All news by author Sophia Martinez

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DeepSeek frenzy drives patriotic investments in Chinese AI stocks
Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to China in an intensifying Sino-U.S. technology war.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has put the owners of the Russian online casino Pin-UP, which profited from Ukrainian players, on the wanted list
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine’s wanted registry now includes leaders of the organized criminal group linked to the Russian online casino Pin-UP.
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Power cut disrupts billion-dollar global scam industry, but doubts remain about its impact on stopping the swindling
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.
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The Silicon Valley prodigy linked to the Zizian trans ’death cult’ is implicated in six killings
’Jack Amadeus LaSota left our lives but not our hearts on August 19 after a boating accident,’ an obituary, published on the Daily News-Miner on September 7 2022, read.
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Ukrainian police dismantle an amphetamine cartel
The network reeled in monthly profits of up to 18 million Ukrainian hryvnia ($431,923) from the production and selling of 60 kg of amphetamine to 18 drug labs nation-wide.
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MPs informed that a misspelling of the Southport killer’s name may have led Prevent to close the case
Review finds Axel Rudakubana’s surname was incorrect in one of three referrals to scheme to spot potential terrorists.
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KyberSwap hacker faces a five-count criminal indictment for stealing $65 million
Andean Medjedovic is accused of exploiting DeFi protocols KyberSwap and Indexed Finance.
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Elderly woman discovered pushing her daughter’s dead body in a shopping cart at a London shopping center
Joan Kathleen Turnell kept her daughter Tracey’s dead body in their shared flat in Leyton for over a year before she was discovered, inquest told.
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Soft play boss caught with indecent child images purchases a house he will never reside in
Steven McInally ran a soft play centre in Glasgow before he was caught with child abuse images in Florida and sentenced to 25 years behind bars in an American prison.
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Belgian police search for gunmen in Brussels underground network
Belgian police are looking for armed men after a shooting was reported outside a metro station in the centre of Brussels.
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Israel probes Sara Netanyahu for alleged witness intimidation in her husband’s corruption case
Attorney General confirms a criminal probe into Sara Netanyahu over allegations of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. The investigation follows a Channel 12 exposé revealing efforts to discredit a key witness in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s corruption case.
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Donald Trump warns that he would ’obliterate’ Iran even from beyond the grave
The US President signed an order in the Oval Office on Tuesday for a ’maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran - and sent a chilling warning to the Middle Eastern country.
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Beavers construct a dam overnight, accomplishing a task that would have cost £900,000
Mother nature has proven itself faster and more efficient than a European government in the race to construct a £900,000 dam.
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Man’s free cruise turns costly as he incurs $47,000 medical bill after contracting the flu onboard
The passenger says he does not know how he will be able to pay the cruise line back.
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Donald Trump Jr. faces accusations of killing a protected bird in Venice lagoon
Video posted online is said to show Trump Jr with a ruddy shelduck while on hunting trip.
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Labour’s ’tough decisions’ lead to council tax hikes ’beyond normal thresholds’ for millions of UK households
Millions of households are facing council tax hikes beyond normal thresholds this year, as Angela Rayner warned of further "tough decisions" to "rebuild and stabilise" local government.
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Former Tory MP joins Ukraine’s foreign legion to support the fight against Putin
Former deputy chair of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent after volunteering to serve in the Ukrainian military.
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French director convicted of sexual assault in MeToo trial, avoids jail sentence
Christophe Ruggia given two years’ house arrest over abuse of Adèle Haenel when she was aged between 12 and 15.
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British woman found dead in holiday island mystery, hostels ordered to close
A 24-year-old British woman has mysteriously died at the Miracle Colombo City Hostel in Sri Lanka. A court has ordered the hostel to shut pending a full investigation.
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Canadian hockey fans boo ’Star Spangled Banner’ at NHL game following Trump’s tariff announcement
Canadian NHL fans booed the Star Spangled Banner at an Ottawa Senators game Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump’s tariff on the country became official.
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Canada and Mexico retaliate against Trump’s tariffs, while Beijing promises ’countermeasures’
Canada, Mexico and China have promised to hit back after the imposition of sweeping US tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Saturday.
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London’s skyline will transform with the approval of a controversial 54-storey skyscraper
A new 54-storey skyscraper is set to change London’s skyline as planning permission for the ‘undesirable’ building is approved.
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Kemi Badenoch’s top team oversaw departments that lost £20,000 a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet.
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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, citing unfair treatment
President Donald Trump has announced he will hit Mexico, Canada and China with tariffs starting tomorrow.
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Billionaire plans to construct a statue of the Virgin Mary that surpasses the height of Christ the Redeemer
An iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil could soon be dwarfed by a new statue of Jesus’s mother.