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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK has imposed sanctions on an English accountant for his alleged involvement in the procurement of ships for Russia’s shadow fleet in a rare move against a British national.John Michael Ormerod was added to UK sanctions lists on Tuesday alongside two Russian ship captains, 18 shadow fleet vessels and 46 financial institutions that the British government said had helped Russian efforts to evade western restrictions.The UK added that it was working with other western governments to lower a $60-per-barrel price cap…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Paul Marshall, the hedge fund boss and co-owner of GB News, has called for the BBC to be broken up or sold, in a speech describing the national broadcaster as “an embodiment of anti-competitive market distortion”.Marshall, who also owns The Spectator magazine and online media group UnHerd, gave a lecture at Oxford university on Tuesday arguing that the BBC was “held to a lower standard of impartiality than any other channel” and that it marks its “own homework”. He described the BBC as…

A former AFL umpire is wanted by police after failing to appear in court over allegations he was behind an $8.7 million fraud scheme.Troy Pannell, who AFL fans will remember for a 2016 match where he awarded 17 free kicks to the Western Bulldogs while only giving one to Adelaide, is accused of orchestrating a fake invoice scheme at a shipping company he worked for and pocketing the funds paid to a company he was the sole director of.Pannell, who is involved in the horse racing industry, was a whistleblower in 291 AFL games from 2005 to 2018.He allegedly defrauded…

TOKYO: Japanese farm minister Taku Eto said on Wednesday (May 21) he has resigned to take responsibility for remarks he made this week about rice that angered voters reeling from historically high prices of the staple food. Public broadcaster NHK and other media reported that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba would appoint former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to replace Eto. Eto has been in hot water this week since media reports exposed comments he made at a political fundraising party on Sunday that he had “never had to buy rice” thanks to gifts from supporters. The comment led to a frenzy…

Statement from Biden’s office comes after US President Donald Trump expressed doubt over timing of diagnosis.Former United States President Joe Biden was not diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week, and received his “last known” blood test for the disease more than a decade ago, his office has said. The Biden camp’s statement on Tuesday came as critics, including current President Donald Trump, stoked scepticism over the timing of the diagnosis, which has reanimated questions about whether the former president misled the public about his health while in office. “President Biden’s last known PSA was in 2014,” Biden’s office said in the…

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced new legislation Tuesday aimed at dismantling the multimillion-dollar birth tourism industry that allows foreign nationals to use America’s immigration system to secure automatic citizenship for their children.The Ban Birth Tourism Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare inadmissible any foreign national seeking a tourist visa for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States.Those births automatically trigger U.S. citizenship for the child, a long-criticized loophole that opens the door to future family-sponsored migration.SENATE REPUBLICANS INTRODUCE BILL TO REFORM BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, FOLLOWING TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL ORDER Sen.…

The fifth of 10 inmate escapees who fled a New Orleans jail was recaptured, authorities said Tuesday. Corey Boyd, who had briefly been spotted last Friday hours after the jailbreak, was taken into custody, the Louisiana State Police said. Boyd, 19, was captured in New Orleans. He is accused of killing Brandon Fees during a car burglary in 2024.This story is breaking. Please check back for updates. 

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit says it has arrested and charged an Edmonton-area substitute teacher for child pornography related charges. The investigation began last month when ICE was tipped off by the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre that Eric Matheson-Jones, 47, allegedly uploaded child sexual abuse material using Dropbox, a website used to host files in an online cloud.After a search warrant was issued on May 14, investigators charged Matheson-Jones with accessing, possessing, and transmitting child pornography.Police say that at the time of his arrest, he was a teacher at Norquest College,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First lady Melania Trump welcomed a number of children of White House employees to The People’s House on Tuesday afternoon.The “White House Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” featured an array of activities scattered around the complex for children of all ages to take part in the fun.The first lady greeted children in the East Garden, assisting the kids with decorating American flags.FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP SCORES WIN FOR AMERICA’S FOSTER YOUTH WITH $25M INVESTMENTChildren drew on the wooden flags with red and blue markers.They also added star stickers as…

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