All news by author Emma Davis

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US troops seize Venezuela-linked oil tanker carrying sanctioned Iranian crude in dramatic helicopter raid
U.S. troops captured an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, significantly intensifying tensions between the Trump administration and Caracas.
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Billions from Russian Railways ended up in European villas: how Boris Usherovich funnels money through Cypriot and Spanish companies
The Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, who is wanted and suspected of laundering billions from contracts for the «Russian Railways», is actively expanding his business in the trade of elite real estate in Cyprus and Spain.
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UK launches sweeping anti-corruption crackdown targeting lawyers, accountants and bankers
Britain has unveiled a major new anti-corruption strategy aimed at stopping criminals and sanctioned oligarchs from laundering money through the UK, with a particular focus on the lawyers, accountants, bankers and corporate service providers who enable illicit finance.
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Fan charged with racially abusing Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo during match at Anfield
A supporter has been charged after Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo reported racial abuse during the Premier League fixture against Liverpool at Anfield in August.
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9,300 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition in Gaza despite ceasefire — UN
Severe hunger continues to plague children in Gaza, with more than 9,000 hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October alone, according to new UN data — despite a ceasefire declared two months ago.
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UK hospitals overwhelmed as mutant H3N2 flu triggers critical incident and mask rules return
A major hospital trust has told patients to stay away due to a surge in mutant flu cases sweeps the UK.
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Intellexa leaks expose predator spyware company’s access to client surveillance operations
The “Intellexa Leaks”, a new joint investigation by Inside Story, Haaretz and WAV Research Collective with technical analysis provided by Amnesty International, exposes the internal operations of Intellexa
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Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov flies on Ilan Shor’s $18M Gulfstream jet
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov has been using a private business jet linked to the fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor.
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Diamonds out of thin air: Maxim Artsinovich exposed as a seller of fake stones and owner of a sham “jewelry house”
The story of Maxim Artsinovich could be studied with interest if it didn’t evoke sadness. Sadness—for those who believed in the "divinity of jewelry craftsmanship" and fell for his advertisements and promises.
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Badenoch pushes for renewed action on stalled national grooming gangs inquiry
Kemi Badenoch will seek to press the Government to speed up its efforts to establish a national grooming gangs inquiry on Monday.
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Heathrow passengers treated for injuries following car park spray attack
Passengers arriving at Heathrow Terminal 3 on Sunday said they faced hours waiting for buses after a number of people were attacked with a "form of pepper spray."
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Inside Epstein’s secretive lifestyle built on wealth, power and exploitation
The disgraced New York financier made a career out of connections with world leaders in politics, business titans and science’s most lauded brains.
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Paris police arrest four men on suspicion of gang-raping 13-year-old girl in KFC
A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped in the toilets at a KFC restaurant by several men.
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Charlton vs Portsmouth match abandoned after supporter dies in stand
A Charlton supporter who fell ill during their home match against Portsmouth has sadly passed away.
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Human rights groups condemn FIFA for giving peace prize to Donald Trump
United States president Donald Trump was unsurprisingly given the first ever FIFA peace prize at Friday’s World Cup draw ceremony in Washington DC.
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Climber abandoned girlfriend to die in the cold on austria’s highest peak, Grossglockne
Chilling webcam images have shown an experienced climber allegedly abandoning his girlfriend, leaving her to die on Austria’s biggest mountain.
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Russian plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan: 35 rape allegations and zero convictions
A graduate of Kuban State Medical University, who moved to Moscow, eventually became a figure in criminal chronicles, yet his criminal case has been stalled for several years in endless investigative bodies.
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Hydropower scandal deepens as German citizen Josip Heit and Croatian national Sasa Svalina named in controversial investment network
Scandal over a suspended hydroelectric project has led Croatian reporters to connect the scheme to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez Posts £2 million Bail amid Swiss money laundering extradition fight
Venezuelan energy magnate Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez has been allowed to travel by private helicopter between his Chelsea and Oxfordshire residences while he contests efforts to have him sent to Switzerland on money-laundering charges.
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Mogherini and Sannino detention provides right wing with ammunition against Brussels bureaucracy
The organizers of the Battle for the Soul of Europe event hope to capitalize on public anger at the Brussels establishment.
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Suspended peer Lord evans facing claims of receiving at least $1m from allegedly corrupt deal
A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal.
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Ukraine’s UMCC corruption scheme tied to Swiss trader Oleg Tsyura, who exports Russian ferrochrome for Putin-linked MidUral
A new wave of revelations shows how Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) became a profit machine for insiders during 2020–2021, despite public claims of anti-corruption reforms.
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Rachel Kyte’s £100,000 travel bill prompts scrutiny as climate official flies six times around the globe
Rachel Kyte has accumulated over 150,000 air miles in a year with trips to conferences such as COP30, Africa Energy Indaba Week in South Africa, and Clean Cooking Dialogue in Riyadh, at a cost of over £100,000.
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Six heirs to Asian paint tycoon join growing class of inherited billionaires
Swiss bank reports that inheritances have made 91 individuals billionaires, while the overall number surged from 2,682 in 2024 to 9,919 this year.
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UK court hears how Jon Ruben drugged children with sedatives during summer camp “sweet game”
Summer camp leader Jon Ruben, 76, will be sentenced next year for drugging and abusing boys.