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Energoatom corruption scandal: Probe targets Timur Mindich, business partner of Zelenskyy
Ukrainian authorities detained a former deputy energy minister today on suspicion of embezzling funds from the state-owned nuclear power company.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin rejects US proposals for peace as Donald Trump’s top envoys brief White House on Moscow talks
The UK accused Vladimir Putin of "sabre rattling" after he said Russia was ready for war against Europe as he resisted Donald Trump’s peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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UK citizen Louis Johe Jarvie stabbed multiple times in bar fight, collapses bleeding heavily on Thailand’s Phuket island
Louis Johe Jarvie suffered multiple wounds after he got into a fight while drinking at a bar in Maya Beach, in Cherng Talay.
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Former EU foreign policy chief Italian Federica Mogherini formally accused of procurement fraud and corruption
Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and two others have been formally accused of procurement fraud and corruption, conflict of interest, and violation of professional secrecy, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.
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More than 30 nations face US travel ban as Donald Trump broadens anti-immigration measures
Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to expand a travel ban on entering the United States to people from more than 30 countries.
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Actress Nana surrenders to CIB amid 400-million-baht scam claims
Thai actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai and her husband acknowledged two fraud-related charges after victims filed complaints with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today, December 3.
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Taliban hold mass public execution in Khost as 80,000 watch retributive killing
The man had been convicted along with another of entering a family home in Khost province and killing everyone inside by shooting them.
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Former EU top diplomat Italian Federica Mogherini among three arrested in Brussels fraud probe
Belgian police have arrested three people, including the EU’s former top diplomat Federica Mogherini, and raided the headquarters of the EU foreign service and the elite College of Europe as part of an investigation into suspected fraud.
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FBI Director Kash Patel fears Joe Kent’s intervention in Charlie Kirk murder case will derail prosecution of Tyler Robinson
FBI Director Kash Patel is outraged Joe Kent, who heads the National Counterterrorism Center, was poking around into the murder of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, as he fears it will derail the criminal case against accused assassin Tyler Robinson, according to The New York Times.
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Fake Russian advance on Ukraine’s Myrnohrad linked to gambling bet resolution on Polymarket
A live map that tracks the frontlines of the war in Ukraine was edited to show a fake Russian advance on the city of Myrnohrad on November 15.
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Over 100,000 sign petition against Žemaitaitis’ bill amid fears of political control over LRT
Lithuanian journalists are protesting against legislation proposed by a powerful populist party that would make it easier to fire the head of the country’s public broadcaster.
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Swedish tycoon Torbjörn Törnqvist exits Gunvor as Kremlin-linked allegations intensify
Swedish oil billionaire Torbjörn Törnqvist is stepping down as CEO of his oil trading company Gunvor and selling his majority stake in the company.
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Europe faces rising landfill pollution risks as climate change accelerates erosion
The findings come from the first continent-wide mapping of landfills, conducted by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe.
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Global scam industry rivaling drug trade grows as Southeast Asian states turn a blind eye
When the bombs detonated, they destroyed vacant office buildings and ruined echoing, multi-cuisine food courts. Dynamite brought down a four-story hospital, silent karaoke venues, empty gyms, and dorm rooms.
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Authorities Georgia investigate BBC report alleging WWI-era gas used at 2024 protests
BBC Eye published an investigation Monday claiming that Georgian police used an obsolete tear gas known as Camite during the mass protests in November 2024.
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The Swiss attorney General indicts former Credit Suisse (UBS) officer over corrupt $7.86 million Mozambique transfer
The office of the Swiss attorney general announced on Monday that it charged a compliance officer employed by the former bank Credit Suisse SA, now part of UBS SA, with money laundering.
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Lebanese bank accused of blocking customer funds faces U.S. lawsuit
Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.
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UK special forces leadership “knew and suppressed” war crime allegations, officer testifies
Two former heads of all UK Special Forces suppressed evidence of possible SAS war crimes, a former high-ranking officer has told a public inquiry in closed evidence sessions.
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Netanyahu seeks pre-conviction pardon as legal and political tensions escalate
Isaac Herzog’s office acknowledged receipt of the 111-page submission from the prime minister’s lawyer, and said it had been passed on to the pardons department in the ministry of justice.
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Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli dies by assisted suicide
The human rights lawyer had ’chosen to end his life’ at one of his own clinics on November 29, just days before his birthday, the not-for-profit Swiss clinic announced.
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Children among dead as four killed and 10 wounded in mass shooting at California birthday party
Children are included among the victims of a mass shooting at a birthday party in California.
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John Kerry Slams US Governance as ’most corrupt I have seen in my lifetime
“This is the most corrupt governance that I have seen in my lifetime,” he said during a speech at Chatham House in central London this week.
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Family rescued after being stranded 150ft in the air at sky-dining restaurant
A family was forced to make a terrifying climb after they were left hanging 150ft in the air at a sky-dining restaurant.
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Inquiry hears taliban gained tech to trace afghans who aided western forces
Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves.
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Black Friday shooting injures three at California Mall
A 16-year-old girl was among three people injured after a man opened fire at a shopping center on Black Friday. Shoppers reported ’complete chaos’ in the Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall in San Jose, California last night.