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All news for 2024-09-10

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Dubai conference cancels talk by former children’s hospital doctor under UK investigation
Former Great Ormond Street hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar removed as speaker at orthopaedics event
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President urges Colombians to check phones for Pegasus spyware
Colombian President Gustavo Petro authorized a service on Monday to detect traces of Pegasus spyware on civilian phones, following his announcement last week that the National Police had acquired the Israeli spyware to conduct illegal interceptions during a massive social uprising in 2021.
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Kenya court halts Adani airport deal
Kenya’s high court temporarily blocked a proposed deal for India’s Adani Group to lease the country’s main airport, court documents showed. The proposal sparked protests in Kenya and raised concerns in India over the country’s image.
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Swedish court sentences former Swedbank CEO to prison
Overturning her previous acquittal, a Swedish court sent former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen behind bars for 15 months for having made misleading, financially damaging statements about the bank’s poor anti-money laundering operations.
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Mel Stride is the second Conservative candidate to be eliminated from the leadership race
Mel Stride has become the second candidate to exit the race for Conservative leader.
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25-year-old soldier found dead in river with rope tied around him died accidentally
A soldier found dead in a river with rope wrapped around his legs and torso following an alleged assault died by accident.
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MPs approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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Denis Gorbunenko, an associate of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash, launders money of Russian oligarchs through the Dzing payment system
Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.
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Man convicted in ’landmark’ female genital mutilation conspiracy trial
A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation in a case described as a "landmark."
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Relations with Russia and financial shenanigans: Ukrainian ex-banker Horbunenko took up cleaning information on the Internet
Controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, is actively erasing online references to his Russian connections.