All news for 2025-02-22

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Pope Francis in critical condition with respiratory crisis, Vatican provides health update
Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week at the Gemelli hospital in Rome with a complex lung infection, is in critical condition, the Vatican said in its latest update.
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France terror attack: Assailant shouting ’Allahu Akbar’ stabs multiple people in Mulhouse
A market in the eastern city of Mulhouse, France, became a scene of carnage this afternoon when a 37-year-old Algerian man went on a rampage, stabbing several police officers, killing one and leaving several others injured.
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H Casino and the Belarusian "laundromat": how Egemen Shener launders millions with the help of Russian oligarchs
The curators of the Belarusian gambling business, including H Casino and its owner Mustafa Egemen Shener, may be linked to the entourage of the Dagestan senator, oligarch Suleyman Kerimov, who has close ties with the Russian authorities.
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Cryptocurrency theft of £1.1 billion could be the biggest ever
Cryptocurrency firm Bybit said hackers stole $1.5bn (£1.1bn) worth of digital currency in what could be the biggest crypto theft in history.
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British skier discovered deceased at the base of a cliff in the French Alps
The body of a 23-year-old man was discovered on Monday near the Avoriaz ski resort.
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Trump administration closes the national database tracking police misconduct
Database, initially proposed by Trump in 2020 and established by the Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
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Hamas releases six hostages, but Israel postpones the release of 600 Palestinians
Ceasefire in danger as Israel awaits security cabinet meeting under pressure from right-wingers.
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Istvan Tiborcz, Viktor Orban’s son-in-law, is interested in purchasing the Russian division of Raiffeisen Bank – Der Standard reports
The report claims that representatives of the Russian Central Bank and the presidential administration are participating in the negotiations. Moscow reportedly proposed Tiborcz as a potential buyer.
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Manhunt for van driver after 3-year-old girl dies in Manchester tram crash
A three-year-old girl has been killed after a tram crash in Manchester city centre.
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Roof of shopping centre collapses, killing at least 6 people, including a child, and injuring 79
This is the moment survivors were pulled out of the rubble after a roof collapse at a shopping centre that killed four people.
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Serial pedophile surgeon with 300 child victims kept a disturbing diary bragging about his heinous crimes
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was previously imprisoned for the rape and sexual assault of four victims, but he faces another trial next week after the police discovered diaries detailing hundreds of abuses.
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Vitaliy Yusufov and Nikolai Shikhidi: how did the Kuban developer become a tool of grand corruption in Russia?
When investigators began probing the large-scale asset withdrawals of Igor Yusufov from Russia last year, one of his counterparts was found to be a small Kuban entrepreneur, Nikolai Shikhidi.
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Major clothing retailer to shut down 23 stores following administration proceedings
Troubled high street fashion chain Quiz Clothing is set to close more than a third of its branches after crashing into insolvency.
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Google will face EU charges for violating Big Tech regulations, sources report
Alphabet (GOOGL.O), unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address the EU antitrust regulator’s concerns...
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Cruise passengers ’falling ill rapidly after norovirus outbreak’ on P&O ship
Passengers on a P&O cruise are ‘throwing up in restaurants, on decks, outside cabins’ amid a suspected virus outbreak, it has been claimed.
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Three individuals arrested near Israeli embassy in Sweden following ’attack plan’
Swedish police have arrested three people outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on suspicion of preparing to commit violent crime.
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Donald Trump is being sued by AP for banning journalists from the White House and Mar-a-Lago
The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three Trump administration officials on Friday after the organization’s journalists were prohibited from Mar-a-Lago, Air Force One, and even the White House for declining to call the Gulf of Mexico the ’Gulf of America.’
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IDF confirms that Hamas has finally returned the correct remains of Shiri Bibas to Israel after a devastating mix-up
Two days after a distressing error in which Hamas returned a body to Israel that was mistakenly identified as Shiri Bibas, the militant group has now officially returned the correct remains.
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Donald Trump criticizes Keir Starmer just days before their meeting
Donald Trump has criticized Keir Starmer just days before they are set to meet at the White House. He also renewed his attacks on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky following their recent exchanges.