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NEW YORK — A British man has been brought to the U.S. to face charges in connection with an alleged $99 million Ponzi-like fraud involving expensive wines. James Wellesley, 58, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Friday in Brooklyn federal court following his extradition from the United Kingdom, where he was arrested in 2022. He […]
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“He took everything, left us with absolutely nothing,” says David Middleton, one of thousands of British and Irish investors who racked up huge losses from the collapse of a German property ponzi scheme. The 72-year-old pensioner from Northern Ireland is referring to Charles Smethurst, the German-British businessman who set up Dolphin Capital in 2008, later […]
Hackers behind a series of destructive, financially motivated cyberattacks against some of the U.K.’s largest retailers are now going after big American brands, Google said Wednesday. “Major American retailers have already been targeted,” John Hultquist, the chief analyst for Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, told NBC News. At least three top British retailers have experienced cyberattacks […]
British plane parts are set to be exempted from US import tariffs as part of the evolving trade agreement with Donald Trump’s administration, it has been reported. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, has said that engines from Rolls-Royce and similar plane parts would be able to enter the US market without tariffs, as part […]
President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer. “I love King Charles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning while linking to an article citing a Daily Mail report that said the monarch would secretly offer […]
Right-wing British Member of Parliament Nigel Farage responded favorably to the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after President Donald Trump suggested it could happen on Friday. Newsweek has reached out to the British prime minister’s office, Farage and the Commonwealth for comment on Saturday. Why It Matters The Commonwealth is primarily […]

By Stacy M. BrownBlackPressUSA.Com Senior National Correspondent Donald Trump has expressed support for the United States becoming an “associate member” of the British Commonwealth, responding to a report in The Sun that King Charles might extend such an offer during Trump’s upcoming state visit to the United Kingdom. “I Love King Charles. Sounds good to […]

Two Black British teenagers were left in shock after being subjected to horrific racism during a school trip to rural Arkansas as part of a new TV experiment. Dae-Jaun and Richae, both 14, attend the Elmgreen school in Lambeth, in south