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World 18 Mar 2025 | 03:17 PM

Wikimedia challenges India content takedown, warns of chilling effect on free speech

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has asked India's Supreme Court to quash its order directing the online encyclopedia operator to take down a page describing its legal dispute with a domestic news agency.

World 2 Apr 2025 | 06:09 AM

South African opposition party seeks to block parliament budget vote

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting on Wednesday to vote on the next stage of the budget process.

Technology 3 Feb 2025 | 09:12 AM

The legal challenges faced by Samsung chief Jay Y Lee

(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee was found not guilty of accounting fraud and stock manipulation by a Seoul appeals court on Monday, in a ruling that could remove long-running legal risks that Lee has faced from criminal cases.

World 31 Mar 2025 | 01:07 PM

US deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador amid court fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, even as questions arose in a legal challenge over the process to determine gang members.

World 10 Mar 2025 | 01:49 PM

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Colorado gay 'conversion therapy' ban

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a Christian therapist's challenge on free speech grounds to a Democratic-backed Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.

World 1 Apr 2025 | 12:56 PM

Trump administration says man deported to El Salvador 'in error'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration erroneously deported a man it alleges is a gang member in Maryland back to El Salvador as part of its March 15 deportation flights despite a judge's ruling prohibiting his removal, according to a court filing on Monday.

Pakistan 28 Mar 2025 | 07:02 AM

Legal rights of women not tied to marriage: Pakistan Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday (March 28) ruled that a woman's legal rights, personhood and autonomy were neither erased by marriage nor should they depend on it.

Letters 26 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Legal framework for better oversight of NGOs

A letter from DR SHAHRUL AZMAN ABDUL RAZAK, Researcher and consultant in Islamic finance, Kuala Nerang, Kedah.

Letters 27 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Challenges in tackling forced criminality

A letter from DR HAEZREENA BEGUM ABDUL HAMID.

World 28 Mar 2025 | 10:28 AM

In blow to Le Pen, French constitutional court rules immediate bans from public office are legal

PARIS (Reuters) - France's constitutional court on Friday ruled local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race in an embezzlement trial concluding on Monday.

Esg 27 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

From waste to wealth: SMEs turning environmental challenges into profit

One may not realise how everyday actions add tocarbon footprint. Did you know that:

Sabah & Sarawak 28 Mar 2025 | 11:06 AM

Armizan rubbishes graft allegations tied to mineral prospecting licences

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali has rubbished graft allegations made in an "anonymous" social media message linking him to a mineral prospecting licences scandal.

Technology 14 Feb 2025 | 07:47 AM

Bollywood music labels seek to challenge OpenAI in India copyright lawsuit

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A group of India's top Bollywood music labels, from T-Series to Saregama and Sony, is seeking to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, highlighting worries about improper use of recordings to train AI models, legal documents show.

Nation 24 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Federal Court to rule on AG’s appeal in Najib case on April 28

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will deliver its decision on April 28 regarding the Attorney General's appeal against the Court of Appeal ruling on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's purported royal addendum for house arrest.

Technology 27 Mar 2025 | 10:06 AM

EU court adviser backs WhatsApp in fight against EU privacy watchdog

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' WhatsApp on Thursday got the backing of an adviser to Europe's top court in its fight against the EU privacy watchdog, which had ordered the Irish data protection authority to jack up a fine four years ago for privacy breaches.

World 26 Mar 2025 | 08:37 PM

US appeals court upholds block on Trump deportation of some Venezuelans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's temporary block on the Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century law.

World 26 Mar 2025 | 07:21 AM

Appeal win helps South Korea opposition leader clear presidency hurdle

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean appeals court held on Wednesday that main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was not guilty of violating the election law, reversing a lower court's ruling and removing a possible block in his path to run for president.

South Korea 3 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

Legal victory for Samsung chief

Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y. Lee was found not guilty of accounting fraud and stock manipulation by a Seoul appeals court, in a ruling that could remove long-running legal risks that he has faced from crimi­nal cases.

Corporate News 23 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Greenpeace verdict triggers US$660mil blow

NORTH DAKOTA: A North Dakota jury this week found Greenpeace liable for defamation, conspiracy and other claims over its participation in the Dakota Access pipeline protests that lasted from 2016 to 2017, awarding developer Energy Transfer LP US$660mil in damages.

World 29 Sept 2024 | 01:12 PM

In legal blitz, Republicans lay groundwork for US election challenges

(Reuters) - In Arizona, one of seven competitive U.S. states that are expected to decide the 2024 presidential election, an advocacy group founded by Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller is advancing a bold legal theory: that judges can throw out election results over "failures or irregularities" by local officials.

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