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Ecuador's former president Lenín Moreno was sentenced to five years in prison for taking bribes from Chinese firm Sinohydro to secure a hydroelectric dam contract. He will serve under house arrest and plans to appeal.
An investigation by European broadcasters found that a WhatsApp group chat with 532 members was used to launder hundreds of millions of euros via the hawala system, funding organized crime and extremism, including payments to Islamic State in Syria.
Pierre Picavet, head of LGBTQ association FLAG!, was hospitalised after being attacked with a bottle in Paris's Marais district. The suspect is in custody.
A 31-year-old British woman died after being stabbed at a railway station in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany, in the early hours of Sunday. A 27-year-old German man was arrested at the scene. The motive is under investigation.
Israeli police arrested a sitting council head in southern Israel along with family members and senior officials on suspicion of bribery, bid rigging, and fictitious employment to embezzle funds. Seven suspects were arrested and six detained for questioning.
An Israeli court extended the detention of Eyal Nager, suspected of trying to monopolize delivery services in Ashdod and of extortion and threats, after reviewing four key pieces of evidence.
A 16-year-old boy in Rome beat his 50-year-old mother, then called emergency services. She died in hospital. The boy is hospitalized in psychiatry.
Han Hak-ja, 83, leader of the Unification Church, was sentenced to two years in prison for bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury goods and other political funding offences.