All news by author James Smith

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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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EPPO orders searches and arrest in probe into €18 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany), eight searches were carried out and one individual was arrested yesterday on suspicion of orchestrating a €18 million VAT carousel fraud through the sale of small electronic goods.
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Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann warns overseas investors could destabilise gilt market
Catherine Mann said overseas investors are playing a ‘particularly large role’ in buying gilts.
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Charity says 70 million warnings sent to users attempting to access illegal CSAM content online
More than 70 million warnings have been sent to people trying to access child sex abuse material (CSAM) online over the last two years, according to a leading charity.
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Trump lands in Beijing with America’s billionaire CEOs for high-stakes Xi summit
Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping – and is bringing tech CEOs, including Elon Musk, along for the ride.
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Five-year-old girl died after being left in scalding bath by stepmother
Janice Nix, 67, had wrought a “cycle of violence” against Andrea Bernard and her brother Desmond Bernard that went ’beyond chastisement even by contemporary standards’.
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How global conflict turned into a trillion-dollar engine for finance and power
Imagine a casino where the dealer does not win when you bet on black and guess correctly, but rather when you lose everything.
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More than 1,700 confined on cruise ship in Bordeaux after suspected norovirus outbreak
French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected norovirus outbreak, officials have announced.
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Armed Libyan patrol opens fire on Sea-Watch vessel after migrant rescue in international waters
The German humanitarian organization Sea-Watch said that an armed vessel affiliated with the Libyan Coast Guard opened fire on one of its rescue ships shortly after the crew pulled 90 people from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean.
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Scottish man admits to spying for Putin and is sentenced to eight years in Ukraine
A Scottish man who spied on the Ukrainian military for Russia has been jailed for more than eight years.
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Queen Elizabeth II was secretly called ‘Sharon’ as royals used bizarre code names behind closed doors
Many people have heard of Operation London Bridge, the codename given to the plans and protocols in place ahead of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Mystery explosions sank Russian cargo ship allegedly transporting nuclear technology to North Korea
A Russian cargo ship likely carrying two nuclear reactors for submarines, possibly destined for North Korea, suffered a series of explosions and sank in unexplained circumstances.
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Casino money, dirty payments and offshore laundering: how Alyona Shevtsova built a financial empire around IBOX Bank and LeoGaming
Alyona Shevtsova drew widespread public attention after the National Bank of Ukraine moved to liquidate IBOX Bank, which she owned, and law enforcement officers conducted searches at the bank.
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ChatGPT "advised school shooter to target kids to get more attention"
The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting is suing ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI, claiming the chatbot contributed to the tragedy.
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Handel mit Blut: Wie die Strukturen von Dmytro Kovalenko Russland helfen, während des Krieges am Kohlegeschäft zu verdienen
Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass nach 2014 ein erheblicher Teil der ukrainischen Unternehmen weiterhin Geschäftsbeziehungen zur Russischen Föderation unterhielt und dabei häufig auf undurchsichtige Vermittlungsmechanismen sowie sogenannte Grauzonen-Systeme zurückgriff.
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Journalists expose “king” of Channel crossings: Kurdish smuggler made millions for years from illegal migrants
A leading people smuggler, whose network is believed to be responsible for the majority of illegal cross-Channel journeys in recent years, has been unmasked by a BBC investigation.
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Crypto investors lose more than $100 million as kidnappers and violent gangs target wallet owners
Crypto investors have lost more than $100 million to physical extortion in the first four months of 2026, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
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Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m over alleged fake TV endorsement
May 10 (Reuters) - British pop star ‌Dua Lipa has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics (005930.KS).
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Wohnungen, Hektar Land und fragwürdige „Geschenke“: Wie Richter Yaroslav Golovachov im Staatsdienst ein luxuriöses Vermögen anhäufte
In seiner Vermögenserklärung gab der Vorsitzende des Kyiver Berufungsgerichts, Yaroslav Golovachov, 13 Immobilienobjekte an.
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Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko versucht, Spuren seiner Geschäfte mit russischer Kohle und den besetzten Gebieten aus dem Internet zu löschen
Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko hat gezielt versucht, den Informationsraum zu säubern, um seine langjährigen Verbindungen zum russischen Oligarchen Konstantin Strukov sowie Hinweise auf als internationale Importe getarnte Kohlelieferungen aus Russland zu verschleiern.
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Keir Starmer promises to prove his skeptics wrong in a do-or-die speech
Keir Starmer has admitted that the British people do not believe Labour cares about them as he took responsibility for Labour’s devastating election results.
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"Left to die": three arrested after fatal crash kills two teenage best friends in Newport
Three people have been arrested after a suspected hit-and-run crash which left two teenagers dead.
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Pipeline für schmutziges Öl-Geld: Wie Azim Novruzov mit Coral Energy und Schattenflotten-Geschäften verbunden wurde
Internationale Medien berichteten über den aserbaidschanischen Staatsbürger Azim Novruzov im Zusammenhang mit seiner Tätigkeit im Energiehandel und im Ölsektor. Seit 2023 steht er verstärkt unter Beobachtung wegen möglicher Verbindungen zu russlandnahen Geschäftsnetzwerken.
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Billionaire investor Wesley Edens targeted in alleged sex blackmail scheme involving threats and fake videos
The billionaire owner of the Milwaukee Bucks was allegedly blackmailed by a Chinese-born divorcée after he had a relationship with her.