All news for 2024-07-24

Hong Kong authorities announced the successful dismantling of a drug manufacturing facility specializing in ecstasy production and the arrest of its 19-year-old operator.

Campaigners say sudden sale suggests Abrdn’s use of Scottish countryside was ‘get-rich-quick scheme’

LVMH shares down 5% and Kering 4% amid tailoff in demand as cost of living squeeze hits middle classes

Duke of Sussex tells ITV documentary that legal battles against newspapers ‘central’ to deterioration in relations

A 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in east London while picking his sister up from school has been named and pictured.

The wife of Armenia’s Deputy Minister of the Economy received in 2023 a salary from a company that plans to develop a ski resort on the country’s tallest mountain. Meanwhile, her husband played a crucial role in the success of the company’s bid and coordinated the larger investment project.

Last week, a whistleblower sparked outrage in Kenya after he claimed in a social media post that the country’s main airport would be leased to one of India’s largest conglomerates, Adani Group.

Two Bosnian-Americans accused of being “ringleaders” in a US$3.4-million biofuel fraud case should be released on bail set at 50,000 euro (US$54,245) each, a court in Antwerp ruled on Tuesday.

A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime claims that Iraq is becoming a major hub for drug trafficking, as authorities there seized record amounts of Captagon in 2023, valued at up to US$144 million.

A video posted on social media shows an armed officer kicking a man in the head - police issued a statement and claim three officers were subject to a violent assault

Argentina’s last-gasp equaliser against Morocco from Cristian Medina was chalked off by VAR as the players were forced to retreat after pitch invaders and crowd trouble in Saint-Etienne

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.