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Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0
An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas a record A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union said it welcomed the penalty, which is […]
Thomas Kwan
Lead Story

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0
A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother’s partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a […]
Vera Liddell
News

School worker jailed for stealing chicken wings worth $1.5m

August 13, 2024 World Justice News 0
A school worker has been jailed for nine years after stealing $1.5m (£1.18m) worth of chicken wings. Vera Liddell’s year-long heist of the flightless birds soared to 11,000 cases of the wings, which were meant […]
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Canada

Canada Covid protesters cleared of plotting to kill police

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
Two Canadian men accused of conspiring to murder police during protests over Covid-19 measures have been found not guilty. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were charged after guns, body armour and ammunition were found at a […]
Aimee Bock
News

US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0
US prosecutors have charged 47 people in the largest Covid relief fraud scheme alleged to date. The suspects are accused of stealing $250m (£220m) from a government aid programme that was supposed to feed children […]
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak
Lead Story

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to be fined over lockdown parties

April 12, 2022 World Justice News 0
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined by the police for breaking lockdown laws. The PM’s wife, Carrie Johnson, will also be given a fixed penalty notice. Officials confirmed the three […]
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News

Twenty fines to be issued over No 10 lockdown parties

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0
Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that breached Covid rules. The police will not be saying who is fined or confirming which events the fixed penalty […]
Gretchen Whitmer
News

Gretchen Whitmer: Court hears of violent plot to abduct US governor

March 25, 2022 World Justice News 0
Four men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor were ready to use machine guns and grenade launchers as part of the plot, a US court has heard. The accused are on trial accused of […]
Gretchen Whitmer
Lead Story

Gretchen Whitmer: Trial due to begin in US governor kidnapping plot

March 8, 2022 World Justice News 0
The trial of four men accused of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor is due to begin with jury selection on Tuesday. Prosecutors say the men, some of whom are alleged militia members, targeted […]
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Covid: Half of England and Wales Nightingale Courts to close within weeks

March 3, 2022 World Justice News 0
Almost half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Temporary courts were opened in hotels and conference suites to help […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith
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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‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0
The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]
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Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0
A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]
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