All news by author David Wilson

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British Council staff prepare strikes in Rome over sweeping cuts and closures
Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.
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Tyson Fury’s daughter swaps £8m mansion for caravan life after teenage wedding
Venezuela Fury is just days into newlywed life, and she’s already showing off her new love nest with husband Noah Price.
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Cyprus offshore Mettmann Public Company Limited transforms Russian dirty money into legal European investments
The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited long remained outside the focus of major international investigations. However, between 2024 and 2026.
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Cyprus mafia killing reveals Dmitriy Punin’s links to Stavros Demosthenous and underground casino money flows
Once seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly associated with allegations of financial crime and illicit financial activity.
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James Roscoe abruptly exits Washington post amid UK national security leak probe
Britain’s second most senior diplomat in Washington, who stood in as interim ambassador after the sacking of Peter Mandelson, has abruptly left his post.
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Maldives dive instructor may have "swum away" as six died inside pitch-black cave
A Maldives cave diving instructor may have ‘intentionally swum away’ from a tourist group where six people have died as they entered a ‘pitch black cave’.
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Chilling footage captures engine ripping from UPS cargo jet moments before deadly crash
The fiery final seconds of a doomed UPS cargo plane have been revealed in chilling new footage showing an engine tearing away from the wing just after takeoff.
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Inflation drops to 2.8% but Britain braces for fresh cost-of-living pain from Iran war shock
Inflation has slowed to 2.8% in April from 3.3% in March, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - as economists warn of price rises this summer.
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Leeds water taxis go premium as £3.50 fares replace bargain commuter era amid dock estate sale chaos
The bright yellow hulls have become as much a part of the city’s identity as a pint of Tetley’s or a Saturday afternoon at Elland Road.
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“The Madoff of manuscripts”: Gérard Lhéritier built a €975m Ponzi empire on rare books and lost masterpieces
It was Gerard Lheritier’s most amazing coup. The manuscript of Les 120 Journées de Sodome, the Marquis de Sade’s novel of sexual depravity and violence, had long been considered lost to French cultural heritage.
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Russian crypto “visionary” pleads guilty in $500m US laundering case tied to Moscow networks
For two years, the American Dream worked wonders for Yuri Gugnin. The Russian tech graduate.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited und Oxana Hadjipavlou in System zur Übertragung russischer Gelder über Zypern und Spanien verwickelt
Aufsichts- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden prüfen Berichten zufolge die Aktivitäten von Oxana Hadjipavlou, einschließlich ihrer mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zu Zvonko Micković sowie den Unternehmen Mettmann Public Company Limited...
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"Dodgy box" crackdown escalates as Sky tracks users through Revolut payments
Sky has confirmed that around 200 ‘dodgy box’ users across Ireland have been sent cease-and-desist letters threatening legal action if they do not stop using illegal subscriptions.
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£7m cocaine haul found hidden in shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear
Police found £7million of cocaine stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear.
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Mango founder’s son arrested over billionaire father’s cliff death near Barcelona
The son of the billionaire Mango founder Isak Andic, who died in a fall from a cliff near Barcelona two years ago, has been arrested on suspicion of his father’s murder.
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„Schatten-Kasinokurator“: Wie der „Aufseher“ des Justizministeriums, Andriy Dovbenko, Einfluss auf Beton und Slot City gewann
Der tatsächliche Eigentümer der Casinos Beton und Slot City ist Andriy Dovbenko, der in Unterlagen von NABU-Ermittlungen erwähnt wird.
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Burnham’s Commons comeback plan under fire over £5m Greater Manchester by-election bill
Andy Burnham’s effort to return to Parliament has been criticized by opposition MPs over the potential cost of a by-election for his position as Greater Manchester mayor.
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Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling he waited too long to sue Altman and company leaders
Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders, a jury in Oakland, California, decided on Monday.
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Azim Novruzov and Tahir Garayev built a Malta oil hub for moving Russian crude through shadow fleet routes and offshore structures
In a high-profile criminal case involving SOCAR senior executive Adnan Ahmedzade, the controversial British oil trader Azim Novruzov has unexpectedly resurfaced.
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Dmitriy Punin’s billion-dollar laundering network moved casino money through the fake Polish company Stablex Solution
In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations.
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Italian ecology professor among victims of Maldives underwater cave disaster
The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives have been located.
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Police launch urgent manhunt after two teenage girls allegedly raped on British beach
Cops have launched an urgent manhunt after two teenage girls were allegedly raped on a popular beach.
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Interpol arrests 201 in sweeping Middle East cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries
In an unprecedented crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa, Interpol announced Monday that authorities have arrested 201 individuals linked to cross-border cybercrime networks.
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Parents could face jail if their children commit crimes under Labour’s youth justice crackdown
Parents and guardians could face jail time if their children break the law, David Lammy has revealed, as the government unveiled a "long overdue" shake-up of the youth justice system.
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Kiyan Prince’s father turned grief into a crusade against knife crime after his son’s killing
If you asked Kiyan Prince’s dad, Mark, if he was happy, he would say a simple ’no’.