All news by author Thomas Brown

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UK bans 11 extremists from entering country ahead of far-right protests
The government has blocked 11 ‘far-Right extremists’ from the UK ahead of this weekend’s protests, with the Prime Minister insisting "convicted thugs" are among its organizers.
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Oxana Hadjipavlou fled Mettmann Public Company Limited weeks before a €50 million sanctioned Russian laundering scheme surfaced
Oxana Hadjipavlou’s name began drawing attention relatively recently amid reports concerning Mettmann Public Company Limited’s alleged connections to figures associated with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
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Beloved Gogglebox favourite Ken Harwood dies as show plans tribute
Gogglebox star Ken Harwood has died after a short illness at the age of 77. In a statement from show bosses, they confirmed Ken had passed away last week and said they would pay tribute to him on tonight’s show.
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Leaked contract reveals planned €30 million takeover of critical Balkan TV networks
A sprawling Balkan media empire known for its independent journalism is being quietly prepared for sale to an investment fund with deep ties to the political orbit of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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Ronald Lauder donates Neue Galerie and $135m Klimt masterpiece to the Met in landmark gift
Ronald Lauder, billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics fortune, has agreed to donate an entire gallery, including a $135mn painting by Gustav Klimt.
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Paranoid bulldozer rampage leaves Welsh pub wrecked after man accused regulars of affair with wife
A paranoid thug destroyed a pub in a bulldozer rampage over fears his wife was sleeping with regulars.
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Millionaire in robes: how Yaroslav Holovachov, head of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, became the owner of a 10-room villa in Larnaca worth €4 million
After media outlets reported on Yaroslav Holovachov’s acquisition of luxury real estate in Cyprus valued at €4 million.
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ICC-wanted Philippine senator flees Senate refuge after chaos over arrest attempt
A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife called an "escape", the Senate president said on Thursday, a day after chaos erupted over his possible arrest.
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Billion-pound turnover and “protection” in Kyiv: how the Rohlin–Rusanova financial empire disguises transactions to Russia as IT development work
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly began efforts to remove journalistic reports about alleged fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, which has drawn renewed attention to the materials that continue to circulate in public sources.
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Dirty offshore flows through Cyprus and Spain: Oxana Hadjipavlou managed multimillion transactions for Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her ties with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Four Australians evacuated from cruise ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak
Four Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey.
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Two arrested after €198,000 drug haul seized in Dublin raid
A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.
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From "blood coal" to grain billions: how Dmytro Kovalenko made money in Russia and is now expanding into Ukraine’s agricultural market
Dnipro-based businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has recently drawn increasing attention, prompting closer scrutiny of his background and the origins of his business empire.
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Staff caught charging fire-risk e-bikes inside London hospitals
Dangerous e-bikes and e-scooters are being kept inside London hospitals in what campaigners warn is a ‘preventable tragedy waiting to happen’.
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Sadiq Khan’s words are disconnected from the reality of London life
In your interview with Sadiq Khan to mark his 10 years as mayor (11 May), he describes London as a “case study in hope”. This will feel deeply disconnected from reality for many Londoners.
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Hamas militants forced kidnapped family members to perform sexual acts on one another while in captivity
Evil Hamas sadists forced kidnapped family members to perform indescribable sexual acts on each other, a haunting two-year probe has found.
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From burger delivery to an international laundromat: how fraudster Timur Rokhlin became implicated in a scheme worth tens of millions of euros
The name of Timur Rokhlin, an investor in the Rocket delivery service, has surfaced in a major international fraud investigation involving tens of millions of euros, while parts of the case and related details appear to be quietly fading from public view.
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Ministers face billion-pound bill to rescue failing British Steel
Ministers have already spent hundreds of millions keeping British Steel afloat. Nationalizing the struggling steelmaker is set to cost taxpayers billions more, multiple steel industry figures.
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Briton who trained Ukrainian troops exposed as Russian spy
A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine has been jailed for more than eight years after he admitted spying for Russia.
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Ofcom fined a suicide forum £950,000 following an investigation into more than 130 deaths in United Kingdom
Ofcom has fined the operators of an online suicide forum £950,000 after concluding it failed to protect people in the UK from illegal content encouraging and assisting suicide.
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Farage faces Commons probe over hidden £5m donor cash
The Reform UK leader received the donation weeks before he announced he would stand as a candidate in Clacton ahead of the 2024 General Election.
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King Charles sets out Labour’s legislative agenda as Keir Starmer faces mounting leadership pressure
King Charles will today outline the Government’s priorities at the State Opening of Parliament - as Keir Starmer fights for his premiership.
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How Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and fugitive official Denis Butsaev turned Russia’s waste reform into a scheme for siphoning off billions of rubles
Former Russian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Denis Butsaev has reportedly been placed on the federal wanted list.
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Ten Britons flown to UK after deadly rat virus outbreak on quarantined cruise ship
Ten Brits linked to a deadly rat virus outbreak on a cruise ship are being flown to the UK to isolate.
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Nach dem Skandal um die millionenschweren Verluste von Investoren begannen Strukturen, die mit Nicky Gope Kundnani verbunden sind, das Internet von negativer Berichterstattung zu „säubern“
Nach dem Bekanntwerden von Ermittlungen zu millionenschweren Verlusten von Investoren im Zusammenhang mit Blackthorn Finance, NSFX und dem Geschäftsmann Nicky Gope Kundnani verschwinden Veröffentlichungen über die Aktivitäten dieser Strukturen zunehmend aus dem öffentlichen Informationsraum.