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Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-28T02:45:02+00:00

TRAI’s AI-led initiative needs fine-tuning

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Australia news live: Chalmers says ‘near universal expectation’ interest rates will rise worldwide; Mike Baird resigns as Cricket Australia chair

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T02:39:51+00:00

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011Australia’s key interest rate is expected to hit its highest level since 2011, drag down house prices and add more than $100 to typical monthly mortgage repayments. Continue reading...

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Coal India Unit SECL said to hire banks for $800 million IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-28T02:10:32+00:00

The coal producer has appointed ICICI Securities, SBI Capital Markets, Motilal Oswal, and IDBI Capital Markets to advise on the share sale

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Flat to negative opening seen for Indian stocks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-28T01:48:49+00:00

Analysts expect trading to remain a low-key affair due to the shortened trading week

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France’s far-right National Rally surges in Senate elections

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T01:31:45+00:00

Marine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as her party and allies win enough seats to form caucus just months ahead of presidential pollFrance’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies have secured a record 14 seats in the rightwing-dominated Senate in elections, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber just months before a presidential poll.RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called the results an “historic victory” after they were announced on Sunday. “The results ‌have exceeded our expectations,” she said. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Mike Baird resigns as Cricket Australia chair; Paramedics to lead in Victoria mental health call outs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T01:28:48+00:00

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011Australia’s key interest rate is expected to hit its highest level since 2011, drag down house prices and add more than $100 to typical monthly mortgage repayments. Continue reading...

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Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend if he killed anyone he’d dump belongings in bin and take bodies to bushland, court hears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T01:15:31+00:00

Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024 – nine months after discussion with friend Georgia CookFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney police officer told a friend he would hide the bodies of anyone he killed in bushland and put their belongings in a dumpster, months before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has been told.Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting the couple with a police service weapon in Baird’s

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Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T00:52:19+00:00

David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled islandDonald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday.David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday: “President Trump continues to say, hey, we sell arms to other people around the world. He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point.” Continue reading...

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Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T00:46:58+00:00

Talks expected on Monday after Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Orange Order parade for first time since 1998Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade in Northern Ireland after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years.The loyalist Drumcree parade along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown was given the go-ahead by the Parades Commission for the first time since 1998, a decision denounced by Sinn Féin as “madn

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Australia news live: Mike Baird resigns as Cricket Australia chair; RBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-28T00:09:49+00:00

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011Australia’s key interest rate is expected to hit its highest level since 2011, drag down house prices and add more than $100 to typical monthly mortgage repayments. Continue reading...

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Країни ЄС закликали скоротити споживання газу та електроенергії, - Politico

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-27T23:56:00+00:00

За даними видання, рівень запасів газу в Європі наразі перебуває на історично низькому рівні, оскільки війна в Ірані порушує глобальні потоки газу.

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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-27T23:24:10+00:00

Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New YorkSlinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91.Francisco, who got his breakthrough in calypso music with his 1956 hit song Jean and Dinah, died peacefully surrounded by his family in New York on Sunday, his family said in a statement. Continue reading...

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Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-27T23:01:17+00:00

Polling for rights group shows issue is concern for voters and many feel recent policies have had negative effect Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests.Three in five people said a political party’s position on free speech would affect how they voted at a general election. The human rights organisation Liberty, which commissioned the polling from More in Common, claimed the results showed that Labour’s failure to protect free speech could cost it vot

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“Faccio la maestra come mia madre, taglio spese non essenziali ma tremo a ogni imprevisto”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-27T23:00:00+00:00

Terza puntata della serie “Piccoli salari”. Parla Chiara Migliori, insegnante di sostegno. “Noi docenti siamo impoveriti. In 16 anni di lavoro lo stipendio è cresciuto di neanche 200 euro. Con due figli adolescenti risparmiare è sfida quotidiana, i soldi finiscono alla terza settimana. Parrucchiere tagliato, pizza in casa, raro il pesce a tavola, niente auto. E ringrazio mia nonna che mi ha lasciato la casa in cui abitiamo”.

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