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US nuclear engineer, wife get long jail terms in sub secrets plot
US nuclear engineer, wife get long jail terms in sub secrets plot
World
by  AFP

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were sentenced to long prison terms on Wednesday for plotting to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe was sentenced to 19 years and three months in prison while his wife, Diana Toebbe, 46, received a prison term of 21 years and eight months, the Justice Department said.

DR Congo military, rebels resume fighting: residents
DR Congo military, rebels resume fighting: residents
Africa
by  AFP

Fighting resumed Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the military and armed group M23, residents told AFP, a day after many people fled rebel-held territory being bombarded by military jets. Residents told AFP they had heard the sounds of more fighting by the evening, after a tense but quieter day.

Brief clashes at Greek price hike protests
Brief clashes at Greek price hike protests
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Protesters in Greece briefly clashed with riot police Wednesday amid a general strike and demonstrations over price hikes and spiralling inflation. Energy-linked price hikes, largely fuelled by the ongoing war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, have sent inflation to its highest rate in three decades in Greece.