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All news for 2025-01-28

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Boom’s ‘New Concorde’ jet breaks the sound barrier in historic test flight
A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time during a test flight today.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni under investigation over surprise release of Libyan warlord
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is being investigated over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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Afghan smugglers arrested in UK face extradition to Belgium over human trafficking and sexual assault
Two Afghan small boat people smugglers who raped and blackmailed their victims with the footage, are facing extradition to Belgium.
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Freedom investment currency: Timur Turlov’s new version of Mavrodi’s financial pyramid?
After Timur Turlov, the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., moved to Kazakhstan, he became closely connected to the country’s top leadership and the primary financier of local elites.
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Tech sell-off eases as China’s DeepSeek shakes up the AI industry
Stock markets and the tech industry were still reeling Tuesday after the emergence of Chinese newcomer DeepSeek rattled America’s sense of superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). On Monday, shares of chipmaker Nvidia, the poster child of the AI boom, fell 17% – a record one-day loss for any company.
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Serbia’s PM Milos Vucevic resigns after student protests linked to government corruption
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of mass demonstrations triggered by the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November, which critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.
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European Council renews restrictive measures against Russia for another six months
The Council of the European Union renewed the block’s restrictive measures against Russia on Monday, extending them for an additional six months, until July 31, 2025.
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Driver re-arrested after Wimbledon school crash that killed two girls
A driver has been arrested for the second time after two girls were killed after a Land Rover crashed into a school in Wimbledon.
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Oxford Street faces exodus as major brands lose shoppers
Major brands are planning to flee Oxford Street because they are not attracting enough shoppers.
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich organized a multi-billion-dollar fake superyacht business to evade taxes
People working for Abramovich designed a corporate structure to give the false impression that the billionaire’s yachts were being commercially chartered to third parties, and therefore eligible for tax breaks.