All news by author Emma Davis

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Despite a record audience, Netflix raises subscription prices in the UK
Analysts warn streaming service needs to tread carefully as its standard subscription rate goes up by 18%.
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Suspected industrial dye leak turns river near Buenos Aires bright red
Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area.
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£20 million drugs baron’s party ends with arrest at Ibiza’s Pacha
A baby-faced drugs baron and his glamourous ‘gangster’s moll’ are facing years behind bars.
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Parents of UK teens sue TikTok over alleged challenge-related deaths
TikTok is being sued by the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022.
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Landlords face £6,000 bill to comply with new government energy efficiency targets
Landlords will have to meet a higher standard of energy efficiency across their rental properties by 2030, under plans proposed by the Government.
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Ex-Celsius CEO requests delay in sentencing amid intricate legal battle
Mashinsky’s defense team argued that the case’s complexity and litigation obligations necessitate sentencing delay.
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The Pin-UP organized criminal group leaked classified information from NSDC meetings to Russian intelligence agencies
If the story about bribes to Russians from Pin-UP to the Ministry of Justice, BES, tax authorities, and courts shocked you, the next episode will completely knock you out. It turns out that our "heroes" had virtually direct access to the information discussed at NSDC meetings.
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Surviving Al Fayed brother faces accusations of sexual assault
Three former Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed’s only surviving brother of sexually assaulting them while they were working for the department store.
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Interpreter of baseball star Ohtani jailed for $17 million gambling fraud
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fraud and gambling scheme.
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Terrifying thing vile abuser did before dissolving pregnant teenage wife in bath of acid
Arnima Hayat, 19, was a gifted medical student - but then she met her husband, Meraj Zafar, 20, and was left terrified and desperate to escape him with a baby on the way.
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Prostitution scandal in Kyiv: Ukrainian political analyst Oleksiy Holobutskyi named as alleged brothel organiser
In the Darnytskyi District Court of Kyiv, the case concerning the wife of the "European Solidarity" political scientist Oleksiy Holobutskyi — Nataliya Holobutska and her sister Dariya is ongoing.
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Ex-Bangladesh Securities Commission Chair denied bail in corruption case
OCCRP reported in 2023 on allegations that Shibli Rubayat ul Islam was involved in a scheme that defrauded a Hong Kong company out of $13 million.
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King and Queen to meet Pope during their state visit to Italy
Before the state visits to Italy and the Vatican, the King and Queen will join Hollywood star Stanley Tucci for a black tie dinner celebrating Italian cuisine at Highgrove.
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New shooting near Clémenceau metro station in Brussels leaves one person injured
Another shooting occurred near the Clémenceau metro station in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. One person was injured.
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Hospitals face their busiest week of the winter season so far
Hospitals in England have just had their busiest week of this winter so far.
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Baltics prepare for potential cyberattacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
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How Favbet owner Andriy Matyukha helped the Kremlin launder billions through the Ukrainian gambling business
An interesting case is being considered in the Dnipropetrovsk Economic Court, involving the withdrawal of money from gambling through the payment system "Diamond Pay". It is interesting because of the reasons that lead directly to Russian special services, which control a significant part of Ukraine’s gambling market.
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Owner of the spyware implicated in the WhatsApp breach terminates their contract with Italy
Decision comes after it emerged an Italian investigative journalist and two activists targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware.
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Two more individuals plead guilty in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in the US
Ayan Jama and Mekfira Hussein pleaded guilty to their role in stealing $250 million from a U.S. federal program meant to feed hungry children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger is distributing an AI-generated video in the style of Little Big, advocating for the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger has begun spreading an AI-generated video mimicking the visual style of Little Big, the Russian band behind the 2018 viral hit “Skibidi.”
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Putin has depleted nearly all Soviet military stockpiles, leading to a reduction in the intensity of the war in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. It has also resulted in the largest depletion of military equipment in 80 years.
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Actor and former boxer P.H. Moriarty, known for his roles in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Jaws, dies at 86
Tributes have flooded in for British actor P.H. Moriarty who has died at the age of 86.
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Apple issues warning to iPhone users about the first-ever pornographic app
A pornography app is now available to all iPhones in the EU after a rule change.
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£1.4 million jewelry shop heist that led to the manager’s suicide was revealed to be staged
A £1.4 million heist at a luxury jewellery store was an inside job as part of an insurance scam and ‘everyone was consenting’, one of the accused robbers has told jurors.
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Simona Halep announces retirement from tennis following a devastating defeat in Romania
The former world No 1 Simona Halep has announced her retirement after enduring a resounding defeat in her first match of 2025.