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Venezuela has reported 5,069 fatalities from two powerful earthquakes that struck on 24 June. Rescue operations, involving international teams, continue amid severe damage, particularly in La Guaira. The interim government has secured $346 million from the IMF for reconstruction, as over 20,000 are displaced into temporary camps.
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey’s Malatya province on Saturday morning, reported the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. The quake was felt in several nearby provinces, but no adverse effects have been reported. An on-site assessment is currently under way.
Italian police have conducted raids at the offices of luxury brands, including Bulgari and Chanel, amid allegations of labour exploitation involving Chinese subcontractors. This investigation by Milan prosecutors targets multiple firms, including Prada and Givenchy, highlighting concerns over supply chain practices within the luxury sector.
It’s a real-life Scandi drama.
WCL: Nine teams to qualify directly for new format Champions League 2025-26 The news yesterday…
There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France’s interior minister said Monday.
The suspect converted to Islam in 2015 after being radicalised online by an ISIS supporter.
FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr discusses the suspect, who was known to French authorities, in the deadly knife attack in Paris on December 2, 2023. “This is the same kind of case of what happened in Vienna in 2020: a national, who never went to Syria, tried to go there, went to prison, went through a deradicalization program, changed his mind on the way and committed the attack.”
The driver of the car was killed in the crash.
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