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Seven men who could lead Russia after Putin

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-09-18T17:14:47+00:00

Ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's grip on power is as strong as ever. But when the time comes, here are some potential successors.

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Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T17:10:37+00:00

Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s electionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from opponents who say the moves are electorally motivated just two weeks before the presidential election.On 4 October, the leftwing incumbent will face the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been gaining ground in recent weeks. Continue

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Trump administration sued over threat to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T17:03:29+00:00

Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights ActUS politics live – latest updatesA coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against Trump administration officials on Friday, seeking to stop them from threatening to deploy federal law enforcement officers to polling stations in the US midterm elections.The suit, led by the NAACP, alleges that by threatening to deploy law enforcement to survey elections and initiating new voter roll oversight, the Trump administration has violated a section of the Voting Rights Act which prohibits voter in

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Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T17:01:10+00:00

Police fire teargas as protests break out in city of Minna after deaths of suspected illegal goldminersSurvivors from a prison cell in Nigeria where 37 suspected illegal goldminers died while in the custody of a paramilitary group this week have recounted their panic and struggle for breath, as police on Friday fired teargas at people protesting against the deaths.Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) – a paramilitary group that works with police – initially blamed the deaths in Minna, the state capital of the mineral-rich state of Niger, on a disease outbreak. Continue reading...

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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T17:00:23+00:00

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackersVast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed as being vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK. Continue reading...

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Après le 7-Octobre, « la solution à deux Etats est morte » : l’analyse de deux acteurs-clés du processus de paix israélo-palestinien

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T17:00:20+00:00

Dans « Demain c’est hier », Hussein Agha et Robert Malley, fins connaisseurs des pourparlers entre les deux camps, enterrent le processus d’Oslo et expliquent qu’Israéliens et Palestiniens n’ont jamais été « à deux doigts » de conclure un accord de paix.

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Visite de Léon XIV à Paris : les relations contrariées avec Rome d’Emmanuel Macron, président « papophile »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T16:53:04+00:00

Depuis son arrivée à l’Elysée, le président accorde beaucoup d’importance à ses relations avec les souverains pontifes. Ses invitations répétées, ses entorses au protocole et ses « familiarités » ont parfois été vécues comme des « tentatives de récupération ».

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Visite de Léon XIV à Paris : les relations contrariées avec le Vatican d’Emmanuel Macron, président « papophile »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T16:53:02+00:00

Depuis son arrivée à l’Elysée, le président français accorde beaucoup d’importance à ses relations avec les souverains pontifes. Ses invitations répétées, ses entorses au protocole et ses « familiarités » ont parfois été vécues comme des « tentatives de récupération ».

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Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T16:26:35+00:00

Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against planZack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused.While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands that the party leader wanted this to happen. Continue

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Россия сохранит объем добычи рыбы в 2026 году

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-18T16:24:25+00:00

Вылов водных биоресурсов в России по итогам 2026 г. ожидается Росрыболовством на уровне, сопоставимом с показателем 2025 г. В числе причин отсутствия положительной динамики прежде всего природный фактор, сообщил в ходе Международного рыбопромышленного форума вице-премьер РФ Дмитрий Патрушев.

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Avec le Kids Act, l’Europe veut redéfinir en profondeur les règles qui régissent les réseaux sociaux accessibles aux mineurs

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T16:17:51+00:00

Interdiction des mécanismes « addictifs », algorithmes bridés, limitation de l’accès au micro ou à la caméra, empêchement de contacter un mineur inconnu… Au-delà de l’interdiction aux moins de 13 ans, le texte européen présenté cette semaine prévoit pour les plateformes des mesures très contraignantes qui concernent tous les mineurs.

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Третій армійський корпус заявив, що паралізував роботу елітного підрозділу РФ "Рубікон"

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-18T16:06:00+00:00

Втрачаючи особовий склад і техніку та не маючи змоги розгорнутися через українські РЕБ і ППО, ворог почав залишати позиції, кидаючи майно.

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Le Kremlin confisque les actifs russes d’Auchan, Leroy Merlin et Nestlé

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T16:04:20+00:00

Le décret de Vladimir Poutine est tombé tard jeudi 17 septembre. Il confie les actifs en Russie de ces multinationales ainsi que ceux de FM Logistic à une microentreprise russe inconnue, société écran qui hérite de la charge de leur « administration temporaire ». En attendant leur nationalisation ou leur reprise par un proche du régime.

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Le Kremlin confisque les actifs russes d’Auchan, de Leroy Merlin et Nestlé

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-18T16:04:18+00:00

Le décret de Vladimir Poutine est tombé tard jeudi 17 septembre. Il confie les actifs en Russie de ces multinationales ainsi que ceux de FM Logistic à une microentreprise russe inconnue, société-écran qui hérite de la charge de leur « administration temporaire ». En attendant leur nationalisation ou leur reprise par un proche du régime.

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Lessons from TN rice price spike

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-18T15:59:25+00:00

The State needs to take immediate steps to boost farm output, enhance procurement and irrigation coverage

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ЦБ указал на удешевление продуктов в большинстве регионов за счет нового урожая

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-18T15:50:17+00:00

Почти во всех регионах цены в августе выросли меньше, чем в июле, или снизились, отмечает ЦБ в комментарии к серии докладов об инфляции в регионах за август. Регулятор указывает на типичное для августа сезонное поступление в продажу овощей и фруктов нового урожая, что заметно снизило их стоимость. При этом, по оценке ЦБ, «в этом году снижение оказалось несколько меньше, чем обычно». Продукты подешевели в 2/3 регионов, в том числе сыры и молочная продукция.

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Semiconductor ranks third in profitability among sectors: SEMI CEO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-18T15:49:05+00:00

Ajit Manocha says India must accelerate the development and progress in the semiconductor space as the world has begun taking the country very seriously

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Survivor recounts panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T15:49:01+00:00

Police fire teargas as protests break out in the city of Minna after the deaths of the suspected illegal goldminersA survivor from a prison cell in Nigeria where 37 suspected illegal goldminers died while in the custody of a paramilitary group has recounted his panic and struggle for breath, as police fired teargas at people protesting against the deaths earlier this week.Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) – a paramilitary group that works with police – initially blamed the deaths in Minna, the state capital of mineral-rich Niger state, on a disease outbreak. Continue reading...

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Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy murder trial speaks out

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-18T15:48:33+00:00

Michael P Desronvil was sole juror to vote guilty, resulting in deadlocked jury and judge declaring a mistrialRon DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trialThe lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is speaking out, saying that he “didn’t have any doubts” during the jury’s deliberations of the case which ended in a mistrial.“I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present,” the 48-year-old male juror, Michael P Desronvil, said in a state

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