Law & Order
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How the World Enables China’s Legal Gamesmanship
More specifically, I suggested that the official delegates of the 160-plus national governments who will convene later in 2020 for…
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Traditional council frees Taliban setting up peace talks
The declaration read out in both of Afghanistan’s official languages of Pashto and Farsi calls for an immediate start to…
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Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger over Beirut blast grows
Lebanese protesters stormed several ministries Saturday in apparently planned raids after an explosion blamed on government negligence at Beirut port…
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Lebanon: Protesters take over ministries after deadly blast
Meanwhile, PM Hassan Diab says he… Deutsche Welle Lebanese protesters on Saturday stormed the country’s Foreign Ministry as they vent…
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Australia Bay Seafoods loses export licence amid legal fight with NT Government
Australia Bay Seafoods (ABS) is taking the Government to court over plans to merge two fisheries, claiming there is no…
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China clears man of murder after 27 years behind bars
Zhang Yuhuan, 52, was jailed for the murder of two young boys in 1993 but always maintained he was tortured…
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Beirut Port officials placed under house arrest after explosion as death toll continues to rise in Lebanon
As the investigation into the explosion ramped up on Wednesday (local time), Lebanon’s Cabinet agreed to place all Beirut port…
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Former Spanish king Juan Carlos I to go into exile amid corruption probe related to Saudi Arabia
In June, the Spanish Supreme Court opened an investigation into Juan Carlos’ involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi…
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What does Victoria’s lockdown mean for courts?
The latest directions from Victoria’s chief health officer mean that anyone in Victoria’s courts and tribunal buildings must be limited…
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Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?
How is this different from the existing “state of emergency” and what powers does it give the Andrews government? Anne…
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Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege
Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by…
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‘Obstruction to democracy’: Hong Kong delays election by a year
Hong Kong’s government announced on Friday night the September elections would be delayed by a year, as the city attempts…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga – Booker Prize nominee arrested in Zimbabwe
Dangarembga, 61, and another protester were bundled into a police lorry while carrying placards. BBC The government has warned that…
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Teenagers among first arrested under new Hong Kong national security law
Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were arrested at three locations, a police official said at an…
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Australian lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert reportedly moved to harsh women’s prison in Iran
Melbourne University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has reportedly been moved for “punishment reasons” to the harsh…
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Poland to withdraw from treaty on violence against women
Poland will begin the process of withdrawing from a treaty to prevent violence against women, which the right-wing government in…
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