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Thousands of investors in Trump’s meme coin lost $2 billion, while the US president’s family and their partners earned $100 million in commissions
More than 813,000 crypto wallets have lost a total of $2 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s memecoin, according to an assessment by Chainanalysis commissioned by the New York Times.
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Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé, associates of assaulting her, raping others in House speech
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent...
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Andrew Marr suggests King Charles could be drawn into Trump-Canada dispute
The monarch risks being exposed in the row due to his role as Canada’s head of state, raising questions about whether he should stay silent as its people come under fire from the US president.
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Iskandar Tursunov’s interview: how the head of Uzbekistan’s Octobank tries to hide the bank’s involvement in criminal operations
At the end of January, an interview with the Chairman of the Board of Octobank, Iskandar Tursunov, appeared on several platforms. The substantive value of the interview is low, however, Tursunov, who is also the bank’s main shareholder, is clearly trying to weaken the growing wave of negativity around Octobank in this way.
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Sister of missing man in Tenerife provides CCTV update
The family of a British man who went missing while on holiday in Tenerife have issued an update on his last known whereabouts.
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AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders, including Giorgio Armani
Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalists.
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Trump claims Ukraine has agreed to allow US access to $500B in rare earth minerals
President Trump claims that Ukraine has “essentially agreed” to give the US half a trillion dollars worth of rare earth minerals as payment for the military aid Washington has provided Kyiv.
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Four footballers killed by lightning while sheltering under a tree
Jeidy Morales, Daniela Mosquera, Luz Lame and Etelvina Mosquera took shelter when their games paused due to the thunderstorm in Cajibio, a town in central Colombia.
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Elon Musk makes $100 billion bid to take control of OpenAI
Elon Musk is leading a group of investors reportedly offering an unsolicited $97.4billion to purchase the nonprofit that has control of OpenAI.
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Migrant care workers in the UK face illegal fees of up to £20,000
Survey by Unison finds people on health and care worker visas also having to share beds and sleep rough.
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Pilot killed in collision involving Motley Crue frontman’s jet at Arizona airport
A pilot has been killed after a private jet owned by Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil crashed into another plane at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona.
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Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, pulling the UK into trade war
Donald Trump has declared 25% tariffs on all imports of aluminium and steel to the US, "without exceptions or exemptions".
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Sheffield police evacuate residents due to armed man
South Yorkshire Police said people in the apartment block in Castlegate, Sheffield, were evacuated while officers conduct an investigation about a man possessing weapons.
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Macron promotes Europe and critiques Trump at Paris AI summit
‘Choose Europe and France for AI,’ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declaration.
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Two men arrested after asking police with drug-sniffing dogs for directions
Two men had their luck turn for the worse when they stopped to ask cops for directions – unaware they had drug-sniffing dogs.
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Military set to purchase £24 million worth of jet suits from ’Real-life Iron Man’
An inventor whose jet suits have won him comparisons with Iron Man says he’s poised to sign £24,000,000 of deals with special forces.
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Female teacher arrested for stabbing eight-year-old pupil to death
A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.
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Kanye West deletes entire website, leaving only an offensive $20 t-shirt
Kanye West has seemingly deleted his entire website with the exception of a single t-shirt that features a swastika symbol, available for purchase for $20 (£16.15).
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Lukashenko’s hidden circle: The people behind the power
Aleksandr Lukashenko has been ruling Belarus for 30 years and plans to be “re-elected" for a seventh term in 2025. But what do voters really know about the "national leader", apart from what is broadcast by the press service and propaganda?
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Diane Abbott addresses ’racist and sexist’ comments about her in Labour MP’s group chat
Diane Abbott has condemned the participants in a group chat that mocked her and other Labour colleagues – which has led to two of the party’s MPs being suspended.
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Son-in-law of notorious cartel leader pleads guilty in the U.S. to violent price-fixing scheme at the border
The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Farmers protest in London with tractors over changes to inheritance tax
“Persistent and peaceful” campaigning by farmers on new inheritance tax rules could “get change”, Nigel Farage has said.
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Female soldier, 19, took her own life after fearing her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone
A teenage soldier took her own life after she feared her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone, an inquest has heard.
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Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was friends with Jimmy Savile is dead after ’falling off his yacht into river’
A paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was known to be friends with Jimmy Savile has died at the age of 79 after falling from a boat into a river.
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Polly Peck tycoon turned fugitive, Asil Nadir, dies at 83
Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died, a social media post by his wife said. He was 83.