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28.10 / 14:33
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‘Their roots are from Italy’: Amit Shah says Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi 'don't understand anything'
Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying the duo wouldn't see India's development because “their roots are from Italy". Addressing an election rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, Amit Shah said while everyone is talking about the country's development, “the Congress wouldn't see it." “Everywhere, people are talking about India's development. The country is being hailed.
28.10 / 10:35
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Telangana Polls: KT Rama Rao cites Mahatma Gandhi, says 'Congress should have been disbanded after…'
Telangana Assembly Election 2023: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Saturday slammed the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and sought the ‘disbanding’ of Congress in a scathing attack on Opposition parties ahead of the Assembly election in Telangana. KT Rama Rao said that Congress was “the real white elephant" who should have been disbanded after India got Independence in 1947 from the British colonial rule.
28.10 / 06:27
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The World’s Biggest Carmaker Made a Huge Bet on Tech. Things Went Wrong Fast.
TOKYO—Toyota sells more cars each year than any other company, and it had similarly big dreams when it created its own in-house technology startup in 2021. It picked an American tech whiz to run it and envisioned building software for its cars that would become a standard for the whole industry. So great were the startup’s ambitions that one of its projects was building an entire new city in the foothills of Mount Fuji where it could test self-driving cars, robots and hydrogen for power production.
28.10 / 05:29
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‘We claim her, end of story’: Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Piapot family hurt by allegations
.”It was done in Cree custom and while Sainte-Marie didn’t claimed proof of blood relations, she is accepted as kin because of that ceremony.“It’s really insulting that someone would question my great grandfather’s choice and right to adopt Buffy as his daughter,” Piapot said.“No one has the authority to question our sovereignty, we are a sovereign nation, we are sovereign people and our adoption practices have been intact since time immemorial.“Having someone question the validity of that adoption … it’s hurtful, it’s ignorant, it’s colonial, and quite frankly it’s racist.“Sainte-Marie’s authorized biography written by Andrea Warner reads “There’s no official record of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birth, not really. At least not a satisfactory and decisive one that answers questions before they’re asked, grounded in a family lineage with all the gifts and baggage that accompany that kind of belonging.”The book continues, “born with the given name Beverly, most likely in 1941, on or around February 20th, and probably on a reserve called Piapot in the Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan.
27.10 / 23:57
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Kraken Appoints Fintech Entrepreneur Bivu Das as New UK Managing Director
Kraken appoints Bivu Das, an ex-Starling Bank executive, as a UK corporate representative to drive business expansion in the strengthening UK regulatory environment.
27.10 / 22:17
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Ten banks on nostalgia, older viewers in prime-time ratings push
Network Ten once pitched itself as the young, hip, network. Now it’s pitching for those with ageing hips – resurrecting Deal or No Deal and Wheel of Fortune in prime time after struggling to cut through in the evening ratings.
27.10 / 20:21
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‘We expect better partnership’: Feds’ heating oil carbon tax freeze catches B.C. by surprise
environment ministers say they were caught by surprise by the federal government’s announcement it will pause the carbon tax on home heating oil.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that his government would pause applying carbon pricing to home heating oil deliveries for three years, in an effort to speed up Canadians’ shift to more eco-friendly electric heat pumps.He added that the government would provide incentives and grants to households in Atlantic Canada that are more reliant on heating oil to switch to the new technology.“We just learned of this federal announcement, which is unfortunate, because B.C. is leading Canada with our CleanBC climate action plan.
27.10 / 20:07
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Fake weight loss injections leave people in comas, urgent safety alert issued
weight loss injections falsely claimed to be Ozempic or Saxenda, have raised serious safety concerns in the UK. Authorities warn the public about the dangers of using these fake products, as several individuals have experienced life-threatening medical complications.
27.10 / 20:07
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Zelenskiy says Russia loses 'at least a brigade' trying to take Avdiivka
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Russian forces have lost at least a brigade worth of troops trying to advance on Ukraine's eastern town of Avdiivka. Russia renewed a push to encircle the embattled town in mid-October, trying to overwhelm Ukrainian positions with constant barrages of artillery and waves of troops and fighting vehicles, according to local and military authorities in Ukraine. «The invaders made several attempts to surround Avdiivka, but each time our soldiers stopped them and threw them back, causing painful losses. In these cases, the enemy lost at least a brigade,» Zelenskiy told British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a phone call, the president's office said in a statement. Reuters could not independently verify the assertion and there was no immediate comment from Russia. Brigades vary in size and can number between 1,500 and 8,000 troops.
