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First Thing: Google ran illegal monopoly, US judge rules

A US federal judge ruled that Google maintained a monopoly over search services and advertising. Plus: the cruise ship celebrating all things Creed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

How children of freed spies learned they were Russian on flight to Moscow

Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, did not speak the language and knew nothing about their new home country

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

While there is only one known assassin among them, all of the Russians exchanged in Thursday’s trade have unique, and in most cases, quite surreal, backstories, reports Justin Rohrlich

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024