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1 Bitco in fraud case: Acourt in Paris was wrapping up a trial Friday against Alexander Vinnik, who is accusedof using ransomware in a$ 160million fraud using the cryptocurrency bitcoin. The41- year- old Russian, whois also wanted in the United States and Russia, faces upto 10years inprison overcharges of extortion, money laundering and criminal association.

Protest in Poland: Police used 2 teargas on protesters after Poland’s top court ruled to further tighten one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws. In Warsaw, police gassed a crowd near the residence of ruling party chief Jaros law Kaczynski, the architect of Poland’s nationalist remake over thepast fifive years. Thousands gathered across the country in impromptu demonstrations on Thursday.

Bolivia election: A fifinal offifficial 3 vote count released Friday gave leftist Luis Arce a smashing victory in Bolivia’s presidential election, a vindication for the Movement Toward Socialism party of ousted President Evo Morales, whowas barred from running.

No name change: Plant- based 4 products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled “sausages” or “burgers,” European lawmakers said Friday, rejecting aproposal backed by the meat industry to ban the terms.

Priest arrested: A former priest 5 froma New Orleans suburb faces charges of molesting a juvenile and has been arrested as a fugitive inwest- central Georgia, authorities in Louisiana said Friday. Patrick Wattigny was arrested Thursday night at a home in Troup County, Georgia, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The county’s online jail roster showed that hewas arrested by police in West Point and was being held without bond.