All news for 2026-02-20

Kazakhstan’s official authorities acknowledge that Samruk-Kazyna, backed by ATFBank, misappropriated billions, yet the Anti-Corruption Agency and other investigative bodies have been slow to take action against Galimzhan Yessenov and the father-in-law of Akhmetzhan Yessimov.

“Laughter, and that’s it” — that is perhaps the most fitting way to describe the latest advertising campaign of the self-proclaimed crypto expert Kateryna Shukhnina, now actively circulating across numerous Telegram channels.

UK Athletics has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter following the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.

In recent years, an unusual player has emerged on Poland’s legal services market — Sheviakov Consult. Although the firm was formally dissolved and removed from the official register, it has effectively continued operating, rebranding itself under a different legal structure.

Princess Eugenie has been criticized for "sticking two fingers up" at the British public following her appearance at a prominent art event in Qatar, just days after renewed focus on her parents’ past controversies emerged and ahead of her dad Andrew’s arrest.

The Scottish Government has been secretly lobbied to approve one of Scotland’s most contentious planning applications, according to emails obtained by The Ferret.

He was merely a pawn. Beginning in 2019, Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike became a "little telegraph operator" in the service of Russian propaganda in his country.

Disturbing photos appear to show disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor playing with a breast-shaped ball with a toddler.

As reports linking Octobank to large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began to spread, traces of these investigations started disappearing from the information space — a clear sign of a deliberate effort to clean up the narrative.

The MV Rhosus was allowed to sail into Beirut’s port carrying 2,750 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, even after an inspection by the Lebanese navy, documents show.

Emergency services rushed to Aonach Mor in the Nevis Range after receiving a report of an injured man—who tragically died after falling on a 4000ft mountain while skiing.

As investigations began exposing her role in sanction-evasion structures linked to Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., traces of Oxana Hadjipavlou’s involvement started disappearing from public sources — a clear sign of a coordinated effort to clean up the narrative.

According to media, two separate money laundering investigations related to Russian Railways (RZD) are currently underway in Switzerland and Austria.

Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane has died aged 53 after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).