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Happenings: What’s coming up in Northeast Ohio starting July 11
Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to entertainment@morningjournal.com or entertainment@news-herald.com. You must include a phone number and/or web address...

French Cybercrime Brigade Arrests Hacking Forum BreachForums Administrators — More in Custody
The French Cybercrime Brigade (BL2C) has arrested four individuals suspected of being behind the infamous underground hacking forum BreachForums. The hacking forum was launched in 2022 and quickly became the preferred dark web marketplace for...
Started from a bedroom, now they're here: The rise and fall and rise again of Smosh
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The first video I ever liked on YouTube was called “Pokémon Theme Music Video.” Its resolution is shoddy, but I remember what happens in the clip: Two floppy-haired boys soulfully perform the Pokémon TV show theme song,...

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: New Caledonia, How to Overcome the Geopolitical Impasse?
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...

Katy Perry stuns in an elegant black minidress as she joins close friend Lauren Sánchez and her inner-circle for Balenciaga catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week - after painful split from Orlando Bloom
Katy Perry was in familiar company on Wednesday morning as she made a glamorous appearance at Paris Fashion Week, days after confirming her separation from Orlando Bloom. The American singer was joined by close friend Lauren Sánchez and the newly...

Oasis fans camp outside Cardiff stadium over 24 hours before reunion tour kicks off
Oasis fans have already descended on Cardiff ahead of the band's first reunion tour gig. Britpop royalty Oasis kick off their hotly anticipated Live '25 tour in the Welsh capital on Friday (July 4) with their show at Cardiff's Principality...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Lost Pirate Treasure Worth Over $138M Uncovered Off Madagascar Coast
In the waters off Madagascar’s northeast coast, archaeologists say they have uncovered the final resting place of a ship plundered in one of history’s most dramatic pirate raids. The wreck, they believe, is that of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo—a...

JP LOUW | Why safety on Table Mountain needs all of us
Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) is a vast park of some 225 square kilometers that is mostly openly accessible with no borders or gates. In fact, whilst others consider it to be a national park in a city, others say that Cape Town is actually a...

Sydney McLaughlin & Co. in Financial Dispute With Michael Johnson as Unsettling GST Details Get Exposed
On June 12, Michael Johnson announced the end of the Grand Slam Track’s inaugural season, calling off its highly anticipated final stop in Los Angeles. The news came as a letdown to many, especially after the electric energy seen in Kingston,...

Help! My Wife Went to Her High School Reunion. She Returned With a Brand New, Troubling Obsession.
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, My wife recently attended her 30-year high school reunion and came home practically in tears. When I asked what was wrong, she said the first thing she noticed was how...

How to watch 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Reunion Special' online – stream the 'MomTok' reality show from anywhere
"The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Reunion Special" is tagged on to the end of season 2 as 'Episode 11' but is really a stand alone one-off to fill the gap before season 3 lands. Buckle up for "secrets and scandals, never-before-seen footage, and a...
All the happenings in the lakes area, July 9-20
The Detroit Lakes Tribune accepts community calendar items for publication online and, space permitting, in our Wednesday e-paper and Saturday print edition. Submissions must be made at least a week in advance of the event date, in writing, to...

French Authorities Arrest Four with Suspected Ties to Notorious BreachForums
Four hackers in their 20s have been arrested in France for their suspected involvement in the notorious dark web forum BreachForums. In an official statement on June 25, Laure Beccuau, a State Prosecutor, revealed that the four hackers were...

How Turkey’s interests in the Indian Ocean go beyond just Islamism
In the post-Operation Sindoor domestic discourse, the strategic community in India, as well as sections of the nation’s polity, have been targeting Turkey, along with China, for supporting Pakistan in what essentially was a cross-border terror...

The Threads of Friendship: A Long-Anticipated Reunion in the Loire
During the pandemic quarantine, playing on the origin of the word, I had a “Quaranta” sale: 40 percent off my artwork. Via a posting, my longtime friend Pauline selected a collage on the proviso that I deliver it to her in person — in France. Five...

Art exhibition marks Whangārei’s place in Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on
The Rainbow Warrior bombing helped galvanise New Zealand’s nuclear-free movement. It was later revealed the French secret agents spent the months preceding the bombing in Whangārei, planning and provisioning for the attack. Whangārei artist Carole...

Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...

French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins
The Paris police force's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) has arrested a further four men as part of a long-running investigation into the criminals behind BreachForums. The arrests on Monday follow the earlier capture in February of a person police...

French Police Reportedly Bust Five BreachForums Administrators
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Notorious Site Facilitated Buying and Selling of Breached Databases, Hacking Tools Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 25, 2025 The Southwestern Paris suburbs of Clamart, France, where police arrested...