All news for 2024-08-09

A plane carrying 62 people has crashed in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, local media reported.

U.S. prosecutors plan to feature a wealthy Romanian businessman, convicted of corruption charges in his home country, in the upcoming tax fraud trial of Hunter Biden, the son of the U.S. president, according to court records.

Vice-chancellors fear weaker institutions need bailout to avert failure due to fewer students and higher costs

Remarks follow concern about role of misinformation in unrest and come as people are jailed for inciting violence online

Corporation says journalist brought BBC ‘into disrepute’ and requests return of money paid since his arrest

The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its gold sector had committed hundreds of anti-money laundering violations.

Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party politicians, while the justice minister freed a former prosecutor who was jailed after accepting bribes from a crime boss.