All news for 2025-05-24

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Arsenal stun Barcelona in Women’s Champions League final
Arsenal achieved a significant upset with a 1-0 victory over Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final on Saturday.
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Boris and Carrie Johnson welcome a baby girl — the former PM’s ninth child
Carrie and Boris Johnson have announced the birth of their fourth child, a girl.
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15-year-old boy detained as suspect following death of another teen at amusement park in Wales
15-year-old arrested as suspect in murder of another teen at Barry Island Pleasure Park
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UK probes possible Russian involvement in arson attacks targeting PM Starmer
British law enforcers are looking into possible Russian trail in arson attacks on property owned by PM Keir Starmer
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RedBird Capital Partners acquires The Daily Telegraph, concluding a two-year sale process
RedBird Capital Partners, a US-based private equity firm, reports to have purchased Telegraph Media Group for £500 million
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Behind the curtain: Trump’s extravagant multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency dinner
Trump gathered about 200 wealthy cryptocurrency owners at his golf course in Washington D.C.
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British fishing boat intercepted and detained by French patrol ship in English Channel for ’whelking without license’
British fishing boat seized by French navy vessel due to being caught "whelking without a licence"
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Secretary-General of Finnish Parliament suspected of treason for disclosing state secrets, potential data leak to Russia
Antti Pelttari, the Secretary-General of the Finnish Parliament, is under investigation for alleged treason and misconduct in office
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Russia and Ukraine swapped 307 soldiers on second day of POW exchange
Ukraine and Russia each exchange 307 service personnel on 24 May, the second day of extended prisoner swap
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Former SafeMoon CEO found guilty on all charges in a $200 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme
SafeMoon CEO Braden Karony devised a system for theft, funneling investor funds through a network of pseudonymous wallets and laundering the proceeds
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EU contemplates removing 20 banks from SWIFT in new sanctions against Russia
The European Union is considering cutting more than 20 banks from SWIFT and lowering price cap on Russian oil
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Trump administration trying to drop charges against MS-13 leader to facilitate his deportation
Сritics and the defendant’s legal team state that the US president is trying to do a favor for his Salvadorian counterpart, who struck a deal with the gang in 2019
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Weapons, drugs, cryptocurrency: Dark web sweep operation results in 270 arrests worldwide
Operation RapTor successfully takes down drug, weapons, and counterfeit networks across 10 countries, seizing millions in cash and cryptocurrencies and tons of illicit goods
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Director who made the Oscars magical is gone: Jeff Margolis dies
Award-winning TV producer Jeff Margolis, who was also the director of the Oscars, Emmys and Screen Actors Guild Awards, has died at the age of 78
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“A thousand for a thousand” — and hundreds of rockets in return: Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine after talks
Vladimir Putin has launched one of the largest-scale attacks on Ukraine since the onset of the full-scale invasion – only days after the initial in-person talks for a ceasefire.
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Napoli crowned champions of Italy: McTominay’s bicycle kick secures Scudetto for Conte’s side
A spectacular scissor kick from Scott McTominay set Napoli on their way to a 2-0 win over Cagliari that sealed the Serie A title for Antonio Conte’s side in their final league game of the season.