A Beijing court has thrown out a landmark sexual harassment case brought against one of the country’s most famous TV hosts. It ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support the case against Zhu Jun. […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to have survived a rare state-wide vote to remove him with a clear majority, US media report. Republicans launched the election over his handling of the pandemic. The Democrat, currently […]
Some 240 prisoners have escaped after unidentified gunmen attacked a facility in Nigeria’s Kogi state, officials say. It is the second mass jailbreak this year in Nigeria, which is struggling with multiple security crises. The attackers […]
The Duke of York’s lawyer has described allegations of sexual assault filed in a US court as “baseless, non-viable [and] potentially unlawful”. Andrew Brettler told a pre-trial conference call in New York that a 2009 […]
A man kept the mummified corpse of his mother in a basement for over a year while continuing to receive her pension payments, Austrian police say. The 89-year-old woman, who reportedly had dementia, is thought […]
The US state of Texas has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users “based on their political viewpoints”. Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views. Former […]
Six men including a Briton have been arrested off the coast of Plymouth after authorities seized more than two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine. The British man, from Stockton-on-Tees, and five Nicaraguans were arrested on a […]
Prince Andrew’s team do not believe that legal papers from lawyers for the woman who has accused him of sexual abuse have been successfully served, the BBC understands. Virginia Giuffre has launched a civil case […]
Lawyers for the woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse claim they have successfully served him with legal papers. Virginia Giuffre has launched a civil case against the prince in New York – […]
The US Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit challenging Texas’ controversial abortion law. “The act is clearly unconstitutional,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a briefing on Thursday. It bans abortions from as […]
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