Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIJING (AP) — A court in Kazakhstan convicted 19 activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what experts and advocates said was the largest move yet by the Kazakh government to silence criticism at Beijing’s behest.
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[2026-04-16 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Victoria Police have charged a man over a stabbing at a social housing complex in Wangaratta on Wednesday. (AAP: James Ross)
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[2026-04-16 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hewlett Packard is pushing to investigate the assets of Mike Lynch’s widow as it seeks to recoup more than £900 million ($1.7 billion) in legal damages.
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[2026-04-16 18:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Two hospitals that refused to accept a critically ill 4-year-old patient have been ordered by a South Korean court on Thursday to pay a combined 400 million won ($272,000) in damages to the child’s family.
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[2026-04-16 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The UK and European Union said they have signed the legal texts allowing Britain to rejoin the bloc's Erasmus student exchange scheme, five years after Brexit forced its departure.
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[2026-04-16 17:39 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Six men who spent time incarcerated in Hakea Prison are taking the West Australian government to court, alleging they experienced “inhumane living conditions” while in the prison system.
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[2026-04-16 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. has filed for a court injunction in connection with potential collective action by its labor union that could disrupt production, industry sources said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 17:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-16 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A legal battle is brewing over the estate of one of Australia’s most loved artists, the late Mirka Mora, with her two surviving sons arguing they “have been hard done by”.
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[2026-04-16 17:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Sri Lankan worker who helped rescue fighter jet pilots after a crash has avoided deportation and secured legal residency with the help of the South Korean Air Force, local media reported Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 16:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Slain underworld figure Gavin “Capable” Preston attended his local cafe Sweet Lulu’s almost daily in the lead-up to his death in a hail of bullets, but had never sat at a table outside until the day he died.
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[2026-04-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of giving false testimony during former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's insurrection trial.
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[2026-04-16 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday she regretted “hurtful” remarks about a colleague, apologizing in a court-issued statement after seemingly taking aim at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s perspective on immigration enforcement.
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[2026-04-16 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Australian judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago.
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[2026-04-16 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Gavin Preston was a frequent diner at Sweet Lulu's cafe before he was killed in 2023. (Facebook)
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[2026-04-16 15:45 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A lawyer at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions facing criminal charges over allegations she had sexual relationships with inmates has been barred from using apps including WhatsApp and Snapchat under tight bail conditions.
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, illegally monopolized US live event markets, a New York jury found on Wednesday, after a trial of the company's tactics in dealing with venues and artists.
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The attorney-general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nation’s largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its historic Cincinnati campus - a controversial move that has also prompted the creation of a new rabbinical school in the city.
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[2026-04-16 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigerian authorities have withdrawn terrorism financing charges against former justice minister Abubakar Malami, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Protesters clashed with police at a protest in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)
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[2026-04-16 15:11 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state’s top court has struck down laws rushed through parliament by the Minns government to restrict protests in Sydney after the Bondi terrorist attack.
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[2026-04-16 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it has secured the conviction of a mother who sold her child online, following a ruling by a Quezon City court.
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[2026-04-16 15:06 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
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[2026-04-16 14:14 UTC+10:00] [Australian law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors
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[2026-04-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who worked for the company for more than two years.
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[2026-04-16 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aaron Judge (derecha) festeja co el panameño José Caballero, su compañero en los Yankees de Nueva York, quien conectó el hit de la victoria sobre los Angelinos de Los Ángeles, el miércoles 15 de abril de 2026 (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil appeared at a court Thursday to attend a hearing on his potential arrest on charges of defaming President Lee Jae Myung and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor New Reform Party.
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[2026-04-16 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) lies on the court during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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[2026-04-16 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto, left, and Oswald Peraza, right, react after a ball dropped between them allowing a single for New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-16 11:50 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raids
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[2026-04-16 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Arizona’s largest utility has agreed not to cut off electrical service to customers for nonpayment while forecasted high temperatures are 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) or above as part of a $7 million settlement of a lawsuit prompted in part by the 2024 death of an 82-year-old woman whose power was disconnected, Attorney General Kris Mayes said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
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[2026-04-16 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
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[2026-04-16 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) called on House Republicans Tuesday to impeach District Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court ordered the jurist to end his criminal contempt probe against Trump administration officials.
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[2026-04-16 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: John Eastman, a California law professor, speaks to reporters after a Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-04-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A judge has ruled against NSW's strict protest laws introduced in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre. Source: AAP / Flavio Brancaleone
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[2026-04-16 09:51 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: More than 60,000 nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases of up to 26 per cent after the industrial court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued, ending a two-year battle with the state’s Labor government.
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[2026-04-16 09:51 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: More than 60,000 nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases of up to 28 per cent after the industrial court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued, ending a two-year battle with the state’s Labor government.
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[2026-04-16 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Carnival Cruise Line sign is displayed Jan. 29, 2021, at PortMiami in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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[2026-04-16 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Father and son Mark Anthony and Marcus Clem McDermott have been fined $15,000 for illegally scuttling a vessel in an Australia-first ruling.
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[2026-04-16 09:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
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[2026-04-16 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards runs the court before an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
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[2026-04-16 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rebel Wilson's directorial debut The Deb has faced legal challenges on its way to Australian cinemas. (Supplied: John Platt)
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[2026-04-16 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nine universities have begun legal action against the government in a row over students being asked to repay loans as soon as possible.
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[2026-04-16 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of US states and the District of Columbia.
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[2026-04-16 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A senior manager at Bloomberg LP bombarded a male employee with crude sexual messages — asking about lubricant and sex acts during a work chat — while the media giant looked the other way, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Post.
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[2026-04-16 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A trailers outside a proposed ICE detention center in a small community in western Maryland known as a destination for weekend bicyclists and Civil War history buffs in Williamsport, Md., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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[2026-04-16 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered a probe into whether right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro issued defamatory statements about his election rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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[2026-04-16 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The mother of Athena Strand stared daggers at her daughter’s killer at his sentencing hearing Wednesday – describing how she had to hide the bruises he left on her neck, as she vowed to keep her memory alive.
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