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Nephews of Venezuela first lady convicted of cocaine plot

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Following a sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady have been found guilty of conspiring to import 800kg (1,750lb) of cocaine into the US. Prosecutors said the […]

Suge Knight claims Dr Dre hired hitmen to kill him!

October 26, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

“Suge” Knight alleges in a lawsuit that the hip-hop star turned Apple executive tried to have him killed twice. Suge Knight, the former executive of Death Row Records, is suing Dr Dre for $300 million […]

Cyber Attacks Disrupt U.S.A.

October 21, 2016 World Justice News 0

On Friday morning, large swaths of the U.S. experienced a major Internet outage—and it was the kind of large-scale takedown of which security expert Bruce Schneier recently foretold. The outage, which appears to have mainly […]

Civil Rights Advocates Concerned About Election Day

October 15, 2016 zoshinuk 0

ATLANTA – There are nationwide challenges that could disrupt electoral voting. New ID requirements, placement of polling places, missing names on the voter roll, hackers and political intervention to name some. With no national standards […]

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 banned from all planes in the USA

October 15, 2016 World Justice News 0

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones have been banned from all planes in the US following reports of the devices catching fire. The order from the country’s Transportation Department bars owners from carrying on the phones […]

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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]