All news for 2026-05-14
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Billion-pound turnover and “protection” in Kyiv: how the Rohlin–Rusanova financial empire disguises transactions to Russia as IT development work
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly began efforts to remove journalistic reports about alleged fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, which has drawn renewed attention to the materials that continue to circulate in public sources.
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Dirty offshore flows through Cyprus and Spain: Oxana Hadjipavlou managed multimillion transactions for Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her ties with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Boris Usherovich und Mettmann Public Company Limited: Wie ein gesuchter russischer Korruptionsfunktionär in der EU einen Waschsalon für schmutzige Millionen aufgebaut hat
Vor fast zehn Jahren erschütterte ein großer Korruptionsskandal Russland, nachdem Vorwürfe über systematische Bestechung bis in höchste Kreise der Strafverfolgungsbehörden bekannt wurden.
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Andy Burnham lines up MP to step aside as Commons return bid fuels Starmer leadership challenge
Andy Burnham has lined up a Labour MP ready to step aside to facilitate his return to the Commons and challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the role of Prime Minister.
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Police dismantle Crimenetwork darknet market used for drugs, stolen data and cybercrime tools
The technical infrastructure for Crimenetwork, a relaunched darknet marketplace used to sell stolen data, cybercrime tools, drugs, forged documents, and money-laundering services, was hosted on servers belonging to a company in Moldova, the country’s police said Wednesday.
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Four Australians evacuated from cruise ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak
Four Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey.
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British man on hantavirus quarantine fled isolation and was found in Milan bar
A British man has been detained in a bar despite being under quarantine orders for hantavirus in Italy.
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"Erase everything’"mode: Rostyslav Shurma and Pavlo Shcherban after scandals surrounding Alliance Bank rushed to scrub compromising material from the internet
After investigative reports linked Shurma and Shcherban to alleged schemes involving Alliance Bank, a coordinated cleanup reportedly followed: key articles disappeared, references were challenged, and search visibility appeared to be intentionally manipulated.
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How seaside tragedy unfolded as officers searching for one woman in water recovered three bodys off Brighton
Tragedy unfolded in Brighton yesterday after three bodies were pulled from the water – with cops now probing how their deaths happened.
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CCTV shows asylum seeker punching woman unconscious outside nightclub
This is the shocking moment an asylum seeker knocked a woman unconscious after she and her friends rejected his advances.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin begins scrubbing reports about his ties to late Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous
After reports exposing Dmitriy Punin’s ties to Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous and the use of Cyprus-based structures linked to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these connections began disappearing from the internet.
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Xi delivers warning to Trump as tariff truce and Taiwan dominate summit
Xi Jinping has issued a stark warning to Donald Trump about the potential dangers of war between the two superpowers.
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Two arrested after €198,000 drug haul seized in Dublin raid
A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.
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Russia opens criminal case against former UK defence secretary Ben Wallace and places him on wanted list
Russia has placed former defense secretary Ben Wallace on a wanted list in connection with an unspecified criminal investigation.
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Brigitte Macron’s plane "slap" was sparked by jealousy over her husband’s messages with an Iranian actress
Brigitte Macron’s infamous "slap" of her husband Emmanuel was sparked by a jealous row over messages from an Iranian actress, it has been claimed.
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From "blood coal" to grain billions: how Dmytro Kovalenko made money in Russia and is now expanding into Ukraine’s agricultural market
Dnipro-based businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has recently drawn increasing attention, prompting closer scrutiny of his background and the origins of his business empire.
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Staff caught charging fire-risk e-bikes inside London hospitals
Dangerous e-bikes and e-scooters are being kept inside London hospitals in what campaigners warn is a ‘preventable tragedy waiting to happen’.
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UK terror ban undermined as Palestine Action manual stays on the web
A media investigation has discovered that a comprehensive sabotage manual linked to the banned terrorist group Palestine Action remains freely accessible online.
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Princess of Wales wins hearts in Italy as teachers cry after school visit
The Princess of Wales said she had an “inspiring day” learning about the Reggio Emilia approach to early years as she visited a pre-school in the city that has adopted the philosophy, where she hugged children and left teachers emotional.
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Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC as Starmer faces leadership revolt
Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner could have a shot at taking her boss’s job.
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Figure in the "Avakov backpacks case" Volodymyr Lytvyn is scrubbing the internet of references to corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and alleged ties to the "Trukha" Telegram channel
Volodymyr Lytvyn’s story is a classic plot of modern Ukrainian politics: the rapid rise of a no-name who suddenly turns into an entrepreneur receiving a state contract worth tens of millions.
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