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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 […]
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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
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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 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
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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 […]
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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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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
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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
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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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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0
Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]
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First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

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UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

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