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The estate of tech tycoon Mike Lynch who died when his yacht sank and his business partner owe HP Enterprise £700m

July 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

The estate of tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who died last year when his yacht sank – and his business partner owe tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) £700m, the High Court has ruled. HPE […]

Bryan Kohberger who murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022 jailed for life

July 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Bryan Kohberger who murdered four University of Idaho students in November 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison – as the mother of one of his victims expressed her disappointment that he won’t be […]

New internet rules come into force this week – here’s what will change

July 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

New rules for the UK internet will start being enforced on Friday, which may well change how you browse. Ofcom’s Children’s Codes, a set of regulations designed to protect young people online, will mean sites […]

Jetflix Streaming Piracy Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years Prison

July 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

The founder of illegal streaming service Jetflicks, a platform said to have negatively affected every significant copyright owner of TV shows in the United States, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison. Kristopher Dallmann […]

Google Sues Operators of a Botnet that compromised 10 million Android Set-Top Box devices

July 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Google lawsuit filed in a New York court has been partly unsealed, revealing details of what is believed to be the largest botnet of its type in history. Consisting of 10 million compromised Android […]

migrants returned to Venezuela from El Salvador Cecot prison

Migrants tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela says

July 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Venezuela has announced an investigation into claims migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador from the US suffered human rights abuses. More than 250 Venezuelans were repatriated to near Caracas on Friday. They had […]

Kenya U-turn over charging prominent activist with terror offences

July 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been charged with illegal possession of ammunition linked to protests last month in which at least 19 people were killed. He denied the charge and has been released on […]

Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US

July 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the US to face charges of drug and arms trafficking. Known as “Fito”, he was recaptured in June, more than a year after he […]

Court orders former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew

July 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

A court has ordered Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and put him under curfew over fears he might abscond while standing trial. Bolsonaro – in power in 2019-22 – is […]

US seeks one-day prison for officer convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting

July 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Trump administration is asking for a one-day prison sentence for a former Kentucky police officer convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman, in her […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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The estate of tech tycoon Mike Lynch who died when his yacht sank and his business partner owe HP Enterprise £700m

Bryan Kohberger who murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022 jailed for life

Jetflix Streaming Piracy Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years Prison

Google Sues Operators of a Botnet that compromised 10 million Android Set-Top Box devices

Migrants tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela says

Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US

Court orders former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew

US seeks one-day prison for officer convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting