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Russia jails opposition figure for criticizing its military
AP
NEW YORK, USA — A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history.
Twitter sues Elon Musk over $44bn takeover deal
BBC NEWS
Twitter is suing billionaire Elon Musk to try to force him to buy the social media firm, setting up a legal battle with the world's richest man.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe assassinated at campaign rally
NPR
TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an ultra-nationalist who served in the post longer than anyone else before stepping down in 2020, was shot and killed on Friday at a campaign rally.
39 suspects arrested over migrant smuggling on boats to UK
AP
PARIS, France — The suspected ringleader of a network that smuggled as many as 10,000 people on small boats across the English Channel to Britain has been arrested along with 38 others in a vast police operation across Europe.
Alleged Chinese police database hack leaks data of 1 billion
AP
HONG KONG, CHINA — Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data breaches in history.
India restaurants reject service charge ban
BBC NEWS
The main association of restaurants in India says it will continue to levy service charge on bills despite a government order banning it.
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking
YAHOO ENTERTAINMENT
R. Kelly will go to prison for 30 years for sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping and other sex-related crimes.
Hong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China
AP
HONG KONG — When the British handed Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech, and press that are not allowed on the Communist-ruled Chinese mainland.
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking
BBC NEWS
Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for helping former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls.
46 dead, 16 hospitalised after abandoned trailer found in Texas
USA TODAY
Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals Monday after a tractor-trailer containing suspected migrants was found abandoned in a remote area of San Antonio amid soaring temperatures in Texas, officials said.
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