27.10 / 20:00
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Audits and rug-pulled projects, a $650B token burn, and major DeFi protocol quits UK: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.
27.10 / 19:45
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Oil down 3% on week, racing from one war headline to another
Investing.com — Oil ended one of its most volatile weeks for the year with a 3% loss as traders raced from one headline to another on the Middle East conflict that brought warring parties Israel and Hamas no closer to a solution despite intense mediation by the United States and other global powers.
27.10 / 19:14
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Probe finds 'serious failings' in way British politician Nigel Farage had his bank account closed
An independent probe has found “serious failings” in how NatWest Group’s private and exclusive Coutts Bank shut down the account of the right-wing British politician Nigel Farage
27.10 / 19:14
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US expands its effort to cut off funding for Hamas
The United States on Friday expanded its effort to cut off funding for Hamas, announcing a second round of sanctions against people and organizations linked to the group since it launched an attack on Israel that killed more than 1,400 people
27.10 / 19:12
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Tokyo Revengers - Tenjiku Arc Episode 5: Release date, time, where to watch and more
Tokyo Manji gang start unveiling. Takemichi's suspicions gain traction when Mucho gets entangled in Toman's assault. As the plot thickens, questions about Inupi's former association with Kurokawa Izana, the gang's adversary, emerge. The plot takes a dramatic twist when Mucho introduces a game-changing proposal. As allegiances shift, Takemichi is on a perilous journey to save a friend, overcome daunting foes, and restore the reputation of the Black Dragon gang.
27.10 / 19:12
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Where you've seen Atlanta, dubbed the 'Hollywood of the South,' on screen
ATLANTA — ATLANTA (AP) — Metropolitan Atlanta is home to the second highest number of soundstages in the U.S., including the massive Tyler Perry Studios and Trilith Studios. But many productions have chosen to shoot in and around the city itself, often as stand-ins for other locations (it’s a popular double for New York). Here are some landmarks and towns you might recognize:
27.10 / 17:49
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Fed, BOE officials share continuing interest in CBDCs, stablecoin regulation
The Federal Reserve Board continues to research a central bank digital currency (CBDC), or at least adjacent technologies, vice chair Michael Barr said on Oct. 27. He also touched on stablecoins at the Economics of Payments XII Conference where his English colleague Sir Jon Cunliffe made his last speech as deputy governor of the Bank of England (BOE).
27.10 / 16:09
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UK Residents Flag Privacy Concerns in Digital Pound Consultations: Bank of England
The Bank of England (BOE) says the majority of 50,000 feedbacks it received from the public consultation on the digital pound revolve around privacy and fiat scarcity concerns.
27.10 / 15:37
27.10 / 15:33
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India to criminalise homosexuality, adultery again? Parliament Panel may recommend reinstating Section 377: Report
Adultery to the Indian government, according to media reports. An India Today report citing people familiar with the developments, have said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has formulated a draft report which recommends bringing back the Adultery law, and criminalising non-consensual sex between women, men, or transperson. The report also said that despite requests of Hindi and English names, the panel is likely to recommend retaining the ‘Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita’.
27.10 / 14:51
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Taylor Swift and Harry Styles: Relationship timeline over years
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, two of the biggest musical artists of the current generation, shared a short-lived relationship that started more than a decade ago, in 2012. However, even after they broke up, their relationship has been a fan-favourite topic ever since. Recently, Swift released a re-recorded version of her acclaimed album «1989,» titled "1989 (Taylor's Version)" on Friday. This added more fuel to the fire surrounding Swift's relationship with Styles, as «1989» consisted tracks that reportedly described her relations with the British music artist. Their relationship became a tabloid favourite as well, which reportedly gave rise to the term «Haylor,» which is an amalgamation of both their titles. So let's take a look at the timeline of Swift's and Styles' relationship.
27.10 / 14:20
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IAG and Air France-KLM report record summer profits
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