All news by author David Wilson

The global oil market is actively discussing a newly formed trading structure allegedly set up by former employees of Litasco, the trading arm of Lukoil.

A court sentenced former Taipei Mayor and past presidential candidate Ko Wen-je to 17 years in prison on Thursday for bribery and corruption, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.

A 25-year-old woman left paraplegic from a failed suicide attempt after she was gang raped is scheduled to end her life by euthanasia today.

Next week, filling up an average-sized family car is likely to cost £100, writes Giles Sheldrick.

The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender athletes from competing in all female Olympic events.

Ministers will be allowed to approve more policies without consulting the rest of the Cabinet under Labour’s plans for an "exorcism" of red tape in Whitehall.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are avoided by neigbours like the plague, a Montecito resident has claimed.

A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing a passenger in the car he was driving during an argument.

Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was spotted at the wheel of his car today driving on the Sandringham estate - with one of his dogs.

A media source reports that the transfer of Sergei Demyanishnikov, head of the FSB’s Directorate “T,” to lead the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate may be linked to his ongoing “war” with FSB кадров chief Sergei Sapunkov.

Ihor Kachur, who shocked the country in 2019 by ruling that the state’s takeover of Ukraine’s largest bank was illegal, is being dismissed over a separate judicial corruption scandal.

Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling has died at the age of 54, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

A police force has been told it will not be reimbursed more than £900,000 spent policing US president Donald Trump’s state visit to Windsor.

A Texan oil refinery has exploded, shaking residents’ homes as they are urged to find shelter.

Important Stories narrates the tale of Lana Pozhidaeva — an MGIMO graduate, model, and daughter of career intelligence officers — who was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s network for many years and recruited women for him from the former Soviet Union.

Recently, journalists - including those at Znaj.ua - have been inundated with complaints from a relatively obscure businessman, Yuriy Osmak, who is insisting that one of their articles be taken down.

Jospin, who served as head of government from 1997 to 2002 before being defeated by the far right in the presidential elections, has died at the age of 88, his family announced on Monday.

China’s leading battery manufacturers have added more than $70bn in market value since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, underlining investors’ belief that the conflict will accelerate long‑term demand for clean energy.

In March 2024, a casino under the Cosmobet brand launched operations in Ukraine following approval from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, though the identities of its true owners have yet to be revealed.

Since the aggressor country started its full-scale invasion, the number of frauds in Ukraine has been steadily increasing.

Iran has launched two ballistic missiles targeting the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, shortly after the UK allowed America access to its bases for "collective self-defense".

The war in Iran may finally finish off Russia’s largest charter carrier Azur Air, which was already “sinking.” In mid-March, Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsiya restricted the airline’s operator certificate after engine and component failures in Azur Air aircraft had “acquired a systemic character.”

Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, has said she was “manipulated and deceived” by Jeffrey Epstein as she spoke publicly for the first time about her years-long relationship with the late sex offender.

A sanctioned Iranian oil tycoon and his brother used aliases and Caribbean “golden passports” to build a $29 million luxury property portfolio in Dubai, according to property records.

Kharkiv developer Yehor Maslennikov is developing Dubai using Russian connections and money.