June
iSignthis vindicated, according to shell of iSignthis
Piercing John Karantzis’ indomitable self-narrative was difficult in Melbourne. Now that he’s based in Nicosia, it’s nigh-on impossible.
- Myriam Robin
Guzman lists on ASX; Dutton ‘to reveal nuke costs’; Secret GYG winner
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Hezbollah chief threatens Cyprus in war with Israel
The leader of the militant group issued the threat as fears grow of a full-blown war across Lebanon’s southern border in Israel.
- Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
May
Israel recovers bodies of hostages amid fierce fighting in northern Gaza
The Israeli military says it has retrieved the bodies of three Israeli hostages from Gaza including Shani Louk, the 23-year-old German Israeli, who was pronounced dead last year.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nataliya Vasilyeva
March
First sea aid unloaded in Gaza as ceasefire talks to resume
The 200 tons of food provided by a celebrity chef’s charity arrived by sea as UNICEF said rising numbers of children in Gaza were facing food deprivation.
- Monika Pronczuk, Gaya Gupta and Nicholas Fandos
US dispatches aid ship to Gaza after Biden vows to build pier
The logistics support vessel is “carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies”, the US Army said.
- Muhammad Al Gebaly
December 2023
Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas, Israel assert demands
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh visited Egypt for the first time in more than a month for discussions with Egyptian officials who are seeking to mediate another truce.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams
November 2023
- Investigation
- Cyprus Confidential
Emails show PwC helped Russians dodge sanctions
Leaked documents reveal how accounting giant PwC’s Cyprus arm scrambled to help Russian oligarchs stay ahead of sanctions in the days after the Ukraine invasion.
- Neil Chenoweth
What is Cyprus Confidential?
An eight-month investigation of 3.6 million leaked documents has uncovered how Cyprus offshore firms helped Russian elites hide their wealth.
- Neil Chenoweth
How not to assassinate an admiral in Phuket
Kobus Steyn thought he’d found a whale of a client. Then his assignment turned from make-work to murder.
- Paul Murphy
October 2023
War with Hamas tests Israel’s economic resilience
The military call-ups and partial economic freeze have triggered a sudden crash in activity and upended everything from banking to agriculture.
- Galit Altstein
July 2023
Protests as Israel votes on divisive legal changes
Demonstrators, many of whom feel the very foundations of their country are being eroded by the government’s plan, stepped up their opposition to changes that would erode courts’ powers.
- Tia Goldenberg and Isaac Scharf
March 2023
Putin ‘lives in golden palace with gymnast lover’
The Russian president used a “slush fund” to build a heavily guarded $178 million property empire, a media investigation has found.
- Nataliya Vasilyeva
February 2023
Trafigura offered $22m from alleged nickel fraudster using Mauritian bank
In an affidavit, the firm’s former head nickel trader detailed how Prateek Gupta offered financing from Silver Bank as part of proposals aimed at “repairing the rapidly deteriorating trading relationship”.
- Robert Smith and Harry Dempsey
November 2022
Regulators will struggle to supervise crypto groups, warns ECB
The European Central Bank’s head of financial supervision said crypto asset providers pose “a huge consumer protection issue”.
- Martin Arnold
July 2022
Ron Shamgar, EML rocketman
For a professional fund manager, Ron Shamgar cultivates a strikingly unsophisticated social media profile.
- Joe Aston
March 2022
- Opinion
- Defence
Defence spendathon must buy a genuine firepower boost
Military spending is being rapidly rethought around the world. But effective defence needs far more than just a higher share of GDP.
- Steven Hamilton
January 2022
iSignthis ditches licence bid as Karantzis moves to Cyprus
Suspended payments company iSignthis has confirmed its chief executive John Karantzis has relocated to Cyprus.
- Updated
- Michael Roddan
December 2021
John Karantzis, Christmas miracle
The iSignthis CEO was at the airport within hours of his departure ban being lifted.
- Michael Roddan
July 2021
Spread of delta variant casts shadow over Europe’s economic rebound
The highly infectious delta variant already accounts for the majority of new cases in many European countries and is driving infection rates up to their highest level for months.
- Updated
- Martin Arnold