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The difficult search for truth at France's biggest terror trial
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» PARIS: During the nine-month trial stemming from France's worst ever terror attacks in November 2015, the moment hundreds of victims were hoping for came late in proceedings.
US Supreme Court 'lurches' to the right
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Abortion, guns, religion -- a US Supreme Court remade by Donald Trump has veered sharply to the right, raising questions about its legitimacy and apprehension about other hot-button issues.
No, Happy the elephant isn't a person, New York's top court says
AFP, Published on 15/06/2022
» NEW YORK: As intelligent as she is, Happy the elephant doesn't meet the definition of a "person" and is therefore not being illegally confined in the Bronx Zoo, New York's top court ruled Tuesday in a closely watched case for animal rights.
UK to send first asylum seekers to Rwanda
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» LONDON: The British government was due to send a first plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday despite last-ditch legal bids to block the deportations, mounting protests and UN criticism.
Nicaraguan plantation workers 'poisoned' by pesticides fight for justice
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» TONALA (NICARAGUA) - Hundreds of Nicaraguan plantation workers left sick or sterile after working with a noxious pesticide in the 1970s were dealt a blow this week when a French court ruled against their claims for compensation.
Footballers' wives face off at High Court in 'Wagatha' trial
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» LONDON - Footballers' wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faced each other in the High Court Tuesday at the opening of their "Wagatha Christie" libel trial over a social media post.
Fiji pauses US seizure of Russia-linked superyacht Amadea
AFP, Published on 09/05/2022
» SYDNEY - A Fiji court has suspended the execution of a US warrant to seize a $300 million superyacht Washington claims is owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, prosecutors said.
Singapore executes mentally disabled man
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» A mentally disabled Malaysian man was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family said, after losing a long legal battle and despite a storm of international criticism and appeals for clemency.
Tunisia TV series sparks polygamy row
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» TUNIS - A Ramadan TV series dealing with polygamy has sparked a heated debate in Tunisia, an Arab pioneer in women's rights that banned the practice decades ago.
Hong Kong activists fade from view as national security case drags
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists have disappeared from view as their prosecution under a security law drags into its second year, with lawyers and family members warning the defendants are losing faith in the courts.