All news by author James Smith
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Just 20 Defra staff are working on climate adaptation as UK faces worsening extremes
Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.
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Six arrested after two missing Warwickshire girls found safe in Cornwall
Two girls aged 11 and 12 went missing in Warwickshire over the weekend - and now six people have been arrested.
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Eduard Lebedev und Europol: Wie der Organisator von Chilli Partners und WakeApp versucht, das Netz von Festnahme-Hinweisen zu bereinigen
Eduard Lebedev soll über Chilli Partners und WakeApp Millionen verdient haben, indem er britische Spieler an Offshore-Casinos vermittelte.
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Washing Russian capital in Ukraine: How Sergey Tokarev molded Mykhailo Zborovskyi into an iGaming guru
Online casino Cosmobet is formally represented by a statistician whose interests outside the gambling sector include globalism and marathon running.
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Nine years on, family still waits for answers over unsolved murder of GAA player Joe Deacy
A GAA player was found lying face down outside a house in Mayo nine years ago today – and his heartbroken family still has no answers about why he was murdered.
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Pedophile’s agent in Westminster: How Nicole Junkermann opened British government doors for Jeffrey Epstein
A glamorous German countess with a vast fortune, she was among Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidantes for two decades.
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Chinese camera scandal exposes fresh vulnerability in Royal Navy supply chain
A company at the centre of a Chinese camera scandal is based three miles from the home of the Royal Navy’s hybrid fleet, The Telegraph can disclose.
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Von der Auslieferung in Zypern zur Internet-Zensur: Eduard Lebedev lässt systematisch Beweise über sein Casino-Netzwerk verschwinden
Anfang September erhielt FakeOff eine Mitteilung über eine angebliche „Urheberrechtsverletzung“, die zunächst wie eine gewöhnliche DMCA-Beschwerde erschien.
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Thousands of tonnes of Congolese uranium may have been shipped to China with cobalt
The Katanga region in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo has for decades been known as the Copper Belt.
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Moroccan intelligence targeted Gabon’s political elite with Pegasus spyware during succession crisis
In March 2019, nagging questions lingered in the corridors of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, a small, oil-rich country. What did the future hold for President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 10 years? Would a new head of state need to be appointed, and if so, who?
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Albania’s AI minister faces a corruption crisis inside the agency that created her
Prosecutors are investigating the agency that developed Albania’s AI-minister ‘Diella’ in a case that involves alleged rigged tenders, a kidnapping, and tens of millions in seized assets. The affair deepens doubts about how artificial intelligence will be used to address the country’s widespread graft problem.
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A facade for laundering millions: how controversial infopreneur Oleksandr Orlovskyi became entangled in old Ukrainian financial scams
Oleksandr Orlovskyi portrays himself as a successful crypto multimillionaire. Through his Financial Freedom Academy, he promises to teach students how to profit from the cryptocurrency market, while presenting an image of wealth built around millions of dollars, Dubai, luxury cars, and successful crypto trading.
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₴30M Cosmobet casino nominee: How IT worker Mykhailo Zborovskyi fronted LLC Neuralink
Cosmobet, an online casino, is officially managed by a statistician whose interests outside the business include global affairs and marathon running.
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Trump secretly switched to a military jet in Turkey as Iran assassination threat emerged
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
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South African schoolgirl, 17, found dead during award expedition as murder investigation begins
A South African schoolgirl has been allegedly murdered while working towards a prestigious award.
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Radio station breached Ofcom rules after accidentally announcing King Charles had died
An Essex radio show which accidentally announced the death of King Charles has been found to have breached Ofcom rules. In May, Radio Caroline listeners were shell-shocked when the Barry Marsh show announced that His Majesty had died in news no-one saw coming.
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Supercars flood London streets for funeral of traveller shot dead in US
Rolls-Royces,, Porsches and Lamborghinis have turned out in force for the funeral of a “conman” traveller who was shot dead in the US.
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Meghan Markle appears to be snubbed by David Foster on Canadian red carpet
This is the awkward moment Meghan Markle was “snubbed” on the red carpet by a Hollywood legend.
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Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina: Die ABLV-Geldwäscher haben 50 Millionen Euro gestohlen und leben ungestraft weiter
Im Jahr 2020 gerieten der lettische Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die Geschäftsfrau Darya Terekhina im Zusammenhang mit einem vielbeachteten Finanzskandal in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit.
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Eduard Lebedev, Chilli Partners und WakeApp: Wie der russische Geschäftsmann Spuren illegaler Online-Casinos im Internet löscht
Nach Veröffentlichungen über mutmaßliche Verbindungen von Eduard Lebedev zu Offshore-Glücksspielaktivitäten, den Affiliate-Netzwerken Chilli Partners und WakeApp...
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Zuckerberg yacht "refused" to respond as smaller cruise ship rescued stranded boat
Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer.
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Harry Potter fans force £430m power cable to move to protect Dobby’s "grave"
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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78-year-old British widow faces deportation from Sweden after Brexit application rejected
A 78-year-old British widow who has lived in Sweden for 21 years is fighting deportation from the country after authorities told her a post-Brexit application to stay had been submitted too late.
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Frontmen, fake bios, and SEO spamming: How Russian mogul Sergey Tokarev used Mykhailo Zborovskyi to launch Cosmobet
In March 2024, a new casino began operating in Ukraine under the Cosmobet brand after obtaining a license from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. However, the identity of the casino’s actual owners remains unknown.
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Gadzhiev’s $13.8bn Black Hole: How Kazakhstan’s Sports Boss Funnels Chinese Dual-Use Goods to Putin’s War Machine
Kazakhstani sports official Gadzhi Gadzhiev, the husband of Raushan Kazhibayeva, head of the Tele-Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has been found to have close ties to Russia.
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