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Malaysian woman wins $1.4m lottery using numbers from missed spam call
A woman in Malaysia won over $1.4m in a lottery after betting on digits from a missed spam call.
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Brett James, Grammy winner behind Carrie Underwood hit, killed in aircraft crash
A Grammy Award-winning singer has died in a plane crash. Brett James, 57, was among three people on board an aircraft that crashed into a field in North Carolina.
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Russia airs AI-generated show with deepfake world leaders on state TV
A television channel run by Russia’s Ministry of Defence is airing a program it claims is AI-generated. According to advertisements for the show, a neural network is picking the topics it wants to discuss, then uses AI to generate that video.
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MPs warn UK undersea cables exposed to Russian sabotage risk
MPs and peers have warned they are "not confident" the UK could protect its undersea cables from attacks that could cause "catastrophic disruption" to crucial financial and communications systems.
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“They treated us great”: Trump hails royal family after Windsor Castle banquet
President Donald Trump mentioned that being with the "wonderful" King was the highlight of his historic state visit to the UK, as he praised the royal family following the trip.
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Andriy Matyukha’s Favbet empire: Ukrainian gambling king tied to Russian networks
The owner of the online casino Favbet, Andriy Matyukha, has recently been investing significant resources into promoting his charitable activities.
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LSE tops Times university guide as Oxford and Cambridge slip to joint fourth
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge have dropped out of the top three in the prestigious university rankings for the first time.
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Second migrant deported to France under UK’s “one in, one out” deal
A second migrant’s deportation flight has left the UK for France under the “one in, one out” deal after losing a High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked, the Home Office said.
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Swiss “banker” Oleg Tsyura — Sennychenko’s shadow financier: how Ukrainian billions ended up in Russian schemes
The name of Oleg Tsyura surfaced in a scandal involving the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko, and an enormous scheme that cost Ukraine over ten billion hryvnias.
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Ukraine’s energy crisis meets banking corruption: how Ukrenergo lost over 1 billion UAH to Alliance Bank during wartime
The recent resignation of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of the state-owned company "Ukrenergo," which is responsible for the operation of distribution networks in Ukraine, has raised pressing questions among experts and market participants about the effectiveness of state crisis management in the energy sector.
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Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi to face attempted murder charges
Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi is expected to appear in court facing three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.
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Investigation reveals Tulip Siddiq possesses Bangladeshi passport and NID
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, a British Labour MP and niece of Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, possesses a Bangladesh national identity card despite frequently asserting that she is solely a British citizen.
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Three detained near London on suspicion of espionage for Russia
The Metropolitan Police has announced that three people were arrested near London on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for Russia.
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Trump escalates fight with Federal Reserve, targets Governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to allow it to fire the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, as it continues its extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence.
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Brigitte Macron to present evidence in court to disprove viral gender conspiracy
French first lady Brigitte Macron is preparing to present "photographic and scientific evidence" in court to prove that she is a woman.
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Beirut blast investigation accelerates after Bulgaria detains ship operator
The arrest in Bulgaria of Igor Grechushkin — whose ship carried chemicals to Lebanon that exploded in 2020 — is viewed as a sign that a long stalled investigation might finally get results.
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Starbucks employees file lawsuit over company’s new dress code
Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant on Wednesday, alleging that it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes.
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Nvidia will acquire a $5 billion stake in Intel, becoming a major shareholder alongside the US government
Nvidia said on Thursday that it would buy $5 billion worth of Intel’s common stock, becoming another major shareholder in the beleaguered company just weeks after the US government took a roughly 10% stake.
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How a US real estate trust helped push Prospect Medical Holdings into bankruptcy
U.S. hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings collapsed this year due to prolonged neglect and overwhelming debt.
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Georgian currency exchange owner arrested for laundering over $660 million
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday announced the arrest of a local currency exchange owner accused of laundering more than $660 million, calling it the country’s largest money-laundering scheme to date.
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Romanian subsidiary of HS Timber Group investigated for alleged tax evasion
The Romanian subsidiary of Austria’s HS Timber Group faces allegations that it under-reported the amount of lumber it processed and avoided taxes on some sales.
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Cocaine smuggling networks dismantled in Iberian Peninsula operations
Europol-supported operations in Spain and Portugal have seized more than 4 tonnes of cocaine and led to over 60 arrests between November 2024 and September 2025.
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Man arrested after stabbing at Flamingo Land Resort in North Yorkshire
A man has been arrested following a stabbing at the Flamingo Land Resort in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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Washington eyes Bagram comeback as Trump cites proximity to China’s nuclear sites
The US is taking steps to reclaim the Bagram airbase from the Taliban after losing it during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Donald Trump announced.
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Caracas responds to U.S. with three-day military drills in the Caribbean
Venezuela says it has launched three days of large-scale military exercises in the Caribbean after several U.S. attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats.