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Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard reunite on screen in thriller ‘Karma’Culture

This week, Arts24’s French film critic Manon Kerjean looks at thrillers, history, legend and animation. ‘Karma’ reunites former partners Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard in a story about a woman escaping her past and the cult she left behind. ‘Moulin’ depicts resistance hero Jean Moulin’s final days in captivity, while ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’ gets a modern retelling. The programme also features Louis Clichy’s coming-of-age animation ‘Iron Boy’, inspired by his own chi…

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India delays transaction fees for UPI digital paymentsEconomy

India has postponed plans to charge fees on its widely used UPI digital payments system after businesses pushed back. The Merchant Discount Rate was due to begin on Thursday, Oct. 15, during the shopping season ahead of Deepavali in November.

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Southeast Asia haze: Air pollution in western Singapore reaches ‘very high’ bandWorld

Fires burning for weeks in neighbouring Indonesia have blanketed Singapore and Malaysia in thick smog. Western Singapore’s one-hour PM2.5 reading reached 288 at 3pm local time, its highest since 2015 and within the “Very High” band. Readings later fell but remained unhealthy. Singapore has introduced additional measures, including distributing N95 masks to vulnerable people.

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Japan summons Russian ambassador over arrest of Japanese journalistWorld

Japan summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Japanese reporter was arrested over alleged espionage. The program also covered Japan’s protest over a Chinese delegation’s visit to a disputed island and a surge in China’s September exports and imports.

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Trump distances himself from Kimberly Guilfoyle as she denies allegationsPolitics

Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece amid allegations that she offered access to the Trump administration in exchange for help paying off her debt. Trump distanced himself from her, saying she had, he guessed, dated his son a long time ago. Guilfoyle denied the allegations.

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Live: Trump speaks at Arizona rallyPolitics

President Trump addresses a rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, as he continues his campaign swing through the American West ahead of midterm elections in just under three weeks.

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Whose side is Donald Trump on?World

Zelenskyy said Ukraine received no advance warning of recent Russian missile strikes, which killed at least three people and left hundreds of thousands without power. He did not name the US, on whose intelligence Ukraine is widely known to rely. The strikes came after Trump called for new leadership in Ukraine and an end to attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. Can Ukraine fight Russia without US intelligence, and what options does Kyiv have?

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US Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Five MonthsEconomy

The US consumer price index climbed 0.6% in September from the previous month and 3.7% from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gas prices rose 9.1%.

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France’s fiscal fault lines | Econ WorldEconomy

France’s financial problems reflect a generational dilemma: older voters depend on a social contract formed during decades of stronger growth, while rising pension costs are diverting resources from priorities such as education. Carmel Crimmins and Lee Thomas examine why raising the retirement age is so contentious in French politics and what next year’s presidential election could mean for France and the eurozone.

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French MPs back bill to tackle sexual and gender-based violencePolitics

French lawmakers have voted for a wide-ranging bill aimed at ending sexual and gender-based violence. It could become law by year-end, but must first be debated by the more conservative Senate later this month. A child in France is reportedly raped or sexually assaulted every three minutes.

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This Morning’s Top Headlines – Oct. 14 | Morning News NOWOther

Pope Leo is recovering from surgery at a Rome hospital after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Trump held a rally for Republicans in Alaska less than three weeks before the midterms, while a federal judge issued a long-term decision blocking Trump’s White House media ban.

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