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Luxury firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window in London

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:10:59+00:00

Mick Ferris was crushed to death when the 130kg pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche housing developmentTwo companies have been fined a total of £1.3m over health and safety breaches after a coach driver was killed by a falling window pane.Mick Ferris, 53, was crushed when a window fell 26 storeys from the Corniche, a luxury development in Vauxhall, London, on 2 October 2018. Continue reading...

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Firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window from luxury property in London

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:10:59+00:00

Mick Ferris was crushed to death when the 130kg pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche housing developmentTwo companies have been fined a total of £1.3m over health and safety breaches after a coach driver was killed by a falling window pane.Mick Ferris, 53, was crushed when a window fell 26 storeys from the Corniche, a luxury development in Vauxhall, London, on 2 October 2018. Continue reading...

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Google Cloud steps up partnerships in India as AI adoption moves to production

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-24T15:06:08+00:00

By providing a direct line back to Google‘s core product and research groups, customers receive support that de-risks AI adoption, accelerates time-to-market, and maximizes the return on their AI investments

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TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:00:34+00:00

UK watchdog fined video app in 2023 for failing to enforce minimum age limit and remove underage usersTikTok will pay a £12.7m fine to the UK’s data watchdog after dropping an appeal against a ruling that it did not do enough to keep children below the age of 13 off the platform.The video app was punished by the Information Commissioner’s Office in 2023 for inadequate checks of who was using the platform, and failing to remove underage users. Continue reading...

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Australia’s newest chicken factory looks like a modern art gallery – but will it improve animal welfare?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:00:22+00:00

Three million chickens a week will be processed at the state-of-the-art facility in Tamworth – a fifth of all those eaten nationwideIt is for birds? Is it for planes?The sleek, rust-coloured saucer settles into the earth, mirroring the surrounding hills. It looks like an art gallery or a high-end conference centre – an architectural masterpiece designed to sit lightly on the land. Continue reading...

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AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:00:21+00:00

Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTechnology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, on Thursday after the company’s agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian

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Boy, 16, held in ‘cramped’ prison cell alone for 22 hours a day for weeks, Victorian ombudsman finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T15:00:21+00:00

Ombudsman finds government breached teen’s human rights, saying the conditions ‘bordered on solitary confinement’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 16-year-old boy was held in conditions akin to solitary confinement in adult prison for 22 hours a day, leading him to have suicidal thoughts, a Victorian ombudsman report has revealed.The report, tabled in parliament on Thursday, found the Department of Justice and Community Safety breached the teen’s human rights when transferring him from the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct to the maximum-security Melbourne Assessment

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A Monza, en Lombardie, une « atmosphère raciste décomplexée »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-24T15:00:18+00:00

« Extrême droite : l’ancrage européen » (4/6). La ville, l’une des plus tranquilles d’Italie, est pourtant gagnée par les angoisses qui agitent le pays, nourries par la rhétorique identitaire du gouvernement de Giorgia Meloni, poussé à la surenchère par le parti Futur national, qui prospère en rapprochant sécurité et homogénéisation ethnique.

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Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:59:42+00:00

US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policyThe Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial policy that fulfils Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, said on Thursday that the Department of Justice would ask the conservative-majority supreme court for help, nearly a week after a lower court judge rejected the policy. Continue reading...

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Man, 105, being investigated over murders at Nazi PoW camp

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:55:51+00:00

Centenarian accused of being accessory to multiple murders at Stalag 326 VI K in west Germany, as judiciary race to prosecute suspects before they dieA 105-year-old man is under investigation on suspicion of being an accessory to multiple murders at a Nazi prisoner of war camp, German prosecutors have said.The case, which is being handled by the public prosecutor’s office in Dortmund, centres on the Stalag 326 VI K camp in western Germany, in what is now the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Continue reading...

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Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:55:51+00:00

Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they dieA 105-year-old man is under investigation on suspicion of being an accessory to multiple murders at a Nazi prisoner of war camp, German prosecutors have said.The case, which is being handled by the public prosecutor’s office in Dortmund, centres on the Stalag 326 VI K camp in western Germany, in what is now the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Continue reading...

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МЗС Бельгії попередило працівників, що США більше не є надійним союзником, - FT

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-24T14:55:00+00:00

Міністерство розробило стратегію "калібрування" взаємодії з Вашингтоном, щоб захистити інтереси Бельгії, не створюючи при цьому враження "ворожості".

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U.N. Live Updates: Abbas Criticizes Israeli Attacks and Failure of Gaza Peace Plan

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:52:53+00:00

The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, condemned settler violence in the West Bank, saying, ‘We will not leave our homeland.’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will take the stage later today, weeks before pivotal elections at home.

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EU says Trump plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:46:44+00:00

US president’s suggested 90-day export ban before midterm elections could bring even higher fuel prices across EuropeBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US diesel exports to the global market, saying the move would negatively affect Europe and the US.The European Commission has reacted with “concern” to reports this week that the US president could prevent diesel from reaching the global market. Continue reading...

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Forced Eviction of 87-Year-Old Woman Spurs Outrage in Spain

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:41:25+00:00

Demonstrations broke out across the country over the woman’s eviction in Madrid, putting rising rents and affordability at the top of the political conversation.

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The eyes have it: Rory Stewart’s ‘magnificently strange’ Newsnight moment goes viral

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:39:37+00:00

Clip of the former Tory MP staring intently at fellow panellist is shared widely onlineRory Stewart has been an Afghan NGO leader, a Conservative leadership candidate, a Harvard professor, a popular podcaster, and the deputy governor of an Iraqi province. This week, he created a moment that drew wider attention than any of them: he fixed a beady gaze on a fellow Newsnight panellist for the longest four seconds in television history.Stewart, who now co-presents The Rest Is Politics with Alastair Campbell, appeared on the BBC programme on 18 September – but in the last few days, a clip of the mo

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‘Bigger concern is future availability of manganese ore’

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-24T14:36:46+00:00

On the key issues facing the mining industry, Manish Sarda, Deputy MD, Sarda Metals & Ferro Alloys, said it is the high premium being quoted in mining auctions

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UltraTech Cement adds 4.6 mtpa fresh capacity

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-24T14:35:06+00:00

Consequent to fresh capacity addition, the company’s total domestic grey cement manufacturing capacity now stands augmented to 204.7 mtpa

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White House ‘repeatedly violated’ order to return press access, say three news outlets

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:34:47+00:00

CNN, MS Now and Politico say reporters barred from entering on Thursday despite temporary lifting of banLawyers representing CNN, MS Now and Politico told a judge on Thursday morning that the White House has already “repeatedly violated” his overnight order requiring the Trump administration to return the press badges of journalists from the three news organizations.US district judge Timothy Kelly, who appeared skeptical of arguments from lawyers representing the White House during a hearing on Wednesday, issued an early morning order forcing the administration to return access for a 14-day pe

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Forever Chemicals: Ground Zero

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-24T14:30:00+00:00

Pervasive, persistent and poisonous: How one US company helped pollute the world with forever chemicals.

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