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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Georgia Sinks In Chaos As Police Raid Opposition Offices
The protests have turned violent, with around 300 people detained and dozens injured in clashes between protesters and police, outside the parliament building in Tbilisi.
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Pics: Georgia Rocked By Violent Protests Over Russia-EU Divide Within Country
Protesters and police clashed in Georgia's capital Tbilisi for a fifth straight night on Monday, with signs of opposition spreading across the country over the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.
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Georgian PM Praises Police For Crackdown Of Protests Over Halt Of EU Talks
Facing condemnation from the United States and defiance from his own president, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze praised police on Sunday for cracking down on protesters who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state.
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4 Pakistanis Arrested In Nepal For Taking Sri Lankans Hostage
Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for jobs, a senior police officer said on Friday.
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22 Arrested With Villas, Cars, Gold Worth $652 Million In EU Covid Fund Fraud
Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested 22 people and seized assets from villas to Rolexes worth over 600 million euros ($652 million) as part of an investigation into alleged fraud tied to European Union and Italian funding schemes.
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4 Bangladeshis Arrested For Sending People To Europe Through 'Donkey' Route: Delhi Cops
With the arrest of nine people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted an international racket that used to send people to European countries on the basis of illegal documents.
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Elon Musk Said to Have Assured EU Chief to Abide by Online Content Policing Rules for Twitter
Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will continue to abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now the social network has passed under his ownership, EU sources said on Monday. In May this year, EU industry chief Thierry Breton met Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas and the two signalled agreement on EU di...
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Armed With Sledgehammers, Robbers Raid Top Art Fair In Netherlands
Armed robbers raided one of the world's leading art fairs The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), in the Dutch city of Maastricht on Tuesday, police said, with video showing them smashing a display case using a sledgehammer.
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Pegasus Row: Domestic Use of Israel's Spyware Sparks Scandal at Home
Taiwan's government believes there is "enormous" room for cooperation with the European Union on semiconductors, responding to plans from the bloc to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence on US and Asian supplies.
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Double Olympic Swimming Champion Yannick Agnel Faces Rape Investigation
French swimmer Yannick Agnel, who won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, was placed under investigation on suspicion of "rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor".
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Interpol Elects Emirati General Accused Of Torture As New President
An Emirati general accused of torture was elected president of Interpol Thursday, the global police agency said, despite the concerns of human rights organisations and members of the European Parliament.
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Google Opens Dublin Hub to Tackle Harmful Online Content
Google opened a centre to tackle harmful online content, in a move also designed to ease regulatory concerns about how the company and other tech giants police a growing problem on the Internet.
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Online Child Sex Abuse Rises With COVID-19 Lockdowns: Europol
De Bolle, a former head of the Belgian police, said the rise in paedophile activities was reported by national law enforcement authorities from the 27 EU states who saw higher access to illegal websites and shut more online platforms for the exchange of child sex material.
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Man Locks Wife In Bathroom Over Coronavirus Fears: Police
Police in Lithuania intervened in a domestic dispute on Wednesday after a man locked his wife in the bathroom over fears that she may be carrying the coronavirus.
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Georgia Sinks In Chaos As Police Raid Opposition Offices
The protests have turned violent, with around 300 people detained and dozens injured in clashes between protesters and police, outside the parliament building in Tbilisi.
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Pics: Georgia Rocked By Violent Protests Over Russia-EU Divide Within Country
Protesters and police clashed in Georgia's capital Tbilisi for a fifth straight night on Monday, with signs of opposition spreading across the country over the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.
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Georgian PM Praises Police For Crackdown Of Protests Over Halt Of EU Talks
Facing condemnation from the United States and defiance from his own president, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze praised police on Sunday for cracking down on protesters who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state.
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4 Pakistanis Arrested In Nepal For Taking Sri Lankans Hostage
Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for jobs, a senior police officer said on Friday.
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22 Arrested With Villas, Cars, Gold Worth $652 Million In EU Covid Fund Fraud
Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested 22 people and seized assets from villas to Rolexes worth over 600 million euros ($652 million) as part of an investigation into alleged fraud tied to European Union and Italian funding schemes.
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4 Bangladeshis Arrested For Sending People To Europe Through 'Donkey' Route: Delhi Cops
With the arrest of nine people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted an international racket that used to send people to European countries on the basis of illegal documents.
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Elon Musk Said to Have Assured EU Chief to Abide by Online Content Policing Rules for Twitter
Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will continue to abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now the social network has passed under his ownership, EU sources said on Monday. In May this year, EU industry chief Thierry Breton met Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas and the two signalled agreement on EU di...
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Armed With Sledgehammers, Robbers Raid Top Art Fair In Netherlands
Armed robbers raided one of the world's leading art fairs The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), in the Dutch city of Maastricht on Tuesday, police said, with video showing them smashing a display case using a sledgehammer.
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Pegasus Row: Domestic Use of Israel's Spyware Sparks Scandal at Home
Taiwan's government believes there is "enormous" room for cooperation with the European Union on semiconductors, responding to plans from the bloc to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence on US and Asian supplies.
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Double Olympic Swimming Champion Yannick Agnel Faces Rape Investigation
French swimmer Yannick Agnel, who won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, was placed under investigation on suspicion of "rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor".
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Interpol Elects Emirati General Accused Of Torture As New President
An Emirati general accused of torture was elected president of Interpol Thursday, the global police agency said, despite the concerns of human rights organisations and members of the European Parliament.
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Google Opens Dublin Hub to Tackle Harmful Online Content
Google opened a centre to tackle harmful online content, in a move also designed to ease regulatory concerns about how the company and other tech giants police a growing problem on the Internet.
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Online Child Sex Abuse Rises With COVID-19 Lockdowns: Europol
De Bolle, a former head of the Belgian police, said the rise in paedophile activities was reported by national law enforcement authorities from the 27 EU states who saw higher access to illegal websites and shut more online platforms for the exchange of child sex material.
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Man Locks Wife In Bathroom Over Coronavirus Fears: Police
Police in Lithuania intervened in a domestic dispute on Wednesday after a man locked his wife in the bathroom over fears that she may be carrying the coronavirus.
