All news by author Emma Davis

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West Africa plans to combat new synthetic drug epidemic
Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.
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Spanish drivers hired to deliver Amazon parcels in UK take legal action over pay
Some of the drivers say they were not paid in full and in some cases billed thousands for vehicle damage
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Wife sues for $1,000,000 after husband dies from electrocution in hotel hot tub
The wife of a man who died after being electrocuted in a hot tub at a hotel in Mexico has filed a $1,000,000 lawsuit.
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Reform UK candidate quits over ’unacceptable’ blog posts
Reform UK’s parliamentary candidate in Kemi Badenoch’s constituency has resigned from the party after it emerged he previously urged people to vote for the BNP.
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Tories and Labour on course for lowest share of the vote since 1945
Poll reveals historically low support for the big two, with smaller parties up by five points
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Ukrainian women recount experiences of rape by Russian forces as journalists probe their attackers
Two young women gave their accounts of rape by Russian soldiers to the Kyiv Independent, who set out to identify those responsible.
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Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as President of South Africa
South Africa’s parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties.
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Kidnapped, abused, and humiliated – the Ukrainian children taken by Russia
In a special investigation, Tom Watling tells the story of five teenagers who were taken into Russia or Russian-occupied territory before eventually being rescued. Many others are still believed to be trapped
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Cheating husband plans to sue Apple for £5m after wife discovered his messages to sex workers via iMessage
The businessman, who lives in England, aims to recover cash he lost in the separation, plus legal costs
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Scotland thrashed by Germany in opening match of Euro 2024
It was a woeful showing from Scotland but the team’s manager says their goal of four points from the group stage remains the same.
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Venezuelan involvement in BES/Venezuela case revealed: father and son Rafael Cure play key roles
The investigation by the Portuguese prosecutor’s office into the so-called BES / Venezuela case concluded last year and produced only some accusations against former directors of the bank that collapsed in 2014.
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Furious Putin claims West is pushing him ’to point of no return’ on nuclear World War III
Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the West of pushing him to point of no return and has issued new threats on nuclear World War 3 - he accused NATO leaders of ’extreme recklessness’
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Bungling robbers botch their own heist by accidentally setting the entire contents of a cash van on fire
The 20 balaclava-clad gangsters carrying AK47 assault rifles and revolvers blew off the roof and both sides - instead of the door of the cash van in Mhala, South Africa
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Police detain a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering a baby more than 40 years ago
A woman, aged 57, has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a newborn baby girl who was found in Northampton in 1982, police have confirmed following fresh evidence
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Mizzy: TikTok prankster receives community order for stealing a woman’s phone and evading police
The social media star snatched the iPhone out of a woman’s hand while she was texting. The court heard she was left "stressed, anxious and quite scared for my safety" by the incident.
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Contestant from ’Farmer Wants a Wife’ to become the new Dutch agriculture minister
Femke Wiersma married the dairy farmer she met on the TV reality show before going into politics.
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British tourist hijacks truck in a terrifying high-speed rampage down a Thai highway
A British tourist hijacked a truck and smashed through a toll gate in a terrifying rampage in Bali.
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Man, 46, arrested in connection with criminal investigation into PPE Medpro
Suspect understood to have been arrested on suspicion of offences including conspiracy to commit fraud
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US banana giant ordered to pay $38 million to families of Colombian men killed by death squads
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad
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Beefeater owner threatened with legal action over plan for 1,500 job cuts
Union claims Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inn, has not consulted properly with restaurant staff
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Police investigate sex abuse allegations at Earl Spencer’s Maidwell Hall boarding school
Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, said earlier this year that he was sexually abused as a child and detailed how he suffered at the hands of a female member of staff when he was at Maidwell Hall boarding school.
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Plane carrying Malawi vice president reported missing
A plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people has gone missing after it failed to make a scheduled landing on Monday, according to the presidential office.
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CNN documentary: “Most disruptive” Latin American gang has reached the US
A violent gang that most likely originated in a Venezuelan prison in 2012 has, in just over a decade, grown into Latin America’s “most disruptive” criminal group and is spreading like cancer throughout the continent.
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Life after deaths: How nations reconcile following bloody conflicts
With a “peace summit” set to take place in Switzerland later this June, speculation is again rampant regarding the potential for ending Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine via some form of diplomatic solution.
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Modi sworn-in as India’s prime minister for third term to lead coalition government
Modi will lead India under the challenges of a coalition government with allies