All news by author Thomas Brown

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Cryptex crypto exchange under attack: Major arrests and money laundering allegations emerge
Last week, Russian security forces carried out a large-scale operation to detain individuals associated with the illegal activities of the cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex and the anonymous payment system UAPS
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"Canned Goods" from Riga: Russian elites, oligarchs, and military contractors quietly evade sanctions in Latvia
The Latvian authorities are keen on using every chance they get to display their opposition to Russia.
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Pope Francis expands the college of cardinals with 21 new appointments
Prelates to receive red hats at December consistory in largest intake of electors during pontiff’s 11-year tenure
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EasyJet captain pleads with ‘drunk’ passengers during midair brawl
Shocking footage has emerged of two men attempting to brawl in the middle of a flight to Turkey.
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Two Met police officers sacked over stop-and-search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams reinstated ’with back pay’
Two Metropolitan Police officers who were sacked over the stop and search of black athlete Bianca Williams and her partner have been given their jobs back.
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South African officials face punishment for delaying the report on a killer’s escape
Following a damning report by the South African Office of the Public Protector, authorities have reassigned two officials and issued them final written warnings for taking six months to report the escape of a convicted murderer and rapist from prison.
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’Blue plaque’ in Walthamstow Tesco honors the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss
Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership
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Innova Review: Dubai-based securities fraud pyramid scheme
Innova prelaunched on the website domains “8innova.com” and “innovabackoffice.com”.
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Woman has been found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of her two sets of twins in a house fire
The boys were locked inside the property before the blaze broke out in December 2021 - with police saying the flames spread quickly because of the amount of rubbish strewn across the floor.
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Suspending arms sales to Israel has weakened the UK’s position in Washington, says a former armed forces minister
James Heappey said the government’s decision to partially suspend arms sales to Israel was a "big mistake" that will weaken UK influence in Washington.
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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a west London school acid attack that left a 14-year-old girl scarred for life
Police hunting for a suspected acid attacker who targeted two children outside a London school have made an arrest
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GP injected her mother’s partner with a flesh-eating chemical to secure an inheritance, the court has heard
Trial told Thomas Kwan, 53, disguised himself as a nurse and told Patrick O’Hara he was getting a Covid jab
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Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, bringing an end to years of dispute over the territory
Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows rounds of negotiations and international pressure
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People are being charged exorbitant fees to escape warzones on luxury yachts
People are shelling out up to £1,200 ($1,600) for a seat on one of the yachts travelling from Lebanon to Cyprus, as Israel renewed its bombardment of the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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The Metropolitan Police has settled a £1 million civil case following the wrongful arrest of a Black bank manager in 2017
Dale Semper ‘feels some justice has been done’ after apology and settlement but moment ‘bitter sweet’
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Man arrested after bow and arrow found in car parked next to House of Lords
Suspect sectioned under the Mental Health Act and arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon
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Tel Aviv shooting: Eight killed in Jaffa just minutes before Iran launches missile strikes on Israel
The two gunmen were shot dead by police, who are saying the shooting was an act of terror
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Videos of the arrival of Iranian missiles over Israel appeared on the Internet
Iran launched about 500 ballistic missiles at Israel.
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Criminals may benefit as Cambodia conceals new citizenship data
Cambodia has begun hiding the identities of foreigners purchasing passports through a citizenship investment program – a move analysts say will undermine efforts to tackle crime groups that have set up shop in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Saltwater is making electric cars blow up after Hurricane Helene
Electric vehicles that have been flooded with saltwater are being treated as a potential fire hazard in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
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Starmer’s visit to Brussels could lead to an overhaul of the Brexit deal
Prime minister hopes to use talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen this week to prepare for a reset in the spring
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Keir Starmer hits new low in personal popularity ratings
Latest Opinium poll for the Observer shows Labour leader got the opposite of a ‘bounce’ from Liverpool party conference
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Chris Eubank’s son Joseph cleared of raping teenage girl, 16, in Brighton
Chris Eubank’s 27-year-old son has been cleared of raping a teenage girl on Brighton beach.
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Labour’s policy on non-doms largely copied from Conservatives, say Whitehall sources
Rachel Reeves said to have dismissed concerns about policy, even though some claim it contains ‘basic errors’
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Alabama executes death row prisoner using nitrogen gas
Alan Miller, 59, second person in US to be executed via controversial technique, shook and trembled on gurney