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EU fines Temu €200m for allowing sale of illegal products

June 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

The European Union has imposed a €200m ($232m; £173m) fine on Chinese-owned online retailer Temu for having illegal products such as dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers for sale on its platform. The European Commission […]

Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption

September 29, 2025 World Justice News 0

Slovakia has changed its constitution, enshrining into law recognition of only two sexes – male and female. The legal change, which passed in a knife-edge vote in the central European nation’s parliament, also restricts adoption […]

European Court of Justice rule in Diarra v Fifa that some transfer rules break EU law

October 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

Fifa rules that govern the way some football transfers work break the European Union’s laws, the highest European court has found. A long-running legal battle between Lassana Diarra and Fifa has ended with the European […]

EU Court: Unauthorized Sale of Used eBooks Infringes Copyright

December 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Selling second-hand paper books is regular business for thousands of companies around the world, but what if those books are digital? A ruling just handed down by Europe’s highest court has determined that the unauthorized […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]