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Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T15:05:33+00:00

Critics say Maryland’s new law banning rapidly change product costs based on consumer data is full of carveoutsMaryland has become the first state in the US to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores.Maryland’s law bans grocers and third-party delivery services from using a person’s personal data to set higher prices. Wes Moore, the governor, signed the measure into law on Tuesday. “At a time when technology can predict what we need, when we need it, when we’ll pay for it and also – when we’ll pay more for it, and at a time when we’re watching how big companies are then using these analytic

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Guardian Essential poll: Australians want higher tax on gas exports and extension of petrol excise cut

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T15:00:53+00:00

The fuel crisis is seeing more voters keen to shift to renewable energy rather than stick with fossil fuelsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of Australians support taxing profits from gas exports and extending the cut to the fuel excise, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, despite Anthony Albanese on Wednesday ruling out a new tax on existing gas export contracts.The poll also found the fuel crisis is seeing more voters keen to shift to renewable energy rather than stick with fossil fuels. Australians also say they’re already cutting back on tra

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Corporate boardrooms now have more than 10 lakh women, less than half of men

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:57:31+00:00

The 27th edition of annual publication ‘Women and Men in India,’ by Statistics Ministry termed the decision-making as fundamental to the exercise of agency and the ability of individuals to shape social, economic, and political outcomes.

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India to gain from UAE’s OPEC exit in long term

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:57:03+00:00

New Delhi may gain through increased crude and LPG flows and expanded energy cooperation

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Navigating the India-EU trade deal

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:57:01+00:00

Indian exporters must improve on regulatory compliance

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US supreme court weighs whether protected status of Haitians and Syrians can be revoked

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:52:51+00:00

Case looks at whether Trump administration has authority to strip hundreds of thousands of immigrants of TPSThe US supreme court was hearing oral arguments on Wednesday over whether the Trump administration can strip the temporary protected status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Haitians, under a program that has shielded them from deportation owing to safety concerns in their countries of origin.People with TPS are given the permission to live and work in the US because the government has deemed their home countries to be unsafe because of war, political instability or natural d

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India buckles up for Mythos AI’s double-edged weapon

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:48:29+00:00

Cybersecurity experts caution Mythos AI isn’t a magic wand against all vulnerabilities

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US Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:48:27+00:00

The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.

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Pam Bondi to appear before House oversight panel over Epstein files

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:46:55+00:00

Democrats had filed civil contempt resolution against former attorney general for not appearing for depositionUS politics live – latest updatesThe House oversight and government reform committee has said that former attorney general Pam Bondi will now appear before the panel on 29 May to answer questions about the Department of Justice’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and its release of the Epstein files.The announcement of the date came shortly after the Democrats on the committee announced that they had filed a civil contempt resolution against Bondi after she did not appear f

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Consequences of Iran war ‘may echo for months or years to come,’ EU chief warns – as it happened

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:42:26+00:00

Ursula von der Leyen later due to meet new Hungarian leader who is seeking to unlock EU funds in return for reformsAFP is reporting that so far, officials in Brussels are hopeful that Péter Magyar – who once served under Viktor Orbán, before turning on his former boss – will genuinely launch a new chapter in ties.But wary of celebrating too soon, they insist they need to see concrete moves and not just kind words.“A huge mandate, a strong mandate, a great responsibility!We know our task: we will bring home the EU funds that Hungarians are entitled to. More soon.” Continue reading...

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Mystery ‘El Money’ figure paid men to set fire to property linked to Starmer, court hears

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:38:42+00:00

Three defendants deny plotting arson attack on two homes and a car connected to prime minister in London last yearA series of arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer was masterminded by a Russian-speaking contact using the pseudonym “El Money”, a court has heard.Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, both from Ukraine, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, a Romanian national, sat with their heads bent towards interpreters as Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, opened the trial over the arson attacks in May last year. Continue reading...

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Mystery ‘El Money’ figure offered to pay men to set fire to property linked to Starmer, court hears

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:38:42+00:00

Three defendants deny plotting arson attack on two homes and a car connected to prime minister in London last yearA series of arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer was masterminded by a Russian-speaking contact using the pseudonym “El Money”, a court has heard.Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, both from Ukraine, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, a Romanian national, sat with their heads bent towards interpreters as Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, opened the trial over the arson attacks in May last year. Continue reading...

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Kevin Warsh clears key Senate hurdle to replace Fed chair Powell

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:36:44+00:00

A Senate committee advances Trump’s pick as doubts linger over the Fed’s independence and Powell’s futureUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailKevin Warsh, ​Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, clears a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening ‌the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.Warsh’s nomination was approved in a 13 to 11 vote, strictly along party lines with Republicans supporting the nomination, setting up

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US supreme court ‘demolishes’ key Voting Rights Act provision that prevented racial discrimination

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:35:10+00:00

Justices rule in landmark 6-3 decision that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional mapSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act.In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court rendered ineffective section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining powerful provision of the 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting. Section 2 specifically has long

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Police declare attack in north London a terrorist incident after two Jewish men stabbed – latest updates

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:34:25+00:00

A 45 year-old man has been arrested after two men attacked in Golders Green; prime minister condemns ‘appalling antisemitic attack’Specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing are leading the investigation and working with police to establish the full circumstances and any links to terrorism, the Met said in a statement.Head of counter terrorism policing Laurence Taylor said:Whilst I must stress this investigation is at an early stage, we are working quickly to understand exactly what happened.Thank you to those who were in the area at the time and supported the response to this terribl

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Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as ‘complement’ to Nato

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:32:29+00:00

Royal Navy chief says unified naval force will deter future Russian threats from the ‘open sea border’ to the northBritain has agreed to create a unified naval force with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open sea border” to the north, the head of the Royal Navy has announced.Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins insisted that despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, where the strait of Hormuz remains closed after the US-Israel war in Iran that “Russia remains the gravest threat to our security”. Continue reading...

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The little-known clause that Europe’s security may now depend on

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:30:50+00:00

Article 42.7 had languished in obscurity for decades – until Donald Trump began casting doubt on US commitment to Nato• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereMost people have heard of Nato’s article 5. The “one for all, all for one” clause states an armed attack on one member country should be considered an attack on all, requiring member states to come to the victim’s aid – including with “the use of armed force”.Not so many, till this week, had heard of the EU’s own mutual defence clause, article 42.7 (pdf), which says that if a member state comes under armed attack,

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Cognizant posts 3.9% CC growth, guides for cautious growth outlook

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:29:12+00:00

The growth was within Cognizant’s guidance range and the company has now guided a constant currency growth of 3.2 per cent to 4.7 per cent for the quarter ending June 2026

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Vedanta Q4 net profit up 89% on rally in metal prices, cost efficiency

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:27:02+00:00

Revenue jumped 29 per cent to ₹51,524 crore (₹39,789 crore). Ebitda in Q4 increased 59 per cent to ₹18,447 crore (₹11,618 crore) on back of higher realisation in both zinc and aluminium business besides rupee depreciation against dollar

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Broker’s call: Maruti Suzuki (Buy)

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-29T14:26:58+00:00

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