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Human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov loses appeal

A Moscow court on Thursday upheld the jail sentence of Oleg Orlov, head of the Nobel-prize-winning human rights organization Memorial. Orlov has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" the Russian army. Orlov…

Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze

The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, local officials say. Images posted on X by the prefecture show black smoke billowing from a canopy and scaffolding at the top of the…