All news by author Sophia Martinez

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Cyprus’ former president sues corruption probe witness
Cypriot Former President Nicos Anastasiades has filed a defamation suit against an author who testified to an anti-corruption body about alleged misconduct while he was head of state.
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King’s coronation scroll contained one small error in its 21 meters
King Charles has been presented with a beautifully illustrated record of his Coronation, almost a year after the historic service at Westminster Abbey.
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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting identification
Former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring acceptable photo ID.
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Two 12-year-old boys killed a defenseless man with a machete after roaming the streets with the deadly weapon
Two 12-year-old boys used a machete to murder an "utterly defenceless" man, inflicting injuries to his skull and heart and slashing his legs, a court heard.
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Macron urges voters to ’wake up’ as nationalist ’lies’ sweep across Europe
French president says far-right are ‘hidden Brexiteers’ who want to destroy the EU without saying so
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A drunk driver killed a 13-year-old boy and then attempted to hinder medics from saving his life
Cops revealed Whiteman’s shameless response when they arrested him
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OnlyFans investigated over children accessing porn
Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans over concerns it is not doing enough to stop children accessing pornography.
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Dutch woman arrested over shooting of Spanish former politician
Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last year
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Georgian protesters against ’foreign agents’ bill faced teargas and stun grenades
Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass
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NHS charter to stress biological sex when placing patients in wards
Transgender women should not be put on single-sex female NHS wards, the government is proposing.
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Georgia: Opposition MP aligns with ruling party, family subsequently wins two land disputes
In an important vote for new members of a top judicial body, five opposition politicians joined forces with Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, to elect pro-government candidates.
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Welsh Senedd members consider criminalising lying by politicians
Ex-Plaid Cymru leader Adam Jones, a leading proponent, says credibility gap in politics has become ‘gaping chasm’
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Lithuania scrutinizes company suspected of breaching EU sanctions
Lithuanian authorities are inspecting a company owned by the family of a prominent presidential candidate, after media reports suggesting the firm may have violated European Union sanctions against exports to Belarus.
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Italian mobsters allegedly gained significant influence in Toronto
Vincenzo Muià was determined to find out who had killed his brother Carmelo, a leader in a faction of the feared ’Ndrangheta crime group who was gunned down on the streets of Siderno, a coastal city in southern Italy in 2018.
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Mint Butterfield, billionaire’s missing 16-year-old child, discovered in van a week after disappearance
Mint Butterfield, the 16-year-old child of the founders of Slack and Flickr, who went missing last week was found in the back of a white van unharmed on Sunday
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Police launch murder inquiry after man fatally stabbed at residence
A man has been stabbed to death at a home in Felling, northeast England.
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Second fatality reported following alert on unusually potent heroin
A second man has died after what police described as a "bad batch" of heroin was circulated.
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Turkish authorities have confirmed the death of an 83-year-old former banker after discovering human remains
Korhan Berzeg, 83, had not been heard from for 312 days when his remains were finally found
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‘Plasma was called liquid gold’: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal
Documents examined by inquiry show officials knew people were being given infected blood products, but sanctioned their use
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Four individuals have been arrested for their suspected involvement in people smuggling through Facebook advertisements
Police believe those arrested charged people thousands of pounds to bring them to the UK illegally.
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The Ukraine agriculture minister has been detained as part of a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry
Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP
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A tribunal judge is facing allegations of engaging in bullying behavior and displaying misogyny
Five women have accused a judge of bullying and sexist behaviour during employment tribunal hearings.
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The company responsible for the unpleasant landfill situation in Fleetwood is reportedly linked to another problematic site in Yorkshire
The bosses of a landfill in Fleetwood, the centre of months of smell complaints, are linked to another nuisance site in Yorkshire.
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An asylum seeker, reportedly inspired by revenge in Gaza, has been found guilty of murdering a pensioner in the street
A Moroccan asylum seeker who said he was inspired by “revenge” for the Israel-Hamas conflict has been convicted of murdering a pensioner out walking in the street.
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Six months after the horrifying blaze at Luton Airport, hundreds of burnt-out cars remain stranded
The aftermath of the blaze that ripped through Luton Airport’s car park shows several cars left burnt to a crisp and stranded - including an £80k Porsche hanging off the edge