— She ran a "laptop farm" , allowing North Korean IT workers to remotely access U.S.-based networks while appearing to be physically located inside the country, and laundered wages, aiding over 300 job placements. Between 2020 and her arrest, she helped operatives obtain remote roles at more than 300 American companies, including Fortune 500 firms, a major television network, and a leading aerospace manufacturer. North Korea has been linked to several other major crypto heists, including those targeting Bybit, the Ronin Bridge, Harmony, and various DeFi platforms.
— France intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN General Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday in hopes of bringing peace to the region, but the plan drew angry rebukes from Israel and the United States.
— The new law grants the prosecutor general control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sap), and critics say it undermines their authority. In an address, Zelensky said both agencies would still "work" but needed to be cleared of "Russian influence".
— Unlike ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — all of which gather user data and continue to hold onto it for training and archival purposes — all of your chats with Lumo are completely end-to-end encrypted. Additionally, the company claims that it won't keep logs of your chats, and that any chat history or usage of the AI can only be accessed on the user's device. Access it for free at lumo.proton.me or by downloading the Lumo app on Android or iPhone devices.
— Unrwa commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini said snipers opened fire randomly on crowds at aid sites as if they are given a "licence to kill". The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation responded by claiming the UN was "refusing" to deliver aid in Gaza that could help end the desperation in the region.
— Gaza's health ministry said 33 people in total have died from malnutrition in last 48 hours. It brings the total number of these deaths to 101, including 80 children, according to the Hamas-run ministry.
— Titled "Towards the Horizon", it depicts a kneeling boy with a backpack, next to books and a pile of rocks. Made with chalk and charcoal it will hopefully be visible for several weeks, until it is washed away.
— US withdrawal is to take effect in December 2026. The US provides about 8% of the body's total budget, making the financial impact of Washington's departure less severe than for other organisations, such as the WHO, for which the US is by far the biggest financial backer.
— Ghosn is under several international arrest warrants and is legally barred from leaving Lebanon, where he sought refuge in December 2019 after fleeing Japan, where he was incarcerated.
— In May 2022, the Taliban government issued a decree calling for women to show only their eyes and recommending they wear a head-to-toe burqa. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said it was concerned by the arrest of "numerous" women and girls in Kabul between July 16 and 19, who authorities claimed had not followed instructions on wearing the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf. "These incidents serve to further isolate women and girls, contribute to a climate of fear, and erode public trust," the mission added, without details including the number of arrests or the ages and where they have been held.
— Appointment of Michele Sison, a close ally of Director-General Amy Pope, another American,as director of the Washington-based IOM Global Office may violate the organization’s internal rules on staff age. PassBlue found that appointments cannot be offered to candidates who are 63 and older. Sison, born in 1959, turned 66 in May. At the time of her hire, she was technically over the age limit, which would have made her ineligible under the stated guidelines. In February employees were told about 3,000 were about to get laid off in agencywide job cuts. An additional 20 percent staff cut, affecting 250 positions at IOM headquarters, followed shortly thereafter. In total, IOM has laid off more than 6,000 of its personnel worldwide so far this year.
— "Although Pope assured staff in an email that executive posts would not be spared from the 'structural adjustments', this has not been the case. Sources told PassBlue that jobs close to Pope have largely been protected from the major shakeup." In 2024, the US was the IOM's largest donor, contributing $1.6 billion in voluntary funding to its operations. That support has dropped significantly with President Donald Trump’s UN-wide and other funding cuts, but neither IOM nor the State Department provided precise information on the amounts.
— Joshua Aaron created ICEBlock to show where raids are taking place. Pam Bondi's Justice Department has fired the wife of the man who developed a controversial "anti-ICE" warning system after far-right influencer Laura Loomer attacked her on X. Carolyn Feinstein, who is married to ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron, had served as a forensic accountant at the DOJ's Office of the U.S. Trustee for almost a decade. On Friday she received an email from the department informing her that her position would be terminated.
— The company now employs over 13,000 people globally. Serving over 60 million customers across Europe and beyond, Revolut champions a hybrid working model.
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