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The US Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) on 20 February 2026, creating uncertainty about future US tariff policies. The US has used IEEPA to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners and additional fentanyl-related trade measuresfor Canada, Chin…
Pakistan launched multiple airstrikes on Saturday night targeting militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the Government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who authorities said was high on methamphetamine and hadn’t slept for days when he killed five people inside a home frequented by drug users was sentenced to life without parole Friday after pleading guilty to their murders.
Two Sri Lankan air passengers who were attempting to smuggle imported cigarettes valued at Rs. 13.5 million into the country were arrested yesterday (27) by a team of airport customs officers. Customs officers seized 434 cartons of cigarettes and 30 electronic cigarettes from their luggage.
Two teenage boys, both on bail, have been charged over the alleged stabbing of a man with a large knife at Bondi Beach on Friday night.
Darren Connor denies possession of offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse
Police allegedly seized several guns and a large collection of knives from the man's home. (Supplied: WA Police)
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid agencies can continue to operate in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, freezing an earlier government decision that barred aid groups that failed to comply with new rules.
Fires are still burning in the Mexican town of Tapalpa four days after the cartel boss known as 'El Mencho' made his last stand.
Bill Clinton says he had no inkling of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal behaviour during their "brief acquaintance" and would have turned him into police if he did, according to his opening statement to a congressional hearing.
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Topic:Consumer Protection
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man who was an employee at the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls while working in the African nation, federal prosecutors said.
Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations, which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.
Ghana’s foreign affairs minister says at least 55 of the country’s citizens have been killed fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
Rescuers and police officers work at the scene of a derailment on Line 9 in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP)
Jason Riley, center, Laken Riley’s father, listens during the Jose Ibarra trial at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)
Newly uncovered documents dating from the 1948 Nakba that saw the creation of the state of Israel reveal the extent to which Zionist fighters were ordered to "annihilate" civilians and their villages.
A legal challenge by a group of private schools over the government's decision to remove the VAT exemption on the fees they charge has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine’s frontlines have become more frequent
ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
At least one person has been killed and 39 others are reported to have been injured some seriously, after a tram derailed in the northern Italian city of Milan.
The parents of a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death in a pub car park have said they were harassed and bullied for years before he was killed.
OpenAI says it will strengthen its safety measures after the company failed to alert police about the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect's ChatGPT account despite it being flagged internally months before the attack.
A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Friday adjourned the trial of former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz to 4 May.
Senegal's parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers' cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall's government.
UNAVOIDABLY, random thoughts on Mindanao cross my mind at this hour when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is conducting confirmation of charges hearings on the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
THE confirmation-of-charges proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague rest on a foundational assumption: that the court’s investigation was impartial, independent, and insulated from political influence and interference by political actors in the Phil…
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
St. Petersburg police said Friday that they arrested a top manager at Gazprom Neft, one of Russia’s biggest oil producers, on suspicion of accepting bribes in his previous role at the company’s investment division.
St. Petersburg police said Friday that they arrested a senior manager at Gazprom Neft, one of Russia’s biggest oil producers, on suspicion of accepting bribes in his previous role at the company’s investment division.
The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning
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Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham, has been attacked in prison.
Company apologises after breach compromises information about staff, annual pass holders, suppliers and tenants at Ngong Ping Village
Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, looks down as his attorney gives his opening statement in the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Winder, Ga. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court on Friday joined the law community in mourning the death of Ateneo Law School (ALS) Dean Jose Maria “Joey” Hofileña.
Former Prime Minister of Tunisia Ali Larayedh saw his initial 34-year jail term reduced to 24 years on Thursday evening for allegedly aiding Tunisian jihadists in travelling to Syria for years.
Russian police have arrested Alexei Kostylev, the founder and former editor-in-chief of the pro-Kremlin news outlet Readovka, on charges of fraud, RBC reported on Friday, citing anonymous law enforcement sources.
If the supermarket is found to have deliberately misled with the jingle that ‘sticks in one’s ears’, there will be sector-wide implications
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump's administration to assert power over the country's oil sector after capturing lea…
Nanaa Abu Jari cooks outside her tent after it was flooded by rainwater in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
As the humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to grow, its being reported that over 100 charity kitchen workers have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
A view of the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, defaced with graffiti, in London, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Lucy North/PA via AP)
Pakistan and Afghanistan plunged into an “open war” on Friday after cross-border clashes killed dozens, drawing calls from the international community for de-escalation.
The families of Iranians who were killed in the protests in late December and early January were pressured by the Islamic regime to falsify the circumstances of their loved ones' deaths, CNN reported on Friday.