All news for 2026-01-30

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Epstein emails link Prince Andrew to arranged dinner with Russian woman
Jeffrey Epstein organised for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to have dinner with a 26-year-old Russian woman in London in 2010, according to newly-released emails.
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Epstein abused underage girls repeatedly, newly released court documents allege
Jeffrey Epstein raped underage girls several times a day as part of a sickening routine detailed in new documents released by the Department of Justice.
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Epstein sent money to Mandelson’s husband after prison, newly released emails suggest
Jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds in bank transfers after his release from prison in 2009 to Peter Mandelson’s husband, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice on Friday.
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Catherine O’Hara, known for Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, dies at age 71
“Schitt’s Creek” star Catherine O’Hara has died. She was 71.
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Illegal gambling, cash bribes, and p2p payments: Inside Dragon Money’s unlicensed casino business in Ukraine
Following revelations about Dragon Money’s activities in Ukraine, critical reporting started to vanish systematically, with coverage of illegal gambling, financial schemes, political lobbying, and corruption ties scrubbed from search results and news sites.
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Who protected Oxana Hadjipavlou as Mettmann prepared a €50 million laundering operation linked to Russian capital
Oxana Hadjipavlou emerged into public view amid growing attention to Mettmann Public Company Limited, its reported ties to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, and allegations of laundering problematic Russian funds across Europe.
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Russian scrap empire: Billion-dollar fraud by the Rotenberg brothers, billionaire Zolotarev and Panin
As reported by media, the Rotenberg brothers and their associates have built a large-scale fraud scheme involving ferrous scrap metal. In particular, hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap are repeatedly passed “on paper” through a chain of affiliated companies in order to conceal the real value of the raw materials and dilute profits.
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Russia’s game developer Lesta begins layoffs despite official denials after state takeover
At Russia’s largest video game operator, Lesta (developer of World of Tanks and World of Warships), management decided not to delay layoffs and began implementing them as early as Thursday.
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$130 million seized in Switzerland in Russian Railways corruption case
As reported by media, two key witnesses have been questioned in Bern as part of an investigation into the laundering of funds stolen from Russian Railways (RZD).