All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Soho pickpocket steals rare Fabergé egg in £2m handbag theft, jailed for over two years
A thief who stole a handbag containing a rare Faberge egg and watch set worth more than £2 million has been jailed for two years.
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Wall Street firm pays analyst $15,000 to infiltrate Strait of Hormuz for trading insights
A Wall Street research firm has paid an analyst $15,000 to venture to the Strait of Hormuz by speedboat, armed with cigars and tobacco pouches in order to gain trading insights.
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Trump’s ‘civilisation will die tonight’ threat sparks unprecedented bipartisan calls to remove him using 25th Amendment as political firestorm erupts
President Donald Trump’s warning that ‘a whole civilisation will die tonight’ has triggered a surge of calls to remove him from office.
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Sadiq Khan urges King Charles to rein in Trump after ‘grotesque’ Iran threat as transatlantic tensions deepen over war and diplomacy
Sadiq Khan has said King Charles could ‘speak some sense’ into Donald Trump after his ‘grotesque’ threats to obliterate Iran if they did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Holiday fury as defence secretary travels abroad during Middle East brinkmanship and Royal Navy disruption sparks outrage over priorities
The revelation comes after it was reported that the Prime Minister was on holiday in Spain when Donald Trump threatened to end Iranian civilisation on Tuesday.
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Investigation traces Satoshi Nakamoto to Back using decades of forum posts and AI language analysis
A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of Bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator.
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"Poor" parents of Romanian mayor Robert Negoita bought a villa and a restaurant in Italy for €2.8 million.ts, now closed and under new ownership of Negoita family
The two properties were bought in Civitavecchia, a city nicknamed „Port of Rome”, on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Human rights lawyers and MPs warn that UK citizens face up to ten years in jail for sharing images of Iranian strikes in UAE, with consular access blocked and families desperate for information
Keir Starmer is facing calls to ‘stand up’ for British nationals in jail in the United Arab Emirates during his visit to the Gulf this week.
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From the Karimov to the Mirziyoyev: Ovik Mkrtchyan — the mastermind of siphoning billions out of Uzbekistan through offshore schemes
The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.
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In the US, a school bus driver was fired after a train narrowly missed hitting a bus carrying 27 children at a railway crossing
A school bus driver has been fired after allegedly shouting ‘I’m not gonna stop for no train’ before her vehicle narrowly avoided being hit on a railway crossing.
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Female cocaine courier gang smuggled £13.6m drugs across the UK
Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.
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Mindichgate and the billion-dollar energy heist: how Rostyslav Shurma and Alliance Bank ended up at the center of schemes looting Ukraine
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced suspicions against Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.
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“Ketamine Queen” apologises over Matthew Perry’s death as she faces 65 years in jail
The death of Friends actor Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in his hot tub shocked the world.
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Russian state-linked hackers target routers to infiltrate networks and harvest data
GCHQ has warned that Russian state-linked hackers are turning wifi routers into spying devices.
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Romanian court lifts all pre-trial restrictions on Andrew and Tristan Tate
A Romanian court has lifted all preventive judicial control measures, including mandatory police check-ins, against internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, according to The Telegraph.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moves into Marsh Farm amid ongoing royal fallout
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has finally moved into his new home on the Sandringham Estate – but not before spoiling his brother Edward and his wife Sophie’s Easter break.
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Victoria Cross hero arrested at airport over murder charges linked to Afghanistan
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport and charged with war crimes.
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Meta engineer accused of bypassing security systems to access over 30,000 private user images
A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.
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Russian propagandists call for attack on Westminster Bridge after Ukraine drone strike
Russian figures are calling for Vladimir Putin to destroy Westminster Bridge in retaliation for British drones “damaging a Russian-controlled crossing during a Ukrainian operation.”
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“Blockchain detectives” from Moscow: how Match Systems and Plain Chain forge documents for exchanges such as Garantex, Huobi, and Binance
“Match Systems, also known as Plain Chain, position themselves as blockchain investigators—people who help trace wallets and transaction links between them across various blockchains using specialized software.
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Kenes Rakishev — Kazakh oligarch’s «accountant»: how connections with Kulibayev, Abramovich and Prince Andrew help hide offshore capital
Kazakh entrepreneur Kenes Rakishev can be described as a highly versatile business figure, successfully managing operations across several jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Russia, Cyprus, and his home base in Astana.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan is cleaning up his criminal biography: from Volga-Credit Bank and ties to Shakro Molodoy to the United States and the Uzbek syndicate
Ovik Leonardovich Mkrtchyan is removing from the internet all information about his ties to criminal groups and international syndicates.
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Dynasty, power, and a possible heir: how Kim Jong Un may be preparing Kim Ju Ae to lead North Korea
Seoul’s spy agency has said that the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be considered his successor.
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From controlled insolvency to asset redistribution: how Dmytro Kovalenko and Sergey Saprykin dismantled Intercoaltrading through offshore schemes
Two Ukrainian businessmen allegedly mismanaged the influential company «Intercoaltrading», ultimately leading it to bankruptcy.
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Millions in losses, zero results: Elira Kokona’s investment body in Albania accused of wasting public funds
The SAI paints a picture of an institution that has consumed public money, generated increasing losses, paid boards and experts, but without delivering concrete investments, stable income, or guarantees for the protection of state property.