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Appeals Court Questions Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Justify Tariffs
A US federal appeals court raised serious doubts about President Donald Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs under emergency powers. During a hearing in Washington, D.C., judges questioned whether the…
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Google must open Android to rival app stores: US court
[SAN FRANCISCO] A US federal court ruled on Thursday that Google must open its Android operating system to rival app stores, after the internet giant lost an appeal in an…
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Google Must Open Android To Rival App Stores: US Court
A US federal court ruled Thursday that Google must open its Android operating system to rival app stores, after the internet giant lost an appeal in an antitrust case filed…
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Panama official seeks court review of CK Hutchison port contract
[NEW YORK] Panama’s comptroller general asked its Supreme Court to review the government’s contract extension with CK Hutchison’s local ports unit, potentially throwing a new wrench into the conglomerate’s deal…
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London Court Rules Oligarch Liable Over $1.9 Bn Ukraine Loan Scheme
The Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his former business partner are likely to be forced to repay $1.9 billion that they “unlawfully” appropriated from a Ukrainian bank they owned, London’s…
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Succession, scandal and bottled water – the real battle at the heart of Wahaha court case
IN THE heat of a Hong Kong summer, a courtroom clash over a billionaire’s estate sent shockwaves through China’s corporate landscape and poured fresh fizz into one of the country’s…
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NYTimes Rips Supreme Court For ‘Ducking’ Core Responsibilities During Trump’s Second Term in Scathing Analysis
The New York Times’ editorial board ripped the Supreme Court for “ducking” their core responsibilities during President Donald Trump’s second term, citing justices issuing brief rulings in decisions with nationwide…
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Philippine Supreme Court Blocks VP Duterte’s Impeachment Trial
The Philippines’ top court blocked the impending Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, saying it violated a constitutional provision against multiple impeachment proceedings within a single…
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French Court To Rule On Assad Immunity In Chemical Attack Case
France’s highest court is to decide Friday whether to uphold an arrest warrant against Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad as part of a probe into deadly 2013 chemical attacks during the…
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UK Court Awards GBP700 Mn To HP In Late Tycoon’s Fraud Case
A UK court Tuesday awarded GBP700 million ($946 million) compensation to IT firm Hewlett Packard in a fraud case involving late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, killed last year when…
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Ex-Brazil President Bolsonaro Must Wear Monitoring Device: Supreme Court
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro must wear an electronic monitoring device as he awaits a verdict in his trial on charges of plotting a coup, a Supreme Court judge ruled…
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France Court Orders Release Of Lebanese Militant After 40 Years In Jail
A French appeals court Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats. Abdallah, 74, is…
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Prosecutor Asks Brazil’s Supreme Court To Find Bolsonaro Guilty Of Coup
A prosecutor asked Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday to find ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup, in closing arguments after a trial that saw US President Donald Trump…
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German Court Rejects Yemenis’ Claim Over US Strikes
Germany’s highest court on Tuesday threw out a case brought by two Yemenis seeking to sue Berlin over the role of the US Ramstein airbase in a 2012 drone attack,…
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Indigenous Australians Lose Landmark Climate Court Case Against Government
Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for lacklustre emissions targets. Scattered through the warm waters…
