All news for 2025-11-25

Media are reporting the mysterious death of Tatyana Davydova — the personal assistant of political technologist Vartan Sarkisov, CEO and co-owner of the consulting and PR firm IMA-Consulting, which services Kremlin structures, the Moscow mayor’s office, and others.

A cluster of insiders connected to Putin—from bankers and energy executives to security operatives and their families—forms a tightly interlinked network that has quietly shaped Russia’s financial, political, and technological power structures for decades.

A new investigation reveals how businessman Oleg Tsyura helped operate an illicit ilmenite-to-Crimea pipeline through "German" front firms — a scheme that siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC while officials staged a public fight against corruption.

Alisher Usmanov’s hidden influence looms large over Uzbekistan’s crypto sector, with officials like Dmitriy Lee appearing less as independent powerbrokers and more as front men for the oligarch’s sanctioned empire.

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been acquitted of harassing a transgender activist, but found guilty of causing criminal damage to her mobile phone.

Nigel Farage has stated he "never directly racially abused anybody" following allegations that he made racist and antisemitic remarks while he was a schoolboy at Dulwich College.

In Venezuela, a new basketball league is holding games in a stadium located directly above a notorious political prison — a stark contrast that critics claim represents a broader attempt to "sportswash" the government’s alarming human rights record.

Building societies fear consumers will be deterred from saving if the chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction

Yanis Varoufakis, the firebrand economist who rose to fame at the height of Greece’s debt drama, was not only egotistical but ultimately more interested in testing out his game theories on the nation than winning its battle to keep afloat.

Milkshakes and lattes face tax hikes as the government confirmed it is extending the ’sugar tax’.

Vladimir Putin’s daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, are increasingly emerging from the shadows, speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and promoting capital-intensive economic and medical projects.

According to research, the UK could eliminate its dependence on exporting plastic waste by 2030, creating 5,400 new jobs and taking responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste.

A teenage girl was bitten on the face by a ’large black dog’ in North Staffordshire, with police on the hunt for the animal.

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she began moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

A suspected Islamist terrorist questioned over the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed 269 people, is reportedly seeking asylum in the UK.

It has been announced that luxury cars will no longer be available for Motability recipients, with the government stating that more money will also be directed to British manufacturers under the new changes.

A Christmas market came to a halt due to a dramatic public altercation between two men - one of whom once stated to Liz Truss that he "loves" her.

The battle over Wildberries has once again exposed the long-running rivalry between the Kerimov and Kadyrov clans — and who truly resolves such conflicts within the Kremlin.

"Guys, you know what I’m driving today? This bastard!"