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Alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo
The alleged Chinese spy who got close to Prince Andrew as a way to gain access to the UK establishment has been named as Yang Tengbo, a businessman also known as Chris Yang.
Yang, whose identity was previously protected by an anonymity order, can be named after judge lifted the …
ABC to receive $83m boost in funding amid Labor’s midyear economic update
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will receive a two-year $83m funding boost in Labor’s midyear economic update, which will bank $14.6bn of additional savings and rack up $8.8bn of “unavoidable spending”.
The update, to be delivered on Wednesday, will also reveal an increase of $16.3bn in payments and programs, with billions …
A volcanic explosion every 15 minutes: how Australia’s museums are turning to tech to lure us in
It starts with a low rumble, then an explosion and a deafening roar. A pyroclastic flow bursts from the volcano and hurtles towards us at a frightening speed. Showers of ash appear to pummel the space around us – well technically, it’s a pumice lapilli unique to Mount Vesuvius – …
Assad uncle used Guernsey adviser to secretly manage vast wealth
An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used an adviser in Guernsey to secretly manage his wealth, which included a vast European property empire worth hundreds of millions of euros that prosecutors claim was acquired with funds looted from the wartorn state.
Rifaat al-Assad, known as the …
More ‘discreet’ Viagra-type drug could soon be available in Britain
It is a little blue pill that has transformed male health and the sex lives of millions.
But while Viagra’s success has made the erectile dysfunction drug famous, a less conspicuous form could soon become available.
The US company Viatris has created a new version of Viagra: a wafer-like film …
Paula Vennells ‘devastated’ over missing information about faulty Horizon system
Paula Vennells, the former Post Office chief executive, has continued to maintain her innocence, saying she remains “devastated” that other executives did not share crucial information about the faulty Horizon IT system.
Lawyers for Vennells, writing on her behalf in closing submissions to the inquiry into the Post Office scandal, …
Everything you need to know about Mayotte, the cyclone-hit French territory
Winds of at least 140mph from Cyclone Chido have
devastated the French overseas département of Mayotte
, leaving an estimated 100,000 people without shelter or water and hundreds, possibly thousands, dead.Here is a brief look at the small archipelago – and why it is so ill-equipped to …
Syria’s Captagon trade: inside a Damascus amphetamine factory
It was no secret, everyone seemed to know where it was. When asked for directions, the coffee vendor pointed up the hill. “The Captagon factory? Straight ahead.”
On the outskirts of Damascus, just a 20 minute drive away from the centre of the Syrian capital, lay a sprawling industrial complex. …
UN envoy calls for ‘inclusive’ transition in Syria during talks with rebel leader
The United Nations envoy to Syria has told Islamist militants who toppled Bashar al-Assad that they need to oversee a “credible and inclusive” transition, as world powers sought to engage with the country’s new rulers.
Geir Pedersen, a Norwegian diplomat, met the Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by …
Judge finds UK unlawfully detained Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia
Dozens of asylum seekers stranded on one of the most remote islands in the world in conditions described as “hell on earth” were unlawfully detained there by the UK for three years, a judge has found.
The government could now face a bill of millions in damages for unlawfully detaining …