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French police raid Ritz hotel in Mohamed Al Fayed sexual abuse investigation
French police made arrests after raiding three properties linked to late businessman Mohamed Al Fayed in connection with an investigation into sexual …
Cyprus police investigate financial and tax affairs of ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich
Cyprus police have opened a formal investigation into the financial and tax affairs of Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch and former Chelsea FC ow…
Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion
Engineers have removed the masts from the SS Richard Montgomery, a sunken US cargo ship in the Thames estuary, without triggering an explosion. The ve…
Detained Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after being jailed in 2021
Robert Pether, an Australian engineer, has left Iraq after spending four years detained in a Baghdad jail cell. The Iraqi government permitted his dep…
Thieves make off with €5m haul from prestigious Italian winery
A gang of at least seven masked individuals broke into the cellar of Marchesi Antinori, a family-owned Tuscan winery founded in the late 1300s, in Cor…
EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
EU trade negotiators led by commissioner Maroš Šefčovič travel to China this week for talks aimed at limiting Chinese hybrid electric car exports to E…
Iran’s oil minister resigns as country’s economic crisis worsens
Mohsen Paknejad, Iran's oil minister, has resigned amid accusations that an intermediary trust selling Iranian oil abroad withheld millions of dollars…
‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
Residents of Amsterdam's exclusive Keizersgracht canal district have sued the city over its decision to license Fabel Friet, a chip shop that has attr…
Britain in talks with European allies over release of emergency diesel stockpiles amid Trump pressure
Britain is negotiating with European allies to release emergency diesel stockpiles after the Trump administration threatened to cut off US fuel suppli…