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• किसी भी व्यक्ति या समूह ने इस flag की जिम्मेदारी का दावा नहीं किया है, जो September में 120-metre Spire पर दिखाई दिया था • जो ऊपर जाता है उसे नीचे आना ही होता है – जब तक कि वह Dublin के सबसे ऊंचे monument के शीर्ष पर लगा Palestinian flag न हो जिसे हटाना कोई नहीं जानता। • यह flag पिछले September में O’Connell Street पर 120-metre Spire पर दिखाई दिया था और सात महीनों से इसने इसे उतारने के हर प्रस्तावित उपाय को विफल कर दिया है।

एक्सक्लूसिव: शहरी क्षेत्रों के 839,000 घर surface-water flooding के खतरे का सामना कर रहे हैं, जिसमें social housing किरायेदार लागतों के प्रति सबसे अधिक संवेदनशील हैं। National Housing Federation (NHF) के विश्लेषण के अनुसार, England में बाढ़ के उच्च जोखिम वाले 10 में से आठ घर अब कस्बों और शहरों में हैं, जिसमें कहा गया है कि social housing किरायेदार वित्तीय लागत के प्रति असंगत रूप से संवेदनशील हैं। शोध में पाया गया कि शहरी क्षेत्रों के 839,000 घरों को अब surface-water flooding के उच्च जोखिम के रूप में वर्गीकृत किया गया है, जो 2018 के बाद से तीन गुना वृद्धि है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

केप वर्डे (Cape Verde) में एक कार्यक्रम में प्रतिनिधियों ने तकनीक से मिलने वाले अवसरों पर प्रकाश डाला, साथ ही इस बात पर जोर दिया कि AI प्रतिभा का विकल्प नहीं है। पिछले जुलाई में, नाइजीरियाई गायक-गीतकार Fave ने खुद को एक वायरल पल में फंसा हुआ पाया: एक ट्रैक का अनधिकृत संस्करण जिसमें AI क्वायर (choir) शामिल था, जारी किया गया था और वह तेज़ी से इंटरनेट पर सनसनी बन गया। स्थिति से आगे निकलने के लिए, उन्होंने अपना खुद का रीमिक्स रिकॉर्ड किया जिसमें उस AI-सहायता प्राप्त गीत को शामिल किया गया और उसे अपनी डिस्कोग्राफी (discography) में जोड़ लिया। लागोस (Lagos) स्थित मनोरंजन वकील Oyinkansola Fawehinmi ने कुछ महीनों बाद टिप्पणी की, “मेरी राय में, [वह] स्मार्ट और व्यावसायिक रूप से बहुत जागरूक कदम था। उन्होंने अनिवार्य रूप से ‘AI संस्करण’ को वापस अपने अधिकार में लिया और इसे अपनी आधिकारिक अभिव्यक्ति के रूप में जारी किया।” पढ़ना जारी रखें...

Niesr का कहना है कि सबसे बेहतर scenario में भी, conflict के कारण 2026 और 2027 में अर्थव्यवस्था धीमी गति से बढ़ेगी। Britain को इस साल £35bn के आर्थिक झटके और recession के जोखिम का सामना करना पड़ रहा है क्योंकि Iran war के प्रभाव Keir Starmer की सरकार पर दबाव बढ़ा रहे हैं, एक प्रमुख thinktank ने चेतावनी दी है। National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) ने कहा कि सबसे बेहतर scenario में भी Middle East conflict के कारण इस साल और अगले साल UK की अर्थव्यवस्था बहुत धीमी गति से बढ़ेगी। Continue reading...

• नए अमेरिकी दिशानिर्देशों के तहत, आवेदकों को यह पुष्टि करना होगा कि उन्हें वापस लौटने का कोई डर नहीं है; ऐसा न करने या चुप्पी साधने पर वीजा खारिज होने का जोखिम बढ़ जाएगा। • राज्य विभाग (state department) द्वारा जारी नए मार्गदर्शन के अनुसार, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के लिए अस्थायी वीजा चाहने वाले आवेदकों को अब कांसुलर अधिकारी को यह बताना होगा कि उन्होंने किसी नुकसान का अनुभव नहीं किया है और उन्हें अपने गृह देश लौटने का डर नहीं है। • यदि वे 'हाँ' में उत्तर देते हैं या किसी भी प्रश्न का उत्तर देने से इनकार करते हैं, तो उनके वीजा के खारिज होने की संभावना काफी बढ़ जाएगी।

