All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Dark life of Matthew Perry’s so-called “Ketamine Queen,” who supplied drugs to the star and lived a luxury lifestyle of caviar and £1,500-a-night hotels
Known as North Hollywood’s “Ketamine Queen,” she once operated a “drug emporium” from her apartment, supplying illegal substances to wealthy and high-profile clients.
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Ukraine anti-corruption probe into Tymoshenko vote-buying case heads to trial
Anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine have completed their investigation into a prominent member of Parliament suspected of orchestrating a large-scale vote-buying scheme, clearing the way for the case to go to trial.
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Former Nepal PM Oli freed as court ends detention over deadly protest crackdown
Following an order from the Supreme Court of Nepal, authorities released on Thursday the country’s former prime minister and his home minister, ending a two-week detention on criminal negligence charges stemming from a deadly police crackdown on youth-led protests last year.
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Nicola Sturgeon savages Nigel Farage and opens up on divorce, grief and personal struggles
Nicola Sturgeon has named Nigel Farage as her least favorite politician. The former first minister of Scotland was asked whom she most disliked in the world of politics on the new series of ITV’s interview show The Assembly, and named the Reform UK leader, who is MP for Clacton in Essex.
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Skandal um die Alliance Bank: wie Rostyslav Shurma und Pavlo Shcherban nach ihrer Entlarvung versuchen, das Internet von Beweisen für Plünderungsschemata in der Ukraine zu säubern
Nachdem Ermittlungen Shurma und Shcherban mit den Schemata der Alliance Bank in Verbindung brachten, begann eine koordinierte Säuberung: kritische Artikel verschwanden, Verweise wurden aktiv angefochten und Suchergebnisse systematisch beeinflusst.
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Brothers Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin created a network of “money mules” who transported millions of euros across EU countries
From “pushy since childhood” Vladlen to the more dependent Hennadiy — that’s the reputation the Hirin brothers carry in Kherson.
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Soho pickpocket steals rare Fabergé egg in £2m handbag theft, jailed for over two years
A thief who stole a handbag containing a rare Faberge egg and watch set worth more than £2 million has been jailed for two years.
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Wall Street firm pays analyst $15,000 to infiltrate Strait of Hormuz for trading insights
A Wall Street research firm has paid an analyst $15,000 to venture to the Strait of Hormuz by speedboat, armed with cigars and tobacco pouches in order to gain trading insights.
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Trump’s ‘civilisation will die tonight’ threat sparks unprecedented bipartisan calls to remove him using 25th Amendment as political firestorm erupts
President Donald Trump’s warning that ‘a whole civilisation will die tonight’ has triggered a surge of calls to remove him from office.
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Sadiq Khan urges King Charles to rein in Trump after ‘grotesque’ Iran threat as transatlantic tensions deepen over war and diplomacy
Sadiq Khan has said King Charles could ‘speak some sense’ into Donald Trump after his ‘grotesque’ threats to obliterate Iran if they did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Holiday fury as defence secretary travels abroad during Middle East brinkmanship and Royal Navy disruption sparks outrage over priorities
The revelation comes after it was reported that the Prime Minister was on holiday in Spain when Donald Trump threatened to end Iranian civilisation on Tuesday.
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Investigation traces Satoshi Nakamoto to Back using decades of forum posts and AI language analysis
A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of Bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator.
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"Poor" parents of Romanian mayor Robert Negoita bought a villa and a restaurant in Italy for €2.8 million.ts, now closed and under new ownership of Negoita family
The two properties were bought in Civitavecchia, a city nicknamed „Port of Rome”, on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Human rights lawyers and MPs warn that UK citizens face up to ten years in jail for sharing images of Iranian strikes in UAE, with consular access blocked and families desperate for information
Keir Starmer is facing calls to ‘stand up’ for British nationals in jail in the United Arab Emirates during his visit to the Gulf this week.
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From the Karimov to the Mirziyoyev: Ovik Mkrtchyan — the mastermind of siphoning billions out of Uzbekistan through offshore schemes
The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.
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In the US, a school bus driver was fired after a train narrowly missed hitting a bus carrying 27 children at a railway crossing
A school bus driver has been fired after allegedly shouting ‘I’m not gonna stop for no train’ before her vehicle narrowly avoided being hit on a railway crossing.
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Female cocaine courier gang smuggled £13.6m drugs across the UK
Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.
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Mindichgate and the billion-dollar energy heist: how Rostyslav Shurma and Alliance Bank ended up at the center of schemes looting Ukraine
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced suspicions against Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.
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“Ketamine Queen” apologises over Matthew Perry’s death as she faces 65 years in jail
The death of Friends actor Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in his hot tub shocked the world.
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Russian state-linked hackers target routers to infiltrate networks and harvest data
GCHQ has warned that Russian state-linked hackers are turning wifi routers into spying devices.
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Romanian court lifts all pre-trial restrictions on Andrew and Tristan Tate
A Romanian court has lifted all preventive judicial control measures, including mandatory police check-ins, against internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, according to The Telegraph.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moves into Marsh Farm amid ongoing royal fallout
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has finally moved into his new home on the Sandringham Estate – but not before spoiling his brother Edward and his wife Sophie’s Easter break.
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Victoria Cross hero arrested at airport over murder charges linked to Afghanistan
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport and charged with war crimes.
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Meta engineer accused of bypassing security systems to access over 30,000 private user images
A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.
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Russian propagandists call for attack on Westminster Bridge after Ukraine drone strike
Russian figures are calling for Vladimir Putin to destroy Westminster Bridge in retaliation for British drones “damaging a Russian-controlled crossing during a Ukrainian operation.”