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Trump hush money sentencing postponed past Election Day, judge rules
Former U.S. President Donald Trump comments as he leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal hush […]
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Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud
Elon Musk attends a symposium on “Antisemitism Online” during the European Jewish Association conference in Krakow, on Jan. 22, 2024. Omar Marques | Getty Images A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 […]
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Malaysia charges ex-PM Muhyiddin with sedition over alleged remarks on royalty
Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at a prayer ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 9 March, 2023. Mat Zain | Nurphoto | Getty Images Malaysia has charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with sedition for allegedly insulting the country’s former king, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, was charged at […]
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Trump classified documents case: Special counsel urges appeals court to reverse dismissal
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event following his arraignment on classified document charges, at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., June 13, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss the criminal […]
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Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday and placed in custody, a police source said. The arrest of the […]
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Disney agrees to have Florida wrongful death lawsuit decided in court
An inflatable Disney+ logo is pictured at a press event ahead of launching a streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa, at Dubai Opera in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on June 7, 2022. Yousef Saba | Reuter Walt Disney Co. on Monday agreed to have a court decide on a wrongful death lawsuit, […]
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X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge’s content orders
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talk during a meeting in Porto Feliz city in Sao Paulo state, Brazil May 20, 2022. Kenny Oliveira | MCom | via Reuters Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” by […]
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Texas judge in X’s lawsuit against advertisers recuses himself after report he owned Tesla stock
Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The judge overseeing X’s lawsuit against advertisers has recused himself following a news report that showed he owned shares of Tesla. In a recusal notice dated Aug. 13, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas backed out of X’s case against the World Federation of […]
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Murdoch family battle highlights Nevada’s secret trust boom
(L to R) Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp and chairman of Fox News, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, walk together as they arrive on the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | […]
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Trump plans to file a $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department over Mar-a-Lago search and ‘witch hunts’
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images News | Getty Images An attorney for former President Donald Trump has filed a legal notice announcing that his […]
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