Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on June 12, 2026. (Francisco Kjolseth /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
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[2026-08-19 15:13 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: Graphic content
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[2026-08-19 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with parliamentary committee's request for Cho's appearance)
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[2026-08-19 14:54 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mohommed Farhat spray-painted slogans and torched a car in Woollahra. He pleaded guilty but supreme court judge says case appears to be a ‘miscarriage of justice’
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[2026-08-19 14:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Jennie's agency, OA Entertainment, said Tuesday it would take firm legal action against malicious online posts targeting the singer, amid the rapid spread of unverified footage from her Summer Sonic 2026 performance in Chiba, Japan, on Friday.
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[2026-08-19 14:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced a 19-year-old to six months in prison, suspended for three years, for falsely claiming in a YouTube livestream comment that he had planted a bomb at a train station.
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[2026-08-19 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A court sketch of Erin Patterson who listened to proceedings from Dame Phyllis Frost women's prison and appeared in court via video. (Supplied: Anita Lester)
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[2026-08-19 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A courtroom sketch provided by Pat Lopez shows Karmelo Anthony, center, at the defense table, the jury on the left and the presiding judge on the right, June 4, 2026, in McKinney, Texas, during the trial of a teen accused of fatally stabbing another during a track meet in suburban Dallas last year.
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[2026-08-19 13:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities may euthanise the animal if its owner surrenders it, or alternatively seek a court order to declare it a ‘known dangerous dog’
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[2026-08-19 13:42 UTC+10:00] [Lai Cheong-sang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities may euthanise the animal if its owner surrenders it, or alternatively seek a court order to declare it a ‘known dangerous dog’
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[2026-08-19 13:37 UTC+10:00] [Erin Patterson mushroom trial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Allowing jurors to stay in same hotel as police and prosecution denied Patterson a fair trial, lawyers tell Victorian court of appeal
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[2026-08-19 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how to better assess heat exposure at work, the accessibility of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry documents, and the US-Iran war
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[2026-08-19 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Observatory] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how to better assess heat exposure at work, the accessibility of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry documents, and the US-Iran war
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[2026-08-19 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details)
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[2026-08-19 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The man was jailed for more than two years by the ACT Supreme Court. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)
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[2026-08-19 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Erin Patterson is escorted away from the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 8, 2025. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP, File)
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[2026-08-19 13:06 UTC+10:00] [Internet Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: JOSH LOWENTHAL. Member of the California State Assembly Josh Lowenthal speaks as parents of children and young adults whose deaths were allegedly related to social media use hold a press conference in Oakland, California, USA, August 18, 2026.
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[2026-08-19 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Kim Min-seok, former prime minister and newly elected chief of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), on Wednesday urged Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae to step down, taking issue with his written recommendation of two new Supreme Court justice nominees to the president the previous day.
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[2026-08-19 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MELBOURNE — Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson's lawyers said Wednesday the jury was not properly sequestered in her trial as they sought to overturn her conviction in a triple-murder case that sparked a worldwide media frenzy.
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[2026-08-19 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday increased former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Cho Tae-yong's sentence to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges linked to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's 2024 martial law bid.
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[2026-08-19 12:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US imposed sanctions Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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[2026-08-19 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage was combative in testimony during the second day of the rapper's murder trial, decrying being forced to take the stand and identify those responsible for Shakur's death.
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[2026-08-19 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-19 12:19 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Oakland, California – Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a U.S. federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.
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[2026-08-19 12:09 UTC+10:00] [US District Judge Susan Rodriguez] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 31-year-old previously pleaded guilty to role in laundering illicit funds for outfit with ties to Mexican cartels
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[2026-08-19 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 11:54 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ICC. Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 9, 2025.
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[2026-08-19 11:52 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One Nation’s Queensland division has filed three years of overdue financial returns after the regulator threatened to strip the party of its legal status in its home state.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A former US Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration's probes of US universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes.
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[2026-08-19 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and another senior official as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being "politicized."
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[2026-08-19 11:37 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian-led plot was exposed when participants sent trial packages carrying GPS trackers through Ukrainian and German post. What we know on day 1,638
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[2026-08-19 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Following the first day of arguments in a high-stakes child safety case against Meta, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday that the trial centers around "civil penalties, restitution and distortion," and is not primarily about money.
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[2026-08-19 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague.
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[2026-08-19 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Renowned veteran actor Hwang Jung-min will face a formal civil trial against a woman who claims to have had a private relationship with him after rejecting a court-ordered mediation, judicial officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 10:46 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Major sporting codes and media organisations have failed to uphold their social responsibilities in pursuit of commercial interests, the husband of the late gambling reform advocate and Labor MP Peta Murphy says.
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[2026-08-19 10:46 UTC+10:00] [Tupac Shakur] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Murder trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, opens in Las Vegas
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[2026-08-19 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Derek Chauvin's legal team filed a new court petition Tuesday morning seeking to dismiss the charges against the former Minneapolis police officer and vacate his convictions, arguing that the case that sent him to prison for the death of George Floyd rested on a foundation that never had legal standing to begin with.
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[2026-08-19 10:08 UTC+10:00] [Erin Patterson mushroom trial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashed
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[2026-08-19 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Dr. David Morens, the longtime senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty in Greenbelt federal court on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371). The plea caps a records scandal that began with his own emails bragging about making federal documents disappear.
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[2026-08-19 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. (AP Video: Terry Chea)
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[2026-08-19 09:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-19 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration.
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[2026-08-19 08:48 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen lashed out at the Trump administration on Tuesday after Washington sanctioned two senior officials at the International Criminal Court over probes targeting alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza.
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[2026-08-19 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lawyers for Meta have been defending the company this year against several major lawsuits.
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[2026-08-19 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OAKLAND — Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a federal court heard Tuesday in the trial of the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.
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[2026-08-19 07:44 UTC+10:00] [Harvard University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national scheme
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[2026-08-19 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ST. PAUL — Minnesota's attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the shooting during the agency's crackdown in Minneapolis.
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[2026-08-19 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
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