All news for 2024-09-09

South African investigators arrested two Cameroonian nationals for allegedly manufacturing fake South African rand and U.S. dollars. Officials say the two may be part of a larger operation, as money counterfeiting is on the rise.

A new report by Transparency International UK claims that about a third of public contracts for COVID-19, totaling billions, bypassed standard procurement safeguards and were awarded to entities linked to the Conservative Party.

John Stringer, 42, was suspended by Gwent Police when the force first became aware of the allegations against him.

Mother describes the loss of Yousef Al-Kharboush at nine days old in 2014 as the "worst experience a parent could have" during the hearing.

Prime minister advised to meet presidential candidates in run-up to the US election but campaign schedules have dashed hopes

Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.

Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.

About 1,700 prisoners will be released early on Tuesday to try to alleviate overcrowded prisons in England and Wales.

Matthew Pugh waited until his victim was intoxicated from drink and drugs before raping her at the side of a busy road in front of motorists in an "utterly degrading" attack

The 87-year-old Brit allegedly tried to suffocate the 89-year-old woman with a pillow yesterday in Paleo Faliro, around 7km west of Athens city centre in Greece