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Donald Trump arraigned on 34 felony charges for falsifying business records

April 5, 2023 World Justice News 0

Last week, we learned Donald Trump had been charged with a crime. Now we know the former US president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. Although falsifying records are usually treated as lesser misdemeanours, […]

The man extradited to the UK for a 41-year-old pub brawl

March 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

Decades after moving to the US, retired construction worker Rory McGrath was extradited to the UK to face trial for a 41-year-old crime. Eventually he was found not guilty. Rory McGrath had just stepped through […]

Guo Wengui: US accuses Chinese tycoon of billion-dollar fraud

March 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

US authorities have charged a Chinese property tycoon based in New York with orchestrating a billion-dollar fraud. Guo Wengui and one of his business partners, Kin Ming Je, are accused of wire fraud, securities fraud, […]

Malcolm X’s family plan to sue FBI, CIA, NYPD for his death

February 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

A daughter of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X says she is suing New York City Police Department and other agencies for his 1965 murder. Ilyasah Shabazz says US officials fraudulently concealed evidence that […]

Payton Gendron: Buffalo white supremacist mass killer jailed for life in hearing disrupted by audience member rushing towards him

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A white supremacist mass murderer, whose sentencing hearing was disrupted by an audience member rushing towards him, has been jailed for life without parole. Payton Gendron, 19, admitted killing 10 black people in a racially motivated attack […]

Woman guilty of lookalike cheesecake poisoning plot

February 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Russian woman living in New York city has been found guilty of attempting to murder her doppelgänger in a bizarre identity-theft plot. Viktoria Nasyrova tried to kill her beautician Olga Tsvyk in 2016 by […]

Daniel Harris: British teenager whose videos were linked to two mass murders in US is jailed

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British teenage extremist has been jailed after his far-right videos were linked to two mass murders in the US. Daniel Harris used an online platform called World Truth Videos to disseminate a “call to […]

Trump Organization fined $1.6m for tax fraud

January 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump’s real estate company has been fined $1.6m (£1.31m) by a New York judge for tax crimes. Jurors had found the Trump Organization guilty of fraud and falsifying business records in December. The company […]

New York: Machete attack injures police officers near Times Square New Year celebrations – suspect shot

January 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

Specialist terrorism experts are investigating an attack involving a machete on police in New York that left three officers hurt. A man wielding the weapon attacked officers outside the security cordon for the city’s main […]

Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect

November 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s. Ms Carroll is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]