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Railnews.co.uk 

Island Line closes again for more engineering work

The only National Rail line on the Isle of Wight will close again tomorrow, for a new engineers’ possession. The latest closure will mean no trains until 6 October, when the line will reopen between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin, but the pier section will remain closed until 4 May. These latest closures are being described as essential in ‘futureproofing the service’.

The Punch 

Brazilians move to Bluesky, Threads after X suspension

Millions of Brazilians, including the president, have flocked to social media platforms such as Threads or Bluesky, where Portuguese has become the most spoken language in the few days since Elon Musk’s X was shut down in the country. “Is anyone there?” asked numerous Brazilian netizens as they made their first tentative forays onto Bluesky,

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Google.com 

7-Eleven owner rejects $38.7bn buyout offer from rival - BBC.com

  1. 7-Eleven owner rejects $38.7bn buyout offer from rival  BBC.com
  2. 7-Eleven's parent company rejects $38.6 billion takeover bid, says offer 'grossly undervalues' company  CNBC
  3. 7-Eleven parent rejects acquisition offer  Axios
  4. 7-Eleven Rejects Takeover Bid From Big Canadian Chain  The New York Times
  5. 7-Eleven rejects multibillion-dollar offer from Circle K owner for huge convenience store merger  CNN

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

In Rajkot, man impersonates landowner in Rs 30 crore land deal scam

A man in Rajkot impersonated a landowner to sell a land parcel for Rs 30 crore, involving three others. Bhupat Thummar, the victim, paid Rs 1.90 crore as a token before discovering the fraud. He filed a complaint against the impostor and his accomplices after realizing the deception.

Business Standard 

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Diamond League 2024 season finale in Brussels

India's two-time Olympic medal-winning javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra has qualified for this month's season finale of the prestigious Diamond League after finishing fourth in the overall standings at the end of its 14 series meetings across the world. The season finale will be a two-day affair on September 14 and 15 in Brussels. Chopra accumulated 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne. He skipped the last series meet in Zurich on Thursday. The... Читать дальше...

Cyprus Mail 

‘People forget what they said a year ago about interconnector’

People “seem to forget what they said a year ago, two years ago, or three years ago” about the Great Sea Interconnector, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. He was referring to what he described as “the intense positions of some in the mass media, either for or against” the project, as well as “the […]