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Druze father's search for son after Golan rocket attack ends in grief

France24.com (en) 

When the family realised the rocket fired from nearby Lebanon on Saturday had struck the playing field in their Druze Arab hometown of Majdal Shams, 47-year-old Ibrahim ran there, heart racing. "When I heard the siren, I felt something had happened to Guevara," Ibrahim told AFP from the balcony of his home, just a few hundred metres (yards) from the armistice line with Syria. "When I saw many casualties, I feared he was among them," he added in a shaky voice that soon gave way to tears. But they... Читать дальше...

Hungary's Hubert Kos kicks to gold in 200 backstroke

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports) PARIS -- Hubert Kos took Hungary's first swimming gold of the Paris Olympics with a stirring performance in the men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday. Kos, who attends the University of Texas, finished in 1:54.26 to become Hungary's first gold-medal winner in the event since 1980. Apostolos Christou held the lead until the final lengths, when Kos kicked past to push his Gr

Bank of England dismisses Tory claims public sector pay rises will stoke inflation - The Guardian

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  1. Bank of England dismisses Tory claims public sector pay rises will stoke inflation  The Guardian
  2. Interest rate reduction 'great news' for Channel Island borrowers  BBC
  3. BoE’s split between doves and hawks leaves rate trajectory uncertain  Financial Times
  4. Interest rates cut to 5% – what it means for savings and annuities  Hargreaves Lansdown

Billionaire former Glencore oil trader charged with corruption in West Africa - The Guardian

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  1. Billionaire former Glencore oil trader charged with corruption in West Africa  The Guardian
  2. British billionaire charged with corruption over role in bribery scandal  The Telegraph
  3. UK charges Glencore’s billionaire ex-head of oil over corrupt payments  Financial Times
  4. Glencore's ex-head of oil charged with bribery offences by Britain's Serious Fraud Office  CNBC
  5. SFO charges five former Glencore employees in bribery probe  City A.M.

Ted Baker reveals key new licensing partners in North America

FashionNetwork.com (uk) 

Ted Baker is back in the news for good reasons as August kicks off with owner Authentic saying that it has “established three foundational licensing partners, securing the future of the brand in the US and Canada”.

Charli XCX and Billie Eilish play with underwear, big trucks in "Guess" music video

Avclub.com 

The brat summer has now evolved to include playing with big trucks and huge piles of underwear, per a new music video released by musical powerhouses Charli XCX and Billie Eilish this afternoon. After teasing the new single, "Guess"—a remix of a song from the deluxe version of the critically acclaimed album—yesterday, Charli unleashed it on the world today, in all its provocative, very deliberately homoerotic glory.The most memorable moment of the video—from a visual viewpoint, at least—comes about a minute in... Читать дальше...

Paris Olympics: Another heartbreak for India as star shuttler PV Sindhu crashes out of women's singles event

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Paris [France], August 2 (ANI): India suffered another setback in the quest for a medal in badminton after ace shuttler PV Sindhu's quest for her third Olympic medal ended in the women's singles Round of 16 at the Paris Olympics. Sindhu fell against sixth-seeded Chinese shuttler He Bing Jiao in straight sets 21-19, 21-14. The defeat marked the first time Sindhu failed to win an Olympic medal. In Rio 2016, she won silver a