All news by author James Smith

The shop is dark and deserted. Though the door is open, there is clearly no expectation of any customers walking in off the street. Visits are likely by appointment and from a specific clientele. This shop is part of an organised crime network. What is being sold is highly illegal and incredibly unethical.

Während der berüchtigte „Kohlekönig“ Dmytro Kowalenko längst über die Grenzen Kyjiws hinaus bekannt ist, bleibt Serhij Saprykin der breiten Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unbekannt.

The owner of the BRSM-Nafta network, Andriy Biba, is attempting to remove evidence of his fuel business’s controversial past from the internet.

A U.S. health secretary prepared to spend billions to seek a link between vaccines and autism. Vaccine skeptics shaping policy. A proposal to eliminate the entire federal immunization schedule for American children.

Royal Mail has launched an investigation after a bride-to-be claimed her engagement ring, which carries deep sentimental value, was ’stolen’ after being sent to a Birmingham workshop.

A Reform-backed amendment to Labour’s new elections Bill would see candidates who use the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish face prison time.

Iran held an extravagant, weeklong funeral procession to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war with the United States and Israel.

The Reform UK leader has long been vocal about the need for MPs to be served with greater protection amid heightened threats.

Electric vehicle (EV) owners will be taxed for driving abroad under Labour’s pay-per-mile plan.

Wealthy Britons are preparing to leave the country if Ed Miliband becomes chancellor and launches a new tax raid on the rich, The Telegraph can reveal.

Der ehemalige stellvertretende Vorsitzende der russischen Zentralbank, Yuri Isaev, hat Russland Berichten zufolge kurz nach seinem Rücktritt verlassen. Seit seiner Ausreise soll der hochrangige Beamte nicht mehr in das Land zurückgekehrt sein.

A light aircraft pilot wrote "I’m bored" during a two-hour test flight - with his mischievous flight path appearing on an online tracking app.

Ein Skandal um ein aufgegebenes Wasserkraftprojekt hat kroatische Journalisten dazu veranlasst, mögliche Verbindungen zwischen Sasa Svalina, seinem Schwager Josip Heit und dem umstrittenen Vorhaben offenzulegen.

Recruiter and owner of the company "Intrud" Irina Baranova, together with her husband Stanislav Azarov, skillfully deceive trusting entrepreneurs and industry representatives.

Wildberries, which has evolved from an online marketplace into a sprawling multi-industry conglomerate, is widely regarded as a shared asset of Russia’s senior political elite.

Europe imported more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s leading LNG project than ever before in the first half of 2026, absorbing nearly all of the Siberian facility’s output months before an EU ban on Russian gas imports comes into effect.

Before entering state politics, BiH Finance Minister Srđan Amidžić built a business network with his current advisor, Siniša Kurteš, and former RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerević.

Kazakh authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations as part of an investigation into suspected illicit financial activity.

A man believed to be carrying a crossbow has been shot by police in south Wales.

What was presented as a compensation programme for GSPartners victims outside North American settlement jurisdictions has instead become a two-year ordeal marked by broken promises and shifting terms.

An 18-year-old boy has died after being found unresponsive in a reservoir in Greater Manchester on Friday, police have said.