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Geopolitics

HC lifts stay, clears path for ‘Kerala Story 2’ release

Times of India – World · India

The Kerala High Court's division bench has lifted a single bench's stay on the release of 'The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond'. The producer argued financial los…

Geopolitics

Anthropic vows lawsuit over Pentagon ban, slams ‘intimidation’

The Hindu – World · India

The ban, in the form of a “supply chain risk” designation, came after the company objected to its artificial intelligence technology being used for domestic ma…

Tech & Startups

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets

TechCrunch · US

The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.

Geopolitics

Sherry Xue jailed for funnelling Chinese investor funds to Trump campaign

South China Morning Post – World · China

A New York businesswoman was sentenced on Friday to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that ripped off more than US$30 million from foreign i…

Geopolitics

North Dakota judge finalizes $345m judgment against Greenpeace in pipeline case

The Guardian – World · Europe

Judge slashed a $667m damages award to Energy Transfer over Greenpeace’s role in Dakota Access Pipeline protestsA North Dakota judge on Friday finalized a $345…

Geopolitics

We pass sweeping orders without realising impact on the ground: CJI

Times of India – World · India

- Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant made introspective remarks on judicial role. - Addressed need for accountability and transparency in ap…

Geopolitics

‘Don’t delay process with vague reasons’: SC raps WB govt for rushing to court daily against SIR

Times of India – World · India

The Supreme Court reprimanded the West Bengal government for repeatedly filing vague complaints to delay the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The…

Geopolitics

‘Hungry, tired, incapacitated’: Allahabad HC judge hears 30 cases in 1 day

Times of India – World · India

An Allahabad High Court judge reserved a verdict after hearing 30 cases until 7 pm, citing hunger, fatigue, and physical incapacity to dictate the judgment. Th…

Tech & Startups

Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’

TechCrunch · US

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images.

Geopolitics

‘Not a done deal’: California vows ‘vigorous’ review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover

The Guardian – World · Europe

Attorney general says $111bn deal will be investigated amid concerns over monopoly power and job lossesRob Bonta, California’s attorney general, said his offic…

Geopolitics

Bombay HC directs MSRTC to pay Rs 50 lakh to widow of employee who died of Covid-19 while on duty

Times of India – World · India

The Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation to the widow of an employee who died …

Geopolitics

Second US drone laser incident this month prompts Texas airspace closure

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Lawmakers criticise mismanagement after El Paso airspace closure following military's anti-drone laser deployment.

Geopolitics

Legal challenge over plan to use East Sussex army camp as asylum housing dismissed

The Guardian – World · Europe

Judge rules that Crowborough residents cannot challenge a decision before it has been formally madeA residents’ group has lost its high court challenge against…

Geopolitics

Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees

The Guardian – World · Europe

Parents opposing plans told they can home school their children if they object to sending them to state schoolsThe court of appeal has rejected the latest chal…

Geopolitics

Kerala high court stay lifted: Bench allows 'The Kerala Story 2' release

Times of India – World · India

The Kerala High Court has lifted a temporary ban on the film 'The Kerala Story 2'. A Division Bench stayed an earlier order that had stalled the movie's releas…

Geopolitics

Indian-origin man charged with kidnapping women on job pretext in Canada

Times of India – World · India

- TOI World Desk's team provides global news and diverse perspectives round-the-clock. - Committed to accuracy, depth, and timeliness in international report…

Geopolitics

South China Morning Post publisher Tammy Tam appointed to Law Reform Commission

South China Morning Post – World · China

The publisher of the South China Morning Post, Tammy Tam, has been appointed to Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission as the representative for the media industry …

Geopolitics

Retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious online posts against Hong Kong government

South China Morning Post – World · China

A Hong Kong court has jailed a retiree for eight months for posting speeches on his social media account in which he seditiously criticised authorities and cal…

Geopolitics

Is this maritime court case a model of China’s anti-sanctions law in action?

South China Morning Post – World · China

China’s top court has hailed a mediated resolution to an international shipbuilding dispute as a landmark example of the country’s anti-sanctions law working t…

Geopolitics

Former US diplomat sentenced to life for abusing two girls in Burkina Faso

BBC News – World · Europe

He used the girls' mother's life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.

Geopolitics

Indian court clears former Delhi chief minister of corruption charges

BBC News – World · Europe

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India's general election, and spent months in jail.

Geopolitics

Shirtless protest case: Delhi court grants interim bail to Congress youth wing worker

Times of India – World · India

A Delhi court granted interim bail until March 24 to Indian Youth Congress general secretary Nigam Bhandhari in connection with the AI event protest. Bhandhari…

Geopolitics

Full text of Delhi court order: Kejriwal and Sisodia discharged in excise policy case

Times of India – World · India

A Delhi court discharged former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, citing insufficient evidence…

Geopolitics

Malaysians asked to help find Daim’s 4 children as corruption probe widens

South China Morning Post – World · China

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency on Friday asked the public for help in locating the four children of the late tycoon and former finance minister Daim Zainudd…

Geopolitics

Maduro seeks dismissal of charges, claims US blocked legal defence funds

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

President Maduro's lawyer said his client's right to legal counsel of choice has been denied by US government actions.

