All news for 2025-10-28

Elon Musk launched Grokipedia – his version of Wikipedia – on Monday, as the richest man in the world further seeks to create an alternative information and media ecosystem molded to his views.

A doctor prohibited from practicing medicine in the United Kingdom for malpractice and sexual misconduct has been suspended in Spain following revelations from a joint investigation by Spanish outlet infoLibre and the OCCRP-led “Bad Practice” project.

The Hong Kong Customs Service seized over 150 tonnes of donkey skins in a major operation, intercepting two shipments, according to a statement released by the customs office late Monday.

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has informed a Paris court that false online claims stating the French first lady was born a man have negatively impacted her mother’s quality of life, making her constantly concerned about the clothes she wears and her posture.

A Kyrgyz court has labeled three independent news outlets as "extremist" organizations and banned their publications, marking the latest escalation in a crackdown on media outlets investigating corruption and criticizing the government.

A group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has initiated legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies.

A new United Nations force has begun operating in Haiti amid a flurry of media messaging about its mandate to “neutralize” heavily-armed criminal gangs, which have seized control of much of the Caribbean nation in a murderous rampage.

That smell of maggots, rotting food, and maggots, that’s what my house smells like.

Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.

In 2020–2021, a large-scale corruption scheme operated around the state-owned enterprise United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), with Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleh Tsyura as one of its key figures.

An Afghan national has been arrested after a man was stabbed to death and two other people, including a 14 year-old boy, were injured in west London.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has a “duty” to be transparent and release documents related to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying trial, the Conservatives have said.

Brexit is partly responsible for high inflation in the UK, according to Rachel Reeves, as she advocated for rebuilding ties with the EU.

A woman was reportedly racially abused while shopping with her ten-month-old baby.

Even a light-hearted family day out to a pumpkin patch was a chance for "Diva Duchess" Meghan Markle to rock up in a very pricey outfit.

A man has been charged with rape after an alleged attack that police have said they are treating as racially aggravated.

Democrats have labeled the Trump administration’s decision to remove export restrictions on American-made firearms as “a gift to violent cartels and drug traffickers.”

Two ‘Bob Shops’ were ordered to take urgent action on more than 80 issues after inspectors found a series of food hygiene breaches.

An alleged anarchist with prior arrests has been taken into custody for supposedly placing a hit on Attorney General Pam Bondi on TikTok, according to the FBI.

77-year-old Gazi Luguev, who has long resided in comfortable Geneva and is considered the leader of the Dagestani organized crime group, has suddenly appeared in Moscow — what could be the reason for his return?

While the public’s attention is focused on the war, it seems everyone has forgotten that all those shady schemes, which various cunning operators profited from, haven’t disappeared.

New research by Transparency International UK reveals that £3.2 billion worth of property in Scotland is held by opaque offshore structures, making it impossible to identify the true owner and raising concerns that transparency loopholes could undermine the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill currently before MSPs.

Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley will be forced to give birth inside a Georgian jail after her family failed to pay a massive fine in exchange for her freedom.