Hong Kong police arrest students as alleged key figures in HK$2.16 million scam ring
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Hong Kong police arrest students as alleged key figures in HK$2.16 million scam ring

Hong Kong police have arrested two students suspected of being key members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate behind fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. The force said on Thursday that officers had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which had allegedly swindled victims out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The suspec...

Hong Kong students arrested as alleged core members of HK$2.16m fraud syndicate
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Hong Kong students arrested as alleged core members of HK$2.16m fraud syndicate

Two students are among the suspected core members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate that have been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. Police said on Thursday that they had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which allegedly swindled victims out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$...

NSW protects first pink lakes: governments buy Pulgamurtie Station
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NSW protects first pink lakes: governments buy Pulgamurtie Station

The acquisition of Pulgamurtie Station in New South Wales, covering 74,000 hectares of unique landscapes, aims to protect the area's stunning pink lakes and vulnerable wildlife. This initiative not only prioritizes Aboriginal cultural heritage but also fosters diverse ecosystems vital for local species. Future plans include opportunities for recreational activities like birdwatching and scenic dri...

Three sisters who drowned in Brighton decided to end their own lives, inquest finds

Three sisters who drowned in Brighton decided to end their own lives, inquest finds

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Coroner records finding of suicide in deaths of Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters and Rebecca Walters from London in MayThree sisters who drowned in the sea in Brighton collectively decided to end their own lives, a coroner has ruled.The bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from London, were recovered from the sea off Brighton in the early hours of 13 May.I...

India aims to anchor military ties with US as Indo-Pacific ‘resident power’

India aims to anchor military ties with US as Indo-Pacific ‘resident power’

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A second visit by one of the top US naval officers to India this year has raised expectations that the two countries can insulate their growing military ties from trade tensions. US Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, who leads the US Pacific Command, is scheduled to leave India on Thursday after spending six days meeting with senior Indian defence officials and others. The talks, which follow Paparo’s visi...

Stanford’s 20-year blood-cancer therapy treats first commercial patient; trial found 78% free of GVHD

Stanford’s 20-year blood-cancer therapy treats first commercial patient; trial found 78% free of GVHD

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In a remarkable advancement, Stanford researchers have unveiled Orca-T therapy, which has recently received FDA approval. After two decades of rigorous development, this innovative treatment was administered to its inaugural commercial patient, a high-risk leukemia sufferer. Notably, Orca-T significantly minimizes the chances of graft-versus-host disease post-stem cell transplants, offering reduce...

Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Anne Carson was among the bookies' favourites to win this year, as her body of work eschews easy categorisation.The Nobel Prize committee singled out her “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcasts

BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcasts

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Thinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cutsBBC Radio 4’s consumer rights show You and Yours is to be axed after more than 50 years, becoming one of the latest victims of the corporation’s £500m cuts plan.The programme, once described by the former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer as “one of the most important” on the station, is one of a handful...

Russian attack on bus kills at least 30 people near Ukraine frontline

Russian attack on bus kills at least 30 people near Ukraine frontline

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Governor says Kremlin ‘deliberately targeting civilians’ after strike in Kramatorsk, which also wounded 18 and set second bus on fireEurope live – latest updatesA Russian missile strike on a bus in the eastern city of Kramatorsk has killed at least 30 people, officials said on Thursday, in one of the worst attacks by Moscow on Ukrainian civilians this year.The regional prosecutor’s office in the D...

Palestinians gained 'nothing' from October 7, Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris says

Palestinians gained 'nothing' from October 7, Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris says

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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris called the October 7 attacks a "horrible act of terrorism" that brought Palestinians "only destruction", while warning of an "expansionist" Israeli government. He also said that the economic fallout from the Iran war is already "happening", defended doubling his UAE investment despite the regional conflict, and praised Syria's new...

Oil prices jump 5% on Middle East tensions and US hurricane threat

Oil prices jump 5% on Middle East tensions and US hurricane threat

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Global bond market sell-off continues and stocks fall amid another wave of potential strikes against IranBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices have risen sharply amid fears about escalating tensions in the Middle East and a squeeze on production from the threat of a hurricane off the US coast.Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by 5% to $105.3 a barrel on Thursday, triggering a wave ...

Canada’s Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘inventive’ spin on classics

Canada’s Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘inventive’ spin on classics

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The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is Canada’s Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair. The 76-year-old won “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”, the Swedish Academy said on Thur...

Canada’s Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Canada’s Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, who combines the classical and the modern. The announcement was made in Sweden’s capital Stockholm on Thursday. Last year, the Swedish Academy picked Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai. The Literature Prize is the fourth award announced each year, following the Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Ch...