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Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Brazilian footballer has been charged with attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head during a lower league match. Sport Club Sao Paulo player William Ribeiro attacked Rodrigo Crivellaro after he awarded a […]

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

President Biden has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot. Mr Trump had asked that the records the committee requested remain hidden under executive privilege, […]

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A lawyer who was almost four times over the drink-drive limit has been jailed for 10 weeks. Louise Taylor, 41, of Holmes Chapel Road, Sandbach, claimed she had been drinking a friend’s home-made Kombucha tea […]

Texas abortion: US appeals court reinstates near total ban

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas’s near total ban on abortions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against […]

Texas abortion: Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law

October 7, 2021 World Justice News 0

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion in the state. US District Judge Robert Pitman granted a request by the Biden administration […]

Ernest Johnson: Missouri executes man for killing three in 1994 robbery

October 6, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Missouri man has been executed for murder despite pleas for clemency by advocates who said he had an intellectual disability. Ernest Johnson received a lethal injection on Tuesday after the US Supreme Court refused […]

US man sues psychic who ‘promised to remove ex-girlfriend curse’

October 6, 2021 World Justice News 0

A California man is suing a psychic who he says falsely claimed she could remove a curse put on his marriage by a witch hired by his ex-girlfriend. Mauro Restrepo said Sophia Adams promised she […]

Abortion rights march: Thousands attend rallies across US

October 3, 2021 World Justice News 0

Tens of thousands of people have been holding rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights. They have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to […]

Sandy Hook: Alex Jones loses case over ‘hoax’ remarks

October 2, 2021 World Justice News 0

US radio host and prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has lost another legal case after falsely calling a mass school shooting a “hoax”. Twenty children and six adults were shot dead at Sandy Hook elementary […]

Rapper Nines jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis

October 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

British rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland. The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences. […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned

Texas abortion: US appeals court reinstates near total ban

Texas abortion: Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law

Ernest Johnson: Missouri executes man for killing three in 1994 robbery

US man sues psychic who ‘promised to remove ex-girlfriend curse’

Abortion rights march: Thousands attend rallies across US

Sandy Hook: Alex Jones loses case over ‘hoax’ remarks

Rapper Nines jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis