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Myanmar’s government has rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged crimes against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. CBC | World News
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Australia’s High Court agrees to hear cardinal’s appeal over child sex crimes
Australia’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, giving Cardinal George Pell his last chance at getting his convictions overturned. CBC | World News
Read More »Split U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump administration to end DACA
Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigrants to work in the United States free from the threat of deportation. CBC | World News
Read More »Myanmar formally accused of genocide in court case filed at The Hague
Myanmar has repeatedly been blamed in the systematic displacement, killing and widespread sexual assault of Rohingya Muslims, but only today has it been formally accused in an international court of acts of genocide. CBC | World News
Read More »India’s Supreme Court awards disputed religious site to Hindus in landmark ruling
India’s Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a bitterly disputed religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat to Muslims who also claim the land that has sparked some of the bloodiest riots in the history of independent India. CBC | World News
Read More »Rafael Nadal eases injury fears as star returns to court ahead of ATP Finals at O2 Arena
Rafael Nadal arrived in London on Wednesday to begin his preparations for the ATP Finals. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Trump plans to appeal ruling on tax returns to the Supreme Court
U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors, an appeals court ruled Monday in the latest setback for Trump in his tenacious efforts to keep his finances secret. CBC | World News
Read More »Outrage in Spain after court rules attack on teen was sex abuse, not rape, because she was unconscious
Spaniards are outraged after five men charged with rape counts were found guilty of lesser charges on the grounds the 14-year-old had been unconscious at the time. CBC | World News
Read More »Driver of truck found with 39 bodies appears in U.K. court, to enter plea Nov. 25
The driver of a truck found to be carrying 39 bodies appeared in a U.K. court via video link on Monday, charged with manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Big Oil faces court cases that echo the litigation against Big Tobacco in the ’90s
How much did the oil industry know about the impact of fossil fuel emissions on the climate? When did they know it? And what did they do with that knowledge? Those are the central questions in a series of court cases attempting to hold companies accountable for their role in climate change. CBC | World News
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