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Geopolitics

Maternity leave cannot hurt careers: Delhi HC orders Rs 10 lakh compensation

Times of India – World · India

The Delhi high court ruled women returning from maternity leave deserve their original positions. A chartered accountant received ten lakh rupees compensation…

Geopolitics

US passport rules: Parents may need to prove citizenship status for children

Times of India – World · India

The US state department is considering a policy requiring parents to verify their citizenship before their children are born in the country. This initiative is…

Geopolitics

As US seeks Gaza donor’s extradition, wife warns of ‘terrifying precedent’

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Imprisoned in Spain, James 'Fergie' Chambers has supported charities but is accused of aiding Hamas.

Geopolitics

What is Thailand’s new amnesty Act? | Explained

The Hindu – World · India

What are the provisions of the new Act? Who would benefit from it? What are the shortcomings of the amnesty push?

Geopolitics

Bombay HC orders CBI probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-manager Disha Salian's death

Times of India – World · India

The Bombay high court ordered a CBI investigation into Disha Salian's death. The court questioned Mumbai Police's failure to register an FIR for murder allega…

Geopolitics

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in national security case

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Pro-democracy activist faces life sentence in second case under Beijing's national security law.

Geopolitics

Jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape trial may face questions about prior knowledge of case

The Guardian – World · Europe

Lehrmann is accused of raping a woman in 2021 and will stand trial in Toowoomba in November. He intends to contest the chargesGet our breaking news email, free…

Geopolitics

British man deported from Sweden despite living there since childhood

The Guardian – World · Europe

John Sellers, 34, who moved with his family to Sweden aged 10, has been ejected despite his recent marriage to a SwedeA 34-year-old British man who has lived i…

Geopolitics

Ray Hadley used homophobic slur against Alan Jones after 2GB withdrew offer of $4m breakfast radio gig, court hears

The Guardian – World · Europe

Hadley is giving evidence in trial of former 2GB rival Jones, 85, who has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching chargesGet our breaking…

Geopolitics

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

High profile Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to collusion with foreign entities.

Geopolitics

‘No sexual intent’: HC quashes harassment case over man’s public urination

Times of India – World · India

The Karnataka high court quashed a criminal case filed under BNS Section 75(2). The court ruled accidental exposure while answering nature's call is not an of…

Geopolitics

Honduran court drops case against ex-President Hernandez after Trump pardon

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Juan Orlando Hernandez had been accused of money laundering and fraud as part of a government corruption scheme.

Geopolitics

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion

Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe

The prominent activist pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign entities. He faces a lengthy prison sentence.

Geopolitics

Singapore jails Indian man who hid US$154,000 diamond in mouth during heist

South China Morning Post – World · China

A thief was sentenced to 26 months and two weeks’ jail on Tuesday for his role in a Singapore Chinatown diamond heist. He had hidden a custom-made fake gem in …

Geopolitics

Honduran Court Clears Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández

The New York Times – World · US

President Trump’s decision set Juan Orlando Hernández free in December. On Tuesday, a court dismissed money laundering and fraud charges against him, effective…

Geopolitics

Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit over young trans athletes in California school sports

The Guardian – World · Europe

In a major LGBTQ+ rights victory, the justice department cannot force the state to ban trans girls from women’s sportsA federal judge has dismissed the Trump a…

Geopolitics

Cisco accused of fostering a hostile workplace for Muslim and Arab employees

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Cisco employees allege harassment after internal activism against technology sales to the Israeli military.

Geopolitics

Could the man who murdered a Christian missionary and his sons walk free in India?

BBC News – World · Europe

Dara Singh is serving a life sentence for burning alive Graham Staines and his two sons in Odisha in 1999.

Geopolitics

Tribunal alters gay ex-IAF man 'dismissal' to 'routine discharge'

Times of India – World · India

- AFT principal bench approved dismissal order for an IAF non-commissioned officer. - Officer confessed to misconduct during tribunal proceedings. - Tribun…

Geopolitics

Delhi bus gang-rape case: At minor’s UP village, locked house and silence

Times of India – World · India

The survivor's family has left their village fearing media intrusion and social stigma. Villagers expressed shock upon learning about the horrific incident fro…

Geopolitics

After maternity leave, women have right to resume at same functional status: HC

Times of India – World · India

- Delhi High Court mandates women return to same role, status, responsibilities post-maternity leave. - Awards Rs 10 lakh compensation for workplace discrimi…

Geopolitics

No fresh evidence after 40 years, court sets aside FIR order in 1984 riots case

Times of India – World · India

- Delhi court dismisses 2017 FIR order in 1984 anti-Sikh riots deaths case. - Court cites 40-year delay as key reason for overturning FIR. - No fresh credi…

