Topic: Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-30 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Myanmar courts have sentenced nine activists to up to 37 years in prison for participating in a protest that urged the public to boycott last December’s elections.
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[2026-07-30 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have maintained that the criminal cases against lawyer Levito D. Baligod and the so-called "18 Maleta Boys" were filed in accordance with procedural rules, rejecting claims that the cases were scattered across different courts to make litigation more difficult.
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[2026-07-30 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN the recent case Tayam v. Recto, the Supreme Court ruled that Republic Act 12079, a law providing value-added tax (VAT) refund to foreign tourists, does not violate the constitutional right to equal protection of laws. In the case, Tayam assailed the constitutionality of the law, alleging that it violates the constitutional mandate of equal protection since Filipino citizens and residents are excluded from the VAT refund.
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[2026-07-30 02:11 UTC+10:00] [E Jean Carroll] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move marks second time US president has asked supreme court justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll
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[2026-07-30 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — Courts in Myanmar have sentenced nine activists to up to 37 years in prison for involvement in a protest calling for a boycott of the elections last December, an activist group said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-30 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks at the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-07-29 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-29 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States Supreme Court last month allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians, affecting thousands.
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[2026-07-29 18:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been stripped of his attorney's license after the Supreme Court upheld his seven-year prison sentence.
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[2026-07-29 16:38 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-29 16:08 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man labelled Western Australia’s worst serial sex predator could be months away from being released into the community after prosecutors did not apply for a continuing detention order during a Supreme Court hearing regarding his release on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the necessity of a new offence for persistent child sexual abuse, and why the Iran war is unpopular among Nato countries
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[2026-07-29 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Iraq war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the necessity of a new offence for persistent child sexual abuse, and why the Iran war is unpopular among Nato countries
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[2026-07-29 12:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's license to practice law has been revoked after the Supreme Court finalized his conviction on obstruction of justice charges, legal sources said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Democratic Socialists of America wants you to know exactly what it wants, and Megan Romer, the group's national co-chair, laid it out on national television without once reaching for a hedge word over the most radical ideas on the party platform.
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[2026-07-29 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's license to practice law has been revoked after the Supreme Court finalized his conviction on obstruction of justice charges, legal sources said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists celebrate the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling outside of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-07-29 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice on Tuesday separately asked the Supreme Court to overturn a civil court verdict that ordered him to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her while denying her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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[2026-07-29 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 6:36am
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[2026-07-29 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pennsylvania General Assembly has missed the deadline set for it by the state Supreme Court without passing a legislative solution to the commonwealth’s unconstitutional sentencing scheme for second-degree murder.
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[2026-07-29 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Emma Penrod of UtilityDive,
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[2026-07-29 01:48 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — France’s far-right National Rally appears to be in alignment on lowering the age of retirement to 62 but is looking at other options to bring down pension spending before Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign gets fully underway.
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[2026-07-29 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said new U.S. tariffs are functionally the same as the ones the Supreme Court struck down as illegal earlier this year.
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[2026-07-28 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of multiple criminal Informations against the so-called “18 Maleta Boys” and lawyer Levito D. Baligod, paving the way for the cases to proceed before the courts.
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[2026-07-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms.
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[2026-07-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Supreme Court's job approval rating among all Americans has hit a record low, as support for the high court by Republicans sharply dropped in 2026, a new Gallup poll has found.
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[2026-07-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suffolk police ceded investigation into James Loubeau to the US military, leading to court martial acquittal
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[2026-07-28 13:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to clear the way for an executive order from US President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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[2026-07-28 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to move ahead with sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections, as it continues its push to reshape how federal elections are run.
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[2026-07-28 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed a bid by Bahrain to claim state immunity to close down a spyware lawsuit filed by two dissidents.
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[2026-07-28 06:02 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Emergency appeal comes after court upheld ruling blocking president’s order ahead of November midterms
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[2026-07-28 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Visitors walk in front of the Supreme Court Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-07-28 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahraini pro-democracy campaigners have hailed a decision by the UK Supreme Court not to grant state immunity to Bahrain over a hacking case.
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[2026-07-27 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in Britain by two dissidents who say its government hacked their laptops with spyware, the United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled by a majority on Monday.
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[2026-07-27 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court ruled that the Palestinian Authority cannot require terror victims seeking compensation to prove a disability that has already been officially recognized, the prosecution announced Monday.
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[2026-07-27 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Nadine Seno produced the tournament's biggest breakthrough while Matthew Morris reaffirmed his growing stature as one of the country's brightest junior prospects, emerging as the biggest winners in the Mandaue City Juniors Age Group Tennis Championships at the Mandaue City courts in Cebu on Sunday.
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[2026-07-27 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Vast shale gas reserves and proximity to Asia boost the Territory’s strategic appeal
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[2026-07-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Singapore to Dubai, global capital favours predictable courts over tax breaks. Experts say Jakarta should take note
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[2026-07-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Bali] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Singapore to Dubai, global capital favours predictable courts over tax breaks. Experts say Jakarta should take note
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[2026-07-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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Why the prosecution is failing in VP Sara’s impeachment trialTHE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
So far, the three prosecution witnesses, presented to prove Article IV of the impeachment complaint charging VP Sara for the impeachable offense of betrayal of public trust — Senior Agent Mark Calilung, Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc and Director Melvin Matibag, all from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) — have not proved the case of the prosecution.
