All news by author Elizabeth Baker

World

16 Oct 2025 850

’Challenging market conditions’ force Paddy Power to close 57 betting shops

Flutter, the parent company, cited ‘rising cost pressures and tough market conditions’ as the reason for the closures.

World

16 Oct 2025 667

Porn, games, beer distracted dad while daughter died in hot car

Reports indicate an Arizona father became so absorbed in video games and pornography that he forgot his 2-year-old daughter was still in his hot car.

World

16 Oct 2025 623

Hamas says it returned all hostage remains as Israel transfers bodies of 120 Palestinians to Gaza

Hamas announced it has handed over all the remains of hostages it currently has access to, saying that retrieving additional bodies in Gaza would require “significant efforts and specialized equipment.”

News

16 Oct 2025 742

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir accuses Prince Andrew of acting as if sex was his “birthright”

In a memoir released posthumously, Virginia Giuffre alleges Prince Andrew acted "as though he believed sleeping with me was his birthright."

World

15 Oct 2025 554

Hungarian FM calls EU energy diversification “crazy” during 13th Moscow visit

On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".

Crime

15 Oct 2025 798

Ex-funeral director admits massive fraud after human remains scandal

A former funeral director has pleaded guilty to more than 30 fraud charges after a major investigation into the discovery of human remains at his premises - but will face a trial after denying dozens of other claims.

Crime

15 Oct 2025 863

Two people found dead in camper van after New Forest cider festival

Two people have been found dead in a camper van after attending a cider festival held in a national park.

World

15 Oct 2025 665

Former FTC member Alvaro Bedoya warns Trump-era policies favor corporate elites over ordinary Americans

Alvaro Bedoya, a former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), told the New Republic that before his dismissal by President Donald Trump this year, he witnessed widespread manipulation of government systems and the free market.

World

15 Oct 2025 603

Vučić says three Russian nationals were at Serbian camp training foreigners to destabilize Moldova

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed on Wednesday that three Russian nationals were present at a training camp near the western town of Loznica, where authorities recently detained two suspects accused of preparing Moldovan and Romanian citizens to interfere in Moldova’s upcoming elections and incite unrest.

Crime

15 Oct 2025 988

F1 scandal: Schumacher nurse ‘raped multiple times’ by driver at Swiss estate, prosecutors say

A racing driver from Australia has been accused of raping one of Michael Schumacher’s nurses in a bedroom at the Formula 1 legend’s family residence.

Politics

15 Oct 2025 816

Keir Starmer to release China case evidence, says trial collapse rooted in Tory-era security stance

Keir Starmer has said he will release the crucial evidence from the Chinese espionage case that led to the trial collapsing.

World

14 Oct 2025 851

Dozens feared dead as sleeper bus catches fire on Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway in India

Dozens of people are feared to have died after a sleeper bus caught on fire on a motorway in India.

World

14 Oct 2025 903

“Operation Cava bag”: Inside the alleged bribe to Trump’s border adviser Tom Homan

On Sept. 20, 2025, multiple reliable news outlets reported that Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar, had accepted $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent.

World

14 Oct 2025 667

Nepal charges ex-Speaker Mahara with gold smuggling amid anti-corruption drive

Nepalese authorities charged former Speaker of Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday with gold smuggling and organized crime, marking the first high-profile arrest by the newly-installed interim government as it looks to crack down on corruption

World

13 Oct 2025 775

Six suspects — including three Bosnian officials — identified in EU motorway corruption investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has officially identified six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.

World

13 Oct 2025 851

Royal Marines deliver £35m blow to drug trade in Middle East operation

Royal Marines have incapacitated a high-speed drug boat with a single, precise sniper shot in one of the most dramatic counter-narcotics operations the Royal Navy has conducted in the Middle East.

World

12 Oct 2025 584

Trump travels to Israel and Egypt as Gaza hostage release nears

Donald Trump is on his way to Israel and Egypt to oversee the crucial hours of a Gaza ceasefire he helped broker, as relatives of hostages "held their breath" ahead of their expected release.

Finance

12 Oct 2025 720

Rachel Reeves may raise taxes or cut spending to strengthen fiscal rules

British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to build up a bigger buffer against her main fiscal rule at next month’s budget in an effort to better insulate government finances from future shocks, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

News

12 Oct 2025 729

Palace insiders say Harry’s latest move “blows it all up again”

Prince Harry’s delicate relationship with his father, King Charles III, has deteriorated after the duke restated his demand for taxpayer-funded armed police protection when visiting the U.K.

Crime

12 Oct 2025 885

Two children found dead in Stafford home as woman, 43, arrested for murder

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two children in Stafford.

World

12 Oct 2025 891

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff tells Israeli hostages in Gaza: “You are coming home”

Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has reassured the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza that they will soon be reunited with their families, saying that "miracles can happen", as the country prepares for a momentous reunion.

World

12 Oct 2025 601

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president Paul Biya seeks eighth term amid unrest and boycotts

Cameroon goes to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election with Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state at the age of 92, the favourite to win an eighth term in power in the central African country.

World

11 Oct 2025 699

Trump and Maga allies exploit Charlie Kirk’s death to target George Soros and political opponents

Donald Trump and his Maga allies have leveraged the killing of rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk to intensify their attacks on liberal groups, donors, Democrats, and others, labeling many critics as the “enemy within” and the “radical left,” which legal scholars and historians describe as authoritarian and anti-democratic.

World

10 Oct 2025 715

Ruth López, Alejandro Henríquez, and José Ángel Pérez criminalized under El Salvador’s extended state of exception

Amnesty International warns that the state of exception extended by the government and reforms to the penal system have undermined the rule of law in El Salvador.

World

10 Oct 2025 609

Moroccans protest unequal resource distribution and corruption despite government promises

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Moroccan authorities to allow peaceful protests and stop using “excessive force” against demonstrators who continue to rally for social justice and an end to corruption, even as the government signals readiness to strengthen anti-graft measures.