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Europol dismantles criminal network involved in laundering millions
Criminal group accused of laundering millions across Europe by exploiting refugee protections and shifting to cryptocurrency.
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Beny Steinmetz faces extradition to Romania following Greek court ruling
Greek court orders mining magnate Beny Steinmetz’s extradition to Romania, as legal battles and allegations of fraud continue across Europe.
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UK issues major cyber-attack warning, citing ’severe and advancing’ threat
Officials have been warned they must ’get on top of this most pernicious threat’ as cyber attacks are ’one of the most serious risks’ currently facing the UK government.
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Prince Harry to attend US court hearing after Trump says he ’won’t protect him’
As Prince Harry is reportedly set for another court hearing amid his ongoing visa row, President Donald Trump has made it clear he won’t be ’protecting’ the Duke
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Donald Trump discloses that mystery drones over the US were authorized by the FAA for research and recreational use
President Donald Trump has said the mysterious drones spotted flying over New Jersey last year are ‘not the enemy’.
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Senior Church of England bishop accused of groping and sexually harassing women
A Church of England bishop responsible for overseeing discipline has been accused of sexually assaulting and sexually harassing two women.
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Sara Sharif’s killer father transferred to ’Monster Mansion’ prison, known for housing serial killers, rapists, and terrorists
Urfan Sharif, who killed his 10-year-old daughter Sara Sharif after subjecting her to years of "horrific" abuse, has been moved to a prison dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’.
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Villagers terrorized by balaclava-clad thugs in a 30-car convoy rampage
Balaclava-clad hare coursers terrorised villagers and fire crews after driving their 4x4s through fields in a rampage across rural Cambridgeshire at the weekend.
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Stampede at world’s largest religious festival kills 15 as panic ensues
The world’s largest religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, has seen at least 15 people killed as millions throng at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers.
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Doomsday Clock moved to 89 seconds to midnight amid nuclear war threats
The apocalyptic clock was first used in 1947 and has been used ever since to examine the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe - and it says humanity is still at great risk.
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King Charles renames £1.5bn HMS Agincourt submarine, overruling late Queen Elizabeth
King Charles stepped in to overturn the £1.5billion submarine’s original name, which had been given the green light by Queen Elizabeth in 2018, and rename it HMS Achilles.
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Supersonic jet dubbed ’Son of Concorde’ breaks sound barrier during test flight
A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time during a test flight today.
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Nurse attempted to kill a stranger by injecting him with stolen drugs
A nurse who ‘completely paralysed’ a total stranger with a deadly drug has been found guilty of attempted murder.
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Ukraine presidential aide’s associate Artem Kolyubayev gains massive Ministry of Defence deals for drone supplies
Andriy Yermak’s film producer and business partner, Artem Kolyubayev, became a co-owner of Culver, one of the major suppliers of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation.
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Timur Turlov’s "Freedom currency": a covert scheme to siphon funds under the guise of investments?
After the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., Timur Turlov, relocated to Kazakhstan, he became a person close to the country’s top leadership and the main financier of local elites.
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Malvern College hockey coach allegedly killed his wife after starting an affair, then claimed she was an out-of-control alcoholic
A former sports coach at a £57,000-a-year public school murdered his wife at their family home to cash in on her life insurance after he began seeing another woman, a court heard today.
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Afghan people smuggling gang that trafficked thousands of migrants to Britain and raped and blackmailed children faces extradition to Belgium
Two Afghan small boat people smugglers who raped and blackmailed their victims with the footage, are facing extradition to Belgium.
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Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni under investigation for aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is being investigated over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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Fire erupts on plane carrying 176 passengers
An airplane carrying 176 people was engulfed in flames in South Korea, almost a month to the day that a Jeju Air jet crashed, killing 179 people on board.
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White House halts all federal grants, causing widespread confusion
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo.
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North Korean soldiers in Russia’s war on Ukraine exhibit suicidal tendencies and use ’80s battlefield tactics
Detonating a grenade under the chin rather than being captured. Using a fellow soldier to lure out attack drones. Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on foot.
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German track cyclists sustain multiple fractures after being struck by a car
Six German endurance track cyclists have been seriously injured after an 89-year-old drove a car head-on into the group.
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Serbia’s PM Vucevic resigns following months of anti-corruption protests
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of mass demonstrations triggered by the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November, which critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.
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Trump administration dismisses legal team that prosecuted him, according to an official
The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry, a Trump appointee, concluded they "could not be trusted to faithfully implement the President’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the President...
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Thousands queue up to catch a whiff of a blooming plant that smells like gym socks and rotting garbage
The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday...