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- Russia detains teenager over alleged Moscow attack plot after US warning
- Ukrainian attacks hit Russian oil refineries as Russian strikes leave Ukrainians without power
- Israeli strikes kill eight in Gaza, hospitals say
- FBI blames North Korea for record $6.3 billion Binance hack
- Youth-led protests across Europe end in violence and arrests
- Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
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- Al JazeeraRussia detains minor over alleged Moscow attack plot after US warning
- RechercheA six-day local ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, brokered by Melania Trump, was due to end Sunday evening; it enabled a humanitarian evacuation, with residents reunited with relatives in northern Ukraine.
- RechercheOleshky has been under Russian occupation since 2022; before the invasion it had a population of 24,000, while an estimated 2,000 civilians remained there when the evacuation arrangement was made.
- RechercheAs background, the report says the war began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage; it gives the territory's health ministry's cumulative Gaza death toll since the war began as 74,594.
- PBS News / Associated PressFBI says North Korea was behind $6.3 billion Binance heist, the biggest crypto hack in history | PBS News
- TechCrunchBinance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion breach | TechCrunch
- RechercheIn Paris, prosecutors said incendiary devices were thrown at about 15 gendarmes and police officers, prompting a formal attempted-murder investigation.
- RechercheGerman Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said rioters and looters would be identified and held accountable, and called for tough penalties.
- RechercheThe judge said the Journal’s story informed readers of Trump’s denial rather than ignoring or minimizing it.
- RechercheThe suit concerned the Journal’s report about a suggestive letter and drawing bearing Trump’s name in an album compiled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. Trump denied writing the letter and called the report false and defamatory.