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Tattoo trial: Cardi B cleared of $5 million lawsuit for raunchy cover

Grammy winner Cardi B has won a $5 million lawsuit after a man accused her of misusing his tattoo design in her 2016 debut mixtape

World News

New York's attorney general sues Donald Trump for fraud

Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in state court in New York which hits Trump at the core of that same entrepreneurship and opulence that had made the former president famous.

Green News

This German farmer is taking Volkswagen to court over climate change

VW says it has made a massive effort to shift car production to electric vehicles in the coming years.

Tech News

Musk vs Twitter: How did we get here?

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has gone from whirlwind romance to courtroom drama.

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Twitter ordered to hand over former exec's documents to Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was barred by the judge from accessing other people at Twitter who control information regarding the company.

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R. Kelly faces new trial over 2008 child pornography accusations

New evidence suggests that R. Kelly threatened a witness into not appearing at the original court case.

USA

FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump home — US Justice Dept

Court papers reveal the FBI seized records include some marked as classified and "top secret", while the Justice Department says it has reason to believe Trump violated the Espionage Act.

Tech News

Twitter rejects Musk's claims he was 'hoodwinked' over takeover deal

The social media giant and the Tesla CEO are expected to appear in court in October in a legal battle over the latter's takeover bid.

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Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney

Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney, in a case dubbed the Wagatha Christie trial. But how did the battle start between the former friends and footballer's wives?

United Kingdom

Prince Harry wins bid to challenge UK government over security dispute

Harry wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain after he and his partner Megan Markle lost publicly-funded UK police protection due to stepping down as royals.

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Why was Kevin Spacey in a UK court today?

The actor has been accused of four charges, including sexual assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sex without consent.

Slovenia

Top court in Slovenia strikes out bans on same-sex marriage

The Constitutional Court's ruling breaks ground for LGBTQ rights in Central and Eastern Europe, where several countries have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage.

Europe News

Treat Syrian refugees the same as Ukrainians, says UN commission chair

More than 300,000 Syrian civilians have died in the last ten years of war in the Middle Eastern country.

France

'You can't turn the clock back': Paris survivors react to verdicts

Survivors and relatives of the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks responded to Wednesday's guilty verdicts with a mixture of emotions, mostly relief.

Russia

Moscow politician who opposed war in Ukraine has detention extended

Municipal councillor Alexei Gorinov has been in jail since April, accused of discrediting the country’s military after speaking out against Russia’s invasion.

Turkey

Turkey detains 16 Kurdish journalists over alleged 'terrorist' links

The media workers are all accused of working for a mouthpiece of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Germany

Top German court sides with far-right AfD over Angela Merkel comments

Merkel was found to have violated the far-right party's right to equal political opportunities by criticising them during a state visit to South Africa.

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'How to Murder Your Husband' author murders husband, goes to prison

As life imitates art, author of 'How to Murder Your Husband', Nancy Crampton Brophy began serving a life sentence this week for murdering her own husband.

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An abortion rights activist chains himself to the SCOTUS fence.

An abortion rights activist was arrested outside the Supreme Court on Monday after chaining himself to a fence.

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Ed Sheeran awarded €1 million damages in 'Shape of You' copyright battle

Sheeran was accused by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue of being partly inspired by their title "Oh Why" for his biggest hit.