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Businessman Timur Mindich is reportedly a key figure in an anti-graft probe into a “high-level criminal organization” A long-time ally of Vladimir Zelensky fled Ukraine on Monday, shortly before anti-graft officers carried out raids on his home and the homes of his associates, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported. The operation conducted by the Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is reportedly part …

OPINION — The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in January 2022 is now approaching its fourth year. The cost for Ukraine has been very high, but the cost for Russia has been astronomical. Russian forces have been pushed back nearly to the territory they controlled at the end of 2021. According to British Intelligence, by October 14, 2025, Russian …

A middle-school teacher and local football coach has been accused of having sex with a student who would often go to her home and stay overnight. According to court documents, Jessica Bergmann, a 34-year-old math teacher at Washington Middle School in Illinois, was arrested by US police last month after a now 17-year-old boy was spotted repeatedly making trips to …

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ukraine has begun deploying AI–powered drone swarms in combat – using software developed by the Ukrainian company Swarmer. Battlefield units have used the system more than 100 times, according to the report, in deployments of between three to eight drones at a time against Russian positions. “The technology is upon us,” Rear Admiral (Ret.) …

US President Donald Trump sent the BBC a letter threatening a lawsuit of “no less” than US$1 billion if the British broadcaster does not retract a Panorama documentary by November 14, over the editing of a speech he made. BBC chairman Samir Shah on Monday apologised for the “error of judgment”, which triggered the resignations of the BBC’s top executive …

The Ukrainian leader would be better off seeking a diplomatic path to resolve the conflict, Armando Mema has suggested Vladimir Zelensky should end “senseless” attacks on Russia as they merely end up worsening the security situation in Ukraine due to retaliatory strikes by Moscow, Euroskeptic Finnish politician Armando Mema said on Monday. Long-range strikes on Russian regions using domestically produced …

Tenerife suffered the Canary Islands’ “most tragic day” for accidents at sea on Saturday after three people were killed and at least 15 were injured during a coastal pre-alert for rough seas. As more details on the separate incidents emerge from the Spanish island, the Express has put together a timeline of events. A pre-alert for coastal phenomena was put …

A Paris court granted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy early release from jail on Monday, pending an appeal, just weeks after he started a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya. The former conservative president, 70, was jailed on October 21 after a court found him guilty in September of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides …

If Good News had a patron saint, it would be the Swedish professor of global health Hans Rosling. Rosling, who died in 2017, was a wizard at using data and storytelling to challenge misconceptions around global development and progress. With statistics in hand, Rosling could convince the most determined pessimist that the world was, on balance, getting better. And there’s …

Kash Patel flew to Beijing to discuss the fight against fentanyl smuggling, according to the agency FBI Director Kash Patel made an unannounced visit to China last week to discuss “fentanyl and law enforcement issues,” Reuters reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the trip. According to Reuters, Patel arrived in Beijing on Friday and stayed for about a …