• बैंक के मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी ने धोखाधड़ी के बढ़ते मामलों की ओर इशारा किया है, क्योंकि बैंक ने मोटर फाइनेंस मुआवजे के लिए और £105m अलग रखे हैं। • Barclays जोखिम भरे उधारकर्ताओं को ऋण देने से पीछे हट रहा है, क्योंकि इसके मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी ने धोखाधड़ी के बढ़ते मामलों की चेतावनी दी है और एक मॉर्टगेज ऋणदाता की विफलता के कारण बैंक को £228m का नुकसान हुआ है। • मॉर्टगेज ऋणदाता Market Financial Solutions (MFS) फरवरी में धोखाधड़ी के आरोपों के बीच ढह गया था और तब से UK के वित्तीय नियामक ने इस घोटाले की जांच शुरू कर दी है।

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studiesThe US supreme court will hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a ruling that could weaken the ability of consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks.The case centers on glyphosate – a weed-killing chemical used in the popular Roundup brand and numerous other herbicide products. The chemical has been scientifically linked to cancer in multiple studies, and was classified a probable human carcinogen by an arm of the World Health Organization in 2015. Continue reading...

Experts fear losing ground to virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight, and say decline in infant testing is ‘particularly concerning’The US government released likely the last report from Pepfar (President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief) earlier this month and the chief science officer announced his resignation days later as the US moves to a patchwork of individual partnerships with each country, potentially driven by resource extraction.While more leadership with other countries has long been the goal with global HIV efforts, experts fear the US is moving too quickly without being able to monitor its efforts as well as it has done with Pepfar for more than two decades. They fear losing ground to the virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight. Continue reading...

Opposition leader also says ‘we have seen terrible acts of atrocity coming from Gaza’ as he doubles down on immigration policyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has said “there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries”, doubling down on his immigration policy and refusing to call out Pauline Hanson’s hardline stance.Speaking to the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, Taylor also defended preferencing One Nation above the independent community candidate, Michelle Milthorpe, in the upcoming Farrer byelection, arguing the teals “vote with the Greens”. Continue reading...

• Myanmar's military junta has blocked UN humanitarian corridors to conflict-affected regions, preventing food and medical aid from reaching approximately 2 million people at imminent risk of famine. • UN humanitarian agencies report that supplies have been halted for two weeks; the blockade coincides with intensified fighting between military forces and opposition groups in central Myanmar. • The US has condemned the blockade as a war crime and called for emergency UN Security Council action, though Russia and China have signaled opposition to any intervention.

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yetThe dosimeter clipped to your chest ticks faster the moment you step off the designated path inside the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Step back, and it slows again – an invisible line between clean ground and contamination.Above rises the “new safe confinement” (NSC) – the largest, movable steel structure ever built, taller than the Statue of Liberty, wider than the Colosseum, its arch curving overhead like an aircraft hangar built for giant planes. Continue reading...

Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as both the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US military escalation in breach of the nominal ceasefire comes with greater risk against a regime disinclined to surrender.In theory, Trump’s military options are increasing. A third US carrier strike group, the George HW Bush, is due to arrive in the Middle East within days after rounding South Africa. A second taskforce of 2,500 US marines is sailing from the Pacific and is due to arrive by the end of April. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Brussels seeks to stall awarding of contract to firm fronted by US president’s lawyer in letter seen by GuardianThe EU risks a confrontation with Donald Trump after it sought to stall the awarding of a lucrative Balkans pipeline contract to a company fronted by his personal lawyer, documents seen by the Guardian show.Brussels has clashed with Trump over trade, Ukraine and military spending, but the intervention in the Southern Interconnection pipeline project appears to mark the first time it has challenged a commercial venture by those close to the president. Continue reading...

The drug industry’s self-regulatory body criticised Theramex for ‘alarming’ compliance issuesOne of the biggest producers of hormone replacement therapy has been censured by regulators for “systemic failures” that put patient safety in jeopardy.Theramex, the UK producer of HRT drugs Evorel and Intrarosa was found to have breached fundamental compliance standards including not updating crucial prescribing information – in some cases for several years – and not making it clear that a drug must not be used during pregnancy. Continue reading...

• Cowbell Cyber Inc. launched Prime One, a new U.S. cyber insurance product for organizations with $250 million to $1 billion in annual revenue. • The policy provides up to $10 million in coverage limits and includes affirmative protection for AI-related incidents and quantum computing risks. • Prime One addresses unauthorized use or access to AI systems in business operations, targeting advanced digital risk profiles.

Cerina Fairfax in Virginia and Nancy Metayer in Florida were also killed by their husbands, yet deaths of Black women are least likely to garner calls for policy changeOn Sunday, eight children were shot and killed in the deadliest US mass shooting in nearly two years. The gunman was the father of seven of the deceased children and the cousin of another.Three others were shot and injured: the shooter’s wife, with whom he shared four children, the mother of his other three children, and a 13-year-old boy. Continue reading...

