France Detains Seven Over New Cryptocurrency Kidnapping
The man, aged 20 according to Swiss media reports, was freed on Sunday in the southeastern city of Valence in a special operation by French gendarmes, said the source, asking not to be named.
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Italian Fashion Icon Giorgio Armani Dead at 91
Armani had cancelled his menswear show in Milan this year due to health reasons. He also missed the Paris Armani Prive show on doctors’ orders.
US House Committee Releases Batch of ‘Epstein Files
Epstein, a wealthy financier with high-level connections, died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial for alleged sex trafficking of underage girls recruited to provide him with sexual massages.
At least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza war: UN committee
Around 40,500 children have suffered “new war-related injuries” in the nearly two years since the war erupted, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Rights Group Says 10 Killed in Indonesia Protests
Komnas HAM also reported that more than 900 people were injured and thousands detained, although most of them have since been released.
EU Court Upholds Europe-US Data Transfer Accord
In effect since 2023, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework was the bloc’s third attempt at a legal framework to protect Europeans’ personal data in exchanges with the United States.
Siege Tightens on Sudan City With Fiercest RSF Assault: what we know
The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been under siege for more than a year by paramilitary forces seeking to capture it amid a wider war with the army that began in April 2023.
Afghanistan Earthquake Kills More Than 800
The 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck just before midnight, rattling buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
Trump Moves to Cut More Foreign Aid, Risking Shutdown
The cuts target programs of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, Trump wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives.
Thai Court Sacks PM Over Cambodia Phone Call Row
Paetongtarn, daughter of billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was suspended from office last month after being accused of failing to stand up for Thailand in a June call with powerful former Cambodian leader Hun Sen, which was leaked online.
