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Weekly Rupee View: Rupee faces hurdle

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:04:16+00:00

The decline in oil prices is positive for India, a major crude importer, as it reduces pressure on both the trade deficit and the rupee

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Imprisoned writer Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks UN intervention after 44 years behind bars

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:00:05+00:00

The former Black Panther’s lawyers ask a UN panel to review his detention after US legal avenues were exhaustedAs he approaches the 45th anniversary of his incarceration in December, the Black radical writer and prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in Geneva.On Tuesday Abu-Jamal, 72, lodged a petition with the UN’s working group on arbitrary detention, a body within the Human Rights Council. It marks the latest attempt by the internationally-renowned prisoner an

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Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:00:05+00:00

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health fundingAn outbreak of cyclosporiasis highlights how US states and the federal government work together to track foodborne illnesses – and where they diverge.Experts said the enormous number of cases, potentially more than 11,000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) count, is symptomatic of “vulnerabilities” in food safety systems in the US. Continue reading...

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Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:00:04+00:00

Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study saysA spate of ferocious wildfires across North America and Europe, worsened by the climate crisis, have incinerated homes and forests and forced thousands of people to flee. Previous fires suggest the effects of these blazes may linger for years to come.The current fires and their plumes of smoke can appear to be a temporary, if immediate, crisis. Nearly 1,000 fires have sprung into life in the boreal forests of Canada, causing the evacuation of towns and toxic smoke to waft into m

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Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead a Brit-heavy Booker prize longlist

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:00:04+00:00

Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’• Comment: This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experimentDouglas Stuart and Marlon James, two previous winners of the Booker, have been named on this year’s longlist, alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, in a collection that “rewards risk”.The 13 novels selected for the 2026 prize, announced on Tuesday, feature authors of seven nationalities across three continents, with almost half from the UK. Ten of the writers are appearing on a

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Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T13:00:04+00:00

Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’Comment: This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experimentDouglas Stuart and Marlon James, two previous winners of the Booker, have been named on this year’s longlist, alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, in a collection that “rewards risk”.The 13 novels selected for the 2026 prize, announced on Tuesday, feature authors of seven nationalities across three continents, with almost half from the UK. Ten of the writers are appearing on a B

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Japon : un séisme de magnitude 7,1 a frappé le sud du pays

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:51:06+00:00

La secousse, d’intensité maximale sur l’échelle sismique japonaise, a fait au moins 50 blessés et entraîné la suspension du trafic ferroviaire dans le sud de l’Archipel.

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Виплата 45 000 грн, лікування, працевлаштування: Кличко зустрівся із захисниками, звільненими з полону, і розповів про допомогу від міста

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:50:05+00:00

фото Telegram/@vitaliy_klitschkoМер Києва Віталій Кличко зустрівся з військовими, звільненими з російського полону, вручив їм нагороди і розповів, яку допомогу вони можуть отримати від міста. Загалом з...

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Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:39:44+00:00

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’UK politics live – latest updatesA senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim.The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. Continue reading...

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Tories’ Philp accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel incident

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:38:25+00:00

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy officer standing at the stern fired 17 shots from a handgun, aiming away from Philp. Continue reading...

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Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:38:25+00:00

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy officer standing at the stern fired 17 shots from a handgun, aiming away from Philp. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky est aux Etats-Unis, pour l’hommage au sénateur Lindsey Graham, mais surtout pour parler défense antimissile avec Donald Trump

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:20:03+00:00

La ‌défense antimissile et la coopération stratégique constituaient ⁠la « priorité numéro un » de ses entretiens prévus ⁠avec ‌le président américain, Donald ​Trump, a dit le président ukrainien.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky reçu à la Maison Blanche

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:20:03+00:00

Le président ukrainien a affirmé que la ‌défense antimissile et la coopération stratégique constituaient ⁠la « priorité numéro un » de son entretien ⁠avec ‌Donald Trump.

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First Thing: Pentagon accused of disrespecting war dead as Trump threatens to resume Iran war

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:15:18+00:00

Controversial move to classify Iran war as two separate campaigns criticised as attempt to minimise casualty figures. Plus, the man who started an animal shelter after a dog saved his lifeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. A controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran war as being killed in “overseas 0perations” is being taken by US military veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead.Michael E Smith, a retired US rear admiral who completed combat tours in Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo, said: “It’s such a huge disrespect for the famil

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More rail services in England set to slow as heatwave shrinks soil

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:14:34+00:00

South Western Railway expected to join operators in east of England in reducing train speeds and changing timetablesBusiness live – latest updatesPersistent drought conditions caused by the climate crisis are expected to cause further disruption to trains across southern England, as the lack of rainfall affects the ground supporting railway embankments.South Western Railway is expected to become the latest large rail company to announce timetable changes and reduced speeds to cope with the effects of hot and dry weather, after operators in the east of England said they were going to take simil

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Burnham has clear lead over other party leaders on who would make best PM, poll suggests – UK politics live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-07-28T12:13:12+00:00

Figures from YouGov also suggest support for Farage is fallingIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.In a post on social media, he says:On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like warning shots or attemp

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