A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China’s wealthiest men was sentenced to 30 years in a US prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars.
SPAIN — Real Madrid defender Ferland Mendy will stand trial after one of his dogs allegedly attacked a teenager and two other dogs after escaping from his property, according to Spanish reports on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a state agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud in the safety-net government healthcare program.
Thousands of people marched Tuesday in cities across South Africa to demand the departure of undocumented foreign nationals after a weeks-long campaign that has sent thousands fleeing and claimed four lives. Police were out in force for the nationwide protests which capped a campaign of demonstrations led by citizen…
Uganda's political crackdown is intensifying, with opposition leader Kizza Besigye appearing in court on treason charges as concerns grow over a widening assault on dissent.
Reaction is rolling in after the United States Supreme Court ruled against the administration of US President Donald Trump, upholding the practice of automatically granting citizenship to nearly all individuals born in the US.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends Pope Leo XIV’s audience for operators of justice in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can forbid biological males from competing as females in school and college sports. US President Donald Trump hailed the ruling as a “big win.”
The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can forbid biological males from competing as females in school and college sports. US President Donald Trump hailed the ruling as a “big win.”
MANILA, Philippines — In front of a loud de facto home crowd, Alex Eala made history as the first Filipino tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles match in the "Open Era" as she dominated Mexican Renata Zarazua, 6-1, 6-2, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Court 12 early Wednesday in Manila.
Uganda's political crackdown is intensifying, with opposition leader Kizza Besigye appearing in court on treason charges as concerns grow over a widening assault on dissent.
On the final day of rulings for the Supreme Court’s current term, the top US court overruled a case that would limit campaign spending by rejecting restrictions on coordinated spending efforts between political parties and their candidates on free speech grounds.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
The parliamentary committee investigating the last federal election wants to impose strict new rules on behaviour around polling booths after a campaign that “felt like an assault on our democracy”.
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Tuesday arrested the leader of an outlawed political group that has led weeks of protests over legislative seats reserved for refugees, officials said.
The US Supreme Court has upheld state laws that bar transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that do not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
Ability Computer and Software Industries and two company officials were indicted in the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court under a plea agreement over alleged violations of Israel’s defense-export controls involving approximately NIS 35 million.
The pro-Palestinian Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) said that it had petitioned Lithuania’s Constitutional Court on Monday after authorities rejected its request to investigate an Israeli dental student in Kaunas, Lithuania.
NEW YORK (AP) — What appear to be human remains were found in a chimney at a New York City school on Tuesday, a few days into summer break, police said.
Taylor Frankie Paul’s ex Dakota Mortensen called the Bluffdale Police Department in Utah to clarify the details of a protective order amid their custody battle.
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in a high-profile ruling, dealing a legal setback to his administration's immigration policy.
Ghana’s President John Mahama speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 14, 2025. (Ichiro Banno/Pool Photo via AP, File)
A group prays outside of the Supreme Court ahead of the court’s ruling on whether transgender girls and women can play on school athletic teams, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
SEN. Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday alleged that moves against him are aimed at silencing his investigations into corruption and preventing him from participating in the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, with who he is closely allied.
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GILBERT Andres, a lawyer representing victims of the drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte, said the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) order to freeze money connected to the former head of state does not cover his bank accounts but only cash and items taken from him at the time of his arrest.
THE House prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte said it would summon “Mary Grace Piattos” — one of the names listed as beneficiaries of Duterte’s disbursed confidential funds during her time as education secretary — to appear at the trial. Smart move on its part.