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Indian firms moving AI from pilots towards deployment: Salesforce

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-20T09:06:30+00:00

Elaborating on Salesforce's India plans, Bhattacharya said a new tower in Bengaluru is expected to come on stream next calendar year as one of its investments in the country

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An Unused and Divisive Philippine Nuclear Plant Awaits Its Fate

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-20T09:00:33+00:00

The government is exploring nuclear power options to guard against global energy shocks. One proposal is to switch on a plant in Bataan that has been mothballed for 40 years.

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« J’ai failli repartir de chez eux sans mon bébé » : l’aide des grands-parents, cruciale mais parfois oppressante pour les mères kényanes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-20T09:00:10+00:00

« Darons d’ailleurs ». Deux fois par mois, un de nos journalistes à l’étranger explore la parentalité hors de nos frontières. Au Kenya, il est fréquent que les parents vivant en ville confient leur enfant aux bons soins des grands-parents installés à la campagne. Une solution aussi rassurante que douloureuse pour certaines mères.

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India's exports to core BRICS markets surge 34% in April-August; China leads

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-20T08:58:02+00:00

According to the commerce ministry data, exports to the four core BRICS economies grew by 34%, rising from $14.9 billion in April-August 2025-26 to $19.9 billion in April-August 2026-27

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Karnataka plans global quantum platform with 2027 Bengaluru summit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-20T08:51:24+00:00

The minister says the next summit would seek greater participation from global researchers, technology companies, startups, investors and policymakers

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Trump-Xi showdown casts a shadow over the global economy

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-20T08:46:23+00:00

Looming over the meeting are Chinese export curbs on critical minerals and rare earths that have caused supply shocks for US and other global companies

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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-20T08:32:45+00:00

From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.

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Berlino, candidata Afd: “Ci votano perché vogliono un vero cambiamento. Tra questi molti italiani”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-20T08:31:38+00:00

L’intervista a Kristin Brinker: “La gente vuole più sicurezza, più ordine e, soprattutto, che la nostra economia torni ad essere forte. Al momento non lo è. Nei manifesti elettorali accanto al sindaco socialdemocratico Willy Brandt perché ha fatto progredire la città. Un modello assoluto di come una capitale possa e debba essere governata”

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Канада у ЄС – замість України чи заради України

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-20T08:29:00+00:00

Побачив цікавий пост у соцмережах, що нібито вже навіть Канада вступить у ЄС раніше за Україну. Звісно, що це, скоріше, було написано "у серцях" - тобто риторично та емоційно, втім це цілком відповідає...

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The gunzels’ grand final: Melbourne Tramaroos’ campaign derails at European TramDriver Championship

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-20T08:16:39+00:00

The Warsaw event saw 26 teams compete across a series of demanding tasks, inspired - to varying degrees - by tram drivers’ day-to-day tasksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s the grand final for gunzels. But despite having one of the largest tram networks in the world, Melbourne’s Tramaroos finished second last at this year’s European TramDriver Championship, just ahead of London.The event, held in Warsaw on Saturday, saw 26 teams compete across a series of demanding tasks, inspired – to varying degrees – by tram drivers’ day-to-day work. Continue reading...

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Germania, voto a Berlino e Meclemburgo Pomerania: la Cdu rischia il tracollo, Merz in bilico

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-20T08:11:48+00:00

Il partito del cancelliere tedesco rischia di perdere terreno e di finire fuori dal Parlamento regionale. Dopo il flop in Sassonia-Anhalt, cresce la pressione sul cancelliere: tra ipotesi di governo di minoranza e cambio al vertice, già circolano i nomi dei possibili successori

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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-20T08:00:10+00:00

Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillanceVictims of intrusive police surveillance have accused the government of seeking to cut short the spycops public inquiry that has been examining widespread misconduct committed by undercover officers.The independent judge-led inquiry is scrutinising how officers, who spied on tens of thousands of political activists over more than four decades, carried out abuses such as deceiving women into sexual relationships and fathering children. Continue reading...

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Earl Spencer says media treatment of Harry and Meghan ‘echoes’ Diana’s experience

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-20T07:55:52+00:00

Comments come after he accused King Charles of gaslighting him in response to claims made in new memoirEarl Spencer has said the relationship between the press and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “echoes” the way the media treated his sister Diana, Princess of Wales.In an interview with the BBC to be aired on Sunday evening, Spencer described the press’s coverage of Harry and Meghan as having a “cancerous influence”, adding it would be “beholden on people to learn from Diana’s example”. Continue reading...

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