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Judges retire to consider verdicts in Paris attack trials
Judges retire to consider verdicts in Paris attack trials
by  AFP

Five judges overseeing the trial into the November 2015 attacks on the Bataclan concert hall and other targets around Paris headed to a secret location Monday to consider their verdicts. Verdicts for him and 19 other suspects on trial are due on Wednesday afternoon from five judges who were taken to a secret location in the Paris region to mull their verdicts.

Rare tornado kills one in Netherlands
Rare tornado kills one in Netherlands
by  AFP

A tornado ripped through a city in the Netherlands Monday, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others in the first fatal twister to hit the country for three decades. The Netherlands experiences several tornadoes a year but the last fatal one to hit the country was in 1992, the Dutch meteorological agency KNMI said.

Sri Lanka electricity firm seeks 835% price rise
Sri Lanka electricity firm seeks 835% price rise
by  AFP

Sri Lanka's heavily loss-making state-run electricity monopoly asked for a shocking price rise of over 800 percent for its poorest customers with the bankrupt nation out of fuel, regulators said Monday.

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