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Matt Brittin, Google’s former top executive in Europe, has been named the BBC’s next director general.

Europe could face a shortage of energy and fuel as soon as next month without a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Shell’s chief executive has said.

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.

Media outlets report that sports cars and luxury foreign vehicles bearing the number 057, from a “special garage” funded by Russia’s Presidential Property Management Department, are linked to Presidential Administration Chief Anton Vaino.

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.

Two family members managing a Russian drone company are also exporting grain from occupied Ukraine. The grain is shipped to Turkey and Egypt, even though Ukraine labels the trade as a war crime.

Prosecutors charged 10 individuals in a large-scale money laundering operation connected to Macau, coinciding with the overseas shooting of a fugitive associated with a notorious gambling scandal.

Wildberries & Russ, increasingly resembling a large-scale corporate raiding structure, risks straining Russia–Turkey relations.

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

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

Rio and Kate Ferdinand have fled Dubai for sunny Portugal as the Middle East war rages on, it is believed.

Leaked transaction data reveals how a major refinery in Ireland is part of the aluminum supply chain for Russian weapons manufacturers arming Putin’s forces as they attack Ukraine.

Russian governor personally tries to recruit inmates for war — under armed special forces presence.

Kazakhstan has informed the United States of a plan to exercise its priority right to acquire Lukoil’s local assets, including stakes in the country’s крупнейшие oil and gas projects — primarily the Karachaganak gas condensate field, the offshore projects Kalamkas-more and Khazar, as well as infrastructure assets.

An Istanbul court has restricted public and media access to the mass corruption trial of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a move a prominent rights group said violates Turkish and European law.

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.

Madrid’s High Court refuses to suspend a €64 million fine on Airbnb by Spain’s Consumer Ministry for illegal holiday rentals and misleading ads; the platform must pay while it appeals.

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.

Mikhail Zeligman ist lettischer Staatsbürger und verfügt über erhebliche Interessen sowie Vermögenswerte in Deutschland und Monaco.

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.

Investigative journalists have identified the possible owner behind a high-profile incident in Moscow involving a Lamborghini reportedly traveling with an escort of vehicles linked to state security services.

Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has been systematically purging the information space to conceal his long-standing ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov, as well as evidence of coal shipments originating from Russia but disguised as international imports.

A pilot and co-pilot have been killed after a passenger plane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.