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Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the UK and Nigeria.
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A company issuing self-swab DNA testing kits to sexual assault victims has had online posts banned for containing misleading information.
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Rihanna arrives at the premiere of “Smurfs” on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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New York: A 56-year-old grandmother fell into an open manhole on a busy New York City street and died, police and utility officials said as they investigated how it could have happened.
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Wed 20 May 2026 at 8:30am
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DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding.
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NSW police establish crime scene at Canley Heights home after two pairs of men present at different hospitals
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.
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Washington: An unprecedented settlement between President Donald Trump and the US government – which he runs – precludes the tax office from ever pursuing claims against him, his family, their trusts and companies, as well as establishing a “slush fund” to compensate his political allies.
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Barcelona, Spain: The son of Isak Andic, founder of fashion group Mango, was named by a judge in Barcelona as a suspect in an investigation into his father’s death in a 2024 cliff-top fall.
Wed 20 May 2026 at 6:31am
President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Wed 20 May 2026 at 6:19am
The president and his sons’ finances will be further shielded as part of a settlement of the US$10 billion case over his leaked tax returns
The president and his sons’ finances will be further shielded as part of a settlement of the US$10 billion case over his leaked tax returns
Police say a car was travelling along the Princes Highway when the driver lost control and crashed into a tree about 1:20am.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong on Friday over a new state law that prohibits federal agents from wearing masks and requires them to display identification when operating in the state.
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that a U.S. attack on Iran could resume in the coming days if a peace deal is not reached, after he announced a decision the previous day to hold off on a planned assault against the Islamic Republic.
Mackenzie Shirilla’s father, Steve Shirilla, has been placed on leave at his place of employment following backlash to his interview in Netflix’s The Crash documentary, which details the 2023 criminal case in which Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of murder, following a deadly car crash in Strongsville, Ohio.
President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Beijing/Hong Kong: By the time Australian lawyer Samuel Monkivitch was charged by Hong Kong police for a dine-and-dash spree across the city that targeted restaurants and five-star hotels, his reputation was well known among the city’s dining scene.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted two business executives of charges that they conspired to bribe a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral, who is now serving a six-year prison sentence for his conviction on corruption charges.
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives' panel of prosecutors for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte was confident it can prove the allegations against her.
Ebony Parker looks on during jury selection for her trial on felony child neglect charges at the Newport News Circuit Court in Newport News, Va., Monday, May 18, 2026. (Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, Pool)
Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether the US military went too far in labelling AI company Anthropic a national security threat, as it heard arguments in a case that could reshape how the government deals with Silicon Valley.
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LONDON — Police in the UK say they are investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the US Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Force says two women have come forward alleging they were victims of attacks detailed in Epstein files
Two off-duty officers allegedly assaulted a sex worker in a taxi in Ciutat Vella, according to police in Catalonia
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ATHENS — Greece’s government has submitted legislation to effectively block European prosecutors from investigating parliamentarians — a highly sensitive subject because of a major probe into political involvement in a massive farm fraud scandal.
PROVO, Utah — Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk were in court Tuesday, making their case to bar reporters and the public from parts of a key upcoming hearing and seal some evidence after the judge rejected their request to ban news cameras from the courtroom.
Vingegaard cuts gap on overall leader Eulálio to 27sec
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Perovskite solar cells will be installed at Self-Defense Force facilities across Japan starting in 2027 if the trial pans out. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
A long and bitter legal battle between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman has culminated in victory for the OpenAI boss. Musk has vowed to appeal the verdict. But what did the trial reveal about big tech and the global AI race? Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US tech and power reporter Nick Robins-Early