USA

Trump to face judge in historic court appearance over document charges

Donald Trump is set to make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.

13/06/2023

Earth News

Young Americans bring first US constitutional climate case to court

The group say their lives are already being affected by climate change including worsening wildfires and drought.

12/06/2023

Culture news

Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case

Cuba Gooding Jr. was facing a federal lawsuit that accused him of rape. By settling the civil sex abuse case, the actor averts a trial.

06/06/2023

Culture news

Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. faces start of civil trial in rape case

Cuba Gooding Jr. faces federal lawsuit that accuses him of rape.

06/06/2023

Switzerland

Tariq Ramadan acquitted of rape charges in Switzerland

Ramadan, who is the grandson of the founder of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, will receive €154,000 in compensation from the State of Geneva.

24/05/2023

Culture news

Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris dies

The former entertainer was a mainstay of family programming in the UK and Australia. In 2014, he was jailed for a series of sexual assaults on young girls.

23/05/2023

Art

Ed Sheeran v. Marvin Gaye: What are the biggest plagiarism battles?

Ed Sheeran has testified in a Marvin Gaye copyright suit this week. But what are the biggest plagiarism battles in recent music history?

26/04/2023

Culture news

Tucker Carlson's controversial moments and a looming presidential bid

Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson's most controversial moments... And is a presidential bid on the way?

25/04/2023

Russia

Ilya Yashin loses court appeal against eight-and-a-half year sentence

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.

19/04/2023

Culture news

Why has the Fox News defamation trial been abruptly delayed?

The Fox News defamation trial has been abruptly delayed. The channel is being sued for knowingly or recklessly broadcasting lies about voting equipment after Trump lost election.

17/04/2023

USA

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts related to hush money

The former US president described the experience as “SURREAL” as he travelled from Trump Tower to a lower Manhattan courtroom.

04/04/2023

USA

Severe weather to return to US Midwest after deadly weekend tornadoes

While residents across parts of the US's South and Midwest sift through the wreckage of their homes after deadly tornados, forecasters are warning of more severe weather and fire danger in the days ahead.

04/04/2023

Kosovo

Trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thac gets underway in The Hag

Kosovo’s former president, Hashim Thaci has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial got underway Monday in The Hague.

03/04/2023

Culture news

She's Gwynnocent! Key takeaways from the Paltrow trial

Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow was being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderon for allegedly injuring him during a skiing trip in 2016. She countersued for a symbolic single dollar and won the case. From the memes and the fashion, here are the key takeaways.

31/03/2023

Culture news

Charges dropped against Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland

California prosecutors have dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, the co-creator of hit Adult Swim animated series “Rick and Morty”

23/03/2023

Culture news

Culture Club to pay 'expelled' ex-drummer Jon Moss €2 million

Drummer Jon Moss claims he was fired from Culture Club during the Life Tour in 2018.

22/03/2023

Culture news

Gwyneth Paltrow to stand trial for 'hit and run' ski crash

Gwyneth Paltrow is being sued by a man who says the actress crashed into him while skiing, knocking him out and causing a brain injury and four broken ribs.

21/03/2023

No Comment

Tokyo court orders retrial of ex-boxer after 57 years on death row

Hakamada was sentenced to death in 1968 for robbing and murdering his boss, the man's wife and their two teenage children. But Amnesty International says his conviction was based on a forced confession.

13/03/2023

Culture news

'Dances With Wolves' actor charged in sex abuse case

The actor, 46, is accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states in the US

07/02/2023

Culture news

'Rick and Morty' drops co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland

Adult Swim has stated that “Rick and Morty will continue” despite dropping its main voice actor and co-creator

25/01/2023