A student was relying on benefits in order to study – but thought her lucky day had come when she was mistakenly given £850,000 instead of her usual £85 monthly university food grant. Scholar Sibongile Mani, 32, immediately splashed £50,000 of the funds in just three months – after they were incorrectly sent to her bank account. The South African student […]

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Drug cartel hitmen are delivering toilet paper and food to residents of Acapulco, Mexico, after it was devastated by Hurricane Otis. The once-bustling seaside resort was ravaged by 165mph winds last month. The storm claimed 48 lives and left Acapulco's streets strewn with debris, overturned vehicles and parts of buildings that were torn down. MILENIO reports that members of drug […]

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The alleged body double of Russian President Vladimir Putin is apparently now “bored” of running the country, a source says. Wild claims that Putin died two weeks ago have been denied by the Kremlin but conspiracies remain rife of a lookalike replacing him in the seat of power. Doubters are now convinced the double is out and about despite testing […]

Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, is facing a stark warning over the future of the eurozone as the Business Europe lobby urged EU leaders to prioritise competitiveness. The call came amidst a meeting of EU finance ministers who demanded a shift away from five years of increasing state intervention in the economy, resulting in a significant […]

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Germany is said to be considering a Rwanda-style immigration deal that would see refugees deported to another country. This news comes less than a week after Austria sought plans to adopt a similar deal, becoming the first EU country to do so. Germany is set to abandon Angela Merkel’s open door migration policy, in favour of tougher rules under Olaf […]

Former Israeli leader Ehud Olmert said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is “in a state of nervous breakdown” as he criticised the Israeli chief’s approach to the war on Palestine. Olmert argued that Netanyahu went from being perceived as “Mr Security to Mr Bull***t” after failing to predict Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7. Speaking to POLITICO, Olmert said: “I’m […]

Ukraine claims 307,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Vladimir Putin launched his failed invasion of the country in February 2022. While the losses are far higher than Western estimates, there is no doubt that both sides have suffered an enormous amount of casualties in a nearly two-year-long brutal war. Ukraine’s Armed Forces also claim to have destroyed 5,300 Russian […]