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Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

21 août 2026 à 22:12
The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

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Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.

Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents

21 août 2026 à 18:05
An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.

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For years, Alex Jones spread conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax perpetrated by the government and the victims’ families.

Swiss Tourist Sentenced to Prison After Violating ‘Day of Silence’ in Bali

21 août 2026 à 15:21
The 26-year-old received a yearlong sentence from a court on the Indonesian resort island after he flouted a sacred Hindu ritual and insulted it on Instagram.

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Luzian Andrin Zgraggen in court in Denpasar, Indonesia, on Thursday.

Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

21 août 2026 à 16:42
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.

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The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.

Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million

21 août 2026 à 11:24
Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.

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Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London during his trial against Associated Newspapers in January.

Imran Khan Is Granted Brief Hospital Visit Before Returning to Prison

21 août 2026 à 01:01
The former prime minister of Pakistan, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been fighting a legal battle over his medical treatment.

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Police personnel keeping watch outside Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. The Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan to be moved there.

Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms

20 août 2026 à 12:51
The decision, quickly appealed, was a win for Republicans. The party has been pushing for the new map in an effort to help maintain control in the U.S. House in November.

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Missouri was one of the first states to try to redraw its maps as part of President Trump’s national push to increase Republicans’ chances of keeping the U.S. House in the midterms.

Erin Patterson, Woman Convicted in Australia’s Mushroom Murder Case, Appeals

18 août 2026 à 17:00
An Australian woman, Erin Patterson, was found guilty of murdering three of her husband’s relatives and trying to kill a fourth by serving them deadly mushrooms.

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Erin Patterson leaving court in Melbourne, Australia, last year.

Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

18 août 2026 à 16:47
Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.

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Joshua Fisher, the director of White House management and administration, estimated that the construction of the White House ballroom was 65 percent complete.

Judge Allows Limited Testing in Trump Plan to Paint Eisenhower Building White

18 août 2026 à 14:37
A federal judge ruled that initial preparatory steps, including testing out paints on the building’s gray granite exterior, could proceed for now.

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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building in May.

Barred From Ballot, a Party Becomes a Vessel for Russians’ Discontent

17 août 2026 à 14:53
The spotlight on the country’s only antiwar party has brought a spark to what had looked like another dull, tightly controlled election campaign.

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Nikolai Rybakov during an appeal of his party’s disqualification before the Russian Supreme Court on Monday.

Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Appeal of $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Payment

17 août 2026 à 11:38
The court declined President Trump’s long-shot request that it reconsider his appeal. He has separately asked the court to overturn a much larger 2024 award.

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E. Jean Carroll outside the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2024. A federal jury in New York has found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll.

Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria

15 août 2026 à 11:28
Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war.

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Musab Abu Rukbah, right, and Roman Valach, one of Mr. Abu Rukbah’s lawyers, leaving a Vienna courtroom after a hearing in June.

France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children

14 août 2026 à 12:00
The move was a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ban. He vowed to pass a new version before he leaves office next spring.

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France’s Constitutional Council said that the ban was too wide-ranging, and did not take into account the age, maturity or family situation of children.

Ex-Officer Held in New Orleans Mass Shooting Plot Is Freed Without Charges

13 août 2026 à 18:00
Law enforcement officials had said that Christopher Gillum, a former police officer in North Carolina, planned to attack a large festival. He was released without charges.

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A crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans in May. A former North Carolina police officer was arrested and accused of targeting the festival.

Appeals Court Sidesteps Key Question Over Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act

13 août 2026 à 17:49
The court dismissed a case over the Alien Enemies Act in a messy conclusion to a long-running legal battle that had seemed destined to end up before the Supreme Court.

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President Trump issued a proclamation in March 2025 drawing on the sweeping powers of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people accused of being members of a Venezuelan gang.

Former Catholic Bishop Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse, Australian News Outlets Say

13 août 2026 à 09:57
A court found Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, guilty of sexually abusing two men, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

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Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, at the District Court of Western Australia in Perth on Tuesday.

Ward Churchill, Professor Who Challenged His Dismissal Over 9/11 Essay, Dies at 78

12 août 2026 à 14:31
His inflammatory essay about the attacks prompted his dismissal by the University of Colorado for unrelated research misconduct. A jury later found that he had been wrongfully terminated.

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Ward Churchill in 1987.

How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco

11 août 2026 à 09:23
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.

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Moroccan border guards and boats patrolling the coastline on the border with Spain in Fnideq, Morocco, this month.

Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections

11 août 2026 à 05:05
The party, Yabloko, has navigated a delicate balancing act with an increasingly heavy-handed Kremlin, but its pro-peace manifesto turned out to be the red line.

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Nikolai Rybakov, right, the Yabloko party’s leader, and his lawyer, second from right, listening to the court decision after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from upcoming parliamentary elections on Monday in Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow.

Driver in Munich Car Ramming Attack Given Life in Prison

6 août 2026 à 08:55
The attack, in 2025, was one of several carried out in Germany in recent years by men with migrant backgrounds, shaking the public’s sense of safety.

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Police officers and emergency workers at the site of a car ramming in Munich in 2025.

N.Y. Doctor Sentenced in Japan for Vandalizing Ancient Religious Sites

6 août 2026 à 15:26
Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and an expert in endometriosis, received an 18-month suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of damaging the sites.

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Dr. Masahide Kanayama in Manhattan last year.
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