UK’s Rare Breeds Survival Trust says calf numbers of white park cattle last year were less than two-thirds of 2022 levelAn ancient breed of cattle whose ancestors are thought to have accompanied the Celts as they were pushed to Britain’s fringes by the Romans has been designated as urgently at risk by a UK conservation charity.Publishing its 2026 watchlist on Tuesday, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust moved white park cattle to its “priority” category as new calf numbers sank last year to less than two-thirds of their 2022 level. Continue reading...

Study shows signature changes more pronounced in people with genetic risk, raising hopes for new therapiesChanges to microbes that live in the gut can identify people at greater risk of Parkinson’s disease long before symptoms develop, according to work that also raises hopes for new therapies.Researchers discovered signature changes in the gut microbiome that are more pronounced in people with a genetic risk for Parkinson’s and even more stark in those diagnosed with the disease. Continue reading...

About 26 million people are under tornado watches from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, according to one reportA stretch of the midwestern states is at risk of severe weather, forecasters warned on Friday, as tornadoes battered towns across the central US region, leaving behind debris and destroyed property.According to the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms may be seen in north-west Oklahoma through western Missouri during Friday afternoon and evening. Continue reading...

Experts say US market ‘may have run ahead of itself’, while the ASX 200’s more modest recovery is due in part to Australia’s reliance on fuel importsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne day the IMF warns of a global recession, the next day stocks on Wall Street hit a record high.From looking at the complete U-turn in fortunes in America, you wouldn’t know the world was in the grips of an unprecedented energy shock. Continue reading...

‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer saysJailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention and long backed a two-state solution. Continue reading...

Conflict is pushing up price of energy and food, fuelling higher borrowing costs and hitting growth, report saysIran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warnsBusiness live – latest updatesThe Iran war risks triggering a rise in global debt levels, forcing governments to choose between cushioning a cost of living shock and maintaining sound public finances, the International Monetary Fund has warned.Against a volatile backdrop of the Middle East conflict, the Washington-based fund said the war could add to the already strained position of government finances throughout the world. Continue reading...

Howard-era former minister Amanda Vanstone criticises parts of hardline policy but backs English language requirementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Howard government minister Amanda Vanstone has warned Angus Taylor against turning immigration into heavy-handed law enforcement, saying most migrants from countries run by dictators and extremists move here to escape authoritarianism.Releasing the first elements of a new hardline immigration policy on Tuesday, the opposition leader sparked criticism from refugee advocates, Pauline Hanson and even one sitting Liberal MP, who all likened the plans to policies from US president Donald Trump. Continue reading...

Decision to reduce duty-free quotas by 47% aimed at curbing Chinese importsThe EU is to go ahead with plans to double tariffs and halve quotas on imports of steel from July, in a move designed to curb Chinese imports but which could damage UK exports to the bloc.The decision by EU lawmakers and member states after late night talks on Monday, will reduce duty-free quotas by 47%. Exact country allocations have yet to be determined. Continue reading...

Oil-driven inflation is big challenge to world economy, lifting inflation and depressing growth, says bank’s chairBusiness live – latest updatesHSBC bosses have said the Iran war is already hitting global economic confidence, as a string of business leaders warned over the impact of the conflict.Georges Elhedery, the Lebanon-born chief executive of the bank, told Bloomberg Television at a HSBC conference in Hong Kong: “We’re saddened and concerned with what’s happening in the Middle East, and we’re concerned not just with what’s happening but also with how long this will take. Continue reading...

Orbán is out in Hungary and talks have failed to end the war in Iran – ill-fated roadtrip has been setback for Maga aimsShortly before JD Vance’s ill-fated week crisscrossing the world, Donald Trump asked him during a private Easter brunch about how the Iran negotiations were shaping up. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance,” Trump said to laughs in the room. “If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”The joke at Vance’s expense contained an unfortunate nugget of truth: this is not an administration that rewards failure. Continue reading...

• Anthropic postponed releasing Claude Mythos, an AI excelling at coding and vulnerability scanning, following high-level meetings with US financial regulators. • Mythos demonstrated ability to chain unknown security flaws in software at unprecedented speed, sparking 'agent-to-agent war' concerns in cyberspace. • Partners like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, CrowdStrike, and JPMorgan Chase received restricted previews under Project Glasswing.

Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key battleground in May electionsVoters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist parties, Wes Streeting has said, as he sought to make the health service a key battleground.“The founding principles of the NHS are at greater threat than at any time since the NHS was founded in 1948,” the health secretary said. Continue reading...