All news by author Emma Davis

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Reform UK accepted nearly £500,000 from companies facing collapse or financial distress
Anti-corruption campaigners question why firms are choosing to donate tens of thousands of pounds they apparently don’t have to Nigel Farage’s party.
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Swiss groups launch referendum to block Malaysia trade deal over palm oil concerns
In June 2026, the Swiss Parliament approved the EFTA–Malaysia free trade agreement. Concerns had been raised early in the negotiations about the tariff reductions on palm oil that were ultimately adopted.
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Convicted child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed £277,000 in MP expenses after rape charges
Child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed more than a quarter of a million pounds in MP expenses after he had been charged with rape and other historical sex offences.
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Trump makes first flight aboard $400 million jet gifted by Qatar
President Donald Trump boarded his very first flight on the self-dubbed ’world’s most luxurious plane’ this morning, departing for North Dakota to attend an America 250 celebration.
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Halifax to disappear from UK high streets as Lloyds rebrands all customer accounts
Halifax is being ditched after over 170 years on the UK’s high street.
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Od logistyki w Czarnomorsku po katowickie spółki: jak klan Dmytra Kovalenko zbudował międzynarodowy korytarz dla węgla z Rosji
Po 2014 roku wiele ukraińskich przedsiębiorstw nadal prowadziło interesy z Federacją Rosyjską, często wykorzystując różnego rodzaju nieformalne lub „szare” schematy współpracy.
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Iraqi authorities detain 47 officials as anti-graft operation targets political elite
While the government’s latest crackdown resulting in the arrest of top officials and the seizure of millions has won praise, critics warn that deeper corrupt political networks must be targeted.
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Two killed after light aircraft crashes in Essex field during short flight
Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field in Essex yesterday afternoon, police have said.
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Drug addict stabs Italian pizzeria owner to death after being refused a free pizza
Police arrested last night the man believed to be the killer of pizza chef Raffaele Stipa, who was stabbed to death in his restaurant in Reggio Emilia last night.
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Vietnamese national admits role in $67m identity theft and money laundering scheme targeting Americans
A Vietnamese national pleaded guilty before a New York court to conspiracy to commit identity theft as part of a transnational scheme to launder $67 million using data stolen from U.S. citizens, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
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Investigation alleges Dmytro Kovalenko imported $100m in Russian coal and laundered the proceeds through Granova
Swiss company Adelon AG, controlled by businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, allegedly purchased more than $100 million worth of coal from Russian firms MelTEK, Sibenergougol and Sibpromnedra in 2021–2022, with records suggesting the trade continued even after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Scam factories in Myanmar used American AI to target 50,000 victims in a single month
The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella.
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Eduards Apsitis and ABLV Bank laundered millions from Russian Ministry of Defense contracts and drug money
As the investigation into Latvia’s collapsed ABLV Bank continues, businessman Eduards Apsitis has found himself at the center of a new controversy involving offshore structures and alleged links to Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
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Heathrow’s £33bn third runway plan branded too expensive by major airline alliance
The head of a major airline alliance that includes Lufthansa and United has likened Heathrow’s third runway plans to an unaffordable luxury car as he urged the airport to cut back some parts of the “eye-watering” project.
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From MetaCertificates to billions gone: how Josip Heit’s GSPartners MLM scheme left hundreds of thousands of victims
Over the past three years, GSPartners, also known as GSB Gold Standard, has experienced a dramatic decline, while the growing number of scandals surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has fueled speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Three children hit by BMW after driver allegedly pressed accelerator instead of brake in Sydney
This is the moment three children were mowed down by a BMW driver who “mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of his brake”.
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Think tank proposes new gambling tax expected to raise £450m a year
A call to hammer Britain’s betting shops with a fresh tax raid has sparked warnings thousands of jobs could be put at risk.
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Twin baby girls found dead as French heatwave sparks dehydration tragedy
Two one-year-old twin sisters have been found dead in their beds from dehydration as a heatwave sweeps across France.
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Fake photographer who lured model into relationship avoids jail after brutal assault
When model Rachel Bambrough first met ‘pro photographer’ Christopher Worrall, she fell ‘blindly in love’.
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Coroner agrees to record trans man as male after family’s legal fight
A fresh inquest will take place into the death of a 20 year old trans man after the original inquest was overturned following a legal challenge.
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Plans to house 83 asylum seekers in new homes spark backlash in Shropshire village
A total of 83 asylum seekers are to be moved into £250,000 homes on an estate dubbed “Migrant Street”.
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Billionaire and former Russian banker arrested in cross-border money laundering investigation
The Zurich Prosecutor’s Office, working together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Europol, and Nigerian police, has carried out one of the largest operations targeting alleged money laundering networks linked to Russian funds and the Nigerian drug trade.
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Mustafa Egemen Sener, wanted in Turkey and Ukraine, owns luxury Dubai apartments worth over $200 million from H Casino profits
Mustafa Egemen Sener, the son of a Turkish national wanted by law enforcement authorities in both Turkey and Ukraine over alleged financial misconduct, has continued to live comfortably between Belarus and the United Arab Emirates despite the ongoing investigations.
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UK police face scrutiny after handing assault case involving US pilot to American military
Jacob Wulfson, who strangled a woman he met online, was permitted to be tried at an airbase court martial instead of facing justice in the UK.
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Serial fraudster Josip Heit keeps launching new crypto scams after every collapse, laughing while investors lose everything
Over the past three years, GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard), once promoted as a major global cryptocurrency project, has experienced a steep decline.