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U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Prioritize Anti-Piracy Enforcement

August 11, 2024 World Justice News 0
The IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups, believes that Canada could and should do more to tackle online piracy. The association argues that anti-piracy efforts, in the broadest sense, should […]
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Australia

Man charged over theft of Bluey coins worth $400,000

August 10, 2024 World Justice News 0
An alleged coin bandit has been charged by Australian police with stealing more than A$600,000 ($393,500; £309,000) worth of limited-edition coins based on the hit children’s television show Bluey. Police say they received a report […]
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Mozambique ex-minister guilty of one of Africa’s biggest scandals

August 10, 2024 World Justice News 0
A US court has convicted a Mozambican former finance minister over a 10-year-old conspiracy that triggered the worst economic crisis in his home country since independence. Manuel Chang was found guilty of accepting pay-offs through […]
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Lead Story

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons

August 7, 2024 World Justice News 0
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. A majority of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges rejected gun rights […]
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NHS software provider faces £6m fine after hackers steal tens of thousands of medical records

August 7, 2024 World Justice News 0
A major NHS IT provider faces a penalty of just over £6m for failures which led to a cyber attack and the theft of nearly 83,000 medical records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been […]
D’Vontaye Mitchell
Lead Story

Milwaukee hotel staff face murder charges in man’s death

August 7, 2024 World Justice News 0
Four hotel employees who allegedly pinned a man to the ground after he behaved erratically in a Hyatt Regency lobby in the US state of Wisconsin are facing murder charges. D’Vontaye Mitchell, 43, ran into […]
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Fourteen arrests in undercover sex trafficking sting at San Diego Comic-Con convention

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
Fourteen people were arrested and 10 sex trafficking victims rescued in an undercover sting operation at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. The California Justice Department ran the operation at the annual event – which celebrates superheroes, […]
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Warning over ‘explosion’ of fake weight loss injection sales online

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has urged people not to buy fake weight loss injections – as shortages of Ozempic are expected to continue into next year. The association warned of a possible “explosion in […]
Kaylin Hayman
Lead Story

Criminal used AI to make sex abuse images of child Disney star

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
A Disney Channel child star has told Sky News that she “broke down in tears” after learning a criminal had used artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexual abuse images using her face. Kaylin Hayman, who […]
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Canada

Canada Covid protesters cleared of plotting to kill police

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
Two Canadian men accused of conspiring to murder police during protests over Covid-19 measures have been found not guilty. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were charged after guns, body armour and ammunition were found at a […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]
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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0
Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]
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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0
A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]
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