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Interpol at 100: A mixed legacy of hunting fugitives and merging police data from 195 countries
LYON, France (AP) — Interpol is turning 100 with a mixed legacy — as a misconstrued crime-fighting organization, a network that merges police data from authoritarian states and democracies, and a global adviser on how to handle criminal trends. Secretary-General Jürgen Stock, a...
3 ways to stretch your dollar on a European vacation in 2023
European travel is — by some metrics — bigger this year than it was pre-pandemic. In the first six months of 2023, 43% more Americans flew to Europe compared to the same period in 2022 and 4% more than the same period in 2019. Those figures come from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s...
Lyon's American owner John Textor hits back after French soccer watchdog limits transfer business
PARIS (AP) — Lyon owner John Textor has attacked a decision by French football’s financial watchdog to monitor the club's transfer activities this season. The American businessman, who also has stakes in Premier League team Crystal Palace, Belgian second-division club RWD...
French justice is working overtime and the mood is stern after thousands of teen arrests
CRETEIL, France (AP) — At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails at the police station of their suburban hometown. “Why?” the judge asked Riad, who was taken into custody after he was identified in video surveillance images of the...
