All news for 2024-10-15

After pleading guilty to money laundering charges, Firoz Patel’s plan seems to have been do a bit of jail time and then live off $24 million in stashed bitcoin.

The Real Madrid star has furiously denied reports in Sweden that he is the unnamed person in a rape investigation. He also appeared to link the reports to his ongoing wage dispute with former club Paris Saint-Germain.

A fundraising email was sent out by Reform UK inviting supporters to a Christmas party at a bar and nightclub, with an option to purchase expensive tours around Parliament too

Finland’s first openly gay ice hockey player has been found dead at his home following a suspected shooting.

Backed by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, the ‘Evrazia’ organization is paying Moldovans to vote against the EU.

A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have died, officials said Tuesday.

The Israel-Gaza war has taken an “unprecedented toll” on journalists, with 128 killed across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories over the past year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit organization that promotes press freedoms worldwide.

French, Italian, and Swiss police have busted a criminal network that sold average-quality wine as exclusive French red of the so-called Grand Cru superior quality for up to 15,000 euros (US$16,360) per bottle and amassing profits of more than 2 million euros (US$2.18 million).

Manchester United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have been cost-cutting since taking the reins and they have now terminated an agreement with the club’s former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson

Thomas Tuchel is interested in becoming the next England manager after holding talks with the Football Association.