Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers revealed the new evidence they’ll introduce at retrial to argue the disgraced legal scion’s innocence in his wife and son’s murders – including never-before-heard DNA findings.
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[2026-05-16 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A House prosecutor on Friday said the long-delayed trial of Vice President Sara Duterte now appears set to finally move forward, with the Senate scheduled to convene as an impeachment court on May 18, as announced by newly elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.
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[2026-05-16 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ON May 11, 2026, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (257–25–9) to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, triggering the transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the Senate of the Philippines. Almost simultaneously, a sudden leadership coup unfolded in the Senate, where Duterte’s allies ousted Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III to install more favorable leadership ahead of the impending trial.
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[2026-05-16 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BY any measure, the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected the jurisdiction challenge, despite the Philippines’ withdrawal from the ICC in 2018. The court ruled that it still has jurisdiction because the alleged crimes occurred while the Philippines was a member, a critical legal precedent. Confirming charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte is historic.
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[2026-05-16 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The View hosts shared their perspective on the recent news that former attorney Alex Murdaugh‘s murder convictions had been overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court earlier today. The daytime hosts called it a case of the “haves versus the have-nots” as they spoke about how Murdaugh used his family’s influence to his advantage in the case.
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[2026-05-16 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I am seeking your legal advice about my friend’s predicament. Sometime in January 2026, he underwent a routine company health check-up and was diagnosed as HIV positive. Upon learning of the medical findings, his employer sent him a notice informing him of his termination due to possible adverse effects to his fellow employees.
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-16 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., of Memphis, testifies before a Senate Judiciary committee during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-05-16 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)
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[2026-05-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry deliver their verdict on the federal budget – including opposition leader Angus Taylor’s targeting of migrants in an effort to solve the housing crisis. They also discuss Pauline Hanson’s soon-to-be released energy policy and why dissatisfaction with Labor isn’t translating into more votes for the Greens
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[2026-05-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry deliver their verdict on Budget week – including the opposition leader, Angus Taylor’s focus on reducing migration numbers to solve the housing crisis. They also discuss Pauline Hanson’s soon-to-be-released energy policy and why not everyone was glued to political reporting this week.
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[2026-05-16 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The man accused of attempting to murder two Jewish people in Golders Green and a friend of his from the Somali community in south London will stand trial in March next year.
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[2026-05-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Mississippi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mississippi politicians are threatening to redraw the district of Bennie Thompson, the state’s lone Democrat in Congress
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[2026-05-15 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California is pulling the plug on the wildly recognizable Kars4Kids jingle after an Orange County judge ruled the charity’s ads misled donors about who actually benefits from their money.
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[2026-05-15 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, sending them to an unfamiliar country thousands of miles from home — many despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands.
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[2026-05-15 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Philippines has pledged to cooperate with a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to detain a prominent politician who evaded arrest earlier this week as he fled the Senate building despite efforts by the army to arrest him and reports of gunfire.
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[2026-05-15 21:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court has temporarily put on hold the Fair Trade Commission’s decision to designate Coupang founder Kim Bom-suk, better known globally as Bom Kim, as the e-commerce giant’s de facto chief, ahead of a hearing on the company’s request to suspend the measure.
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[2026-05-15 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A court has suspended the antitrust watchdog's designation of the founder of e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. as the company's de facto controlling entity, legal sources said Friday.
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[2026-05-15 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Netherlands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Eight decades after liberation from the Nazis, silence, shame and a struggling legal system keep Jewish property in Dutch family homes
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[2026-05-15 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Political tension is rising in Madagascar, where a leading opposition lawmaker says he has asked the country’s top court to remove President Michael Randrianirina over alleged constitutional violations.
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[2026-05-15 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Claudine Longet and Vladimir “Spider” Sabich, right, appear at the Benson and Hedges Slalom Classic ski meet at Mount Snow in West Dover, Vt., on Jan. 6, 1974. (AP Photo/J. Walter Green, File)
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[2026-05-15 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Just hours after a South African judge said the long-running graft trial of Jacob Zuma, must proceed, the former president instructed his legal team to appeal the ruling.
