Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-22 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The accused will face Ballarat Magistrates' Court next month. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
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[2026-04-22 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Peter Mandelson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Peter Mandelson’s flaws were mistaken for credentials to represent Britain in the court of a rogue president
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[2026-04-22 14:58 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Woolworths changed its internal guidelines that were designed to prevent suppliers from “gaming” promotions in response to an “absolute tsunami” of supplier requests to lift shelf prices amid rising inflation, a former senior executive has told the Federal Court
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[2026-04-22 14:40 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Users of Timee’s short-term job app filed a collective lawsuit against the Japanese staffing service at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday, arguing that last-minute cancellations of “spot work” contracts were illegal.
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[2026-04-22 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Final batch of residents from Wang Sun House, among 79 households that registered to visit, scale 20 to 30 flights of stairs to reach higher floors
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[2026-04-22 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Wang Shing House] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Final batch of residents from Wang Sun House, among 79 households that registered to visit, scale 20 to 30 flights of stairs to reach higher floors
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[2026-04-22 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A majority of Filipino voters favor requiring Philippine courts to review arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) before they are enforced in the country, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A man who previously had the assault-style gun used to kill eight children in Louisiana told investigators he believes Shamar Elkins stole it from his truck in the weeks before the rampage in a Shreveport neighborhood, according to court documents released Tuesday.
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[2026-04-22 13:56 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: The International Criminal Court‘s appeals chamber is set to issue its ruling on Wednesday, April 22 (5 pm Philippine time) on whether it has jurisdiction over crimes against humanity cases tied to former president Rodrigo Duterte.
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[2026-04-22 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Brodie Dewar faced Armadale Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged over an incident in Kalamunda (ABC News: David Weber)
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[2026-04-22 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls the decision a victory for state and moral values
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[2026-04-22 13:45 UTC+10:00] [SB10] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls the decision a victory for state and moral values
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[2026-04-22 13:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DALLAS — Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools.
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[2026-04-22 13:17 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 22, 2026 13:17 | News
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[2026-04-22 13:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rep. Park Chan-dae of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea is envisioning a self-sufficient, immigrant-friendly Incheon as he vies for the city's mayor's post in June.
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[2026-04-22 12:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: After years of blaming devastated scam victims, global banking giant HSBC has suddenly changed course and will no longer fight claims its widespread and systemic failures allowed criminals to fleece its Australian customers of tens of millions of dollars.
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[2026-04-22 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) takes a hard fall on the court during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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[2026-04-22 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fire service official Michael Yung says responsibility for flagged hazards lies with Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit and Labour Department
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[2026-04-22 12:51 UTC+10:00] [Wang Fuk Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fire service official Michael Yung says responsibility for flagged hazards lies with Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit and Labour Department
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[2026-04-22 12:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean court ordered a company to compensate a migrant worker for lost earnings after a factory accident, in a ruling that recognized lost income based on the period during which the worker could legally remain and work in Korea, the state-run Korea Legal Aid Corp. said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 12:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds for payments they made on his tariffs that were deemed illegal by the Supreme Court, although he did not specify how companies might benefit by abstaining from the US government's new refund portal.
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[2026-04-22 12:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Prosecutors in El Salvador opened a massive, joint trial of nearly 500 alleged members of the MS-13 gang on charges that include homicide, extortion and arms trafficking.
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[2026-04-22 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Victor Wembanyama took a hard fall and has been placed in concussion protocol, ruling him out for the rest of Game 2 of the Spurs’ opening round series with the Trail Blazers.
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[2026-04-22 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Last week, the California Supreme Court upheld the disbarment of John Eastman. It is a decision that will prevent Eastman from practicing law – the most serious punishment the California State Bar can deliver.
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[2026-04-22 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rockets star Kevin Durant will make his return to the court in Game 2 of the first round playoff series against the Lakers on Tuesday night.
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[2026-04-22 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) sits on the court after a hard fall during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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[2026-04-22 10:49 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Financial crimes squad detectives have charged a senior partner of a Sydney law firm with facilitating more than $25 million worth of fraud for a criminal syndicate accused of fleecing Australia’s major banks of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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[2026-04-22 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is accusing the campaign of one of his Democratic opponents of forging dozens of voter signatures on petitions to qualify for the June primary ballot, according to an explosive new lawsuit.
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[2026-04-22 10:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kyle Sandilands allegedly “repeatedly bullied” Jackie ‘O’ Henderson in the workplace before their partnership disintegrated on live radio in February, with new court documents alleging he told his co-star to “get your f---ing shit together” off air in September 2025.
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[2026-04-22 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A federal judge in Houston on Tuesday dismissed a 2025 lawsuit by FBI Director Kash Patel that alleged he was defamed by former FBI official Frank Figliuizzi, who had said Patel has "been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of" the bureau's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: It's the first legal action of its kind in the country, seeking to set a precedent. Credit: Tash Khan, Human Rights Law Centre
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[2026-04-22 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-04-22 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic.
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[2026-04-22 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Aaron Judge has a red-hot bat, so it makes sense that he’d try the hot corner.
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[2026-04-22 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Trucks come and go from the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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[2026-04-22 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Portland Trail Blazers won an NBA championship in 1977, and made the Finals twice in the early ‘90s. By the end of that decade, though, they were primed for a rebuild under new GM Bob “Trader Bob” Whitsitt. The team he assembled could’ve competed for a championship, but off-the-court problems stymied their success–and earned them the unforgettable moniker of “The Portland Jail Blazers”.
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[2026-04-22 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Grotesque Harvey Weinstein should be cleared of charges of raping an aspiring actress — even if Manhattan jurors are skeeved out by the convicted sex pest, his lawyer argued Tuesday.
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[2026-04-22 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds for payments they made on his tariffs that were deemed illegal by the Supreme Court, implying they would somehow benefit by abstaining from the US government's new refund portal.
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[2026-04-22 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary has violated EU principles when it adopted a law to ban children from accessing LGBTQ content, the bloc’s top court has ruled, ordering Budapest to revoke the legislation.
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[2026-04-22 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Residents in the remote community of Papunya are suing the Northern Territory government, claiming it has failed to provide safe public housing during periods of extreme heat.
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[2026-04-22 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The horrific Hudson River helicopter crash that killed a vacationing family of five last year was no freak accident — but a “predictable” result of the tour operator’s “wanton” negligence, grieving relatives claimed in a new lawsuit.
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[2026-04-22 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Requests for legal support related to pro-Palestine advocacy remained high in the United States last year, as President Donald Trump threatened activists and universities with penalties.
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[2026-04-22 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Coinbase app icon is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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[2026-04-22 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
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[2026-04-22 06:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-22 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Asa Ellerup, wife, of Rex Heuermann waits to give her statement outside the courthouse as Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
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[2026-04-22 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fans of the late soccer star Diego Maradona stand outside court on the first day of the trial of his medical team for alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro, Argentina, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-04-22 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-04-22 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The ruling of a French appeals court that the poisoning of a Jewish family by their Algerian nanny was not an act of antisemitism has shed light on what may be a wider phenomenon of the French legal system not recognizing Jew-hatred as an aggravating factor.
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[2026-04-22 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Anna Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother is set to dodge his court appearance Wednesday, letting his lawyers instead enter his plea of not guilty to charges he raped and killed her while they were on a cruise.
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