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Former Nepal PM Oli held over protest deaths as court demands government explanation
Nepal’s Supreme Court on Monday declined to release former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak following two separate petitions alleging their detention was illegal.
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Airlines slash flights worldwide as Iran war sends fuel costs soaring and supply shrinking
Airlines across the globe are canceling thousands of flights following the conflict in Iran, which has led to jet fuel prices more than doubling.
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Fake military alerts and death texts expose brutal new front in Iran-Israel conflict
As missile sirens sounded over Israel earlier this month, thousands of Israelis received text messages purportedly from their military, urging them to download a fake shelter app that could have stolen vast amounts of personal data.
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Airlines warn of ‘no fuel’ scenario as UK supply chain buckles under Hormuz shutdown
Britain’s last known shipment of jet fuel from the Middle East is due to arrive within 48 hours amid alarm over shortages within a week.
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Google to appeal $6m addiction ruling as debate over teen social media ban intensifies
Google’s UK boss has warned that a ban on social media for under-16s is not the "right approach" and risks driving children towards "more dangerous and unsupervised corners of the internet."
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Hotel blast injures one as guests escape fire at Costa Tropical holiday resort in Spain
Dozens of tourists were forced to flee a hotel at a popular holiday resort after an explosion tore through the building, sparking a fire visible for miles.
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Multiple explosions reported in Dubai as air defences respond to suspected Iranian attack
At least five major explosions were reported in Dubai on Tuesday morning as residents fled to shelters.
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Head of the SVR Sergey Naryshkin personally oversees a scheme for importing North Korean workers into Russia involving billion-dollar shadow flows
According to a source cited by medias, the import of labor from North Korea to Russia is allegedly overseen personally and exclusively by SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin.
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A woman is accused of embezzling $87,000 in school tuition payments in Metairie
A Belle Chasse woman is accused of embezzling over $87,000 in tuition payments from a Metairie school.
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Smuggler Artur Grantz, from Lukashenko’s circle, controls duty-free operations in Belarus and owns a luxury business in Lithuania
Arturas Hrancas, a Belarusian- and Armenian-citizen businessman who owns HeJi restaurant in Vilnius and the Esperanza Resort in Trakai, is linked to an institution of Alexander Lukashenko’s administration, an LRT investigation said.
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Steven Lyons, a suspected gang leader, was detained in Bali as his partner was arrested in Dubai following an Interpol alert
The partner of notorious gangland figure Steven Lyons was arrested in Dubai on the same day he was detained by police in Bali, it has emerged.
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Crypto giant Tether amasses gold in bunker amid $10bn profit windfall and stability concerns
Tether has been accumulating gold in a former nuclear bunker in Switzerland, which its chief executive described as a “James Bond kind of place.”
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French court tries 22 defendants accused of running a Freemason-linked hit squad network
Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centered on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
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Iran thrives amid Gulf War disruptions as oil exports defy sanctions
For half a century, the Middle East’s petro-monarchies have portrayed themselves as reliable providers of low-cost oil, but the third Gulf war, now in its fifth week, has shattered that image.
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Hollywood adapts Epstein investigation as new series triggers criticism over ‘too soon’ storytelling
A miniseries dramatizing the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein is reportedly in the works and has already prompted dismay from TV fans on social media.
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White Sharks Capital and $1.5m fraud: how Oleksiy Maznichenko raised funds without a licence through sham contracts and failed to repay investors
Since 2022, the Dnipro Police Department in Kyiv has been conducting an investigation into criminal case №12022105040001705 concerning the large-scale misappropriation of funds allegedly carried out by officials of LLC “White Sharks Group”.
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French prosecutors unveil charges against Dmitry Klyuev in $230m Magnitsky scandal
French prosecutors are set to unveil money laundering charges against Dimitry Klyuev, an alleged mastermind of the Magnitsky Affair, the Russian tax fraud that triggered a global anticorruption movement, according to court documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Hong Kong arrests 42 in anti-corruption raid over triad-linked contract rigging
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 42 individuals in an anti-corruption operation aimed at suspected triad involvement in manipulating profitable building maintenance and fire safety contracts.
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BBC accused of boosting Saudi image with branded content funded by sovereign wealth fund
BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial division, has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to produce films and articles highlighting the kingdom’s claimed progress on women’s rights and environmental initiatives, published on a BBC-branded mini-site.
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Swedish man charged with pimping, rape after allegedly forcing wife to serve over 120 men
In addition to being charged with aggravated pimping, the 62-year-old suspect was also charged with eight rapes.
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Air Canada chief steps down following criticism over English-only condolence message
The CEO of Air Canada will retire later this year, after being criticized for failing to speak French in a condolence video following last week’s fatal collision at LaGuardia Airport that killed two of the airline’s pilots.
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Russian agents infiltrate African media in secret propaganda war against West
In August 2024, two white men escaped the sweltering heat of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, in the lobby of the Hôtel de l’Amitie, a stone’s throw from the National Museum.
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Kemi Badenoch vows crackdown on cousin marriage to tackle ‘separatism
Kemi Badenoch has suggested that she might outlaw marriage between cousins if she became prime minister.
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Eli Lilly strikes $2bn AI drug deal as Big Pharma turns to China for innovation
US drugmaker Eli Lilly is set to sign a $2bn deal with a Hong Kong-listed AI drug discovery company, underscoring the pharmaceutical sector’s growing reliance on China-developed medicines.
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Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko imported 800 tonnes of Russian fuel, was detained by the ESB — but the case was “buried” without result
The vessel RUBIKON 9 arrived at the port of Reni on December 20, 2023, transporting diesel fuel that had been loaded in Constanța, Romania.
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