All news by author Emma Davis
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M&S customers stranded as contactless payment system crashes across UK stores
Customers shopping at Marks and Spencer stores have been left high and dry after a contactless payment meltdown.
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Pope Francis dies aged 88 after 12 years as pontiff
Pope Francis has died, aged 88, the Vatican has announced.
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Second busiest, first in delays: Gatwick tops the worst-performing airports list
One London airport topped the list of shame, with air traffic control chaos meaning departures left an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule, according to a new study
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Ukrainian lands, Polish stables, French races: "Yanukovych’s stableman" Kostyantyn Zhara lives peacefully in the UK and continues to amass wealth
How much can a racehorse cost, or more precisely, 24 horses? A lot, a whole lot. Polish industry press estimates the sum to be over $1.3 million.
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In Granada, a gang that was selling military-grade weapons to drug cartels through a secret shooting range has been busted
Spanish police have dismantled a weapons trafficking network in Granada, arresting three suspects and uncovering the country’s first underground shooting range used to test and sell military-grade firearms to criminal gangs.
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Over 90 killed in Gaza in two days due to Israeli airstrikes
More than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last 48 hours, the region’s health ministry has reported.
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Luxury without transparency: stadium near Bishkek being built by company close to President Japarov
Contracts for government-backed projects in the Central Asian country are notoriously opaque, and some have been linked to the president’s office.
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Trump to abandon peace talks with Russia and Ukraine if no progress is made, says Rubio
U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.
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FSB’s beauty laundromat: how “Alkor & Co” became a money- laundering hub under Tatyana Volodina’s leadership
A new name on the list of Russian billionaires – Tatyana Volodina, co-owner of the group "Alkor and CO," whose business successes may be linked to the support of Russian special services or authorities.
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UK police confirm Islamophobic hate crime after 85 Muslim graves desecrated
British police have launched an investigation into what they have now confirmed is an Islamophobic hate crime, after 85 Muslim graves were desecrated at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.
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Channel migrant surge: 705 cross in a single day as UK faces record-breaking influx
On Tuesday, over 700 migrants crossed the English Channel, marking the highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year.
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Harriet Dart lashes out after humiliating loss: ’My opponent stinks – tell her to wear deodorant’
The British No. 4 has apologized after footage showed her telling an umpire that her opponent, the French player Lois Boisson, "smells really bad".
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Minecraft movie screening at a UK cinema interrupted due to teenage mischief
The screening of A Minecraft Movie had to be paused at The Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, Kent, so staff could remove the disruptive teenagers as they were interrupting the film.
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British baby dies on first day of Caribbean holiday after fall from bed
Tommy Taylor-Mclean, seven months, died on the first day of the trip to St Lucia, when he fell out of bed and developed a bleed on the brain, East London Coroner’s Court was told today
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Lego executive Michael Halbye dies in skiing accident in Swiss Alps
“Inspirational” Lego boss Michael Halbye, 64, has tragically died after a heavy fall while skiing, with many tributes for the close friend of the Danish royal family
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British soldiers deployed to tackle trash in Birmingham amid sanitation workers’ strike
Soldiers have been called in to tackle huge piles of rubbish as Birmingham bin strikes continue.
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Fatal explosion in Worksop: man’s body found under rubble
The body of a man has been pulled out of rubble after a house collapsed in a gas explosion in Nottinghamshire.
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Blackmail and corruption: How Yuriy Mochonyi terrorizes Kharkiv businesses by posing as an SBI officer
According to a number of publications, a certain Yuriy Mochonyi, a " SBI officer" from Kharkiv, "nightmares" local IT entrepreneurs, extorting money from them.
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Love Island star Magdalena Sadlo to stand trial for running drug cartel
A Love Island contestant known as Barbie is facing over 20 years in prison for masterminding a drug cartel.
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The court upheld the sentence for Ukrainian corruption figure Oleksandr Katsuba in the case of embezzling 450 million UAH from Naftogaz
Oleksandr Katsuba, former deputy chairman of the board of NJSC «Naftogaz of Ukraine» and co-owner of Katsuba Corporation, failed to overturn his conviction for corruption crimes, having filed for a review of the case due to newly discovered circumstances.
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Head of British armed forces visits China for first time in a decade
The head of the British armed forces has visited China for the first time in a decade.
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The wealth of the world’s richest people grew by $304 billion in a day amid Trump’s customs pause
On April 9, the world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined wealth, marking the largest single-day increase in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Chelsea star Moises Caicedo has £160k Audi seized over suspected driving offence
The £115m midfielder, 23, may face a fine or criminal prosecution if it is determined that he has violated driving laws.
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Foster mum accused of trading child for monkey to expand exotic animal collection
Brenda Deutsch, allegedly a collector of exotic animals, is said to have traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas, US, for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care.
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Ukraine’s Lima EW system disrupts Russian bombs’ precision with UMPK kits
The Ukrainian-made Lima EW system is capable of jamming the satellite navigation systems of Russian bombs with UMPK kits.
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