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The Paris Assize Court was merciless on Wednesday in sentencing former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana, 66, naturalised French under the name Philippe Manier, to life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda in the spring of 1994. The court followed the prosecution’s instructions to the letter and found Mr Manier guilty of “virtually all the charges” against him. There is no statute of limitations… Read the full article here

The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the Central Bank of Nigeria cash swap policy during the electioneering period forced him to invoke the spirit of freedom in the South… Read the full article here

A gun battle between suspected cartel members left at least eight dead and one wounded Wednesday in a mountainous area of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, local authorities said. The state prosecutor’s office said the violence took place in Guachochi, one of the largest towns in a mountainous area that is hard to get to, and which is home to the Indigenous people of the Tarahumara ethnic group. At a crossroads, “Eight lifeless people were found, three of… Read the full article here

Leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group and the University of Nairobi are working towards establishing a partnership aimed at involving more young Kenyans in the nation’s march towards sustainability. According to a release by Sahara Group, both organisations met at the university’s corporate affairs division in Nairobi recently to chart a course for a sustainable future in Kenya through collaboration that will focus on giving students… Read the full article here

Barbara Schett believes there are four favourites for the Wimbledon women’s title – but has tipped Karolina Muchova and Petra Kvitova to also challenge.Muchova made the French Open final a few weeks ago and is a two-time quarter-finalist at Wimbledon.She hasn’t played a grass event ahead of competing at the All England Club, but Eurosport expert Schett has been impressed with her game.WimbledonBig Three or bust? Assessing the leading women’s title contenders at Wimbledon2 HOURS… Read the full article here

Weeks after 9to5Mac revealed some initial details of Beats unannounced Studio Pro headphones, the publication has followed up with what appears to be a complete list of specs for the over-ears. They’re expected to have a premium price tag of $349 and the Apple-owned audio brand could announce them as soon as next month.Headline specs include a battery life that extends up to 40 hours with active noise cancellation and transparency mode turned off, or 24 hours with either feature turned on…. Read the full article here

Receive free Eurozone inflation updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Eurozone inflation news every morning. Spanish inflation fell to 1.6 per cent year on year in June, making it the first of the eurozone’s large economies to record annual price rises below the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target since the Ukraine war.The inflation figure, measured on an EU harmonised basis, fell significantly from the 2.9 per cent rise recorded in May,… Read the full article here

Parliament members in the European country of Slovakia voted in approval of lowering crypto taxes, among additional measures affecting cryptocurrency holders. On June 28 the Slovakian parliament voted to approve an amendment that will reduce personal income tax for profits gained from the sale of cryptocurrencies that have been held by the user for at least a year. The taxes will be lowered to 7%, which is a significant decrease from the current taxation sliding scale of either 19% or 25%…. Read the full article here

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Our summer dream is to spend the weekend in the Hamptons, sipping Aperol spritzes by the beach and gallivanting with the Real Housewives of New York City. Step one: secure a Hamptons house. Step two: pack cute clothes so we fit in with the fashionable elite. Reformation is our go-to destination for luxury looks at an accessible price point. Celebrity fans include Taylor… Read the full article here

The double-standard between the wall-to-wall coverage of the implosion of The Titan and the short shrift that the deaths of over 500 migrants received at the hands of the global networks re-echo the Shakespearean line about beggars, comets and the deaths of princes. Only that Shakespeare could not have seen that modern networks could sometimes make comets for their own princes. It doesn’t make sense to weigh tragedies on a scale. How do you measure them? Leo Tolstoy got it… Read the full article here