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Academic ‘prepared to take legal action’ after gender lecture disrupted at Bristol University

Prof Alice Sullivan claims university failed to protect her right to freedom of expression after protest at eventA UK university faces the prospect of legal action over claims it failed to protect an academic’s right to freedom of expression who was invited to give a lecture on sex and gender.Prof A…

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Malaysia court rejects Najib’s bid to serve sentence under house arrest

High Court says a royal document allowing the ex-PM's transfer to house arrest was not valid.

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DSNY sued over Staten Island waste zone contract award

Century Waste Services is challenging the agency’s decision, alleging it didn’t adequately assess pricing proposals from a competitor. This marks the first known legal challenge to one of the city’s commercial waste zone contracts.

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Epstein files shed light on Ghislaine Maxwell’s tactics for luring teenagers | First Thing

Documents allege Epstein’s accomplice and ex-girlfriend ‘normalized’ his grooming and ‘directed’ girls on what to do. Plus, was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?Good morning.A document among the tranche of newly released Jeffrey Epstein files casts fresh light on psychological tri…

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Malaysian court rejects ex-prime minister’s bid to serve remainder of sentence under house arrest

A Malaysian court has rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the rest of his graft sentence under house arrest

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Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation

A federal judge ordered special elections after earlier ordering the state to redraw the electoral map used to select justices, concluding the current configuration dilutes the power of Black voters.

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King's Foundation chair and nominee peer admits 'misleading' doctorate claim

Dame Ann Limb tells the Sunday Times she did not complete a doctorate previously listed on her CV.

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Rep. Ro Khanna says full Epstein file release is "taking too long"

Reps. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, who pushed for the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, said the full release is "taking too long" and Friday's release is a "slap in the face of survivors."

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South Africa Court Rejected a $3.2 Billion Eskom Tariff Deal, MNY Says

A South African court rejected a 54 billion-rand ($3.2 billion) settlement between the nation’s energy regulator and electricity provider over a tariff-calculation mistake that would have seen power prices raised by more than previously permitted, Moneyweb reported.

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'Two pairs of leggings ended up costing me £5,000'

Clare Lane says she had "no idea" she signed up to a subscription when she bought the items online.

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US lawmakers threaten legal action against Pam Bondi over unreleased Epstein material

A Republican and a Democrat who have led calls for transparency accuse the justice department of failing to meet legal obligations.

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Australian move to fast-track new gun and protest laws after Bondi shooting draws criticism

Civil liberties advocates say laws 'damage our democracy' while others say they scapegoat gun owners.

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Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital

MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government interventionTwo Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners taking part in a hunger strike have been taken to hospital, as their next of kin and MPs expressed concern over prison conditions and called for imm…

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JPMorgan questioned Tricolor’s accounting a year before its collapse

Lawsuit shows bank flagged ‘serious material weaknesses’ at the Texas auto lender in early 2024

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Epstein files: Whose names and photos are in the latest document drop?

The latest trove of legal documents has been heavily redacted, but several famous figures are recognisable.

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New York State Just Put Itself on a Legal Collision Course with Trump’s AI Policy

Setting the stage for courtroom battles.

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Thousands of mourners gather at Bondi Beach to honor attack victims

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose government earlier this year recongized a Palestinian state, was booed by the crowd.

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Revolut clashes with former staff over tax on share awards

Share-option plans that employees believed were only subject to CGT at centre of dispute

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16 Epstein files, including photo of Trump, disappear from DOJ website: Report

At least 16 files on the Justice Department's (DOJ) webpage containing files on Jeffrey Epstein, including a photo featuring two pictures of President Trump, were found to have disappeared from the department's website as of Saturday, The Associated Press reported. DOJ has not said why these files w…

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Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released

The transcripts and photos were part of Department of Justice files arising from investigations into the disgraced financier and his former girlfriend.