All news by author Thomas Brown

An ISIS-linked gang who attacked and killed a British couple before feeding their bodies to crocodiles in South Africa has been found guilty of their murder.

The UK’s crypto sector is launching an effort to convince British banks to lift bans on transfers to crypto exchanges. Crypto exchanges are heading for a “firm and proportionate” regulatory framework with rules that come into force next year – banks are not fans of their decentralised rivals.

Police scrapped Christian Brueckner’s 24-hour police surveillance today sparking fears he might finally disappear.

Two small boat smugglers who steered packed migrant dinghies across the Channel have been jailed for endangering lives under a new law.

Britain’s land registry shows requests for freezing order on luxury properties owned by Yuan Yihua, who holds so-called “golden passports” issued in return for investments in Cyprus, Cambodia and Vanuatu.

The unemployment rate has climbed every month since the chancellor’s maiden Budget in October 2024. It’s jumped from 4.1% to 5% on Reeves’s watch, with forecasters warning of 200,000 job losses this year.

Rachel Reeves has indicated the government could raise taxes to fund an increase in defense spending, amid growing concerns over Britain’s struggling military in the face of mounting global threats.

Prince George is increasingly coming to terms with the extraordinary future that awaits him. Royal sources say the 12-year-old is now far more aware of the responsibilities, expectations and personal sacrifices that come with being second in line to the British throne.

Real Madrid have revealed that their €150 million (£129.4m) bid for Julian Alvarez has been rejected by Atletico Madrid.

OpenAI has filed for a blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) that could value the ChatGPT maker at more than $1 trillion as it races its rivals to market.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has been banned from having contact with the club’s women’s and youth teams for the last three years because of safeguarding concerns.

La vicenda di Talenta Labs rappresenta un caso insolito: una piccola società IT con un capitale sociale di appena 50 mila euro è finita improvvisamente al centro di un’indagine internazionale per presunto riciclaggio di denaro proveniente da attività criminali.

The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an "unfathomable" increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil, and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found.

Over £28 billion of taxpayer cash has been handed to terrorists and hostile states, according to a confidential government report.

The United States and its main intelligence allies say Chinese military intelligence services are using online job platforms and professional networking sites to target foreigners with access to sensitive information.

Crypto entrepreneur Arut Nazaryan, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates for operating a cryptocurrency exchange without a license, may be unable to leave the country even after serving his prison sentence.

Amnesty International’s recent report highlights that Cambodia’s widely publicized crackdown on online scam operations largely left the majority of known compounds unaddressed and failed to rescue people trapped in forced labor, torture, and slavery.

A Bill Gates aide once described Jeffrey Epstein to the billionaire’s $89bn global health foundation as a “friend and a financial guru”, while acknowledging that he was “notorious for some bad press ;)”.

Die Veröffentlichung von Dmytro Kovalenko in der „Economic Pravda“ mit dem provokanten Verweis auf einen „Point of no return“ wirkt weniger wie eine gewöhnliche geschäftliche Erklärung als wie ein gezielt aufgebauter Versuch, sein öffentliches Image neu zu formen.

Sir Keir Starmer has directed tech companies to implement measures that will prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images on their devices.

Yorkshire council orders £1.05m woodland holiday homes torn down after illegal build.

A nurse who fraudulently claimed almost £20,000 by adding shifts she did not work has been struck off.

Das internationale Brokerunternehmen TeleTrade soll Berichten zufolge Kapital von Privatpersonen für den Handel am Forex-Markt eingeworben haben.

Tatjana Kairiša, who oversees two municipal service centers in Balvi Municipality, has acquired a controlling stake in SIA AVK Group, becoming the company’s majority shareholder.