Geopolitics

Former NSW MP Rory Amon tells court 13-year-old boy said he was 17 before alleged sexual abuse

The Guardian – World · Europe

Former state Liberal MP begins his evidence after pleading not guilty to 10 charges for various sexual actsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news …

Geopolitics

BBC explains the Trump-related Epstein files the DOJ is accused of withholding

BBC News – World · Europe

The BBC's Tom Bateman explains what Trump-Related Epstein files the Department of Justice is accused of withholding.

Geopolitics

Watch: Key moments from Hillary Clinton's Epstein deposition

BBC News – World · Europe

The BBC's North America correspondent Nada Tawfik, reporting from Chappaqua, New York, explains what we know about Clinton's closed-door testimony.

Geopolitics

Indonesia’s bid to execute 6 cargo ship crew in drug case sparks liability debate

South China Morning Post – World · China

When 22-year-old Fandi Ramadhan phoned home from detention last May, he told his mother he did not know there were drugs on the ship where he had recently star…

Geopolitics

Malaysian politician Fahmi Zainol charged with hurting wife in domestic dispute

South China Morning Post – World · China

Penang’s youngest executive councillor Fahmi Zainol has been charged at the Magistrate’s Court in the Malaysian state with voluntarily causing hurt to his wife…

Geopolitics

Epstein tried to buy a palace in Morocco days before his arrest in 2019

BBC News – World · Europe

The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed.

Geopolitics

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia acquitted in Delhi excise policy case

Times of India – World · India

A Delhi court has acquitted former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case. The CBI had alleged a Rs …

Geopolitics

Pertamina corruption trial: 9 jailed in Indonesia over US$17 billion state loss

South China Morning Post – World · China

An Indonesian court has jailed nine people in a major corruption case involving subsidiaries of state energy firm Pertamina, including two former chief executi…

Geopolitics

Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison vows legal action over ‘unlawful’ Panama port seizure

South China Morning Post – World · China

Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings has vowed to pursue all possible legal action, both domestically and internationally, to protect its interests, calling Panam…

Geopolitics

Former US Air Force fighter pilot accused of secretly training Chinese military

South China Morning Post – World · China

A former fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, once entrusted with flying some of America’s most advanced combat aircraft, has been arrested for allege…

Geopolitics

Singapore jails Malaysian who posed as policeman and raped domestic helper

South China Morning Post – World · China

A man who raped a foreign domestic worker in the bushes near a Singapore railway station after pretending to be a police officer was sentenced to 12 years’ jai…

Geopolitics

Indian tycoon Anil Ambani’s US$410 million building seized in billion-dollar fraud probe

South China Morning Post – World · China

Indian investigators have seized a US$410 million luxury condominium building owned by Anil Ambani as part of a widening investigation into alleged bank fraud …

Geopolitics

US tax agency broke privacy law ‘approximately 42,695 times’, judge says

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Federal judge rules that the Internal Revenue Service violated its code by giving immigration agency confidential data.

Geopolitics

Mandelson faces EU inquiry into Brussels trade role over Epstein links

The Guardian – World · Europe

European Anti-Fraud Office to look into the former US ambassador’s time as trade commissioner in BrusselsPeter Mandelson is facing an inquiry by the EU’s anti-…

Geopolitics

Burgertory founder’s chant about Zionists at pro-Palestine rally incited hatred against Jews, tribunal rules

The Guardian – World · Europe

Hash Tayeh flags appeal to Victorian civil and administrative tribunal finding over phrase used at Melbourne rally last yearFollow our Australia news live blog…

Geopolitics

How Ghislaine Maxwell brought Bill Clinton into Epstein's orbit

BBC News – World · Europe

Documents in the Epstein files reveal how Maxwell nurtured the connection between the two men after Clinton left the White House.

General

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asks judge to toss indictment

NBC News – World · US

An attorney for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asked a federal judge on Thursday to toss out the indictment filed against his client.

Geopolitics

ED to court: Got sanction to prosecute Chidambaram

Times of India – World · India

The Enforcement Directorate has secured clearance from the home ministry to prosecute former finance minister P. Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis and INX Media …

Geopolitics

US government asks Supreme Court to allow deportation of Syrian migrants

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Trump has pushed to strip migrants of Temporary Protected Status, arguing that their countries are no longer unsafe.

Geopolitics

Columbia University says US immigration agents lied to detain student

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Administrators say agents 'made misrepresentations', claimed missing person search to detain woman at school building.

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