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Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T10:00:04+00:00

With sales up 12%, pickles are moving beyond traditional role as a side to become an ingredient in their own rightThe humble pickled onion, long associated with classic pub culture, the ploughman’s lunch and cold festive buffets, is enjoying a revival as Britain’s appetite for pickles grows.About 8.5m UK households bought pickled onions over the past year, according to the consumer data firm Worldpanel by Numerator, with particularly strong momentum in recent months. Continue reading...

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Reform’s Robert Jenrick ‘very confident’ £72m donations are ‘perfectly legal’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:23:42+00:00

Party’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ as Labour’s Angela Rayner warns of possible retrospective actionChristopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben DeloAnalysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskierEarlier, Jenrick on Sky defended the donations saying he was “very confident” they’re “perfectly legal”.When pressed on whether Reform would return the donations if they were found to violate new law: “Who knows? I mean, if people try and do something retrospectively, then maybe.” Continue reading...

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Nayara Energy shipped 1.20 lakh tonne petrol to Russia in August

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-13T09:23:16+00:00

Moscow imported around $132 million worth of refined petroleum products last month, of which India supplied around 70% or roughly $92.50 million

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Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:14:54+00:00

Women say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecution of rapes, for fear of having their claims refusedFemale asylum seekers are reporting rapes and sexual assaults by British men but many say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecutions.Their voices are rarely heard but some have spoken to the Guardian at a time when the far right is intensifying tropes about endemic rape of English women and girls by “fighting age” male asylum seekers. Continue reading...

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Sofia Goggia già a casa, effettuati i primi esami medici

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-13T09:08:20+00:00

La campionessa di sci è dovuta rientrare in Italia dopo un malore: ora analisi approfondite per capire cosa abbia provocato lo stato di malessere

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PwC India, US to create consulting JV

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-13T09:08:12+00:00

The consulting major announced that it is joining PwC India’s Consulting business and PwC US Advisory’s India-based capabilities into a single platform to serve clients in India, the US and around the world

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How Iran’s Hard-liners Blew Up the Peace Deal with Trump

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:02:53+00:00

Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say. Iran’s president was furious when he found out.

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How One Man’s Quest for a Musketeer’s Bones Got Him Locked Up

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:00:23+00:00

A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.

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‘Really helpful’: the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:00:04+00:00

Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week courseIn a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest challenges facing the national economy: AI and youth unemployment.The hope is that one will solve – rather than cause – the other. In a room at the recently opened Vault, a community hub in the Lancashire city, an “AI bootcamp” is under way – part of a trial in the north-west to give 16- to 24-year-olds AI training. Continue reading...

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Religious Vance seeks to avoid Maga schism as he keeps the faith for 2028

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T09:00:03+00:00

Vice-president wears religion on his sleeve but winding spiritual path could alienate evangelicals and CatholicsUS vice-president JD Vance has worn his religion on his sleeve since converting to the Catholicism in 2019. He recently published a book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, and memorably met the late Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday in 2025, a day before the pontiff died.But his religious identity could take on new weight as he positions himself for a presidential run in 2028, in which a successful campaign would make him only the third Catholic president in US hist

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Robert Jenrick faces questions after Reform nets £72m in donations in just 24 hours – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-13T08:50:59+00:00

Reform UK’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ for the partyChristopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben DeloAnalysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskierMeanwhile on the BBC, the government’s Angela Rayner says the huge sums show it’s all about “who is funding politics and if there are few individuals who fund power to power… in a democracy that is a concern.” Parliament is currently looking at new laws to cap foreign donations – Rayner again stresses Labour’s line that this restriction when it comes in should apply rest

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Anthropic’s AI warning may weigh on chips, but trade seen intact

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-13T08:37:03+00:00

Investors including Gary Tan, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments in Singapore, are doubtful the latest developments will have long-lasting effects on the industry

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All eyes on Warsh as rate-hike fever spreads across G7 central banks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-13T08:25:01+00:00

Three decisions, starting with the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday and followed on successive days by peers in the UK and Japan, may recast the global monetary policy landscape for the rest of 2026 and beyond.

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