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Rare 1953 cricket match saw Nehru and Radhakrishnan play for flood relief

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:29:47+00:00

In 1953, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru led a team of parliamentarians against Vice President S Radhakrishnan’s XI in a historic exhibition cricket match to raise funds for flood victims.

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India's forex reserves hit record high of $709.4 billion

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:20:28+00:00

Foreign exchange reserves rose sharply by $8.053 billion in the week to $709.413 billion, driven by a jump in both gold reserves and foreign currency assets

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Starmer hopes his China trip will begin the thaw after recent ice age

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:55+00:00

PM flies out after courting world’s second biggest economy aware of difficult balance of risks and potential rewardsThe last British prime minister to visit China was Theresa May in 2018. Before the visit, she and her team were advised to get dressed under the covers because of the risk of hidden cameras having been placed in their hotel rooms to record compromising material.Keir Starmer, in Beijing this week, was more sanguine about his privacy, even though the security risks have, if anything, increased since the former Tory prime minister was in town. Continue reading...

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French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:52+00:00

Revelation that subsidiary of Capgemini is to help trace and expel migrants in US provokes outrage in FranceFrench lawmakers have demanded an explanation after one of the country’s biggest tech companies signed a multimillion dollar contract to help the US enforcement agency ICE trace and expel migrants.The revelation that a subsidiary of Capgemini, a multinational digital services firm listed on the Paris stock exchange, had agreed to provide “skip tracing” – a technique for locating targeted people – with big bonuses if successful, has provoked outrage in France. Continue reading...

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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:51+00:00

As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictionsWhen flooding hit the low-lying Somerset Levels in 2014, it took two months for the waters to rise. This week it took two days, said Rebecca Horsington, chair of the Flooding on the Levels Action Group and a born-and-bred resident. A fierce barrage of storms from the Atlantic has drenched south-west England in January, saturating soils and supercharging rivers. Continue reading...

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Cambridge university accused of ‘obfuscation’ over arms investment

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:51+00:00

Academics say £4bn investment fund is ‘designed to prevent any troublesome democratic interference’Cambridge academics have accused the university of “maximal obfuscation” in a row over its £4bn investment fund and how it profits from investing in arms manufacturers.The university’s governing body is expected to meet on Monday to consider a report on its financial ties to the defence sector, but some senior staff have said investments cannot be properly scrutinised because the institution has not been transparent about the companies involved. Continue reading...

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Patna Bird Sanctuary and Chhari-Dhand in Kutch become Ramsar wetlands

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:37+00:00

Under Modi’s leadership, India’s Ramsar network has expanded from 26 in 2014 to 98, boosting wetland conservation and wildlife protection.

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Daniele Cavalli, héritier rock et dandy

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T06:00:18+00:00

Son père était un géant de la mode italienne, mais Daniele Cavalli, 39 ans, vit pour la musique. Dans la villa familiale de Florence, connue pour les soirées tapageuses du paternel, mort en 2024, le fils a converti sa chambre d’ado en studio d’enregistrement où a défilé la crème du rock indé, des Rolling Stones à La Femme. A l’heure de l’héritage, il s’apprête à investir une part de sa fortune dans la création de son label.

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How does ICE spend its budget? And who profits?

Fonte: Al Jazeera - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:49:41+00:00

ICE now has a larger budget than the FBI, bigger even than the militaries of 170 countries. So where does that money go?

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Epstein files dump: DoJ releases 3 million pages, videos and images

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:44:20+00:00

Disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the records include correspondence and references involving powerful figures such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and Elon Musk

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Sunetra Pawar set to take oath as Maharashtra deputy CM

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:33:52+00:00

About 40 NCP legislators will meet at Vidhan Bhavan at 2 pm to elect their leader, leading to Sunetra Pawar’s appointment as deputy chief minister

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Trump ups pressure on Iran to make a deal as US fleet nears

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:27:30+00:00

US officials have called for the end of Iran’s uranium enrichment, new limits on its ballistic missiles and the termination of support for militant proxy groups

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How Europe Is Moving to Reduce Dependence on Trump

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:01:07+00:00

Since President Trump made threats about Greenland, the continent’s leaders have debated the rapid deterioration of U.S. ties in policy papers and at dinner.

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US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:01:02+00:00

Democratic senators refuse to vote for bill authorizing continued DHS spending after killings of two US citizens Funding lapsed for several US government departments on Saturday, the result of a standoff in Congress over new restrictions on federal agents involved in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign following the killings of two US citizens in Minneapolis.The partial government shutdown is the result of Democratic senators refusing to vote for a bill authorizing continued spending by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota’s large

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La colère des Kurdes du Sud-Est turc, qui se disent « lâchés » par leurs alliés

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:00:53+00:00

En Turquie, la solidarité avec les Kurdes du Rojava, dans la Syrie voisine, se double d’inquiétude sur le sort que les gouvernements turc et syrien entendent réserver à cette population de part et d’autre de la frontière.

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‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-31T05:00:49+00:00

Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing partiesNot everyone has been enthused by the Spanish government’s decision this week to buck European political trends by announcing plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to boost “economic growth and social cohesion”.Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP), described the move as a reward for “illegality” that would bring more people into the country and “overwhelm our public services”. Continue reading...

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