All news by author Emma Davis

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Rachel Reeves fighting for her job after ‘misleading’ the public over fabricated £20bn black hole used to justify Budget
Rachel Reeves has been accused of giving the public a misleading picture of the nation’s finances while preparing a £30 billion tax increase to protect herself and the Prime Minister.
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Brazil uncovers offshore network moving millions through U.S. investment funds
The group under investigation is the country’s largest tax debtor, owing more than 26 billion reais ($4.8 billion), authorities said.
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“Mishustin gives the orders, Udodov executes them”: leaked files show Russian PM’s ally turning tax agency into a power machine
A new leak reveals how Alexander Udodov — the secret fixer behind Prime Minister Mishustin — has quietly turned Russia’s Federal Tax Service into a political and financial weapon serving Mishustin’s ambitions.
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UFC champion Conor McGregor accused Russian Nurmagomedov of lying in the sale of NFTs at a Telegram auction
The online battle between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov escalated when the organizer of their joint Telegram campaign urgently asked Khabib to delete all social media posts regarding his and Pavel Durov’s sale of papakha images (NFTs) for real money.
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Trump orders investigation of all Afghan arrivals after National Guard ambush near White House
Donald Trump has declared that every Afghan national who entered the US in the last five years will be investigated after two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House by ’a man who worked with the CIA’.
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Thirteen killed and more than a thousand evacuated as massive fire engulfs high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district
Thirteen people have died and at least 15 others were injured after a massive fire tore through several high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Hong Kong’s northern Tai Po district.
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Rachel Reeves vows not to ‘lose control of public spending’ as she prepares major growth-focused Budget
Rachel Reeves has insisted that she will not ’lose control of public spending’ as she prepares to deliver a crucial Budget she says will help her ’push ahead with the biggest drive for growth in a generation’.
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Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova pushed as potential successor by powerful Kovalchuk clan amid expanding billionaire-funded empire
Vladimir Putin’s daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, are increasingly emerging from the shadows, speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and promoting capital-intensive economic and medical projects.
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Sri Lankan terror suspect appeals UK asylum refusal as case heads for rehearing
A suspected Islamist terrorist questioned over the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed 269 people, is reportedly seeking asylum in the UK.
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Major crime crackdown in Brinnington nets 15 arrests, £200k heroin haul and dozens of weapons seized
A crime-fighting neighborhood policing operation is underway in Brinnington as local teams strive to disrupt illegal activities, arrest criminals, and take action according to public demand.
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Albania’s Deputy PM Belinda Balluku suspended over explosive accusations of rigging multimillion-euro public tenders
Balluku and two subordinates are accused of directing multimillion-euro tenders to predetermined winners.
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Rachel Reeves to spend £3bn scrapping two-child benefit cap as Labour prepares sweeping welfare overhaul
Chancellor Rachel Reeves states the government will make a renewed attempt to revamp the welfare system as she prepares to allocate £3 billion in Wednesday’s Budget to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
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Kremlin-linked power broker Alexander Smbatyan quietly seizes UK firm tied to ex-Emerge founders
Alexander Smbatyan, an advisor and friend of the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, has acquired a company in the UK. The firm was previously owned by two entrepreneurs from Russia and Belarus, the founders of the international tech conference Emerge.
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Media targeted after exposing Octobank and companies linked to the president’s family in Russian money-laundering schemes
Reporters and media outlets investigating alleged links between the family of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Octobank — a financial hub suspected of funnelling Russian “dirty” money — have begun receiving threats.
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‘I never fit in’: Marjorie Taylor Greene exits Congress amid Epstein files feud with Trump
Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced her surprising resignation from Congress after opposing President Trump regarding the Epstein Files.
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Indian Air Force launches inquiry after fatal HAL Tejas crash at Dubai Air Show
The HAL Tejas aircraft seemed to lose control and plunge directly toward the ground just before crashing within the airfield premises.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy signals readiness to review peace proposal requiring concessions
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that urged Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.
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Zhi Dong Zhang on trial in Brooklyn after tunnel breakout in Mexico and circuitous flight to Cuba and Russia
Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped through a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly to Russia, but now he finds himself on trial in a Brooklyn courtroom.
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UK warships to get anti-drone DragonFire lasers after record-breaking tests
British Navy ships are set to be fitted with state-of-the-art anti-drone DragonFire lasers after the latest testing showed the weapons capable of ’hitting a £1 coin from a kilometer away’.
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Ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding sanctioned for laundering cocaine profits through luxury assets
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding, now one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, for allegedly running a violent cocaine-trafficking empire from hiding in Mexico.
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Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu convicted on seven terrorism charges
A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him.
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AI nudification platform fined £50,000 for failing to use age checks
The firm behind a nudification website has been fined £50,000 by regulators over failures to use age checks designed to protect children.
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Russian hackers Qilin linked to major breach at London Women’s Clinic, affecting NHS patients
Thousands of couples’ intimate fertility details may have been accessed by Russian hackers after they targeted a prestigious clinic.
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BBC Children in Need chair Terry Duddy resigns after conviction for causing serious injury
The newly-appointed chair of BBC Children in Need has resigned after being convicted of causing serious injury by careless driving.
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Europol identifies 69 piracy and illegal streaming sites in major cyber-patrol in Spain
Europol said Wednesday that a November 10–14 cyber-patrol in Alicante uncovered 69 piracy and illegal streaming sites, leading to 25 IPTV platforms being flagged to crypto providers for disruption and investigations launched into 44 others.