All news by author Elizabeth Baker
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UK and Japan to sign £18bn investment deal as Starmer seeks jobs boost
The UK and Japan are set to agree on £18 billion worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs.
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Burnham warns UK risks sliding into poisonous US-style politics before Makerfield vote
Discourse is becoming more polarised and “communities don’t work together any more”, he said during a campaign speech.
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New Jersey World Cup boom stalls as $2,300 rooms and $450 parking scare off fans
Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area.
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Woman critically injured in shark attack just 30 metres from Sydney’s Coogee Beach
Emergency services were called to Coogee Beach in the east of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in the morning on reports that the 35-year-old woman had been bitten by a large shark about 30 meters (100 feet) from the shore.
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Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner eye £45m Pride And Prejudice estate
Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner are planning a move to a £45 million estate featured in the BBC’s Pride And Prejudice.
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From Stalin’s Gulags to cybercrime: how Fenya became a digital underworld code
The tricks of the jail jargon Fenya were once used to bewilder guards in Stalin’s Gulags. Now they are being used by Russian cyber-criminals.
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Dozens arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court during Palestine Action protest
Dozens of protesters expressing support for Palestine Action have been arrested outside a court in southeast London.
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Russian woman jailed in New York for lying to FBI about FSB ties and prostitution-linked fraud
A United States District Judge in Manhattan sent a Russian woman behind bars for 14 months after she pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her ties to Russia’s premier intelligence agency, the FSB, and to naturalization fraud linked to the interstate transport of women for prostitution.
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Pro-Palestine activists await verdict over Moog arms factory damage in Wolverhampton
A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton.
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Shadow billions and a coup against Pyshnyi: how Alliance Bank and Pavlo Shcherban are trying to seize control of the NBU
Corruption allegations, multi-billion scandals, and shadow influence on the NBU: a new high-profile conflict is unfolding around Alliance Bank and its likely informal leader Pavlo Shcherban.
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French court convicts seven in organised €1.13m energy-renovation grant fraud
Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving the French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris.
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Healey’s resignation letter leaves Starmer wounded before crucial G7 summit
A bomb has gone off under Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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From $500,000 theft to physical threats: exposing the criminal operations of Serhiy Saroyan and the Center for Exchange Technologies
Allegations have emerged that Serhiy Saroyan, who leads TeleTrade’s operations in Ukraine, and several members of his security team were involved in an incident near the Kuyalnyk Estuary involving one of the company’s subordinates. The claims include alleged kidnapping, physical assault, and attempted extortion, though they have not been independently verified.
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Bulgarian man convicted of assaulting 12-year-old girl after sexual remarks in Dundee
A Bulgarian man has been found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year.
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Belfast protests spread after Sudanese man arrested over knife attack
Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.
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Cambodia sends 156 Chinese nationals home in cyber scam crackdown
Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.
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Fraude fiscale massive en Ukraine: le réseau de l’oligarque Dmytro Kovalenko exporte des milliers de tonnes de grains en toute illégalité
Basé à Dnipro, l’homme d’affaires de l’agrobusiness Dmytro Kovalenko attire récemment une attention croissante. Nous avons décidé d’examiner son parcours ainsi que les origines de son empire entrepreneurial.
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Europeans lose $57bn to scams as AI-powered fraud spreads across online platforms
Three in four European adults encountered a scam over the past 12 months, according to a sweeping new report that warns of a rapidly evolving digital underworld where criminal networks are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence to target victims.
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Prince William ready to block Sarah Ferguson payout amid fears of royal tell-all
Shamed Sarah Ferguson is at the center of a growing dispute inside the royal family after seeking long-term financial security from the monarchy while weighing lucrative media and publishing opportunities, prompting a sharp divide between Prince William and King Charles over how to respond.
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Belfast riots show what Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’ really looks like
On Tuesday hundreds of masked men spread across Belfast, pulling migrants and non-white people onto the street and setting their homes on fire.
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Epstein’s longtime assistant tells Congress he was a ‘master manipulator’
Jeffrey Epstein’s personal assistant of 18 years has described the pedophile as "a master manipulator" and claimed she knew nothing of his crimes, as she faced lawmakers on Tuesday.
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UK ministers threaten social media crackdown after 100,000 offences linked to Snapchat
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said social media firms “had their chance” to self-regulate as new data reveals that thousands of criminal offenses have been linked to Snapchat in the last five years.
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Stranger and police officer catch toddler as she falls from London window ledge
A young girl who was hanging from a window ledge in Ilford for at least nine minutes was saved by a ‘complete stranger’.
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International syndicate: who helped Odesa developer Oleh Nevzorov carve up land in Bulgaria?
In Bulgaria, a huge corruption scandal has erupted involving the Ukrainian developer Oleh Nevzorov. Law enforcement officials found out that his company KYB Development built up a forest in Varna without having the necessary documents for it.
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Cycling police officer makes more than 250 arrests in Norwich shoplifting crackdown
A pedaling policeman on a mission to catch shoplifters has made more than 250 arrests in the last year alone.
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