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Bosnian-Serb leader sentenced to jail in landmark trial
Dodik's trial had been widely seen as a test for the Balkan nation's weak central government.BBC News - Feb. 26 -
Donald Trump halting anti-bribery laws will harm, not help US companies
President’s order means a race to the bottom rigged against US, argues anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International. Bribery is not a victimless crime. Stories listing the amount paid or the ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
New Scotland-England border landmark plan submitted
The Star of Caledonia will stand 33m (100ft) high and aim to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors.BBC News - Feb. 21 -
NYT v. Sullivan: Will the Landmark Defamation Ruling Survive?
New York Times v. Sullivan and other landmark Supreme Court decisions protect the press’s ability to investigate public figures. But a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn them.The New York Times - 2d -
Man jailed for murdering son's girlfriend
A 50-year-old man is sentenced to life imprisonment and will spend at least 20 years in jail.BBC News - 2d -
'What he's done is amazing' - Isak reaches landmark to join elite list
Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak becomes the seventh-fastest player to reach 50 Premier League goals.BBC News - Feb. 23 -
Colombia risks return to violent past, says architect of landmark peace deal
Exclusive: The bloody foundering of President Gustavo Petro’s ‘Total Peace’ strategy is a ‘national failure’, says Juan Manuel Santos, who ended war with Farc guerrillas in 2016. Colombia risks ...The Guardian - Feb. 26 -
‘Our people were so innovative’: Māori art celebrated in landmark book
Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous history of Māori art showcases creative work across a diverse range of mediums. A new landmark book celebrating Māori art has clocked up a couple of impressive firsts: ...The Guardian - 5d -
‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government
In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved ...The Guardian - 2d -
Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice
Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attempt. Ahead of the Oscars ceremony, Brazil ’s Fernanda Torres – star of Walter Salles’s ...The Guardian - 2d -
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Actor jailed for raping schoolgirl he was tutoring
Alexander Westwood, who appeared in Netflix series Sex Education, is described as predatory.BBC News - Feb. 25 -
MP Mike Amesbury's jail term suspended on appeal
Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury, convicted of a street assault, was originally sent straight to jail.BBC News - 6d -
Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader calls for militants to disarm
Abdullah Öcalan urges PKK to lay down weapons after he meets opposition politicians in prisonFinancial Times - 6d -
Brookside star jailed over £13m modelling fraud
Foster, who played Christian Wright, gets a jail term of more than eight years but remains at large.BBC News - 4d -
It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way | Marina Hyde
A whole political and cultural era is passing, and who better than the Duchess of Sussex as a symbol of all we have left behind . Are peonies a life philosophy? Are “life philosophies” even ...The Guardian - 1d -
MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks after assault
Sentencing may trigger first by-election under Labour governmentFinancial Times - Feb. 24 -
MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks for punching constituent in street
The MP was suspended by Labour after a video emerged showing him punching a man to the ground.BBC News - Feb. 24 -
MP Amesbury urged to quit Commons as it emerges he will be paid while in jail
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was jailed by magistrates on Monday after he admitted the assault.BBC News - Feb. 25 -
Undocumented immigrants who fail to join registry threatened with jail time, fines
The move applies to immigrants over the age of 13 who are in the U.S. unlawfully and who have not submitted fingerprints or registered with the federal government.CBS News - Feb. 25 -
Religious sect parents jailed over death of diabetic daughter
Elizabeth Struhs was denied insulin by her parents, who believed God would heal her.BBC News - Feb. 26 -
'Real Housewives of Potomac's' Karen Huger sentenced to a year in jail for DUI
A Maryland judge on Wednesday sentenced “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger to a year behind bars, 11 months after she got drunk and crashed her Maserati into a street sign.NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Jailed MP Mike Amesbury freed after sentence suspended
By-election in Cheshire seat still likely under parliamentary rulesFinancial Times - 6d -
Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed for 19 years in Russia
James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with terrorism and ‘mercenary activities’ after capture in Kursk in November. A British citizen captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army has been ...The Guardian - 8h -
Briton accused of fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia for 19 years
James Scott Rhys Anderson is the first UK citizen to be convicted by Russia during the war with Ukraine.BBC News - 5h -
Kidnapped, tortured and jailed: one woman’s quest to bring her son home from Russia
Ivan and Maryna’s story is just one of hundreds of thousands of family tragedies that have afflicted Ukrainians after three years of Russian invasion. Ivan Zabavskyi was looking for his mother when ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
Elizabeth Struhs death: ‘dangerous, highly manipulative’ sect leader among 14 jailed for eight-year-old’s manslaughter
Elizabeth’s parents and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious group the Saints are responsible for the girl’s ‘slow and painful death’, judge says. Follow our Australia news live blog for ...The Guardian - Feb. 26 -
‘The killers I met in jail didn’t scare me’: singer Rokia Traoré on why prison was ‘a privilege’
After serving time in Paris, Rome and Brussels, the Malian star is ready to perform again – and planning a book and a stage show about her fellow inmates and her own prison experiences. ‘It’s been ...The Guardian - Feb. 26 -
Karen Huger of 'Real Housewives of Potomac' gets one-year jail sentence for DUI
'Real Housewives of Potomac' star Karen Huger will serve time for driving under the influence, the Maryland State's Attorney's Office confirmed to The Times.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 26 -
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East
Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications . The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island ...The Guardian - 6d -
Mother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’
Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release.The New York Times - 6d -
Pardoned Jan. 6 defendant feared returning to jail before he was killed in traffic stop by deputy
An Indiana man who stormed the U.S.NBC News - 5d -
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker jailed for over 3 years on riot charge from 2019 protests
A Hong Kong judge sentenced a former pro-democracy lawmaker to three years and one month in prison on a charge of riot after an incident in which he was beaten up at a subway station during the ...NBC News - 5d -
Man who murdered top chef near Notting Hill Carnival jailed for life
Mussie Imnetu died in hospital four days after he was kicked and punched in the street.BBC News - 5d -
A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners
An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights ...ABC News - 5d -
The People’s Union USA’s ‘Economic Blackout’ Organizer Served Jail Time on Sex Charge
John Schwarz, who organized a viral shopping boycott, was previously registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty to “disseminating voyeuristic material.”The New York Times - 5d
