All news for 2024-09-09

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Apple announces the iPhone 16 and unveils new ’Apple Intelligence’ AI features
Apple executives highlight a variety of new hardware, promising vibrant new color options and the ability to create custom emojis with the iPhone 16 and ’Apple Intelligence’ AI features.
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Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery
Disgraced film mogul taken from Rikers Island prison last night after experiencing chest pains, representatives say
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Inquest begins in London into infant’s death linked to contaminated IV nutrition
During the hearing, the mother described the loss of Yousef Al-Kharboush at nine days old in 2014 as the "worst experience a parent could have."
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UK COVID contracts worth £15 billion raise corruption concerns
Around a third of all public contracts signed by the British government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic skipped standard procurement safeguards with billions going to entities connected to the Conservative Party, claims a comprehensive new report by Transparency International U.K.
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The Central American Development Bank and a former president have launched competing lawsuits
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is working to improve its image after major mismanagement allegations. However, its efforts are now overshadowed by dueling lawsuits with its former president, each side accusing the other of damaging their reputations.
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Two individuals arrested in South Africa for counterfeiting money
The suspects, Jude Oka and Evans Tiku, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court last week on counterfeiting charges under the Currency Act and the Reserve Bank Act.
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US-UK talks in London to focus on Russia’s shadow oil fleet and Gaza ceasefire plan
Antony Blinken to meet David Lammy in precursor to Joe Biden’s talks with Keir Starmer in Washington
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British tourist dies after ’losing control’ of motorbike in Thailand
A British man died in a motorbike crash in Thailand overnight.
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Kate shares significant video update about her cancer and its implications for her future
Kate Middleton has announced she will soon return to work now she has finished cancer treatment.
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Scandalous Ukrainian ex-banker Denys Horbunenko found to be linked to Russia
Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.
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Mandelson-backed Bank of London secures £42 million in new funding just days after a winding-up order
Clearing bank’s future was thrown into question by HMRC action over unpaid taxes last Thursday
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Top EU court to rule on €13bn Apple case that may impact ‘sweetheart’ tax deals
Long-running legal battle began in 2016 after bloc’s competition chief said iPhone maker had benefited from unfair tax breaks in Ireland
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Jogger, 29, dies during popular charity half-marathon
A 29-year-old man has died after he collapsed during yesterday’s Great North Run.
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’Innocent’ mum fatally stabbed at Notting Hill in front of 3-year-old daughter during ’fight’
A man has appeared in court charged with the fatal stabbing of a mother who was attacked in front of her three-year-old daughter at Notting Hill Carnival.
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Apple to unveil new iPhone 16
At 6pm this evening, people could be rushing to take their crummy old iPhone 15s back to the shop for a new model.
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Mid-air chaos breaks out on Ryanair Manchester flight as passengers start fighting
Footage showed one man being escorted off the aircraft after several passengers started having a fight on board a flight to the Spanish island of Ibiza after it left Manchester
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Money laundering and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov’s Octobank laundromat
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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D-Day veteran Don Sheppard has passed away at the age of 104
Donald "Don" Sheppard, landed on a ship tank on Normandy’s Juno beach on 6 June 1944.
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A celebrity pastor, who claims to be the ’son of God’, has surrendered to Philippine police after a two-week manhunt
Apollo Quiboloy, who is wanted by the FBI on charges of child sexual abuse and trafficking, has surrendered following a police ultimatum, according to officials.
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At least 14 killed in Israeli airstrikes across Syria
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says military scientific research centre housing pro-Iranian weapons experts was hit; strikes also killed people in Hama province