Your Route to Real News

All news by author Grace Cooper

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Tokyo Metro wins contract to operate London’s Elizabeth line
Consortium including company that runs Tokyo’s renowned metro system to take over from China’s MTR in May
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Son of Norwegian princess arrested on suspicion of rape
Marius Borg Holby, detained in August after an incident at a woman’s apartment in Oslo, was arrested on Monday evening
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Mike Tyson reveals he ’almost died’ before clash with YouTuber Jake Paul
Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson has revealed he almost lost his life in June following a health scare.
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Two Brits killed in Spain pile-up as car ’collides with drug traffickers’ speedboat’
Two British men have died and a third has been critically injured in an accident on a Spanish road where a speedboat fell off a trailer and into the path of their car
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Boy, 11, dies after being struck by car outside school as police appeal for dashcam footage
Police have asked anyone with dashcam footage to come forward after the 11-year-old boy was struck by a car outside a school in Cheshire - he later died in hospital
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Woman’s body discovered in car boot in east London
A woman’s body has been found stuffed inside the boot of a car in east London.
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Former prosecutor arrested in connection with murder of mayor beheaded in Mexico
A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6.
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Bosnian Serb general Krstić says he ‘aided and abetted’ Srebrenica genocide
Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prison
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Man suspected of supplying boats to people smugglers arrested in Amsterdam
Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France
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Son of drug kingpin released after pleading guilty in shark fin trafficking case
Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.
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Armenia’s former deputy PM oversaw a project that benefited his family’s company
Armenia’s former deputy prime minister, Tigran Avinyan, was swept to power by the country’s “Velvet Revolution” in 2018. His family company went on to indirectly benefit from a state agricultural program he oversaw.
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Girl, 12, arrested after allegedly attacking school staff member with scissors
A 12-year-old girl was arrested after a staff member at a school was allegedly attacked with a pair of scissors.
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Harris campaign gave Oprah Winfrey $1M and paid other celebrities to appear with her in failed presidential bid
Vice President Kamala Harris paid Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions $1 million, just one example of millions the campaign spent on various entertainers during the vice president’s failed bid for president.
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15-year-old British girl in critical condition after paraglider lands on her at holiday resort
A 15-year-old British girl is fighting for her life after she was hit by a paraglider while eating lunch with her family on holiday.
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62-year-old man charged with using a makeshift bomb to destroy a ULEZ camera
A man has been charged in connection with the explosion of an ultra low emission zone (Ulez) camera in south-east London.
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Boy dies nine years after his father left him unable to walk or talk
A boy who was attacked by his own father when he was a baby has died nine years later.
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Trump’s win boosts the top 10 richest by a record $64 billion
Share surge increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit
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Nigeria detains 113 foreigners in a cybercrime crackdown
In a bid to tackle rising cyber threats, Nigeria’s police force detains over 100 foreign nationals linked to sophisticated online scams.
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First US election results are in and it couldn’t be closer
This is the moment the first results are announced in the 2024 US presidential race between vice president Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
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Queen Camilla has canceled her engagements after a health update from the Palace
It has been announced that Queen Camilla will not take part in her scheduled engagements for the rest of the week after becoming unwell and suffering from a chest infection
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It was alleged in court that MMA fighter Conor McGregor raped a woman at a Dublin hotel
Woman claims civil damages against McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted in 2018
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Harris and Trump close campaigns with competing visions as Americans prepare to head to the polls
Both candidates end with rallies in Pennsylvania as Democrat’s message of optimism contrasts with Republican’s darker tone
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The suspicious parcel fire at a Birmingham warehouse was a ’test run’ conducted by Russian spies in preparation for a US attack
Prosecutors in Poland have made several arrests linked to a suspected Russian-backed plot, allegedly aiming to route explosive parcels to the US and Canada via international couriers.
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Chinese over-the-counter (OTC) trader has been linked to laundering millions of dollars for North Korean hackers
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT detailed how the Chinese trader had been helping Lazarus Group launder funds since 2022.
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King Charles has reportedly severed ties with Prince Andrew and terminated his £1 million annual allowance following the Jeffrey Epstein scandal
There has been increasing pressure to evict Andrew from Royal Lodge and move him to a smaller residence.