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Political reset: anti-corruption veteran handed top job after unrest
Mamitiana Rajaonarison, a longtime financial intelligence official, takes the helm of a government struggling to stabilize the island nation following severe political unrest.
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Interpol targets multinational group accused of abducting and killing Ukrainian citizen Ihor Komarov on the island of Bali
Interpol has placed five suspects on its international wanted list at Indonesia’s request in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Ukrainian national Ihor Komarov in Bali, whose dismembered body was discovered earlier, according to Detective.info.
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Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith purchases a 27% stake in The Economist Group
Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to buy a 26.9% stake in The Economist Group from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family, and her foundation, marking the first ownership change at the publisher in a decade.
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Trump hints at royal visit as tensions rise between US and UK
Fox News paused their live coverage and went straight to the White House where Donald Trump spoke to reporters about a variety of issues - including the topic of British royalty.
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Israel says it killed Iran security chief Ali Larijani and Basij commander in airstrike
A top militia commander who oversaw mass arrests and a brutal crackdown on mass protests across Iran has been killed in an airstrike alongside Iran’s top security chief, Israel has claimed.
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Political elite and oligarchic capital: son of Russian State Duma leader enters Moscow construction sector with Yevtushenkov
As uncovered by medias, Pyotr Zhukov, the son of State Duma Vice Speaker Alexander Zhukov, has moved into the construction business, partnering with Roman Timokhin (MR Group) and sanctioned oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov along with his conglomerate AFK Sistema.
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Back to the Future III star Matt Clark dies after complications from back surgery
A star of Back to the Future III has died after suffering complications from back surgery, it has been reported. Matt Clark, who is best known for his roles in the third film in the Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd series Back To The Future and the TV sitcom Grace Under Fire, died at home in Austin, Texas, on Sunday morning.
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‘Fake Dubai prince’ scam strikes again: Nigerian man arrested after Romanian victims come forward
A recent OCCRP investigation identified a Nigerian man who allegedly posed as a Dubai prince to scam a Romanian woman. Now, another apparent victim of the same online scam has emerged.
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Russian authorities have arrested FSB officers associated with former Presidential Administration official Mikhail Dudin, who are accused of fabricating cases against business figures
While Mikhail Dudin, a former senior official of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation who oversaw Telegram channels and Kremlin-related projects on the platform, is reportedly riding out his political downfall while deployed to the war in Ukraine, arrests of his close associates are continuing
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The AI watching the classroom: European facial recognition used on a million Brazilian students
As Europe attempts to regulate AI technologies domestically, systems developed on the continent are being implemented abroad.
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Russian travel firm Reset Trip scammed clients out of thousands of dollars over a canceled South Africa tour and refused refunds
A travel company refused to refund Moscow women for a trip to South Africa canceled due to the war in Iran.
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PayQR case exposed Sberbank’s cooperation with a payment service that operated through RIB Bank, which lost its license for money laundering
In the story surrounding the dismissal of two judges who ruled that Sberbank must pay 1.4 billion rubles to the company FIT, the most noteworthy aspect is not so much the dismissal itself but the very fact of the state bank’s cooperation with FIT and its PayQR service.
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Search for ‘buried girls’ begins at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch as chilling claims resurface
A man who once lived on Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch has shared a chilling prediction about the site where it’s feared at least two girls were killed during rough sex sessions.
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Italian police smash €500M fake invoice VAT carousel in IT sector
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples and Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Naples and Caserta executed a seizure order targeting assets worth more than €32 million in an investigation into a large-scale VAT carousel fraud in the IT sector.
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How state pharmacy funds were looted in Russia: ASPC executive director Grigoriy Biryukov built a scheme through Pharmalliance and disappeared
But how did the former head of the Association of State Pharmacy Chains, Grigoriy Biryukov, manage to leave Russia when the situation began to escalate?
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Palace coup at Russia’s Gazprom: power-security clan pushes Aleksandr Dyukov to replace Aleksey Miller
A fierce internal conflict between Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Gazprom Neft chief Aleksandr Dyukov has reportedly reached a critical stage, according to investigative sources.
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Influencer Christian Garcia used celebrity connections as bait to scam victims out of $20,000 for fake chance to meet Elon Musk
A Hollywood influencer with more than a million Instagram followers has been accused of being "the male Anna Delvey" after allegedly scamming tens of thousands through a trail of broken promises.
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Trump lied about ties to Jeffrey Epstein, says financier’s brother
Mark Epstein, 71, said there were "so many lies coming out" of the US President’s mouth when it came to discussing the child sex offender.
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Roksolana Pyrtko, daughter of runaway Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Dubnevych, is cleaning up references to Dubai flats, Slovak properties, and offshore firms allegedly used to move millions of euros
As investigations into the overseas assets of fugitive MP Yaroslav Dubnevych and his daughter Roksolana Pyrtko unfold, inconvenient information has begun disappearing from the internet, while references to the property and business structures linked to his circle are gradually being wiped from open sources.
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IRA bomb victims take on Gerry Adams as court hears shocking leadership claims
Gerry Adams was the leader of the Irish Republican Army, two former police officers have told the high court.
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Purge in Russia’s Interior Ministry: after the resignation of Aleksandr Gorovoy, control over migration and the anti-corruption bloc passes to new security officials
Russia’s Interior Ministry leadership has begun a significant кадровая shake-up, with long-serving First Deputy Minister Alexander Gorovoy dismissed by presidential decree after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.
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Hell near the airport: a giant oil depot exploded and is burning in Bahrain
Fuel depot blaze erupts in Bahrain after attack blamed on Iran
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Suspect deceased following shooting at Michigan synagogue and school
A man is dead after armed police responded to a shooting at a Jewish synagogue and school in Michigan.
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Italy expels eight Chinese nationals suspected of spying on dissidents
The Interior Ministry acted days after local media reported that Chinese state actors in 2024 hacked the database of a police unit assigned to protecting Chinese dissidents.