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France’s World Cup journey ended in the semifinals with a 2-0 defeat to Spain at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Despite scoring 16 goals in the tournament, Les Bleus struggled offensively, failing to register a shot on target until late in the match. Kylian Mbappe will now lead the team in the third-place playoff in Miami.

In France’s largest cyberbullying case yet, 28 people have been sent to jail for up to 18 months for harassing an influencer. The judges found them guilty of harassing Magali Berdah, prompted by a campaign led by the French rapper Booba against “thieving influencers.”

Scientists say they have, using Crispr gene-editing technology, been able to eliminate HIV from infected cells. The Nobel Prize-winning technology works like scissors, but at the molecular level, cutting DNA so “bad” bits can be removed or inactivated. 

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