Wednesday, October 14Global edition

Law & Crime

Dutch court jails Rwandan man for life over 1994 stadium massacre of 3,000 Tutsis

The Hague District Court found Eugene N., a 66-year-old Dutch national, guilty of genocide and war crimes for throwing a grenade into a crowd of Tutsis sheltering at a stadium in Mbazi and directing attackers to let none escape. Rwanda had sought his extradition in 2014, but Dutch law bars handing over citizens, so Dutch authorities opened their own investigation in 2020 and arrested him in 2024.

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Meta agrees $18 billion settlement with US states over harm done to teenage users

A coalition of 52 state attorneys general alleged the company deliberately hooked young people on its platforms, collected children's data without consent, and misled the public about the risks. Beyond the payout, Meta must now introduce overnight access blocks, two-hour daily limits and other restrictions for teenage users — though only in the states that signed on.

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