US court refuses to hear Trump’s appeal of E Jean Carroll $83m defamation case
Decision from federal appeals court comes almost 18 months after Trump appealed following 2024 election win
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The five-year-old girl was last seen at Old Timers town camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs. (Supplied: NT Police Force)
Former broadcast journalist Jay Sonza arrested over alleged false claims on Marcos’ health
MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday arrested former broadcaster and commentator Jay Sonza after a Pasay court issued a warrant over the alleged spread of false information about the health of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr..
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Israel kills nine people in southern Lebanon despite ‘ceasefire’
Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA), despite a three-week extension to the United States-mediated “ceasefire” announced last week.
· Alex Milan Durie
Florida teacher admits having sex with underage student multiple times on campus: sheriff
A Florida high school teacher has been charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student multiple times on campus.
· Anthony Blair
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron late on Wednesday.
· Middleeasteye
Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision that could sway elections for years to come
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Nick Pearson
Former executive of Hong Kong’s insurance regulator acquitted of misconduct
Anti-corruption agency had alleged that Carol Hui coerced insurer Prudential into hiring her daughter-in-law
· Fiona Chow
Former executive of Hong Kong’s insurance regulator acquitted of misconduct
Anti-corruption agency had alleged that Carol Hui coerced insurer Prudential into hiring her daughter-in-law
· Fiona Chow
Biden admin ‘zealously’ probed ‘traditional’ Christians — even keeping tabs on priests: DOJ report
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration “zealously” investigated, penalized, and engaged in “aggressive prosecutions” of Christians “with traditional biblical views” — ignoring their conscientious objections and even secretly keeping tabs on Catholic priests, a Department of Justice task force found.
· Josh Christenson
NYPD cops responding to knife dispute among 10 hurt as Queens house explodes, burns down
Ten people were hurt — including seven police officers — when a home exploded and burned down while cops were responding to a dispute involving a knife, according to police and fire officials.
· Patrick Reilly, Joe Marino
Keir Starmer demands ‘swift, agile and visible’ response to London attack
‘Absolutely clear’ people are being targeted for being Jewish, says PM as he holds meeting with agencies and ministers
· Alexandratopping
Wang Fuk Court resident finds charred HK$100,000 inheritance after opening safe
Another resident of fire-ravaged estate also discovers HK$100,000 in charred banknotes after returning under government scheme
· Kristen Cheung
Wang Fuk Court resident finds charred HK$100,000 inheritance after opening safe
Another resident of fire-ravaged estate also discovers HK$100,000 in charred banknotes after returning under government scheme
· Kristen Cheung
Activists paid for the Voting Rights Act in blood. The supreme court has undermined it | Sophia Lin Lakin
I was a lead attorney in the Callais case. The court’s decision will silence the voices of communities of color
· Sophia Lin Lakin
States rush to redraw congressional districts to gut Black voting power
More governors call for special sessions following supreme court’s decision severely weakening Voting Rights Act
· Adria R Walker
Israeli attacks kill nine in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire | The National
At least nine people have been killed and 13 injured in southern Lebanon by extensive Israeli attacks on Thursday, a week after a ceasefire with Hezbollah was extended by three weeks.
· Jamie Prentis
Voting Rights Act is hollowed out by Supreme Court after 61 years
President Lyndon B. Johnson holds the signed document of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as he chats with Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., in the President’s Room in Washington, Aug. 6, 1965. Signatures that appear on the document are Johnson, left bottom; House Speaker John McCormack, upper, standing at right; and Vice …
· Gary Fields
Senate might convene as an impeachment court on May 13 — Sotto
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· The Manila Times
Eksmo CEO Released From Police Custody After Questioning
The CEO and several other employees of Russia’s largest book publishing company were released from police custody on Thursday after being questioned as part of a criminal investigation into so-called LGBTQ+ “extremism.”
· The Moscow Times
Galilee man who swore loyalty to ISIS, planned attack on soldiers, indicted on terror charges
After police arrested a 20-year-old ISIS-affiliated man who was planning an attack on soldiers, prosecutors filed an indictment against the suspect Thursday morning, according to a joint statement from the Northern District Central Unit and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
· LEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children arrested by ICE
Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, a former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children, was arrested in the United States on April 16 by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents and members of the US Marshals Service.
· MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Nightclub promoter believed to be intended target of botched kidnapping
Police believe the kidnapping and assault of a Malvern man held hostage this month was a botched attempt to target a prominent promoter behind some of Melbourne’s most popular nightclub events.
· Carla Jaeger
UK pledges wider legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats after Golders Green stabbing
Britain's government on Thursday said it would introduce new legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats carried out by proxies, after two Jewish men were stabbed in north London in an apparent antisemitic attack on Wednesday.
