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‘Go to the dentist and get fined £100’
Going to the dentist is something that many would want to avoid – but how about if you also faced a penalty fine? More than 40,000 people a year in England are getting fines of […]
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Trump’s latest travel ban order blocked
US President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat. A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining order on the open-ended ban […]
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Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion
Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier held as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan for five years, has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy. The 31-year-old Army sergeant entered his plea on Monday before […]
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Killer drivers to receive life sentences in law change
Drivers who kill someone in the most serious cases of dangerous and careless driving will now face life sentences. Causing death by dangerous driving, or death by careless driving while drunk or on drugs, will […]
Human Rights
Judge rules Ahmed Timol was murdered
Pretoria – The North Gauteng High Court ruled that Ahmed Timol was pushed from the 10th floor of the John Vorster police station. An inquest was held in 1972 and the magistrate court in Johannesburg found that […]
Australia
Unsent text accepted as dead man’s will by Australian court
A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man’s mobile phone as an official will. The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed to his brother, in which […]
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Harvey Weinstein denies rape accusations
Film producer Harvey Weinstein has denied raping three women after allegations were made in US magazine The New Yorker. It claims Weinstein forced sex on the women, including actress Asia Argento. In addition, actresses Mira Sorvino […]
Australia
Australia dual citizenship saga: Court hearing begins
An Australian court has begun a long-awaited hearing into whether seven MPs caught up in a dual citizenship saga should remain eligible for office. Under constitutional rules, Australian politicians cannot be dual citizens. The High […]
Human Rights
Torture survivors win asylum seeker detention ruling
Survivors of torture have won a legal challenge against Home Office rules on asylum seeker detention in the UK. The government had argued torture could only be carried out by official state agents or terror […]
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Texas Tech police officer killed – Freshman student in custody
A Texas Tech University police officer was shot dead Monday after bringing a suspect into custody at the campus police headquarters, authorities said. A call for a student “welfare check” led campus officers to a […]