Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Joanna Korner was selected by the tribunal to preside over the trial of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
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[2026-04-30 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Victor Wembanyama is putting a new spin on Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit, “It’s My Party.”
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[2026-04-30 12:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland government has launched Supreme Court action against one of Australia’s biggest companies to recoup almost $66 million it ploughed into a failed green hydrogen plant in Gladstone.
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[2026-04-30 12:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An accused murderer who will face trial over the death of his girlfriend, whose body was found at the bottom of a beach cliffside almost 30 years ago, had told a friend he “snapped”, a Queensland court has heard.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Banking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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[2026-04-30 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI agents can now make decisions and act independently, the law should start treating them – not their creators or users – as legal persons
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[2026-04-30 11:30 UTC+10:00] [human civilization] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI agents can now make decisions and act independently, the law should start treating them – not their creators or users – as legal persons
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[2026-04-30 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Meaghan Louise Rose in an undated photo. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-30 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: After being sidelined for nearly four weeks because of an oblique injury, Lakers star guard Austin Reaves made his long-awaited return to the court in Game 5 against the Rockets.
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[2026-04-30 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance
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[2026-04-30 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Accused double killer Beau Lamarre-Condon's mother Coleen Lamarre will spend at least two weeks in custody as she awaits trial. (Supplied: Facebook)
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[2026-04-30 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The counsel of Vice President Sara Duterte in the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday said that the evidence presented at the House of Representtaives' impeachment hearing on Wednesday was not a foundation for probable cause.
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[2026-04-30 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The man accused of murdering a prominent California Institute of Technology astrophysicist showed little remorse for his alleged crime during a court appearance on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Just south of California, a wave of cheap, high-tech Chinese cars is inching toward the US, and a legal loophole is already letting some through.
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Members of the public embraced outside the Christchurch High Court after the shooter was sentenced to life in prison in August 2020. Source: Getty / Kai Schwoerer
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[2026-04-30 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: On Monday, when Queens County Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise sentenced the killer of NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller to 115 years to life in state prison, he made Diller’s wife Stephanie and son Ryan a solemn vow.
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[2026-04-30 09:50 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rebel Wilson has returned for a third day in the Federal Court witness box as she defends a defamation case brought against her by a lead actor in her directorial debut.
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[2026-04-30 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials’ initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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[2026-04-30 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The famed Dr. Martin Luther King once declared that he looked “to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
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[2026-04-30 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hail to the Supreme Court for slapping down the obsessive use of race in drawing electoral lines — recognizing that it has nothing to do with boosting equality, but rather offends the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law.
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[2026-04-30 09:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In his second day on the stand, Elon Musk was at times combative under questioning by OpenAI's lawyer, whom he accused of asking overly complicated questions.
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[2026-04-30 09:16 UTC+10:00] [US crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New court document made public in case of singer charged with murder and sexual abuse of Celeste Rivas Hernandez
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[2026-04-30 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Black Americans’ racial identity has been wielded as a weapon in our politics for decades, used either as a shield to protect powerful people or as a cudgel to beat their opponents.
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[2026-04-30 09:08 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday he will stay on as a central bank governor for an undetermined period of time when his leadership term ends next month, amid hopes that ongoing political attacks on the institution will start to settle down.
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[2026-04-30 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-04-30 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Endometriosis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Results suggest radiotracer maraciclatide can ‘light up’ condition on scan and reduce need for investigative surgery
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[2026-04-30 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Southern California woman who has spent 13 years trying to secure legal permanent residency says the Department of Homeland Security hit her with a jaw-dropping $1.82 million fine for living in the US undocumented — despite her years-long effort to do things “the right way.”
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[2026-04-30 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A state Senators laptop displays a proposed Congressional Redistricting Plan during debate on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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[2026-04-30 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen following a media tour intended to show building damage, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-30 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Court documents include these images of a selfie that Cole Tomas Allen took in his hotel room, according to prosecutors. (Supplied: US District Court for the District of Columbia)
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[2026-04-30 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coverage of the Wang Fuk Court fire could affect most children, but how they display their feelings may differ depending on age, culture and other factors
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[2026-04-30 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Wang Fuk Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coverage of the Wang Fuk Court fire could affect most children, but how they display their feelings may differ depending on age, culture and other factors
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[2026-04-30 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this courtroom sketch, David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is seen in court Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Los Angeles on charges of killing a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his car. (Bill Robles via AP)
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[2026-04-30 07:28 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jerome Powell said he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation’s central bank at risk.
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[2026-04-30 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk said he was a “fool” to trust Sam Altman with the future of OpenAI in his second day of testimony in the bombshell trial over the future of the artificial intelligence giant.
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[2026-04-30 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rashaad Muhammad, right, flanked by his attorney Ben Crump, left, and other members of his legal team and supporters, speaks during a news conference outside the Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)
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[2026-04-30 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A bombshell Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutted the Voting Rights Act will have major ramifications for California’s gerrymandering fight over its own maps, multiple experts said in interviews with the California Post.
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[2026-04-30 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump’s bashing of migrants from “s—hole countries” and other fiery immigration rhetoric came back to haunt him during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kemi Seba, right, gestures during an interview in Paris, June 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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[2026-04-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OAKLAND, California — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit.
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[2026-04-30 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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[2026-04-30 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, has been given a deportation order from a South African court, after admitting to being in the country illegally.
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[2026-04-30 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Former FBI Director James Comey has appeared in United States federal court in Virginia, a day after being indicted over a social media post that prosecutors allege threatened US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-30 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: May Day celebrations this year will be muted with some political parties opting out citing ‘Vesak’ Poya Day. Still, the ruling National Peoples’ Power (NPP) and the main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) will hold rallies. This is while the Government probes a US$ 2.5 million scam.
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[2026-04-30 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hisham Abugharbieh, facing two counts of first-degree murder appears in court via video on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Tampa, Fla. (WFTS-TV via AP)
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[2026-04-30 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara yesterday (29) directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to expedite investigations into the incident in which a loss exceeding Rs.150 million is alleged to have been incurred by the State during a private visit to London undertaken by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe while in office.
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[2026-04-30 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Louisiana’s highest court could soon decide whether the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s longstanding immigration policy — which prohibits the office from holding people in the city’s jail at the request of federal immigration authorities — will be allowed to stand.
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[2026-04-30 05:44 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: California: Elon Musk accused a lawyer for Sam Altman of trying to trick him during cross-examination at a high-stakes trial over Musk’s lawsuit alleging OpenAI ditched its mission to build artificial intelligence for the public good.
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[2026-04-30 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has spoken publicly for the first time since he went on extended leave last May pending the outcome of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him.
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[2026-04-30 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Concerns have been raised over the timely access to justice for defendants who require an interpreter in the courtroom. (ABC News: Peter Mullins)
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