Italy extradites alleged Chinese hacker to US accused of spying for Beijing during COVID-19 pandemic

Italy has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei […]

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Archaeologists use AI to reconstruct Pompeii victim’s attempted escape

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Archaeologists at Italy‘s Pompeii have for the first time used artificial intelligence to reconstruct a victim‘s appearance from the eruption that destroyed the Roman city nearly 2,000 years ago. […]

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Norway and France launch joint police probe into diplomats’ alleged links with Epstein

Published on 04/27/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2 Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A joint investigation team (JIT) has been established between Okokrim, the Norwegian […]

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