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Fox News $1.6bn defamation battle over 2020 presidential election claims heads to court

April 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Fox News is expected in court today over claims it falsely accused a voting technology company of rigging the 2020 US presidential election. The controversial cable news channel’s parent company Fox Corp faces a $1.6bn (£1.28bn) […]

El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

April 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

Sons of drugs kingpin “El Chapo” are among members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel charged in the United States with running a huge operation that supplies fentanyl to the US. The operation was allegedly fuelled by […]

Atiq Ahmed: Former Indian MP and brother shot dead live on TV

April 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

A former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother. Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close […]

Australia espionage: Man accused of passing information to foreign spies

April 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

An Australian man who recently returned to the country after living overseas has been charged with supplying sensitive information to foreign intelligence agents. Fifty-five-year-old IT specialist Alexander Csergo was arrested by Australian federal police shortly […]

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that limits access to abortion pill mifepristone

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court decision that would halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. A judge said current rules over access to the drug – used in the most […]

How ‘judge shopping’ led to a showdown over abortion drug mifepristone

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Texas judge whose recent ruling could have banned an abortion drug across the US was hand-picked by activists who want to prohibit the procedure, experts say. So what is so-called judge shopping? When Judge […]

Family claim man was ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs in Atlanta jail

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who died in an Atlanta jail cell was “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs”, the family’s lawyer has alleged. Lashawn Thompson was jailed on a misdemeanour and placed in the Fulton County […]

Murderers joked about selling pushchair on eBay just hours after killing their own baby at Christmas

April 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

A mother and father have been found guilty of murdering their baby son on Christmas Day in a “savage and brutal” killing. Cannabis-smoking Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon Marsden, 22, burnt and beat their baby […]

Jack Teixeira: National Guard airman arrested over leaked Pentagon documents

April 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard member has been arrested over the leak of classified documents. Jack Teixeira is reported to be the leader of an online gaming chat group where the files were […]

Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500m

April 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

Ex-US President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer for $500m (£400m), alleging breach of contract. He says Michael Cohen breached his duty as attorney to act in his client’s best interests. The lawsuit comes […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

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Fox News $1.6bn defamation battle over 2020 presidential election claims heads to court

El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

Atiq Ahmed: Former Indian MP and brother shot dead live on TV

Australia espionage: Man accused of passing information to foreign spies

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that limits access to abortion pill mifepristone

How ‘judge shopping’ led to a showdown over abortion drug mifepristone

Family claim man was ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs in Atlanta jail

Murderers joked about selling pushchair on eBay just hours after killing their own baby at Christmas

Jack Teixeira: National Guard airman arrested over leaked Pentagon documents

Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500m