9 h. ago Wife of embattled Louisiana police chief charged in immigration visa fraud scheme also arrested

The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who was charged amid a sweeping federal investigation into an immigration visa fraud scheme, was also arrested on Thursday

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18 h. ago More than £80,000 of counterfeit tobacco, cigarettes and illegal vapes seized

Investigations are ongoing after an operation launched by the council and police

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45 h. ago Council tenant made to hand back keys after lying about owning home ‘won in competition’

The tenant was investigated by Kensington and Chelsea Council's anti-fraud squad following a tip-off from the housing team

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46 h. ago Council tenant made to hand back keys after lying about owning a home ‘won in a competition’

The tenant was investigated by Kensington and Chelsea Council's anti-fraud squad following a tip-off from the housing team

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51 h. ago Travel insurance warning as UK holidaymakers could face huge bills abroad

A simple mistake could leave holidaymakers facing huge bills if they end up in hospital while abroad, with costs reaching as high as £150,000 in some countries

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6 d. ago Elon Musk’s X investigated in France for alleged data tampering and fraud

French prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving Elon Musk's platform X

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6 d. ago Elon Musk's X platform investigated in France for alleged data tampering and fraud

French prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving Elon Musk's platform X

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer takes swipe at Covid 'grifters and con artists' after Reform MP quits

Keir Starmer said the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner is investigating fraud in Covid bounceback loans, days after questions were raised about former Reform MP James McMurdock's business affairs

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8 d. ago Small Asian country is building huge port the size of 3,000 football pitches

The Tuas Mega Port in Singapore is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world and will cost around £10billion once it finally opens in the 2040s

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9 d. ago Head of football in Republic of the Congo accused of embezzling $1.3m of Fifa funds

Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas rejects allegations as conspiracyClaims include almost $500,000 for women’s teamThe president of the Republic of the Congo’s football federation (Fecofoot) has been accused of embezzling $1.3m (£960,000) of Fifa funds, including almost $500,000earmarked for the country’s women’s team.Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas may be charged with money laundering and forgery offences after being summoned to attend a hearing in Brazzaville this week. He was arrested at the end of May by the central intelligence and documentation office (CID), a department of the ministry of the interior. Mayolas and Fecofoot’s general secretary, Badji Mombo Wantete, have denied the allegations and described them as a “conspiracy”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Europe’s ‘best hidden gem’ is underrated city with 'most beautiful castle' and huge lake

Tomar, a Portuguese town of 20,000 that sits slap in the middle of the country, may not deliver the simple seaside charm of some of the country’s better-known holiday hotspots, but has plenty else to offer

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1 week ago I spent six years locked in a haze of antidepressants after my first marriage broke down. This is the red flag I ignored

The mental health nurse started rooting through my wardrobe. She found the £2,000 Christiana Couture dress I had worn for my country house wedding, 14 years earlier.

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1 week ago Tiny UK airport named country's quietest only used by 2.8k passengers every year

A tiny UK airport boasting just one newly refurbished runway and two direct routes has been crowned the quietest in the country, attracting fewer than 3,000 passengers in the entirety of 2024

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2 w. ago California blaze spreads in hot, windy conditions in year’s largest wildfire

The Madre fire, one of at least a dozen in the state, has burned more than 35,000 acres in San Luis Obispo countyA fast-growing wildfire in central California has become the largest in the state this year, surpassing the size of January’s wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles.The Madre fire had exploded to more than 35,000 acres (14,000 hectares) by Thursday morning, after breaking out in San Luis Obispo county on Wednesday afternoon and tearing through grasslands as dry, hot weather raised the fire risk for large portions of the state before the Fourth of July holiday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago California sees year’s largest wildfire as Madre fire spreads

The blaze, one of a dozen across the state, has consumed more than 35,000 acres in San Luis Obispo countyA fast-growing wildfire in central California has become the largest in the state this year, surpassing the size of January’s wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles.The Madre fire had exploded to more than 35,000 acres by Thursday morning, after breaking out in San Luis Obispo county on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Turkish hotel shames British mother who smashed up hotel room after drunkenly celebrating her boyfriend's new veneers by publishing 'full list and pictures of damage she caused'

The cleaner was held in a cell for days, questioned without a lawyer, and then hauled before a judge who told her she could not leave the country until she paid the £15,000 in damages.

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2 w. ago Greek PM vows to investigate €290m EU farming subsidy fraud scandal

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sets up taskforce over allegations ‘fake’ farmers had been scamming agricultural fundsThe Greek prime minister has vowed to get to the bottom of how a scheme of fraudulent EU subsidy claims could have operated undetected in the country for years, as he admitted that the scandal had revealed “the state’s inadequacy” in dealing with corruption.Faced with revelations that “fake” farmers had been scamming designated agricultural funds to the tune of a reputed €290m (£249m), Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday a special taskforce would be set up to “immediately and exhaustively” investigate the illegal payments. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Greek PM vows to investigate €290m ‘fake’ farmer fraud scandal

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sets up taskforce over alleged scamming of EU agricultural funds after resignation of five senior officialsThe Greek prime minister has vowed to get to the bottom of how a scheme of fraudulent EU subsidy claims could have operated undetected in the country for years, as he admitted that the scandal had revealed “the state’s inadequacy” in dealing with corruption.Faced with revelations that “fake” farmers had been scamming designated agricultural funds to the tune of a reputed €290m (£249m), Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday a special taskforce would be set up to “immediately and exhaustively” investigate the illegal payments. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US supreme court limits federal judges’ power to block Trump orders

Ruling to limit nationwide injunctions could see president’s order to ban birthright citizenship partially implementedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit federal judges’ power to block his orders on a nationwide basis, in a controversial ruling on an emergency appeal related to the birthright citizenship case that has wide implications for the executive branch’s power and which Trump claimed as a “giant win”.The decision represents a fundamental shift in how US federal courts can constrain presidential power. Previously, any of the country’s more than 1,000 judges in its 94 district courts – the lowest level of federal court, which handles trials and initial rulings – could issue nationwide injunctions that immediately halt government policies across all 50 states. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fusion between culture and modernity as children dance in Kenya’s refugee camp

Kenya's northern Kakuma refugee camp is home to more than 300,000 people fleeing conflict from dozens of east Africa countries

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