Michael Leidig

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A former reality star has died after she slipped and fell in her bathtub and suffered a fatal head injury. Kristina Belaya, 24, died at her home in the town of Kartaly in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on 30th May. Local investigators said she appeared to have slipped and fallen in the bathroom of her apartment. She was found with signs of a head injury and bruising on her body, but officials said these were consistent with a fall and there were no indications of a struggle.

2 days ago | nationalworld.com | Michael Leidig

A 25-year-old British traveller who vanished while backpacking through Malaysia has been found dead inside a lift shaft. Malaysian police have confirmed that the body found in a lift shaft in the city of Kuala Lumpur on June 5 is that of missing backpacker Jordan Michael John Johnson-Doyle. The discovery was made at a construction site where authorities found trace of Jordan's last movements before he went missing on May 27. He was last seen at a pub attending quiz night.

2 days ago | nationalworld.com | Michael Leidig

When a descendant of Britain’s oldest money and media printing dynasty backed Bitcoin and digital publishing, the establishment was outraged. Some accused him of believing in a magic money tree, and most people dismissed him as a crank. His bid to buy back the family business and bring the old and the new together collapsed, and his investigative journalism network, led by award-winning journalist Nate Thayer, folded in the midst of a mysterious class action lawsuit with no complainants.

4 days ago | nationalworld.com | Michael Leidig

A British journalist who vanished for nearly three months in Brazil has been found in Sao Paulo after a massive police search. Charlotte Alice Peet, 33, was reported missing on February 8 after she messaged a friend in Rio de Janeiro saying she was planning to travel there but needed a place to stay. Her disappearance sparked a huge worldwide search with police, British Embassy officials and friends and family appealing for her to come forward.

4 days ago | nationalworld.com | Michael Leidig

The factory behind one of Europe’s most iconic sweets has shut down for good after efforts to save it collapsed. The Salzburg Schokolade plant in the town of Grodig, near Salzburg in Austria, closed its doors after failing to recover from insolvency proceedings triggered in 2021. The firm had been producing the famous Mirabell Mozartkugeln, known internationally as Mozart balls, and its last batch rolled off the production line on December 5, 2024.