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Jerusalem Daily: Israel besieges Palestinian town

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:30:51+00:00

Israeli forces have effectively turned the Palestinian town of Biddu into military barracks.

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U.N. Live Updates: Trump Addresses World Leaders in New York

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:28:50+00:00

President Trump was prepared to defend the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran in his address to the General Assembly in New York. António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, called on world leaders to end conflicts.

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Davey says far right in Britain now better funded and supported than in the past – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:24:56+00:00

Lib Dem leader tells party conference that ‘something big and dangerous is happening in our country’If Andy Burnham wanted to inject some edge into his meeting with Donald Trump later (which he doesn’t), he could bring along a copy of today’s Financial Times. This front page headline speaks for itself.Mortgages ‘on the front line’ as Iran war deals £840 blow to homeownersBritish homeowners are paying an average of £840 a year more when they refinance their mortgages, as the rising borrowing costs triggered by the Iran war start to impact consumers’ spending power.Approximately 1m households ha

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The ‘pain’ doctor

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T14:18:51+00:00

MR Rajagopal recognised the importance of palliative care

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BRO – Connecting the frontiers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T14:18:08+00:00

The organisation has evolved and is now a key infra creator for military and civilian use alike

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U.N. Leader Uses Final Speech to Issue Stark Warning

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:17:35+00:00

António Guterres, the departing secretary general, said a divided world will struggle in the face of wars, inequality, climate change and the rise of A.I.

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Could you be an ‘autumn spotter’? Public asked to track changing colours of trees in England

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:16:56+00:00

Forestry England invites people to help it create a record of when and how the season arrives across the countryThe reds and golds of autumn leaves may be beginning to appear, but exactly when the season arrives is not always as predictable as the calendar might suggest.Now, Forestry England is asking people to help track the changing colours of forests to create a record of when and how autumn arrives across the country. Continue reading...

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Veteran BBC Africa correspondent Mark Doyle dies

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:16:42+00:00

Doyle was best known for reporting on African conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, notably in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

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Shooting Near High School in Turkey Injures 11

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:16:09+00:00

The attack came months after back-to-back school shootings in the country, where educators have been warning about rising violence.

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‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T14:15:53+00:00

The Massachusetts case is the latest in a series of legal woes for the influencer whose real name is Braden Eric PetersThe online influencer known as Clavicular – who helped fuel the rise of the extreme male appearance-improvement trend of “looksmaxxing” – has been charged with rape and drug offenses in Massachusetts.The 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, has been scheduled for a 14 October arraignment on Cape Cod, according to legal documents seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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‘Popping’ an agri-revolution

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T14:11:33+00:00

From 11 acres and 2 farmers in 2016, Gourmet Popcornica has expanded the area under popcorn maize to more than 40,000 acres and 17,800 farmers today

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Saving mothers and infants with a tech touch

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T14:06:44+00:00

Understanding that timely intervention could help prevent loss of lives led to the initiative: Dr Aparna Hegde

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India gains little from BRICS+

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T14:01:15+00:00

BRICS+ has become a supply chain India pays for and does not sell into

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From vision to volume: How Sankara scaled free eyecare

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T13:59:59+00:00

One third of the world’s visually impaired live in India. Irony is 80% of them do not have to be blind at all. Their condition is either preventable or curable... they are needlessly blind, says Dr RV Ramani

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Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for strategic Red Sea heights

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T13:57:36+00:00

Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest updatesAs many as 169 people have been reportedly killed in Yemen in the last three days as Iran-aligned Houthis battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights on the Red Sea coast, while thousands flee the violence.Houthi military officials said at least 118 people had been killed in clashes, as well as Saudi air and artillery strikes on Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada provinces since Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported.

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Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for Red Sea coastal heights

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T13:57:36+00:00

Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest updatesAs many as 169 people have been reportedly killed in Yemen in the last three days as Iran-aligned Houthis battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights on the Red Sea coast, while thousands flee the violence.Houthi military officials said at least 118 people had been killed in clashes as well as Saudi air and artillery strikes on Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada provinces since Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported. Y

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SEBI sees ₹2 lakh crore IPO potential

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T13:57:13+00:00

So far this fiscal year, 55 per cent of IPO proceeds has gone to companies as fresh capital, says Pandey

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Centre signs MoUs with 21 States for next phase of UDAN

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T13:56:45+00:00

Challenge-based airport selection aims to cut construction time to 18 months; 200 heliports planned

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A Colonel’s new battle

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-22T13:54:58+00:00

About 1,500 personnel of the armed forces die every year while in service but not in combat. Behind each death is a family suddenly facing grief, paperwork and an entirely unfamiliar system, says Colonel Vembu Shankar

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Trump delivers message to Putin: ‘Settle the war’ - Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T13:53:51+00:00

The US president made the comments as he arrives at the UN headquarters in New YorkNordic correspondent Emotions among Greenlanders are a mixture of hope, scepticism and fear ahead of the signing of a new much vaunted deal on Arctic security between the US, Greenland and Denmark.“There have been many different reactions in Greenland because they are talking about a deal but no one can see the deal, we don’t know what it is all about, and what’s in it for us or what’s in it. Also, because we have been terrorised as a people for the last 1.5 years by the American president, so many people feel n

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Court quashes 1976 convictions over link to corrupt London police officer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T13:52:34+00:00

Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emergedTwo men have had theft convictions quashed at the court of appeal half a century after they were wrongfully arrested because of a corrupt police officer, although one did not live to see his exoneration.Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs were 21 and 18 respectively when they were convicted in 1976 of taking 13 mailbags from a wagon in Clapham goods yard in London. Continue reading...

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Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-22T13:52:34+00:00

Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emergedTwo men have had theft convictions quashed at the court of appeal half a century after they were wrongfully arrested because of a corrupt police officer, although one did not live to see his exoneration.Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs were 21 and 18 respectively when they were convicted in 1976 of taking 13 mailbags from a wagon in a Clapham goods yard in London. Continue reading...

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