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Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – business live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-15T09:28:22+00:00

Wage growth – used to set triple-lock pension – slows to 3.9%, meaning state pension should hit £13,000 next year‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?If the state pension rises to £13,000 next year, it will probably breach the UK’s tax-free personal allowance (currently £12,570) – the amount you can earn before paying income tax.However, pensioners who don’t receive any other income should still be exempt from paying tax if the state pension exceeds the personal allowance.In the 2025 Budget the government announced the personal allowance would be fr

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Неандертальці побудували кільця у глибокій печері у Франції: навіщо - досі невідомо

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-15T09:21:00+00:00

На камінні виявили ознаки впливу високих температур, а також обвуглені кістки тварин. Це ще більше заплутало вчених, котрі й так не можуть зрозуміти загадкову знахідку.

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Parents seek out school uniform deals, cutting average spend to £54.53

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-15T09:01:35+00:00

Overall grocery inflation jumps to 2.3%, as Ocado and Lidl gain market shareBusiness live – latest updatesParents and carers spent 12.5% less on school uniform in the run-up to the start of this academic year, turning to promotions and second-hand items to keep expenses down as families struggled with the cost of living crisis.The average spend on school uniform was £54.53 in the four weeks to 6 September, down an eighth from £62.29 in the same period last year, according to the market research company Worldpanel by Numerator. Overall grocery inflation picked up to 2.3% from 2.1%. Continue rea

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Kyrgyzstan Is Russia’s Trading Loophole

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-15T09:00:34+00:00

Kyrgyzstan has turned into a crucial middleman for Russia to import goods from China since the start of the Ukraine war. Paul Sonne, our Moscow bureau chief, traveled to Kyrgyzstan to see its skyrocketing economic growth.

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Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-15T09:00:31+00:00

Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thoughtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia before colonisation was dramatically underestimated, according to new research that suggests many more of them were killed.Modelling by a national research group puts the population levels before the 1788 first fleet arrived at 2.2 million, compared with early estimates of 250,000 people. Continue reading...

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Gulf Arabs Seek Options After U.S. Bases Did Not Deter Iran

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-15T08:57:21+00:00

The American presence in these countries has not shielded them from retaliation during the Iran war. Now they are hoping direct talks with Iran could help.

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