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When Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the music mogul apparently addressed his son and other spectators, according to ABC News. Dressed in a khaki prison jumpsuit, the 55-year-old attended a status hearing in the government’s case accusing him of sex trafficking. In court, Combs seemed to mouth […]
The ‘secret police station’ was located in a nondescript Chinatown building near the Manhattan Bridge. (Getty Images/AFP pic) NEW YORK: A New York resident who prosecutors say operated a “secret police station” in the Chinatown district of Manhattan to aid Beijing’s targeting of dissidents pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign […]
From a fireworks show to ‘white mafia’ services in China, here are five stories from recent SCMP reporting. Source link
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while revoking two Montana statutes. The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis and […]
The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down. Source link
Craig Wright claimed to have been the author of the foundational text of bitcoin published under the pseudonym ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ despite evidence against it. An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin was on Friday accused of contempt of court after he filed a 911 billion-pound ($1.18 trillion) lawsuit against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey‘s […]
(The Hill) — The Supreme Court announced it will take up whether a law that could ban TikTok nationwide violates the First Amendment, setting the stage for a fast-paced, high-stakes battle over free speech. In an order issued Wednesday, the court said it will hold oral arguments on Jan. 10 on the video-sharing platform’s bid to […]
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed the ward delimitation order issued ahead of local body elections by the State Government in eight municipalities and a grama panchayat. The court quashed the ward delimitation in the Mattannur, Sreekandapuram, Panur, Koduvally, Payyoli, Mukkam, Feroke and Pattambi municipalities and in the Padanna grama panchayat stating that the […]
Actor Sipho Ndlovu, who played Sambulo in the Showmax series The Wife, says he is aware of the rumours and statements circulating on social media regarding himself and his former partner over gender based violence allegations. Ndlovu, known for his roles in The Wife , Blood Legacy , Isitha, and Ikani has been embroiled in […]
The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear the dispute over the law requiring social media giant TikTok Inc. to divest its American subsidiary by Jan. 19, 2025, or face a ban in the United States. The brief order set oral arguments in the case for Jan. 10, days before the law’s deadline. TikTok argues that the law […]