Calilung was presented to prove the authenticity of the video containing the online conference of VP Sara, where she uttered the remarks the prosecution regarded as grave threats and inciting to sedition, which formed the basis of the impeachable offense of betrayal of public trust.
In the first place, the said conference is not in dispute nor were the utterances made there; hence, Calilung’s testimony on this matter is unnecessary and useless. His other testimony touched on the investigation he conducted at that conference. Instead of favoring the prosecution, he highlighted the fact the inquiry he made was superficial and merely for show. He limited his investigation to four participants, i.e. news reporters and a blogger. He disregarded getting information from the other reporters present to determine the environment under which VP Sara’s remarks were made.
Calilung did not coordinate with the Presidential Security Group as to whether the vice president’s statements constituted a threat to the life of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., nor did it coordinate with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to evaluate whether her remarks constituted a threat to national security.
Additionally, Calilung was called to the witness stand as an expert witness on cyber libel. It turned out he only trained for two weeks — hardly a training experience required of a witness before qualifying as an expert witness in a particular field. This witness could not also answer directly the questions of the defense counsel on cross-examination, dodging these — a trait that understandably and unsurprisingly characterized the manner of responses by the other two NBI witnesses.
One of them, Lotoc, was nowhere an improvement on Calilung as a witness. He effectively sunk further the prosecution’s case as he validated Calilung’s testimony that the NBI’s first and second investigations were not thorough and merely pro porma. Both Calilung and Lotoc admitted that they did not investigate the threat against VP Sara’s life, apart from sending her an invitation to provide their agency information on the threat — which she declined — despite the continuing visible threat, in addition to the oppressive acts committed against her, her family, her staff and her allies, especially the withdrawal of her trusted security personnel, whose circumstances triggered her outburst, calling out the people for help on the imminence of her physical obliteration and seeking justice for her planned assassination, as well as unmasking her would-be perpetrators.
Lotoc, using his being a lawyer to full extent, hewed and dodged as he avoided answering directly the questions from the cross-examiner. He came out as an unreliable witness when he admitted that he was facing serious criminal charges of arbitrary detention and unlawful arrest at the Office of the Ombudsman, including crimes involving moral turpitude, such as theft, robbery and perjury.
Both Calilung and Lotoc admitted that there were no reported seditious acts committed by various groups as a consequence of VP Sara’s allegedly seditious remarks and grave threats against President Marcos, nor was she present at anti-government rallies advocating to overthrow the government.
The third prosecution witness, Matibag, whose political somersaulting qualifies him as a political operator, thereby exposing his dubious political loyalty to a cause, is a patently biased witness. He admitted to writing three vicious, disparaging articles in the Daily Tribune against VP Sara. His wife is a member of the House of Representatives who voted to impeach the vice president. He cannot, therefore, say anything good against the respondent and would certainly testify against her, and in fact he did, with gusto.
Despite the relentless propagandizing of the prosecution team inside the impeachment court, inadvertently aided by the erroneous rulings of the presiding officer, as well as the constant black propaganda dished out in public by its allies in Congress, its case against VP Sara and obsession to remove her from office and disqualify her from running in the 2028 presidential elections has not gained a foothold, simply because there is no constitutional basis for the articles of impeachment.
Not even a foolish rant from a member of the impeachment court notorious for advocating the necessity of bending or breaking a law could help the prosecution’s losing cause. This law bender railed against his colleagues for standing up and defending themselves from malicious innuendo and evident intimidation coming from a prosecution witness and a government official who foisted the filing of cases against two senator-judges, necessarily impugning their integrity. He doesn’t even know the function of the impeachment court, which is to hear a case filed against an impeachable officer and to decide it in accordance with the law and evidence presented before it.
One begins to wonder what sins have the people committed to deserve a harebrained politician, and what graver sins they have committed, to deserve failed governance from those they have placed in power.Snippet: THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
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[2026-07-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
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[2026-07-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sentencing of four men to up to 14 years in jail has highlighted a very different approach to justice compared with China
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[2026-07-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sentencing of four men to up to 14 years in jail has highlighted a very different approach to justice compared with China
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[2026-07-26 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-25 18:10 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) fired the body’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Friday following sexual misconduct allegations.
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[2026-07-25 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fears over foreign software curbs have pushed Tokyo to pitch its own tech to Asian partners and others
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[2026-07-25 14:57 UTC+10:00] [Sanae Takaichi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fears over foreign software curbs have pushed Tokyo to pitch its own tech to Asian partners and others
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[2026-07-25 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-25 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's global "liberation day" tariffs were struck down in the courts, shattering the cornerstone of his trade agenda. Some trade experts say his newest duties could meet the same fate — and they've already caught their first legal challenge.
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