· REUTERS
One thing is clear after the release of the interim Bondi terror report – we don’t have the answers. But we now know the questions
The 155-page interim report released on Thursday shows how little is known – and can be shared – about the 14 December shooting
· Nino Bucci
Hong Kong police intercept man after attempted armed bank robbery in Causeway Bay
Police stop suspect after attempted robbery in which a man allegedly carrying a knife demanded HK$100,000 before staff triggered the alarm
· Danny Mok
Hong Kong police intercept man after attempted armed bank robbery in Causeway Bay
Police stop suspect after attempted robbery in which a man allegedly carrying a knife demanded HK$100,000 before staff triggered the alarm
· Danny Mok
UK to tackle antisemitism ‘emergency’ as police probe double stabbing
This includes £25 million (US$34 million) for more police patrols and protection around synagogues, schools and community centres
· Associated Press
UK to tackle antisemitism ‘emergency’ as police probe double stabbing
This includes £25 million (US$34 million) for more police patrols and protection around synagogues, schools and community centres
· Associated Press
Australia has 19 million seized vapes. It costs $13 to destroy just 10
Australian law enforcement agencies are facing a massive cost blowout and potentially serious public safety issues dealing with the storage and disposal of illicit vapes containing toxic chemicals and unstable lithium batteries.
· Chris Vedelago
Israeli strikes kill at least in south Lebanon, in breach of ceasefire
Israeli air attacks have killed at least nine people across southern Lebanon, with multiple residential buildings reduced to rubble, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
· Middleeasteye
Police seize guns and ammunition from home of 'white supremacist'
Col Blanch says Nazi flags were displayed over or near an unlocked firearms cabinet. (ABC News: Kenith Png)
· Daryna Zadvirna
Alabama man arrested in brutal murders of mother, pregnant teen daughter and 12-year-old son
Authorities have arrested a man in the brutal murders of an Alabama mother, her pregnant teenage daughter and 12-year-old son, who were found bound in their home April 20.
· Fox News
Australian police find body in search for missing indigenous girl, 5
The girl was reported missing from her home in a remote community in central Australia on Saturday
· Reuters
Australian police find body in search for missing indigenous girl, 5
The girl was reported missing from her home in a remote community in central Australia on Saturday
· Reuters
Family of Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi fear she is dying in prison | The National
The family of the Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, who is being held in prison, have called for her to be released on medical grounds, warning her life is in “imminent danger”.
· Paul Carey
‘What we’re doing is real justice’: how one New York gym built a pipeline away from prison
Debra Granik’s five-hour documentary shows a former drug dealer turned entrepreneur striving to beat a system that continues to punish those that have served time
· Adrian Horton
The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy | Moira Donegan
The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the law
· Moira Donegan
Syria detains Assad-era general over sarin gas attack that killed 1,500 | The National
Syria's Interior Minister said former brigadier general Adnan Abboud Halawa has been detained over his suspected role in a 2013 chemical attack on Ghouta that killed more than 1,500 people.
· The National
Myanmar's military-backed government reduces ousted leader Suu Kyi's prison term in new amnesty
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
· Grant Peck
Canberra speech pathologist convicted of illegally obtaining medication
The court heard Kimberlee Cayzer used the names of five people, including the parents of two patients, to obtain the prescriptions. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
· Zaarkacha Marlan
British government calls antisemitism an emergency after latest attack on Jews
London’s Metropolitan Police on Wednesday released video from the body-worn cameras of two officers involved in detaining a man accused of stabbing two Jewish men on a London street in the city’s latest antisemitic attack.
· Jill Lawless
LIST: Lawmakers who voted to back Sara Duterte impeach complaints at justice committee
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· Dwight de Leon
South Africa court orders deportation of Mugabe's son in shooting case
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, has been given a deportation order from a South African court, after admitting to being in the country illegally.
· AfricaNews
Man arrested after paramedic stabbed while stopping for coffee
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Police search luxury unit owned by prominent surgeon
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Labor Day rallies to block Seoul roads
Seoul police will deploy about 200 traffic officers on Labor Day as the country’s two major umbrella unions plan large rallies and marches in the capital, raising the prospect of heavy congestion in central Seoul and Yeouido.
· Park Han-na
Myanmar’s blanket prison term reduction trims Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence a further reduction, according to a member of her legal team.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Qatar rejects 'false reports' that it backed ICC prosecutor against Israeli officials | The National
Qatar rejected claims and media reports that it backed International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan if he pursued legal action against Israeli officials.
· The National
Police search unit owned by partner of ex-premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· 9News Staff