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Court Triples Fine Over ‘Misleading’ Nurofen

December 16, 2016 World Justice News 0

The UK manufacturer of Nurofen has been hit with an increased fine of A$6m (£3.6m; $4.4m) for misleading customers in Australia. Australia’s Federal Court ruled last year that products marketed as targeting specific pains, such […]

Tainted peanut butter lawsuit nets $11.2M fine and penalty

December 15, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

ALBANY, GA.—A decade after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating Peter Pan peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, the company that sold it made an embarrassing courtroom guilty plea and agreed to pay the largest […]

Teen Feeds Pigeon – Gets Court Summons for Littering

November 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Lauren-Paige Smith, 19, was tucking into lunch when she gave a bird a chip, which it immediately swallowed, moments later, she was approached by a man she thinks was a council worker – and slapped with […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]