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Human Rights

European top human rights court rules that human rights were violated by climate change inaction

April 9, 2024 World Justice News 0
Europe’s top human rights court has sided with a 2,000-strong group of elderly women who said Switzerland’s government had not done enough to combat climate change. Senior Women for Climate Protection, whose average age is […]
Elon Musk
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Brazil Supreme Court judge opens inquiry into Musk

April 8, 2024 World Justice News 0
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has opened an inquiry into Elon Musk after the multi-billionaire said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the judge had ordered to be […]
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UFC champion Jon Jones summoned over alleged threats to kill

April 7, 2024 World Justice News 0
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been summoned to court following allegations he verbally threatened to kill a female anti-doping officer in Albuquerque. The incident is alleged to have taken place at Jones’ home on […]
stack of dollars
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Los Angeles: Thieves steal up to $30m of cash in one of city’s biggest heists

April 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
Thieves have stolen as much as $30m (£23.7m) in cash from a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the biggest burglaries in the city’s history. The culprits broke in through the roof on […]
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Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

April 4, 2024 World Justice News 0
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal […]
Luke Fleurs
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South African footballer Luke Fleurs shot dead in car hijacking

April 4, 2024 World Justice News 0
South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, his team says. The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida. The 24-year-old […]
JK Rowling
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JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over hate crime law

April 2, 2024 World Justice News 0
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts – inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence. The Harry Potter author, who lives in […]
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Human Rights

Florida’s top court ushers in six-week abortion ban, but voters will have their say

April 2, 2024 World Justice News 0
Florida’s top court has paved the way for the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect, but is allowing voters to have their say on the issue. The justices have upheld the state’s 15-week ban […]
Alex Murdaugh
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Disgraced ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to another 40 years for financial crimes

April 2, 2024 World Justice News 0
Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial crimes. Murdaugh, 55, is already serving two life sentences for the murders […]
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Mass shooting in Indianapolis leaves seven children, aged 12 to 17, with gunshot wounds

April 1, 2024 World Justice News 0
Seven children have been wounded in a mass shooting outside a shopping centre in the US, police have said. The victims, who are all aged 12 to 17, were hurt outside the Circle Centre Mall […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

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Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]
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