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At least 150 arrested following protests in France over fatal police shooting of teenager

June 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least 150 people have been arrested in France following a second night of protests after a 17-year-old driver was killed by police. The Paris suburb of Nanterre, where the boy was fatally shot following […]

Hans Niemann: Chess prodigy’s defamation lawsuit over cheating claims dismissed

June 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

A chess prodigy who launched a $100m (£89m) lawsuit against a grandmaster and the world’s largest online chess platform after being accused of cheating has had his case dismissed. Hans Niemann, 20, stunned the world […]

Father of three-week-old baby girl accused of killing her with crossbow

June 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murdering his three-week-old daughter with a crossbow, US authorities have said. The Broome County Sheriff’s Office said a New York man was arrested and charged on suspicion of shooting […]

Australia crime figure shooting in Sydney

Major crime figure shot dead in Sydney shopping area

June 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A “major player” in Australia’s organised crime network was shot in a busy Sydney shopping area, police say. The 48-year-old, who was targeted in a car park at 08.30 local time on Tuesday, died at […]

Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

June 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

Meta has said it will begin to restrict news on its platforms to Canadian consumers after parliament passed a controversial online news bill. The bill forces big platforms to compensate news publishers for content posted […]

U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Content ID Scammer

June 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

By pretending to be legitimate music rightsholders, two men managed to extract over $23 million in revenue from YouTube’s content-ID system. Both were arrested, pleaded guilty, and now face multi-year prison terms. This week, the […]

Lawyers used ChatGPT to help with a case – it backfired massively

June 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Two New York lawyers have been fined after submitting a legal brief with fake case citations generated by ChatGPT. Steven Schwartz, of law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, admitted using the chatbot to research the […]

Man, 80, jailed for manslaughter of woman he strangled nearly half a century ago

June 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

An 80-year-old man has been jailed for manslaughter after strangling a young woman nearly half a century ago. John Apelgren has been convicted after his DNA was flagged as a match in the historical case […]

Nine sentenced to life for mistaken identity murder

June 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Nine people have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man who was stabbed in a case of mistaken identity. Michael Anton O’Connor was attacked outside a property in Wilford Crescent […]

Megaupload Fugitive Arrested By Armed Police 11 Years After The Raid

June 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

Since 2012, Kim Dotcom has been fighting extradition to the United States where he faces serious charges related to cloud storage site Megaupload. During that time, very little has been said about Megaupload graphic designer, […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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At least 150 arrested following protests in France over fatal police shooting of teenager

Hans Niemann: Chess prodigy’s defamation lawsuit over cheating claims dismissed

Father of three-week-old baby girl accused of killing her with crossbow

Major crime figure shot dead in Sydney shopping area

Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Content ID Scammer

Lawyers used ChatGPT to help with a case – it backfired massively

Man, 80, jailed for manslaughter of woman he strangled nearly half a century ago

Nine sentenced to life for mistaken identity murder

Megaupload Fugitive Arrested By Armed Police 11 Years After The Raid