Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 06:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: After spending more than a week in prison, Victoria Cross recipient and alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith is expected to make a bail bid for freedom.The 47-year-old former SAS soldier was sensationally arrested on April 7 and charged with murdering five unarmed non-combatants while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.He was placed on remand and is listed to appear at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today to seek bail.LIVE UPDATES: Trump warns if no deal, then 'fighting resumes'Images supplied
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[2026-04-17 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-17 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Immigration attorney Alma Cothias works at her computer screen at Massa Viana Law Southborough, Mass., April 2, 2026. (Kevin G. Andrade/The New Bedford Light via AP)
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[2026-04-17 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The partition of ancestral land in Sri Lanka is a process that’s complex, as it is deeply divisive generally, within most communities. Passage of generations often blurs the lines between ownership by family lineage, and legal entitlement. The Supreme Court judgment concerning the land known as “Hamade Delgahawatta” in this context is a substantive modern authority on these issues.
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[2026-04-17 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Teddi Mellencamp shared the “actual truth” about Kyle Richards’ eviction lawsuit against her sister Kim Richards.
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[2026-04-17 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-17 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jurors were left sobbing and family members fled a Texas courtroom as footage from the last moments of young Athena Strand’s life were played at her murderer’s trial Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Benin ‘s Constitutional Court on Thursday confirmed the presidential election victory of Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni in the West African country’s weekend election.
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[2026-04-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A fight over a dog in a blue-ribbon Sydney apartment building that escalated into a six-and-a-half-year court battle, ending in a legal ruling recognised as one of the 21st century’s most influential, is now the subject of an explosive new tell-all book.
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[2026-04-17 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Utah judge overseeing the case against Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson has unsealed a ballistics report from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that could not conclusively match a bullet fragment to the suspected murder weapon but confirmed a match with the spent casing.
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[2026-04-17 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former NBA basketball player and assistant coach Damon Jones arrives at Brooklyn federal court, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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[2026-04-17 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Athena Strand’s father broke down in tears as he faced his daughter’s killer in court — and said he hopes the jury makes the “right decision” in determining whether or not the FedEx driver is sentenced to death.
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[2026-04-17 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ANNANDALE, Va. — Disgraced ex Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax became a raging alcoholic and deadbeat father after his professional life and marriage unraveled — and he stole money meant for his kids to buy a gun, bombshell divorce documents obtained by The Post reveal.
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[2026-04-17 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, left, drives against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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[2026-04-17 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Peter Mandelson was chosen by British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to be his ambassador to the US. (AP: Carl Court)
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[2026-04-17 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The doomed Texas sleepaway camp Camp Mystic — where 27 campers and counselors died in catastrophic flooding last year — must keep many of their destroyed buildings untouched, a judge said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-17 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Petitioners in the High Court case over foreign journalists’ access to Gaza have asked the court to move up the deadline for the state’s next response, arguing that after months of repeated delays there is no justification for waiting until mid-May for yet another update in a case that goes to the heart of whether the war can be independently documented.
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[2026-04-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-04-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A French appeals court has ruled that an Algerian nanny convicted of poisoning a Jewish family was not antisemitic.
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[2026-04-17 01:35 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: California supreme court upholds lower court decision as Eastman says he will appeal to US supreme court
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[2026-04-17 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the first time in history, an Argentinian judge is set to be tried for antisemitism due to discriminatory remarks made about Jews on social media. The proceedings follow complaints filed in March 2025 by the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA) and the Argentine Forum Against Antisemitism (FACA).
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[2026-04-17 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday gave National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir 10 days to notify the court of his position in the petition by senior police officer Ruti Hauslich, whose promotion he has blocked, in a decision that sharpened the parallel to the earlier Rinat Saban case and placed renewed focus on the minister’s conduct in senior police appointments.
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[2026-04-17 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice stopped short on Thursday of ordering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and instead moved to tighten, formalize, and enforce the rules governing his involvement in police matters.
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[2026-04-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign at a BP petrol station in London, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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[2026-04-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Gina Rinehart] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this bonus episode of the Walkley-nominated series about Australia’s richest person, senior correspondent Sarah Martin and producer Joe Koning examine Wednesday’s landmark court ruling that ends a 15-year-court battle between Gina Rinehart and rival heirs
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[2026-04-17 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) runs up court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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[2026-04-17 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain has put an officer from its National Security Agency on trial over the death of a detainee assaulted in custody, state media reported on Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with details)
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[2026-04-17 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Internal Affairs Board (IAB) of the Office of the Ombudsman has issued a show cause order for Assistant Special Prosecutor II Ryan Rey Quilala in connection with alleged involvement with Ramil Madriaga.
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[2026-04-16 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-16 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two former student leaders at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) in London have reached a settlement with the university’s students’ union after taking the union to court over wrongful dismissal for their anti-Zionist beliefs and pro-Palestine activism.
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[2026-04-16 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Breaking News
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[2026-04-16 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tiger Woods’ legal team has objected to a subpoena request by Florida state prosecutors to release the pro golfer’s medication records after his DUI arrest in Jupiter Island on March 27, according to USA Today.
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[2026-04-16 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The first time Kevin Durant and LeBron James stepped on the basketball court together the NBA landscape looked a lot different.
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[2026-04-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warn
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[2026-04-16 21:33 UTC+10:00] [Chile] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pedro Piscal pisco is latest Chilean brand to resemble a Hollywood name – and others have fought off the lawsuits
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[2026-04-16 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The crowd watch Norway’s Casper Ruud playing against Spain’s Rafael Nadal on the court Philippe Chatrier, known as center court, during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium on June 5, 2022 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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[2026-04-16 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Zhang Kequn, a Chinese national and Charles Mwangi, a Kenyan citizen, are presented in court for smuggling live queen garden ants at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-04-16 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former church warden jailed for murdering a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.
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[2026-04-16 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A public dispute broke out on Wednesday between Israel Police and the State Attorney’s Office after police said two tort rulings had been issued against the force and against officers and commanders over the handling of protests - in cases in which the defendants were not represented by the prosecution.
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[2026-04-16 20:01 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Police have announced that vehicles fitted with non-standard number plates will be taken into custody and produced before court.
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[2026-04-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Lawyer George Royeca, president and CEO of motorcycle ride-hailing platform Angkas, announces during a press conference at the Quezon Memorial Circle on April 16, 2026 that his company will lower the standard commission rate for its riders from 20 percent to 18 percent. He said this would largely help ease the burden of riders in the wake of the unabated rise in fuel costs due to the ongoing Middle East War.
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[2026-04-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Explainers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-16 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Julius Malema, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader stands in the dock during his pre-sentencing hearing at court, East London, South Africa, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/STR)
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[2026-04-16 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Immigration campaigners have warned that undocumented migrants wanting to regularise their legal status, as part of Spain's migration amnesty, are facing an increased number of scammers when trying to book appointments.
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[2026-04-16 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The decision by NSW’s top court on Thursday to strike down controversial anti-protest laws rushed through parliament after the Bondi terror attack is an embarrassing defeat for Premier Chris Minns.
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[2026-04-16 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Engineering firms also say replacing fireproof windows with movable boards was unnecessary
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[2026-04-16 19:17 UTC+10:00] [Zhang Minghai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Engineering firms also say replacing fireproof windows with movable boards was unnecessary
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[2026-04-16 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Aiden Wood is charged with 12 offences. (LinkedIn)
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[2026-04-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Human rights] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe houses
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