All news for 2026-04-20
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Meghan Markle mocked after telling fans to ‘call me Meg’ during Australia tour branded ‘faux royal’
Meghan Markle has been mocked after encouraging fans to "call me Meg" during her tour of Australia.
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West Ham edge closer to safety as Palace stalemate deepens Spurs misery and confirms Wolves relegation
Slowly but surely, West Ham are edging their way to safety. While this battling draw against a Crystal Palace side with their minds elsewhere proved terminal to his former club Wolves as it confirmed their relegation.
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Tim Cook steps aside as Apple CEO after 14-year era of record growth, stays on as executive chair
Apple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September.
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EPPO arrests Spanish official in €3.3m EU funds fraud scheme spanning 15 years in employment subsidy scandal
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain), two suspects were detained on Wednesday.
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Polish-Belarus border customs fraud ring exposed as EPPO seizes trucks and €29,500 cash
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), nine suspects were detained last week.
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Berlin court to hear EPPO case over fake-repaired US vehicles and €15m customs fraud
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has filed an indictment against three car traders.
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EPPO indicts Romanian firm over €114,000 EU fraud in research project linked to fake tech deals
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) has filed an indictment at Iași Court against a company and its administrator for suspected fraud involving a €114,000
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Nigel Farage slams Elon Musk’s X as ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ amid abuse row over Reform UK candidates
Social media platform X is becoming a very “unpleasant” and “dangerous” place, Nigel Farage has said in a swipe at former friend Elon Musk.
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Inside China’s censored internet: how journalists mine Xiaohongshu for hidden stories despite strict controls
The difficulties of conducting open-source research in China are widely recognized.
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Gunman opens fire at Teotihuacan pyramids before killing himself, Canadian tourist confirmed dead
A gunman opened fire before taking his own life at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids, a popular tourist destination and archaeological site outside of Mexico City.
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Big Tech secures secrecy over data centres’ environmental impact as EU accused of breaching transparency rules
Environmental footprint of Europe’s data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.
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Lee Anderson ejected from Commons after refusing to withdraw claim Starmer “lied”
Lee Anderson has been kicked out of the Commons after accusing Keir Starmer of lying in a debate.
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UK blocks US far-right influencer Valentina Gomez from entering country ahead of Tommy Robinson rally
Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in May.
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Sarah Ferguson ‘may cash in with tell-all interview’ as luxury Austrian retreat fuels pressure to speak
Sarah Ferguson has reportedly turned down TV interview offers over the past few weeks, but how long will this really last? J
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French prosecutors investigate X over alleged algorithm meddling and illegal AI content
Billionaire owner chooses not to attend voluntary interview as part of investigation by French cybercrime unit.
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Sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tankers sail through UK waters despite crackdown as no ships are seized
Two sanctioned tankers, part of Russia’s shadow fleet, made transit through British waters on Monday.
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Epsom protest turns chaotic as false rape claims spark unrest and arrests
Dozens of people marched through Epsom despite police insisting they had found no evidence of a gang rape offence or that asylum seekers were involved.
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Sri Lanka energy minister quits as coal scandal deepens and crisis worsens
Kumara Jayakody stepped down after the president launched an inquiry into a multimillion-dollar contract that worsened the country’s energy crisis and dented the new government’s anti-corruption image.
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Custody death scandal deepens as police probe suspected killing at army base
Fiji police have opened a murder investigation into the death of a drug suspect in military custody after a leaked death certificate challenged the army’s claim that he died of natural causes.
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Farage under pressure as party candidates accused of spreading deadly Covid misinformation
Families who lost loved ones in the Covid pandemic have written to Nigel Farage, after a Byline Times‘ investigation revealed that one of the party’s local election candidates branded the coronavirus crisis a “staged event”.
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Fake doctor busted after selling 44,000 sick notes as Miami “cosmetic medic” scam exposes wider health fraud crisis
A man who sold over 44,000 fake doctor’s notes to help others get out of work and still get paid has been busted.
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Putin seeks young female spies as Russia ramps up recruitment drive in universities
Vladimir Putin is actively seeking young female spies as the desperate leader aims to recruit new agents.
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Bank for black-market gambling: how Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova hid billions through iBox infrastructure
In 2023, the gambling mafia suffered what may have been its most serious blow when, on March 7, the National Bank of Ukraine revoked the banking license of iBox Bank.
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Justizmafia in Aktion: Vorsitzender des Kiewer Berufungsgerichts Yaroslav Holovachov versucht, Enthüllungen über sein Immobilienimperium aus dem Internet zu löschen
Nach der Veröffentlichung der Untersuchung zu den Vermögenswerten der Familie von Yaroslav Holovachov sowie der auffälligen Diskrepanz zwischen ihren deklarierten Einkünften und ihrem tatsächlichen Lebensstil begannen...
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„Flamingo” Denysa Shtilermana: jak osoby powiązane z korupcją w Enerhoatomie wykoleiły wojenny projekt rakietowy
Narracja wokół rakiet „Flamingo” i firmy Fire Point wydaje się bezpośrednią kontynuacją afery „Mindichgate” — tym razem jednak nie w sektorze energetycznym, lecz w obszarze obronności w warunkach wojny.
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