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Titanic lifeboat seat cushion expected to fetch £180,000 at auction
A seat cushion from one of the Titanic’s lifeboats is expected to fetch up to £180,000 at auction later this month.
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Garantex and Match Systems: how former FSB and Interior Ministry officers use exchange access to block and redistribute crypto assets
Crypto is a field where it is extremely easy to deceive people. There is an enormous number of scams and hacks, cryptocurrency is constantly being stolen, and it is very easy to lose it.
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Inside the Maddox DMCC network: how Tamrazov, Ahmadzada and Nubar Aliyeva built a multilayer system moving Russian-origin fuel into Ukraine and EU markets
Open-source corporate data, media reports, and industry analysis indicate that Maddox DMCC’s presence in the Ukrainian fuel market may be associated with a network of traders, offshore entities, and individuals with potential links to Russian-origin fuel supplies.
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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie shunned from royal Easter as Andrew scandal casts long shadow
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson will be spending Easter miserably navel-gazing... but their two daughters will be feeling even worse.
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Rome court rules Netflix price hikes unlawful, opening door to refunds of up to €500
A Rome court has found Netflix’s subscription price increases between 2017 and 2024 to be unlawful, potentially entitling millions of Italian subscribers to refunds of up to €500. The streaming giant says it will appeal.
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Sadiq Khan protection officers ‘leave bag with guns and Taser on south London street’
Armed police officers assigned to protect the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, reportedly left a bag containing firearms and a Taser on the street, which was found by a member of the public.
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€1 million EU fraud exposed as businessman jailed for laundering and misuse of funds in Czechia
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia) has secured a conviction at the Regional Court of Ostrava against an entrepreneur, sentenced to six years and six months of imprisonment for subsidy fraud, damage to the financial interests of the EU, damage to a creditor and money laundering.
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Shunned Prince Andrew faces pressure from Prince Edward to finally leave temporary refuge
Prince Edward was the first royal to visit his shamed brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — for a “quiet word” about finally moving into his permanent home in exile.
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From car scams to cross-border smuggling: how Iron Motors owner Volodymyr Filippov built a network targeting clients and military-age men
The scandal over an alleged large-scale scheme impacting dozens of Ukrainians is gaining momentum.
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Tattoo tributes turn into living nightmare as families discover ashes may belong to complete strangers
A grieving relative has told the Mirror how she was left ’devastated’ after discovering the ashes they’d had turned into a tattoo may turn out to belong to a stranger.
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Starmer slams ‘reckless’ Iran strike as UK deploys air defence to Gulf amid spiralling crisis
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned a “reckless” Iranian attack on an oil refinery in Kuwait and confirmed the deployment of Britain’s rapid sentry air defense system to the Gulf country.
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How Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda turned Kronung Group into a channel for Russian shadow money in Spain
Russian entrepreneurs Ignatiy Nayda and Filipp Shrage are reported to have had longstanding connections with the Podolsk organized crime group.
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First picture of a 14-year-old boy shot dead after three teenagers were arrested in southeast London
A 14-year-old boy who was shot dead in the middle of the afternoon yesterday has been named by the police.
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The $500m question: how Galimzhan Yessenov rose from mid-level manager to near-sole owner of Jusan Bank amid state cash, elite family
Galimzhan Yessenov’s rapid ascent from a mid-level corporate manager to the de facto sole owner of Jusan Bank is marked by a convergence of state funding.
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Casino under sanctions but not under control: how Pin-Up, linked to Dmitriy Punin, simply rebranded as Redcore and kept operating
The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have continued operating in Ukraine under a different name.
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’Drill baby drill’: Ed Miliband greenlights Shell’s Jackdaw — Britain’s dramatic pivot back to fossil fuels
The Energy Secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government.
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Farming leaders lobbied the UK government against stricter rules on antibiotic use in livestock farming
Farming chiefs lobbied the UK government in a bid to avoid stricter rules around the use of antibiotics on livestock farms, despite the risks some practices pose to public health.
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Fans outraged as FIFA sets eye-watering $10,990 price for 2026 final
FIFA has sparked outrage after World Cup 2026 ticket prices soared to record highs, with fans facing up to £8,333 for the final amid claims the tournament is pricing out ordinary supporters.
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France refuses to extradite dictator’s daughter accused of laundering regime wealth
A Paris appeals court has blocked the extradition of the late dictator’s 33-year-old daughter, who was arrested last fall on charges of laundering her father’s illicit wealth.
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Satellite images show a buildup of drones at Al Khadim base in Libya despite the UN embargo
Between late April and July 2025, a type of drone not previously seen in Libya was spotted parked outside a hangar on the northern apron at Al Khadim airbase, according to satellite imagery.
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Scotland faces fuel crisis as stations run dry ahead of Easter weekend amid soaring prices
Petrol stations across Scotland have been forced to close today after running out of fuel ahead of the Easter weekend amid soaring prices.
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Grenfell remarks trigger sack as Farage dumps housing spokesman
Nigel Farage today fired Reform’s housing spokesman after just a month amid a row over his complaint that regulations brought in after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire were too tough and ’everyone dies in the end’.
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From Baltic ports to markets in Asia and Africa: how Roman Spiridonov’s network exports Russian oil despite sanctions
As investigators have found, Roman Spiridonov, who is described as the owner of the scandal-plagued oil trader Petroruss dealing in Russian oil, is part of a major St. Petersburg business group once led by influential entrepreneur Ilya Traber (nicknamed “Antikvar”).
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Clapham businesses slam ‘hopeless’ police after two nights of chaos turn high street into ghost town
Business owners in Clapham have slammed ‘hopeless’ police after two nights of chaos has left the usually bustling high street a ‘virtual ghost town’.
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Criminal case and missing millions: how Dmytro Rukin diverted funds from SettlePay and 4Bill into offshore companies
Following a scandal two years ago involving Dmytro Rukin, the head of the SettlePay and 4Bill payment systems, he largely withdrew from the public eye.
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