The decision to postpone this month’s elections in Senegal is against the country’s constitution, the country’s top court has ruled. The Constitutional Court annulled President Macky Sall’s decree and a contentious bill passed by parliament moving the vote to December. Widespread protests have gripped the West African country, once considered a bastion of democracy in […]
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The first-ever criminal trial of a former US president is set to start next month, with Donald Trump defending himself against allegations of conducting a hush-money cover-up. The 77-year-old appeared in court in New York on Thursday, seeking to have the trial dismissed or delayed. But Judge Juan Merchan was not swayed by arguments that
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Seychelles’ main opposition leader Patrick Herminie is no longer facing witchcraft charges after prosecutors dropped the case against him. He had always denied the accusations and speaking outside court on Thursday described them as “malicious action”. The police had said the case related to the discovery of two bodies exhumed from a cemetery on the
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Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday’s 176-76 vote in parliament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would “boldly abolish a serious inequality”. But it has divided the country, with fierce resistance led by the
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A Baltimore judge faces a hearing in May to resolve ethics allegations that he inappropriately touched a female lawyer following a bar association event at the Maryland Club last year. Judge Kevin M. Wilson is accused of inappropriate behavior after the event in May 2023, which was sponsored by the Bar Association of Baltimore City
DOWNLOAD FULL DECISION Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The ruling is a major blow to Trump’s key defense thus far in the federal election subversion case brought against him by special counsel Jack
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A former Kentucky prosecutor abused his office by doing favors for a woman facing criminal charges and in return soliciting sexually explicit videos from her, a federal court jury ruled Friday. The jury deliberated about six and a half hours on Friday before returning the verdict against Ronnie Goldy. The jury convicted Goldy on six
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Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, according to Australian officials. Dr Yang – a scholar and novelist who blogged about Chinese state affairs – denies
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A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla. The lawsuit was filed by a shareholder who argued that it was an overpayment. Judge Kathaleen McCormick called the compensation “an unfathomable sum” that was not fair to
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Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal has upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned for later this year. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary last October with more than 90 percent of the votes, potentially putting her in a
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