3 h. ago Yulia Tymoshenko reportedly accused of scheming to bribe Ukrainian MPs

Opposition figure says she denies any accusations against her and suggests office raid is linked to election speculationAnti-corruption investigators have reportedly accused Yulia Tymoshenko, the prominent Ukrainian opposition figure and former prime minister, of organising a scheme to bribe MPs – said to include figures from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s own party – to undermine him.Tymoshenko rose to international prominence during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004 and was jailed in 2011 on politically motivated charges by her arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Kremlin president, before being released during the Euromaidan protests. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Prince Harry's ex arrested 'for leaving Majorca hotel without paying bill'

Police sources in Majorca said the prince's old flame was arrested after hotel management reported her to officials over an accusation she had not settled a bill

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5 d. ago Migrant children are being sent to notorious Pennsylvania facility accused of child abuse: report

A former immigration official said a facility with such a history should be ‘instantly’ cut off from federal funds

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6 d. ago McDonald's reported to watchdog as unions accuse firm of failing to tackle 'repeated harassment' against 'mostly teenage' staff

Five trade unions are claiming McDonald's has violated international labour standards and say junior workers have been subjected to 'repeated episodes' of harassment.

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7 d. ago Scottish Government refuses to comment on 'the judiciary’s use of AI' following Sandie Peggie ruling

Judges in the employment tribunal between nurse Sandie Peggie and NHS Fife have been accused of using AI to compile their report.

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2 w. ago African football hit by fresh allegations over general secretary’s Caf conduct

Gabonese FA president was voted on to Caf exco in 2023Caf chief allegedly failed to act on reports of sexual abuseThe general secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), Veron Mosengo-Omba, ignored a recommendation that Pierre-Alain Mounguengui was ineligible for election to its powerful executive committee because he had been accused of covering up widespread sexual abuse in Gabonese football, it can be revealed.Mounguengui, the president of the Gabonese football federation (Fegafoot), has been accused of failing to act on reports of sexual abuse and rape of young footballers in a series of stories that were first published by the Guardian in 2021. He has denied the allegations and there is no suggestion Mounguengui has been accused of sexual abuse himself. Although he has not yet been formally charged, Mounguengui spent six months in custody awaiting a decision from the authorities in Gabon and was visited by the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, with a final ruling on...

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3 w. ago Police allege suspected gunman in Bondi Beach shooting trained with father, Australian media reports

A suspected gunman accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach reportedly conducted firearms training with his father

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3 w. ago How woman’s bid to evade capture ‘for killing girls with poisoned raspberries’ unravelled when she ‘gave away location’

A BUSINESSWOMAN accused of killing two schoolgirls with poisoned chocolate-covered raspberries reportedly gave away her location after drinking Buxton water during a TV interview. Zulma Guzman Castro is wanted by cops for allegedly killing Ines de Bedout, 14, and Emilia Forero, 13, in Colombia. Castro, 54, is alleged to have killed the teens - who...

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4 w. ago German parliament suffers suspected cyber attack during Zelenskyy’s visit

MPs said four-hour email outage started as Ukrainian president entered the Bundestag

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