UK court convicts 3 men of arson in attack linked to Russia’s Wagner Group
Attack on equipment for Ukraine was planned by Wagner mercenaries on behalf of Russian intelligence, prosecutors said.
South Korea repatriates six North Koreans picked up at sea
North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties.
At least 31 dead, 532 arrested in Kenya’s antigovernment protests
Human rights office calls for accountability after 31 people are killed in nationwide ‘Saba Saba’ marches.
Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates
Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths
Chinese state-sponsored contract hacker arrested in Italy at U.S. request, DOJ says
The Justice Department alleged a team of Chinese hackers tried to access a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Texas in 2020.
At least 13 may have killed themselves over U.K.’s Post Office wrongful convictions scandal
At least 13 people were thought to have taken their own lives as a result of Britain’s Post Office scandal, in which almost 1,000 postal
Seoul returns six North Koreans with ‘strong desire’ to go back
All six people had drifted into South Korea by accident earlier this year and had wanted to go back.
Australian childcare operator to install CCTV after abuse claims
An employee of G8 Education, one of Australia’s largest private childcare operators, was charged with child rape.
Families anxious over safety of Indians kidnapped in Mali
Armed assailants abducted three Indian men from their place of work in Mali last week.
Days after Texas floods, at least 161 people are still missing in one county
Governor Greg Abbott said search and rescue efforts would continue in the wake of the deadly floods “until this job is finished”.
Camp Mystic’s emergency plan passed state inspection 2 days before deadly flooding
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian
Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell
The first structures ever 3-D printed inside living cells point to applications for biology research.