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Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.

In an opinion piece, the head of cryptocurrency exchange OKX explains why the US and UK could be poised to explain their longtime dominance of the financial sphere.

Authority on politics in South Africa whose advice helped guide the country from apartheid to democracy

Epidemiologist who advised health services in Tanzania, Bangladesh and the UK’s Department for International Development

Once created, a digital ID system will prove catnip to politicians who want to track where we go, online and off.

Revenues down more than £500m after company cut more than a quarter of UK workforce

As UK fans prepare to sit down for the seventh series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, it is worth asking what the competition format really offers drag. Since first airing in the US in 2009, Drag Race has grown into a global brand.

The rolling mills are still working, but the furnaces are long cold. Of the 4,000 people previously employed at the steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales, only half still work there. Despite union protests and local rallies, one year ago on September 30 2024, the plant’s last coal-burning blast furnace…

The FTSE 100 index closed up 0.2% at 9,299.84.

The £2.2 billion plan for a second runway at London’s Gatwick airport has divided opinion over environmental concerns and its ability to kickstart the economic growth the UK so badly needs. Critics have said that the economic benefits are overstated and the environmental harms unavoidable.

It’s not skipping off entirely to New York, but pharma giant sets a worrying precedent for UK stock market