All news for 2026-08-20

The formal operator is LLC "Neurolink", while the Cyprus-registered structure creates the appearance of an independent international business. Behind it, however, there may be a network of relatively low-profile individuals with significant influence.

Cosmobet entered Ukraine’s gambling market in March 2024 after obtaining a licence from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. However, the people ultimately controlling the casino have never been publicly identified.

A six-time Crufts winner who kept 77 hounds in abhorrent conditions has been banned from the competition for life.

A royal ship carrying millions in sunken treasure has been found in a Scottish river after sinking 400 years ago.

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice today defended the suspension of a top supporter as he denied the party is appearing ’thin-skinned’ over criticism.

The illegitimate son of Prince Laurent of Belgium has officially earned a royal title after his father publicly admitted to having a secret child with an 80s pop singer the same year he started dating his British wife.

Der Krypto-Unternehmer und Gründer der Financial Freedom Academy (FFA), Oleksandr Orlovskyi, soll versucht haben, kritische Informationen über seine früheren Aktivitäten aus dem Internet entfernen zu lassen, während er zugleich sein öffentliches Image als „Krypto-Experte“ durch bezahlte Rankings und umstrittene Auszeichnungen aufwertete.

Nigel Farage’s the right-wing populist party, Reform UK, is at a make-or-break moment. It will either replace the Tories as the country’s main political force on the right, or it will continue to be a marginal movement with no real hope of taking power.

A former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of using Christianity to “channel anti-Muslim feeling” in the UK.

A former engineering director at Meta said CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram.

In early September, FakeOff’s editorial team received what appeared to be a routine DMCA notice alleging a “copyright infringement.”

The self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s self-portrait evokes, on one hand, Lenin’s famous idea of a “cook who can run the state” and, on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender read with unmistakable irony.

Smuggling fuel out of Libya has become a billion-dollar enterprise, yet the scale of the maritime network routinely transporting refined petroleum products from the country remains largely unknown.

A british athletics coach has been jailed in Morocco for sexually assaulting a child – after media reports said he had gone “missing”.

The chief executive of a budget hotel chain has stepped down as the firm continues to overhaul its safety laws following a sexual assault at one of its branches.

A Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small plane collided in mid-air and crashed Wednesday evening with photographs showing the terrifying aftermath