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Paris Olympics: IOC says US gymnast Chiles must hand back bronze after court ruling

American gymnast Jordan Chiles will have to return her bronze medal from the women’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise final at the Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee announced on Sunday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the IOC should strip Chiles of her Olympic bronze, […]

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Texas man sentenced to 40 years in prison for brutal murder of newlywed wife

Anggy Diaz and Jared Dicus married in October 2022. Just a few months later, Dicus brutally murdered Diaz. A Texas man has been sentenced to four decades in prison after brutally murdering his wife, just months after the couple married. District Court Judge Gary Chaney sentenced Jared James Dicus, 23, to 40 years behind bars

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UK Immigration lawyers ‘at risk’ amid far-right threats to target advice centres

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Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online Immigration lawyers have been warned to take extra security measures or stay away from work amid far-right threats to target their firms, with legal groups blaming political attacks on the profession for fuelling abuse. The Law Society and

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Rolls-Royce to give each worker £700 in shares

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Rolls-Royce is to give every employee shares worth about £700 in the company following a revival. The engineering giant announced in an internal memo that it would gift 150 shares to its 42,000 workers worldwide. The news comes after the Derby-based company, which makes jet engines, announced profits of £1.1bn in the first half of

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Vybz Kartel and Co-accused set free after court ruling

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Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, and his three co-accused were set free on Wednesday after Jamaica’s Court of Appeal decided against retrying them for the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. The three-judge panel, comprising Justices Marva McDonald-Bishop, Paulette Williams, and David Fraser, delivered the unanimous decision. Before the ruling, an abbreviated summary

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Abbott must pay $495 million in premature infant formula trial, jury finds

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A jury on Friday found that Abbott Laboratories’ (ABT.N) specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $495 million in damages. The verdict in St. Louis, Missouri state court comes in the first trial against the company out of hundreds of similar

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Slapping therapist guilty of manslaughter

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An alternative healer has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a woman at one of his workshops. Hongchi Xiao, 61, of Cloudbreak in California, was convicted after 71-year-old Danielle Carr-Gomm died from complications related to diabetes in 2016. The jury at Winchester Crown Court was told she had stopped taking

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Sierra Leone court finds 11 guilty for alleged coup, leader jailed for nearly 200 years

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A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offences following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced to almost 200 years in prison, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday. In November, dozens of gunmen broke into the country’s armoury and into a prison where the majority of the

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‘Why keep laws protecting illegality?’ – Otumfuo quizzes British government on looted artefacts

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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has reinforced calls for the British to return looted artefacts to its original owners. According to him, it is also concerning that the British government will still keep laws protecting illegality in its statute books. This comes after the United Kingdom recently loaned Manhyia Palace some 32 looted artefacts by

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Assin-Fosu to New York: Lawyer Betty Danquah-Smith inspiring young black women

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Betty Danquah-Smith In the bustling legal landscape of New York City, where dreams are born and ambitions soar, one attorney stands out not just for her expertise, but for her inspiring journey from a small town in Ghana to the pinnacle of international law. She stands tall as a beacon of hope and embodies the

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