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Crypto scammers exploit EU rule changes to target millions of investors
Fraudsters are seizing on the disruption created by the EU’s new crypto rules and seeking to steal money from customers by impersonating both crypto companies and their regulators, officials have warned.
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Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal convicted of raping journalist after acquittal overturned
An Indian court has found a high-profile former editor of an investigative news magazine guilty of raping a junior colleague, reversing his previous acquittal in a case that captured nationwide attention.
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Meredith Kercher’s sister attacks Amanda Knox over "joking" about murder in comedy show
The sister of murdered Meredith Kercher has expressed disbelief at how Amanda Knox, previously jailed but later acquitted for the death, is making jokes about rape and murder in a comedy act.
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Fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire crumbles after deadly Lebanon strikes
The Israeli strikes occurred despite another round of talks aimed at ending the war following the agreed pause in fighting made in June.
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British anti-whaling activists released after five days aboard detained ship in Iceland
The group were on board the Bandero, a ship carrying 21 anti-whaling activists taking part in Operation 86, a campaign led by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation to monitor and disrupt Iceland’s final commercial fin whale hunt.
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Footballer killed and 12 injured after lightning strikes match in Thailand
A shocking lightning strike brought a football match to a devastating end after one player was killed and 12 others were injured during a tournament in Thailand.
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African migrants plan second mass attempt to storm Spain’s Ceuta enclave
African migrants are plotting a second invasion of Ceuta, with an imminent date set for a second wave of mass border crossings.
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Ukraine says North Korea is deploying missile unit to western Russia
North Korea is deploying a missile unit with six launchers and 120 ballistic missiles to western Russia in a bid to strike Ukraine.
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US has used nearly all long-range precision missiles during Iran conflict
The U.S. has used nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the war with Iran, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News.
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Record 173 migrants rescued after Channel boat catches fire off French coast
An Egyptian national has been arrested in France after 173 migrants had to be rescued from a dinghy that caught fire and capsized in the Channel yesterday.
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Oil giants pocketed $93bn in three months as Iran conflict and heatwaves drove energy prices higher
Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.
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Several Commonwealth Games athletes disappear in Glasgow as police investigate
Several athletes have disappeared after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failing to return home with the rest of their teams.
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Illegal migrants spotted running off into Essex countryside after sneaking into lorry from Spain
Four suspected illegal migrants have been spotted running off into the Essex countryside after hiding in a lorry which was understood to have travelled from Portugal.
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Rescue launched after migrant boat carrying 160 people catches fire in Channel
A search and rescue operation was launched at around 6am on Tuesday after a so-called "mega dinghy" carrying around 160 migrants went up in flames in French waters, with 157 people rescued and taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer
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Search for missing kayaker ends after body found off Blyth coast
A body has been found in the search for a 19-year-old kayaker whose boat capsized off Northumbria on July 7.
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Migrants refuse to leave Ceuta despite hunger and police pressure
Only the most determined or those with nothing to lose remain in Ceuta. They number a few thousand now – Sudanese, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Somalians, Algerians, even a few Palestinians – and refuse to budge from their little outpost, an encampment on a hill on the edge of the city.
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Russia assembles record Arctic oil tanker fleet to boost crude exports to Asia
Russia has assembled an unprecedented fleet of oil tankers in the Arctic as it accelerates crude exports to Asia via the Northern Sea Route, with vessels carrying roughly 8 million barrels of oil already transiting or waiting to enter the ice-covered shipping lane.
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US military seeks unconventional options as Trump weighs next move on Iran
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
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Iran seeks leverage by threatening global trade routes beyond the Strait of Hormuz
Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.
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Chaos of border crossing gives way to limbo for Moroccans on Ceuta’s streets
Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain.
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Irish volunteer fighting for Ukraine sentenced to 14 years by Russian-backed court
Tiernan O’Donovan, who allegedly travelled to Ukraine and joined the Chosen Company of international volunteers in 2023, was convicted in absentia by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) earlier this week
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Two firefighting helicopters collide while battling wildfires near Athens
Two ​people have died after firefighting helicopters ‌collided in Greece as authorities battle to bring raging wildfires under control.
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Spain-Morocco border crisis death toll rises to 67 as Ceuta tightens security
The death toll in Spain’s border crisis with Morocco has risen to 67 with after tens of thousands of migrants entered the tiny enclave of Ceuta in north Africa.
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Thirteen killed after sightseeing plane crashes over Peru’s Nazca Lines
Thirteen people were killed in a plane crash during a sightseeing flight over Peru’s famous Nazca Lines.
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FSO officer dies shielding Russian Aerospace Forces chief Aleksandr Chaiko in Balzi Rossi explosion
The "security guard" killed in the explosion outside the Balzi Rossi restaurant in Moscow was, according to available information, an officer of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO).