February
Don’t like Trump’s $8m ‘gold card’ visa? Try Europe for $413,000
The president wants to charge almost $8 million for a visa. Yet for as little as $413,000, you can buy a flat in a Mediterranean country and get permanent residency too.
December 2024
‘We need time’: Syrians in Europe resist calls to return home
Those who fled the 13-year civil war pointed to the political uncertainty after a rebel offensive swept into Damascus over the weekend.
September 2024
Grant Thornton enters audit rehab
The audit firm and former director Brad Taylor have taken to a court-ordered program over its involvement in iSignthis.
June 2024
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.
Guzman lists on ASX; Dutton ‘to reveal nuke costs’; Secret GYG winner
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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.
May 2024
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.
March 2024
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.
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.
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.
November 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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”.
July 2022
Ron Shamgar, EML rocketman
For a professional fund manager, Ron Shamgar cultivates a strikingly unsophisticated social media profile.
March 2022
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.