Crime
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US charges three North Korean computer programmers in $US1.3 billion hacking spree
The indictment alleges that Jon Chang Hyok, 31, Kim Il, 27, and Park Jin Hyok, 36, stole money while working…
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Female victims are people in their own right – not just some man’s wife, mother, sister or daughter
Australia is currently being rocked by Brittany Higgins’s allegations that she was raped at Parliament House by a male colleague…
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Donald Trump sued under 19th century ‘Ku Klux Klan Act’ for inciting deadly Capitol riots
A senior Democratic congressman sued former president Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of violating the 19th century “Ku Klux Klan…
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On the Parkland shooting anniversary, Joe Biden calls for ‘common sense’ gun law reforms
US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to enact “commonsense” gun law reforms, three years after the school…
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Hannah Clarke’s parents push for coercive control to be made a crime one year on from horrific murders
Hannah and her children Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3, were ambushed by her estranged husband Rowan Baxter in…
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Police seize 90 firearms using controversial ‘warrantless’ searches
Victoria Police, which has issued more than 750 Firearm Prohibition Orders against violent or high-risk targets since May 2018, believes…
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Six months after the Beirut explosion, the hardships faced by many families continue to get worse
When a warehouse in the Lebanese capital of Beirut exploded six months ago, killing more than 190 and wounding thousands,…
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Canada puts Proud Boys on terror list for role in Capitol riots as Seattle chapter member arrested
Calling it “a neo-fascist organisation”, Canada’s public safety ministry said the Proud Boys “openly encouraged, planned, and conducted violent activities…
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The U.S. Should Sanction Somalia’s President for Human Trafficking
That should end. The parents began gathering in Mogadishu’s streets on Jan. 20. Soon, reports began trickling in about similar protests in other towns…
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The US Capitol riots showed what a ‘bunch of entitled white people’ can do
These are the words of Democrat Congressman Ruben Gallego, who was evacuated from the US Capitol as a violent, angry…
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Why is it so difficult to stamp out seafood slavery?
Each year, thousands of men and boys labour under extremely exploitative conditions on commercial fishing vessels owned by Taiwanese, Chinese…
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‘Hear me now’: Australian of the Year Grace Tame’s speech in full
She told ABC’s News Breakfast she could feel the atmosphere in the room. ABC “And the feeling was reconnection, the…
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‘Long overdue’: Germany moves to eradicate lingering Nazi laws
Germany is moving to rid itself of a cluster of laws introduced by the Nazis, still lingering on its books…
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Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliott Broidy and Lil Wayne in final hours as President
Mr Trump was not expected to pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was at the…
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Government quits over tax subsidy scandal
The cabinet would remain in place for now in a caretaker capacity to manage the coronavirus crisis, Mr Rutte said.…
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White-collar crime is no less heinous
There’s a debate about the possibility of eradicating or merely mitigating … but nearly everyone recognises we have to do…
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