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Arm, a chip designer owned by SoftBank Group, a big tech investment firm filed for an IPO that

could be the biggest in America this year. The listing on the NASDAQ exchange is set to take place

early next month. Arm is expected to seek evaluation of $60 to $70 billion. The firm has a

near monopoly on chips used in smartphones. Seven children and one man have been rescued after

being stranded for more than 15 hours in a cable car dangling 274 meters above a valley in

northwest Pakistan. The children were on their way to school, which because of the mountainous

terrain, they reach by cable car. The rescue required both helicopters and a zip line and lasted

into the night. John Eastman, a lawyer, indicted alongside Donald Trump for trying to overturn the

2020 presidential election results in Georgia, surrendered to authorities. He has denied the charges,

which he said targeted lawyers for their, quote, zealous advocacy of their clients.

Of the 19 co-defendants in the sweeping racketeering case, he was one of the first to turn

himself in. Mr. Trump has said he will do so on Thursday.

Attacks on civilians in Sudan, amount to war crimes, Britain's Africa minister Andrew Mitchell said.

He called reports of targeted displacement of the Masalid community, quote,

particularly shocking. Civilian deaths in Cartoum State, which houses the capital,

number at least 580 as of late July. In April, a bloody power struggle erupted between Sudan's

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