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Weather tracker: Floods in eastern India and hurricane damage in California

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:28:42+00:00

Flooding in West Bengal has led to three deaths, while severe beach erosion has been witnessed in Orange countyFlooding around the city of Malda in the Indian state of West Bengal since Thursday has had a devastating effect. So far, three deaths have been recorded and many areas are still flooded, with numerous villages affected, along with the region of Bhutni. Erosion from the flooding, reported from Khaskol, led to a disruption in river flow which led to a more severe impact in Bhutni. More than 100 boats have been sent out for evacuation.At East Basudevpur, a 20ft (6-metre) embankment coll

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Ginnastica ritmica, Maccarani nuova allenatrice della Russia

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-14T09:17:05+00:00

Dopo la chiusura del rapporto con la Federginnastica per lo scandalo legato alle denunce di Anna Basta e Nina Corradini, e con il processo iniziato a febbraio, l'ex dt azzurra riparte dall'estero

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Queen’s secret Whitlam correspondence inspires Sydney Theatre Company play in 2027

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:15:53+00:00

STC’s 2027 program also features Celeste Barber in Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris play, Tim Minchin as Scrooge and the return of The Picture of Dorian GraySix years after the Australian historian Jenny Hocking won her legal battle to release secret correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm Fraser and the governor general John Kerr, her fight to reveal the truth about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal is being adapted for the stage.The Palace Letters, announced on Monday as part of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2027 program, will have its world premiere at Sydney Opera House in April. It will star G

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UK ministers urged to act after US flies out diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:06:53+00:00

US officials reportedly raided envoy’s London home and took him to American airbase without warning Met policeUK politics live – latest updatesBritish ministers face calls to act after US authorities secretly flew out of the UK a diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children.US officials reportedly raided the diplomat’s London flat last month before taking him to an American airbase and flying him out of the country, without warning the Metropolitan police. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie affirme poursuivre ses attaques contre les trains ukrainiens

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

Des « convois militaires et des locomotives » ont été pris pour cible dans les oblasts de Dnipropetrovsk, de Zaporijia, de Poltava, de Mykolaïv et d’Odessa, annonce le ministère de la défense russe. Un drone a touché, dimanche, la locomotive d’un train de voyageurs à 2 kilomètres de la frontière polonaise, sans faire de victimes.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : avec des attaques qui se rapprochent de la Pologne, la Russie « teste l’OTAN »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

Le vice-ministre de la défense polonais a dénoncé « une très grave escalade de la part de la Russie », au lendemain de l’attaque d’un train ukrainien près de la frontière polonaise. « Les récentes attaques dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine ne sont pas non plus un hasard. Il s’agit de tester l’OTAN, de tester une éventuelle aide alliée », a-t-il poursuivi.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : avec des attaques qui se rapprochent de la Pologne, la Russie « teste l’OTAN »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

Le vice-ministre de la défense polonais a dénoncé « une très grave escalade de la part de la Russie », au lendemain de l’attaque d’un train ukrainien près de la frontière polonaise. « Les récentes attaques dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine ne sont pas non plus un hasard. Il s’agit de tester l’OTAN, de tester une éventuelle aide alliée », a-t-il poursuivi.

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Is A.I. Raising the Chances of Biological Warfare?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:02:53+00:00

Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

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India gains wider EU steel access, but carbon levy remains

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-14T09:02:37+00:00

The combined quota is equivalent to about 68.4% of India’s 2.4 million tons of steel exports ​to the EU ‌in 2025, up from 39.4% under the existing quota

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Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:02:32+00:00

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.

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En Brasilia, una casa con paredes de ladrillos perforados que reemplazan a las ventanas

Source: Clarin · Published: 2026-09-14T09:01:18+00:00

El estudio brasileño Bloco Arquitetos proyectó una vivienda que se cierra al exterior y se abre a un patio central. En un terreno de 2100 m2, la casa fue pensada para explotar al máximo la relación con el paisaje. La estructura, de apenas 12 columnas, posibilita grandes voladizos y amplios espacios sociales.

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Reform declines to say if £72m donors returned to UK within 12-month limit

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T09:00:16+00:00

Richard Tice says donations are legally compliant after architect of review into overseas donations says they will be applied retrospectivelyReform UK’s deputy leader has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the party returned to the UK, as the architect of a review into overseas donations said anyone here for less than 12 months would be subject to a limit on donations.Richard Tice said that while he was completely confident Reform had complied with all current and proposed laws on donations, he could not say when Ben Delo returned to the UK from Hong Kong,

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Mohammed Iriqat, juriste : « Les divisions de l’Europe réduisent sa capacité à défendre son objectif politique au Proche-Orient : la solution à deux Etats »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T09:00:12+00:00

Si elle tient à conserver la crédibilité de sa politique étrangère, l’Europe a intérêt à protéger le principe d’un Etat palestinien, mais également à veiller aux conditions de sa réalisation, estime le juriste, dans une tribune au « Monde ».

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Richard Tice accuses Labour of ‘trying to change rules retrospectively’ after Reform receive £72m in donations – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T08:59:56+00:00

Labour MPs and unions are pressuring the government to legislate for a stricter cap on political party donationsGood morning. This afternoon peers will debate the second reading of the representation of the people bill. If you hear a loud bang echo around the Lords chamber, it will be the sound of stable door being shut after the horse has bolted.At the end of 2024 the Sunday Times carried a report saying that Elon Musk was considering donating $100m to Reform UK. It made a good headline, but the idea seemed so preposterous that no one at Westminster really took it very seriously. Musk is not

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Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-14T08:53:42+00:00

From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.

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Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T08:44:44+00:00

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the weekend, with initial reports suggesting a father killed his two young children before taking his own life.The man, 57 and his two children, aged seven and four, who are also Indonesian citizens, were discovered deceased in a bungalow in Kuta on Sunday morning. Continue reading...

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