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Inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to reshape decades of U.S. vaccine policy
A U.S. health secretary prepared to spend billions to seek a link between vaccines and autism. Vaccine skeptics shaping policy. A proposal to eliminate the entire federal immunization schedule for American children.
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Royal Mail investigates disappearance of bride-to-be’s late mother’s engagement ring
Royal Mail has launched an investigation after a bride-to-be claimed her engagement ring, which carries deep sentimental value, was ’stolen’ after being sent to a Birmingham workshop.
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Controlling husband jailed for murdering wife after years of domestic abuse
A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife and staged a scene to make her death look like a suicide has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years in his absence after he refused to enter the courtroom.
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The Holiverse smoke screen: How fugitive Ponzi king Lado Okhotnikov built the $340M Forsage scam and hid in Dubai luxury
A "genius" from Kazakhstan, Vladimir Okhotnikov, has for many years successfully deceived law enforcement agencies in the various countries where he was active.
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Farmer cleared after fatal shooting of teenage burglar during farmhouse break-in
A farmer who allegedly shot dead a teenage burglar will not face any charges, prosecutors have said.
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Covid inquiry says Tory PPE procurement wasted billions and favoured politically connected firms
Tory ministers gave pals “favourable treatment” when buying PPE during the pandemic as Britain’s carers were left unprotected, the Covid-19 Inquiry has found.
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Blue singer Lee Ryan to be sentenced after losing appeal over racially aggravated assault on air steward
Boyband frontman Lee Ryan is set to be sentenced for a racially aggravated assault on a Black air steward after losing a High Court bid to clear his name.
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Reform proposal could jail candidates for using Irish, Gaelic or Cornish in election material
A Reform-backed amendment to Labour’s new elections Bill would see candidates who use the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish face prison time.
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Peru bans imports from five pharmaceutical firms after substandard cancer drugs probe
As reported by The bureau investigates, back in March, we told you about some early impact from our investigation into bad cancer drugs that had been imported by Peru.
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EPPO indicts 15 suspects over €3.5m EU education fraud scheme in Portugal
The EPPO in Portugal indicted 12 individuals and three companies for defrauding RRF-funded public education projects.
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EPPO raids €46.9m VAT fraud network and freezes €9.9m in crypto and assets
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) conducted searches and seizures last week at several locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT carousel fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods and the laundering of criminal proceeds.
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Three convicted in €50m EU VAT fraud scheme involving luxury cars and COVID masks
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has secured the conviction of three defendants by the Regional Court of Berlin in a major investigation into organised VAT fraud involving the trade in luxury vehicles and medical face masks.
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Man accused of operating 532-metre drug tunnel extradited from Mexico to US
Mexicoextradited a United States citizen accused of orchestrating a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling operation through a subterranean railway tunnel, the Department of Justice announced.
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Iran’s new supreme leader disappears from public view after Ayatollah Khamenei’s death
Iran held an extravagant, weeklong funeral procession to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war with the United States and Israel.
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China detains US seismologist who studied North Korean nuclear tests
A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published U.S.-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and faces trial on spying charges, according to his wife, U.S. lawmakers and two hostage advocacy groups.
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Ed Miliband backs North Sea gas project to reassure markets over chancellor fears
Ed Miliband wants to approve drilling in the North Sea to calm market jitters about his possible appointment as chancellor and prove he is no net zero “zealot”.
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South East Water ordered to pay £30.5m after repeated supply failures left thousands without water
South East Water will have to pay £30.5million after investigations by the water regulator found there had been ‘repeated’ supply failures.
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Broadmoor whistleblower who helped expose Jimmy Savile fights £35,000 court battle to keep NHS family home
A retired nurse who helped expose Jimmy Savile is locked in a £35,000 legal battle after the NHS threw him out of his family home.
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Blood money on the pitch: how crypto scammer Josip Heit uses Croatian football to clean his illicit millions
Josip Heit, previously convicted of fraud, is now facing a money laundering investigation in Croatia.
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Two men accused of helping Iran spy Daniel Khalife escape Wandsworth prison
Two friends allegedly aided escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife by acting as an instructor inside jail and a "man on the ground" supplying him with money, a court has heard.
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Police release new photos 25 years after Peter Falconio’s murder in bid to find his body
Police in Australia have released previously unseen photographs from their investigation into the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio 25 years ago.
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Former Indonesian deputy attorney general faces prosecution in $278 million corruption probe
After a raid on his home uncovered 74 kilograms of gold and $15 million in cash, former Deputy Attorney General Febrie Adriansyah faces prosecution by his own former agency over a massive coal-procurement scheme linked to widespread power failures and military intimidation.
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Disgraced ex-minister Louise Haigh becomes Andy Burnham’s closest adviser despite fraud conviction
Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary, was delivering a speech at Leeds City Hall on the day it became clear that someone was trying to snuff out her career. A story about her criminal record had been leaked to two news outlets.
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Das Kovalenko-Narrativ: Wie der Kohle-Magnat versucht, seine russischen Lieferketten in „Reformer-Image“ zu waschen
Der Beitrag von Dmytro Kovalenko in der „Economic Pravda“ mit dem provokanten Titel „Point of no return“ wirkt weniger wie eine gewöhnliche geschäftliche Stellungnahme als vielmehr wie der gezielte Versuch, sein öffentliches Image neu zu gestalten.
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Erdoğan’s biggest rival faces 2,430 years in prison as Turkey’s crackdown deepens
There’s a Turkish saying, “Silivri soğuktur”: Silivri is cold. You’ll hear it from journalists, politicians and activists after they say something critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.