All news on the topic: Supreme Court

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Top Spanish prosecutor says he did not leak confidential emails in tax case
Spain’s top prosecutor, Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, who is on trial for allegedly leaking confidential information about a tax fraud case, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he did not leak the information.
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White House asks high court to halt food aid for 41 million Americans
Donald Trump’s administration is once again urging the Supreme Court to deny complete funding for the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, which is embroiled in a rapid legal battle concerning the fate of essential food aid during the government shutdown.
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Global wildlife watchdog flags ‘serious oversight failures’ at Anant Ambani’s vast animal refuge
The world’s leading wildlife authority has advised India to temporarily stop importing endangered species after finding irregularities in the acquisition of thousands of animals for a large conservation facility owned by one of the country’s wealthiest families.
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Law firms call FCA’s car loans compensation plan “unfair and hypocritical”
Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator proceeds with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.
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Convicted Ukrainian judge Ihor Ratushnyak still heads court despite prison sentence
In December 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine found Ihor Ratushnyak, who had headed the Tyvriv District Court of Vinnytsia Oblast for many years, guilty of a corruption offence.
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Trump to raise US tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s anti-tariff ad
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will raise US tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for an anti-tariff advertisement sponsored by the Ontario government, which has further strained one of the world’s largest trade partnerships.
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Trump halts Canada trade negotiations after ‘fraudulent’ use of Reagan speech in anti-tariff ad
Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to “all trade negotiations” with Canada over a television advertisement opposing US tariffs that quoted the former US president Ronald Reagan.
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New Hampshire justice convicted of corruption over husband’s case rejoins the court
A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice, who has been disgraced, returned to the bench with a smirk on her face just a week following her conviction for corruption.
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FCA unveils £8.2bn redress scheme for unfair car loans affecting 14 million consumers
Millions of consumers could be eligible for £700 payouts after the City watchdog outlined compensation plans for the car finance scandal.
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Epstein’s former partner won’t escape justice as court rules Florida deal doesn’t apply
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell to throw out her conviction on charges related to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women.
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Maxwell appeals conviction as lawmakers push for Epstein files release
The Supreme Court justices are meeting in private Monday to discuss various petitions submitted over the summer, including Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal over her child sex trafficking criminal conviction.
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Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for coup plot
Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has been jailed for 27 years and three months after being found guilty of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.
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Iran orders death for woman activist in shock court U-turn
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of labor activist Sharifah Mohammadi, nearly a year after overturning the verdict due to lack of evidence, according to the Norway-based rights group Hengaw.
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Trump-era policy: relatives and U.S. military veterans deported despite their service and American roots
The son of an American citizen and military veteran, who holds no citizenship in any country, was deported from the US to Jamaica in late May.
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Keir Starmer welcomes Supreme Court ruling on sex definition, declines to repeat previous statement on transwomen
Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the ‘clarity’ from last week’s Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, as he declined to repeat his previous statement that transwomen are women.
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UK police to search trans women based on birth sex after Supreme Court ruling
Male police officers will now perform searches of trans women following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex.
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Kyrgyz Supreme Court maintains prison sentences for journalists amid press freedom crackdown
Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court upheld prison sentences for two journalists accused of inciting mass unrest. This move was condemned by international rights groups as a blatant attack on press freedom.
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Donald Trump claims birthright citizenship was intended only for ’children of slaves’ as he criticizes Joe Biden
Donald Trump, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), criticized President Joe Biden, labeling him ’a disaster’ before addressing birthright citizenship.
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Samsung billionaire Jay Y. Lee cleared of all charges in significant legal victory
Samsung Electronics Co. Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee won a court decision clearing him of charges of fraud and stock-rigging, allowing the head of Korea’s most influential firm to focus on turning around a struggling electronics business.
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Terminally ill individuals may be allowed to end their lives without judge’s approval under assisted dying legislation
Terminally ill people may be able to take their own lives without a judge’s approval under the assisted dying proposals currently being scrutinised - after warnings that courts could be overwhelmed.
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Two Iranian supreme court judges fatally shot
Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court.
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Donald Trump faces a significant setback in the New York hush money case
Donald Trump will now be sentenced on Friday for counts around the New York hush money case - days before the 78-year-old politician is due to return to the US presidency.
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Vadym Stolar, Artem Kolyubayev and the Mekhtiyev brothers push luxury high-rise, threatening the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
Vadym Stolar, a close associate of Medvedchuk, invests the funds of defrauded investors from Ukraine into the construction of luxury housing in Dubai.
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Supreme Court ordered Alliance Bank to pay Naftogaz 87 million hryvnias — the money still has not reached the state
Back in July 2024, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling ordering Alliance Bank to pay UAH 87 million in debt to Naftogaz Trading Gas Supply Company, a subsidiary of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. The decision is not subject to appeal, yet the funds have still not reached the state’s accounts.