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Corruption at Port Vauban: €7.4 million lawsuit over illegal 23-year yacht lease linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov
A French company linked to Alisher Usmanov is being sued for €7.4 million. As uncovered by media, Omnia Antibes owes this amount for the long-term rental of berths for the Kremlin-linked oligarch’s superyacht Dilbar on the French Riviera, at Port Vauban in Antibes — one of the world’s most prestigious marinas for superyachts.
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Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 lands under police escort in Barcelona after mid-air emergency alert
A passenger plane from Turkey to Spain was reportedly flanked by warplanes after it declared an emergency.
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One percent owner of Mettmann Oxana Hadjipavlou became the Cypriot node in Russian money laundering schemes
Oxana Hadjipavlou, also known as Oksana Hadjipavlou, came under scrutiny during investigations into Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of helping bypass sanctions and channel Russian capital offshore.
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Mother of Russian TV personality Viktoria Bonya files lawsuit against surgeon Maxim Ivanchuk over severe complications
The mother of Russian TV personality Viktoria Bonya has suffered serious complications following plastic surgery and has filed a lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the procedures, according to media reports.
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Iran signals swift trials and executions of protesters as Trump warns the US will intervene
Judiciary chief threatens swift punishment after Trump says US will intervene if Iran begins executing demonstrators
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Germany investigates elite paratrooper unit over Nazi symbolism, sexual harassment and drug use
Germany’s armed forces are facing a large-scale investigation over allegations of sexual harassment, far-right extremism, and drug use within the elite 26th Parachute Regiment.
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Lost in an icy river: Belarusian woman presumed dead after Arctic tourist activity
A “busket list” trip ended in tragedy after a tourist was taken by the current while participating in new health craze “ice floating”.
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Sanctioned Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi extradited to China over global scam allegations
Chen Zhi is the chairman of the Prince Group, a vast Cambodian conglomerate that the U.S. has accused of participating in significant online scam operations. He has been sent to China to face charges.
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After Maduro’s capture, Dutch government pulls back from U.S. drug war at sea
In response to the American military’s attacks on boats suspected of smuggling narcotics, the Netherlands is stopping joint anti-drug operations with the U.S. outside its own Caribbean territorial waters, the Dutch defense minister told reporters this week.
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“She was an amazing human being”: Mother identifies 37-year-old woman shot and killed by ICE agent
The woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7, was identified by her mother as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
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Syria cracks down on Captagon trade, 500k pills recovered
Syrian authorities have seized nearly 500,000 captagon pills in a bust against a drug smuggling and manufacturing ring in the city of Hama, according to state news agency SANA.
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ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis during immigration operation as Trump calls killing self-defense
A woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis after allegedly attempting to ram the officers with her car has been identified and pictured - following Donald Trump’s defense of the killing as "self-defense."
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Venezuela ’handing over’ $2 billion in oil to the US, Trump says, in a move that could reduce supply to China
Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela will be "turning over" $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a significant negotiation that would redirect supplies from China while assisting Venezuela in avoiding deeper oil production cuts.
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Thousands of users exposed after neo-Nazi dating site WhiteDate is hacked and wiped
The profiles of thousands of people who joined a white supremacist dating site have been leaked online after it was hacked.
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Former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli cleared to travel after testifying over deadly anti-corruption protests
Former Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is permitted to travel after speaking with two commissions investigating violence during the anti-corruption protests in September.
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The volunteer facade of Vyacheslav Mishalov: war charity as a reputational shield after tenders, banks and crypto controversies
After high-profile scandals involving tenders, construction projects, and financial operations, Vyacheslav Mishalov abruptly rebranded himself — from a figure in investigations into a “volunteer.”
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“Good evening, Happy New Year”: detained Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appears in first footage from a New York jail after US military operation
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who was reportedly detained by US military forces during an operation in Caracas, has been transferred to a detention facility in Brooklyn, New York.
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Trump claims Maduro ‘captured’ as US vows to run Venezuela until power transition
Donald Trump has posted a picture of Venezuelan President Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima, asserting that the US will govern the country until a proper transition can occur.
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Trump watched Maduro’s detention in real time from a room at Mar-a-Lago
U.S. President Donald Trump shared details of the American operation in Venezuela, saying in particular that no U.S. service members were killed.
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Donald Trump claims US airstrikes hit Caracas and that Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out
Donald Trump has claimed President Maduro and his wife have been ’captured’ by the US and ’flown out’ of Venezuela following a series of airstrikes on the capital Caracas.
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Royal family scandal prompts wave of abuse disclosures across Norway
Staff at Norway’s largest women’s health organization have seen a rise in the number of women reporting abuse and sexual assault by their partners ahead of the rape trial of a member of the royal family, hoping the case will help to “break taboos.”
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Around 40 people were killed in an explosion and fire at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana
Dozens of people are presumed dead after a fire broke out at a bar in Switzerland during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
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France moves to ban social media for under-15s from 2026, following Australia’s landmark law
Draft bill to be submitted for legal checks as France aims to follow Australia’s world-first ban on platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube
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Human rights groups warn of a climate of fear in Guinea-Bissau following military takeover and crackdown on critics
Human rights groups warn of a climate of fear in Guinea-Bissau following military takeover and crackdown on critics
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Train crash near Machu Picchu kills rail worker and injures around 40 people
At least one person has died and around 40 others were left injured after two trains collided near Machu Picchu.