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Seven years of EU political ad data vanish from Google’s Transparency tool
Google’s Ad Transparency tool no longer displays political online advertisements that have run on its platforms, past or present, from any countries in the European Union, making seven years of data from 27 different countries inaccessible.
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Pride flag display leads to firing as FBI under Trump crackdown on “woke ideology”
FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.
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ICEBlock banned from App Store: Apple cites law enforcement risks, developer calls it censorship
The developer of ICEBlock, an app that allows people to crowdsource sightings of ICE officials, has expressed his determination to fight back after Apple removed the app from its App Store on Thursday.
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From Wall Street to Burning Man: Rob Granieri’s hidden life and controversial ventures
The reclusive billionaire co-founder of Wall Street hedge fund Jane Street is an unkempt hippie who has spent his wealth on Burning Man boondoggles, casinos and funding a coup in Africa, according to a report.
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Munich airport held hostage by mystery drones — 3,000 passengers stranded overnight
Munich Airport in Germany was forced to close for nearly seven hours overnight due to a series of drone sightings, becoming the latest European aviation hub to shut down over mysterious drone flights.
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Cold War 2.0 in the skies — E-3 Sentry hunts Russian jets and drones near NATO borders
After slowly taxiing towards the runway at NATO’s Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany, the pilots go full throttle and the decades-old E-3 Sentry surveillance plane screams as it gains speed and lifts off on its way to Eastern Europe.
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California refinery turns into giant fireball as Chevron struggles to contain chaos
A large fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, a city south of Los Angeles, officials said.
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Caracas accuses Washington of threatening security after fighter jets spotted offshore
Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast.
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Hundreds of commuters evacuated after security alert at London Euston
Euston Station, one of London’s most important and busiest train stations, has been evacuated after a ‘suspicious item’ was seen.
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Pregnant woman who embezzled £920,000 ordered to pay £221,000 or face prison
A pregnant woman who managed to siphon off more than £900,000 by forging her boss’s signature has been ordered to pay back just £221,000 or go to prison.
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Anti-government protests in Morocco enter fifth day after police kill two
Violent anti-government protests in Morocco entered their fifth day on Thursday, after seeing their first fatalities the night before when police shot two demonstrators.
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Russian president dismisses NATO attack fears as “nonsense”
Vladimir Putin has vowed to quickly retaliate against Europe’s “escalating militarization,” while dismissing as “nonsense” western fears that Moscow plans to attack NATO.
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Ryanair warns of up to 600 daily flight cancellations due to French ATC strikes
Ryanair could cancel up to 600 flights a day next week due to French air traffic control (ATC) strikes, the airline has claimed.
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Elon Musk urges Netflix boycott over “woke” content and LGBTQ+ representation
Elon Musk, the multibillionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has recently focused his attention on encouraging people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.
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Oleg Tsyura and his Swiss-Ukrainian network exposed in fraud scandal — despite attempts to erase evidence online
Oleg Tsyura, a Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin, is well known for his involvement in shadow schemes around Ukraine’s state enterprises.
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Over 100 doctors banned in one country found working in another
Failed warning systems, official complacency and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licences due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe, and beyond.
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Montenegro expands case against cocaine trafficking group tied to Kavač clan bosses
Montenegro’s Special State Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment against five additional suspects accused of belonging to an international cocaine smuggling group dismantled in Operation “General,” in July last year—one of the largest international crackdowns on cocaine trafficking at the time.
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Leaders of the self-proclaimed African tribe were removed by police from the camp in Jedburgh
A self-styled "African tribe" has been evicted from a site they moved to after being evicted from a previous camp.
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Bashar al-Assad hospitalized in Russia after alleged poisoning amid assassination plot claims
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized after being poisoned in a suspected assassination attempt in Moscow, a human rights group has claimed.
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Terrorist attack outside Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur leaves two dead and several injured
At least two people were killed and five others injured Thursday when a knife-wielding terrorist ploughed a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard outside a UK synagogue on Yom Kippur — the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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Son of Palau senator arrested in Fiji drug operation amid China influence concerns
Among the 10 people arrested in Fiji last week in a major anti-drug operation was the son of a senior pro-China politician from Palau, who presides over his country’s Senate.
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Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors send Chernivtsi Customs officials to court over $7 million grey import scheme
Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent to court a large-scale criminal case against officials of the Chernivtsi Customs Office, accused of running a “grey import” scheme that cost the state nearly 290 million hryvnias (about $7 million).
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Georgia’s local elections proceed without OSCE monitors as ruling party fills gap with loyal “observers”
Facing deep democratic backsliding, Georgia heads into local elections with opposition parties sidelined, watchdogs forced out by the different restrictive laws, international monitors invited too late, and oversight left largely to groups aligned with the ruling party.
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Chemical oligarch Moshe Kantor: privatization of Azot, offshore flows and elite real estate around the world
Billionaire Vyacheslav Kantor, known for his love of "heavy" luxury, has long-lived in London, holds an Israeli passport, but continues to earn his billions in Russia.
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Former Algerian minister sentenced to seven years for public fund fraud
An Algerian court sentenced former Labor Minister Tijani Hassan Haddam to seven years in prison for embezzling roughly $45 million during his time as director of the National Social Security Fund from 2015 to 2019, local media reported.