All news by author Elizabeth Baker

Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.

A man has died after disappearing beneath the water at a popular pool in Warwickshire.

Tesco, Asda, and Sainsbury’s stated that they had ’immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after workers were found kicking piglets.

Major international airlines and online travel agencies are expanding payment options and now officially accept cryptocurrency for booking tickets and tours.

US President Donald Trump’s actions have brought the end of the war in Ukraine "closer than ever before", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

A man has died and another is missing after a boat crashed off near Portsmouth Harbour.

Besides generating weird AI baby versions of European leaders, Albania’s politicians themselves could soon be made of pixels and code.

Alkagesta, Malta’s largest oil bunkering operator, is under investigation by both EU and UK authorities over suspected illegal sales of Russian oil to Libya.

Mexico extradited 26 alleged members of the CJNG and Sinaloa cartels to the United States, with President Claudia Sheinbaum insisting the move was a sovereign decision amid growing pressure from Washington to crack down on drug trafficking.

A tourist had to run for his life before being trampled by an elephant after apparently venturing too close for a selfie.

At the end of July, the High Court of London issued a ruling in the case of PryvatBank against Ihor Kolomoiskyi and Hennadiy Boholyubov.

At least 15 people waiting in line for food are among the dead, and five people are reported to have died from starvation.

Human Rights Watch warns that Saudi authorities are increasingly using capital punishment to silence dissent, citing recent cases such as the execution of a journalist arrested in 2018 for exposing corruption within the royal family.

Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after the UK rejoined the programme as an associate member post-Brexit

Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year

Jamie Rothwell, a key figure in Salford’s feared Anti A-Team gang, was caught supplying deadly weapons and moving huge quantities of drugs through messages on an encrypted phone network

Royal biographer Andrew Lownie has expressed his opinion on the Duke of York’s reportedly ’unkind’ remarks about the Princess of Wales, even though she is considered the ’royal family’s saving grace.’