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[2026-05-15 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: This is The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-15 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Autobiography and memoir] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The inspiring life of the Black American activist and legal scholar who changed the way the world things about race
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[2026-05-15 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday sought a 7 1/2-year prison term for former first lady Kim Keon Hee during her trial on charges of taking luxury gifts in return for promises of government appointments and other favors.
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[2026-05-15 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
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[2026-05-15 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Man who testified at Tai Po fire inquiry and wife suspected of abusing Covid loan scheme with proceeds later withdrawn and partly transferred
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[2026-05-15 17:02 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Man who testified at Tai Po fire inquiry and wife suspected of abusing Covid loan scheme with proceeds later withdrawn and partly transferred
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[2026-05-15 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- The gap in the approval ratings for the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) remains considerably wide, though it continued to narrow this week, a poll showed Friday, with less than three weeks left before the June 3 local elections.
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[2026-05-15 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress gathered for a key meeting as President Cyril Ramaphosa faces renewed impeachment pressure linked to the controversial Farmgate cash-heist scandal.
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[2026-05-15 16:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that photos of text messages and other files taken from a spouse’s mobile phone can be used as evidence in a civil lawsuit over an alleged affair, even if the material was collected unlawfully.
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[2026-05-15 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rateb Jneid is a former bankrupt, builder, lawyer, religious minister and marriage celebrant with three master’s degrees, a PhD in education and a professorship at King’s International University in Tonga.
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[2026-05-15 15:27 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Federal court affirms an August 2024 finding that Tickle was discriminated against on the basis of her gender identity and awards her $20,000
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[2026-05-15 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It is the legal showdown that has pitted two of the biggest names in tech, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, against each other.
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[2026-05-15 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robin Padilla on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to remain fair, impartial, and neutral in the impending impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, following the announcement of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano that the chamber may convene as an impeachment court on May 18.
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[2026-05-15 14:33 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A transgender woman who won a landmark discrimination suit after she was excluded from a social media app marketed as a “women-only safe space” has had her victory increased by an appeal court and her damages doubled.
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[2026-05-15 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 15 May 2026 at 2:30pm
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[2026-05-15 14:09 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-15 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A North Carolina couple accused of luring hordes of vultures to their home and unleashing chaos on neighbors for years is being hauled to court by fed-up town officials desperate to end the feathered frenzy.
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[2026-05-15 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sought court approval for a settlement in its civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, over allegations they misled investors.
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[2026-05-15 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is preparing legal action against The New York Times after the newspaper published an article describing the rapes of Palestinian prisoners in its custody.
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[2026-05-15 13:50 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Sydney doctor accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients over decades has been granted bail to live at his Bellevue Hill home while awaiting trial, as a court heard further charges could follow.
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[2026-05-15 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A California judge has ordered Kars4Kids to stop airing its ubiquitous jingle in the state unless the Jewish car-donation charity discloses that its funding is dedicated to Orthodox Jewish programs for families and adults in New York, New Jersey, and Israel.
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[2026-05-15 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Roman Gofman has not yet entered the Mossad director’s office, and the familiar Israeli ritual is already under way: Former officials warn; legal voices object; commentators explain that this time, again, the danger is grave.
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[2026-05-15 13:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Emergency arbitration, court injunction and internal dissent loom as union prepares May 21 walkout
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[2026-05-15 12:52 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-15 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to conduct manual counting of votes at the precinct level, affirming that the country’s automated election system does not require a parallel manual tally and that such a process would undermine the objectives of election automation.
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[2026-05-15 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hawaii Sen. Karl Rhoads speaks at a news conference about a bill that seeks to limit corporate money in politics in Honolulu on Thursday, April 23, 2026 (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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[2026-05-15 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gautam Adani, Indian billionaire and chairman of Adani Group, presides over the 51st Gems and Jewelry awards function in Jaipur, India, on Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-05-15 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating slipped to 61 percent this week, a poll showed Friday, amid controversy over a ruling party-proposed special counsel bill that could potentially allow the withdrawal of indictments linked to him.
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