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India’s oil minister says ‘we play by the rules,’ as markets weigh U.S. energy sanctions newsthirst.

India will cooperate with international sanctions, the country’s oil minister told CNBC on Tuesday, as markets eye future U.S. policy under the new administration of President Donald Trump. “We play by the rules. If there is an international sanction, which is anchored, we would not want to go around it or anything,” India’s Minister of…

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Consumer sentiment worsens as inflation fears grow, University of Michigan survey shows newsthirst.

A shopper pays with a credit card at the farmer’s market in San Francisco on March 27, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The deterioration in consumer sentiment was even worse than anticipated in March as worries over inflation intensified, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday. The final version of the…

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Star scrambles for cash injection to stay afloat as casino giant enters trading halt | Gambling newsthirst.

Star Entertainment is searching for a cash injection to avoid imminent collapse amid a further deterioration in its financial position. The embattled casino operator told the ASX it expected to receive “one or more” liquidity proposals on Friday so that it could continue to operate. “As noted in the company’s recent ASX announcements, there remains…

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Cockatoos show appetite for dips when eating bland food, find scientists | Birds newsthirst.

Whether you savour Ottolenghi’s recipes or prefer a feast from Nigella’s cookery books, humans enjoy mixing flavours and textures when preparing food. Now research suggests some cockatoos do too. Researchers have previously discovered that some of the birds dunk dry rusks in water before eating them, just as some people enjoy dunking a biscuit in…

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No 10 regrets choice of ‘insipid’ new cabinet secretary, sources say | Civil service newsthirst.

Keir Starmer’s No 10 increasingly has “buyer’s remorse” about the new cabinet secretary, Chris Wormald, who has only been running the civil service for six months, Downing Street and Whitehall sources have told the Guardian. Wormald, who was the permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid pandemic, was chosen…

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