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Despite an anti-corruption pledge by David Cameron five years ago, Britain is still a prime destination for kleptocrats’ illicit financeMinisters face claims they have allowed the ruling elite of Kazakhstan to secretly invest vast chunks of the country…
Bui Tuan Lam’s video came days after minister was filmed eating Turkish chef’s golden steak Police in Vietnam have summoned a beef noodle seller who filmed himself imitating Nusret Gökçe, or “Salt Bae”, days after a top Vietnamese official was caught o…
Up to 50 people a day are signing up to offer help to Afghans who fled the TalibanThe UK’s largest refugee befriending scheme has closed applications in London following a meteoric rise in sign-ups amid the Afghanistan withdrawal.Until recently HostNat…
High court ruling leaves open possibility of criminal involvement, in victory for familyA Malaysian court has overturned the findings of an inquest into the death of the French-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, stating that the coroner was wrong to con…
My former nanny, Cleotilde Mercado, who has died aged 86, was part of my family for 47 years. She was a selfless and energetic individual who devoted her time to looking after others while supporting her family back home in the Philippines.Tilde was th…
Kyaw Zwar Minn has been barred from London embassy by representatives of Myanmar juntaMyanmar’s ambassador to the UK, who has been locked out of his embassy by representatives of his country’s military, has urged the British government not to recognise…
Bank also reaffirms greater shift towards Asia-Pacific, where most of its earnings come fromHSBC is to reduce its office space around the world by nearly 40% as part of sweeping cost cutting designed to capitalise on new part-office-part-homeworking ar…
The region contains 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities. Historical data sheds light on why At this time of year, agricultural burning adds to the air pollution problems across northern India and Pakistan. The region contains 16 of the 20 most po…
Hikvision’s surveillance tech has also been installed in leisure centres in LondonSurveillance cameras made by Hikvision, the Chinese company that has been implicated in grave human rights violations and has been blacklisted by the US government, are b…
Senior police official Mohamad Mat Yusop says he believes London teenager climbed out of hotel window herselfMalaysian police have insisted there is no indication the London teenager Nora Quoirin was abducted from the resort in which she was staying wi…
Video by Es Devlin and Machiko Weston tells story of nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and NagasakiA powerful 10-minute video artwork marking the 75th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been released by the Imperial Wa…
Infection risk means families are suffering trauma and guilt by not being able to carry out the Islamic funeral ritual of washing the bodyJusna Begum wakes up to her phone ringing at 1am. When she answers, it’s an inconsolable woman who has just lost h…
Pakistani court gives MQM party members life sentences for stabbing political rival in 2010A Pakistani court has convicted several men over the murder of a prominent exiled politician in north London 10 years ago.Dr Imran Farooq, 50, was repeatedly sta…
National Crime Agency investigating how ex-president’s grandson bought London mansionBritain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has asked a grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where he got the money from to buy a multimillion-pound man…
Decisions raises fears public won’t be able to make informed choices to help control outbreakCoronavirus – latest news and updatesThe government has been accused of withholding information about the spread of coronavirus after a 70% increase in confirm…