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Getty Images Mr Adani’s sprawling $169bn empire spans ports and renewable energy Just weeks ago, Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, celebrated Donald Trump’s election victory and announced plans to invest $10bn (£7.9bn) in energy and infrastructure projects in the US. Now, the 62-year-old Indian billionaire and a close ally of Prime Minister…

The court has the power to bring prosecutions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Source: www.bbc.co.uk…

Getty Images Towns like Vang Vieng in Laos – where the fatal poisonings took place – are known stops on the backpacking trail through South East Asia Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, an Australian woman, a US…

Getty Images The Coronation of the King cost taxpayers £72m, government figures have revealed. Just over £50m was spent by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which coordinated the event, while policing costs came to almost £22m, which were paid for by the Home Office. The DCMS described the Coronation as a “once-in-a-generation”…

BBC The latest of 43 journeys made by North Korean oil tankers to Russia since March 2024, documented by the Open Source Centre Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit…

BBC/CAMDEN LEARNING & MIME Local projects to create school report cards are already under way, including in Camden, north London Choosing a new school is one of the biggest decisions a parent makes, and is often based on a mixture of visiting, speaking to friends and looking at Ofsted reports. From September 2025 a new…

BBC Sue Robertson, whose service charge increased by 320% in four years, told the BBC: “I had this awful feeling inside me that kept growing” Homeowners have told the BBC how they have been left thousands of pounds a year worse off because of charges imposed by a company that owns hundreds of freeholds across…

Exmoor National Park The White-tailed eagle has a wing span of 8.2ft (2.5m) A national park is planning to release more white-tailed eagles into the area to support conservation efforts for the species. The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Forestry England have been reintroducing white-tailed eagles into southern England since 2019 and plan to release…

Reuters “What will Vladimir Putin do next?” It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot this week. Understandably so. After all, this was the week the Kremlin leader lowered the threshold for the use of Russian nuclear weapons. It was the week the US and UK crossed (another) Putin red line, allowing Ukraine to fire…

Singer Katy Perry has successfully appealed a trademark decision over her name, after being sued by an Australian designer who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry. Three appeals judges on Friday overturned a court decision last year that favoured Katie Taylor over merchandise sold by the pop star during a 2014 tour of…