Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO — Brazil's Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his nomination to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years and a sign that the veteran leader is not popular among many important lawmakers as he seeks reelection.
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[2026-04-30 13:47 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-30 13:35 UTC+10:00] [US crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pair apologise in court after being accused of defrauding buyers including some of New York’s most prominent fine art auction houses
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[2026-04-30 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed guilty verdicts for 18 people for their participation in a courthouse riot in January last year over a court decision to keep former President Yoon Suk Yeol in custody over his failed martial law bid.
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[2026-04-30 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Consumer Protection
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[2026-04-30 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Isaac Herzog has spent recent weeks quietly encouraging the parties involved in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to consider a plea bargain. The Right has called it surrender. The Left has called it a sellout. Both are wrong, and Herzog is doing exactly what a president is supposed to do.
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[2026-04-30 12:57 UTC+10:00] [Christchurch shooting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims said poor mental health made him admit to crimes
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling that ordered game development company Ironmace Co. to pay 5.76 billion won (US$3.87 million) in damages to industry rival Nexon Co. for trade secret infringement.
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a fervent appeal Wednesday for central bank independence, as he prepares to cap an eight-year term at its helm marked by insults and legal action under the Trump administration.
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[2026-04-30 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The New Zealand Court of Appeal's judgment follows a five-day hearing in February this year in Wellington. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
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[2026-04-30 12:37 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Pitch Perfect star is being sued for defamation by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor of Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb
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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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