa) e i tradimenti subìti dal giovane ricercatore. E il coraggio di una famiglia che non si è mai stancata di chiedere la verità

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Disney адаптує історію Рапунцель: названо імена головних акторів

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-01-08T12:59:00+00:00

Колаж УНІАН / СкриншотиDisney знову запускає у виробництво ігрову адаптацію культового анімаційного хіта 2010 року - мультфільму "Заплутана історія". Як пише Variety, головні ролі у фільмі отримали...

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After TASL, L&T gets Pinaka rockets overhaul & upgrade contracts

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-08T12:58:13+00:00

L&T was awarded a supply order by the Indian Army for the overhaul, upgrade and obsolescence management of the indigenous Pinaka Multi-Rocket Launcher Systems

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Indrajaal bags ₹100 cr order for anti-drone systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-08T12:55:19+00:00

Indrajaal’s multi-layered counter-drone suite, ‘meant to protect Army and Navy installations, detects, tracks, and neutralises threats seamlessly without blind spots or delays’

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Lebanon Claims Progress in Disarming Militant Groups Like Hezbollah

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-08T12:49:45+00:00

The military said it had completed the first phase of a plan to demilitarize armed groups as fears grew that Israel was preparing a new offensive against Hezbollah.

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Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-08T12:39:38+00:00

Bakery chain also adds 10p to a latte, bringing it to £2.25, as CEO warns of ‘a tough, challenging market’Greggs has added 5p to the price of a sausage roll and 10p to a latte coffee as it leans on some of its bestsellers to soak up rising wage, energy and packaging costs.The UK’s largest bakery chain said it had no plans for further price increases at present and it expected inflation to ease this year as it admitted it had sold fewer items in the run-up to Christmas amid a “very tough, challenging market”. Continue reading...

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"Роботи не кровоточать": бойовий робот ЗСУ 45 днів сам утримував позиції, - BI

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-01-08T12:37:48+00:00

Один дистанційно керований наземний дрон із кулеметом майже шість тижнів утримував позиції без присутності піхоти - подробиці унікальної місії.

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