Geopolitics

ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency

The Guardian – World · Europe

ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visaA 76-year-old man holding permanent US residen…

Geopolitics

Pakistan High Court directs jail authorities not to keep Imran Khan, wife in solitary confinement

The Hindu – World · India

The court also directed that former PM’s family members be allowed to meet him as permitted under jail rules and ordered authorities to make arrangements for t…

Geopolitics

US court ends Trump’s 75-country visa pause: What it means for Indians

Indian Express – World · India

- U.S. resumed immigrant visa appointments for 75 countries after a court ruled the Trump policy was unlawful. - The policy aimed to prevent applicants from …

Geopolitics

Rs 100 Crore Defamation Suit: HC to hear plea on Dhoni deposition; venue of recording in focus

Times of India – World · India

- Former IPS officer G Sampath Kumar seeks court direction to video record evidence of former cricket skipper M. - Madras High Court to decide on recording e…

Geopolitics

Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say

BBC News – World · Europe

Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.

Geopolitics

Judge tells jury in Lindsay Clancy trial to keep deliberating after deadlock

The Guardian – World · Europe

Clancy does not deny strangling her three children but says postpartum psychosis led to her actionsThe judge has told the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial to k…

Geopolitics

Keir Starmer, Former UK Prime Minister, Says He Will Resign From Parliament

The New York Times – World · US

Keir Starmer, who left Downing Street in July after pressure from his own party, said he would quit his parliamentary seat to focus on a role in international …

Geopolitics

The Rs 2.05 crore question: Can Meta be blamed for what its glasses record?

Times of India – World · India

He has alleged he was covertly filmed with Ray-Ban Meta glasses and turned into subject of viral content. His legal notice now raises a larger question: Can Me…

Geopolitics

What’s next after China court freezes US$318m in Nexperia assets amid Wingtech battle?

South China Morning Post – World · China

A Chinese court’s order to freeze 2.14 billion yuan (US$318 million) in Nexperia-affiliated assets has cemented the operational independence of its Chinese man…

Geopolitics

NEET protest FIRs quashed: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke calls SC move ‘absolute justice’

Times of India – World · India

The Supreme Court's recent verdict has annulled all FIRs filed against students engaged in protests related to NEET across the country. This notable decision s…

Geopolitics

SC quashes FIRs against NEET protesters, but with a caveat for 'hardened criminals'

Times of India – World · India

- Supreme Court quashed all FIRs against student protesters using special powers. - FIRs were registered across different regions of the country. - Protest…

Geopolitics

Chinese mahjong club owner pays US$2,800 over failed first aid, then gets refunded

South China Morning Post – World · China

A mahjong parlour owner in central China paid compensation of 19,000 yuan (US$2,800) following a failed first aid attempt on an elderly customer but received a…

Geopolitics

Thailand jails activist over royal motorcade live streaming

South China Morning Post – World · China

A Thai court has sentenced a 25-year-old activist to two years in prison for violating the country’s strict royal insult law, a rights group said, with her law…

Geopolitics

Who is Gurmeet Singh? Indian-origin man stripped of US citizenship over rape

Indian Express – World · India

- U.S. court revoked Gurmeet Singh's citizenship after he concealed a 2011 rape and kidnapping during naturalization, per DOJ. - Singh, a taxi driver, was co…

Geopolitics

U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom project to proceed

The Hindu – World · India

The conservative-dominated court voted 5-4 to lift a lower order demanding construction be halted, with Chief Justice John Roberts notably joining the court's …

Tech & Startups

Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI

TechCrunch · US

Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.

Geopolitics

Expedia Fights Off Claim for Damages by Cuban Exile Families

The New York Times – World · US

A jury in Florida found that in their suit against the travel booking company, the plaintiffs had failed to prove ownership over tourism properties in Cuba.

Geopolitics

US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to keep building White House ballroom

BBC News – World · Europe

But Chief Justice John Roberts dissents, writing that "construction is likely unlawful".

Geopolitics

US Supreme Court allows Trump ballroom project to proceed

Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe

The ruling was backed by five of the court's six conservative justices. US President Donald Trump praised the decision in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Geopolitics

Amazon rigged $20bn worth of ad prices, US lawsuit alleges

BBC News – World · Europe

Amazon responded to the lawsuit, arguing the US Federal Trade Commission "misunderstands" their ad market.

Tech & Startups

FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit

TechCrunch · US

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.

Geopolitics

Ex-congressman George Santos banned from betting platform for life

BBC News – World · Europe

The prediction market operator Kalshi says Santos made barred trades and misleading comments that influenced prices.

Geopolitics

US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case

BBC News – World · Europe

The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.

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