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The first time Kevin Durant and LeBron James stepped on the basketball court together the NBA landscape looked a lot different.
Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warn
Pedro Piscal pisco is latest Chilean brand to resemble a Hollywood name – and others have fought off the lawsuits
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)
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)
A former church warden jailed for murdering a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.
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.
The Sri Lanka Police have announced that vehicles fitted with non-standard number plates will be taken into custody and produced before court.
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 burde…
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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)
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.
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.
Engineering firms also say replacing fireproof windows with movable boards was unnecessary
Engineering firms also say replacing fireproof windows with movable boards was unnecessary
Aiden Wood is charged with 12 offences. (LinkedIn)
Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe houses
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.
Victoria Police have charged a man over a stabbing at a social housing complex in Wangaratta on Wednesday. (AAP: James Ross)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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”.
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.
Wang Fuk Court residents are set to return home for the first time since the deadly blaze to retrieve personal belongings in designated time slots starting from April 20.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gavin Preston was a frequent diner at Sweet Lulu's cafe before he was killed in 2023. (Facebook)
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.
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.
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.
Nigerian authorities have withdrawn terrorism financing charges against former justice minister Abubakar Malami, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Protesters clashed with police at a protest in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)
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.
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.
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors
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.
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)
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.
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)
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)
In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raids
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 disc…
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
