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Hong Kong’s Top Court Upholds Rights of Same-Sex Married Couples
Long-running legal battles culminated in a ruling that preserves public housing benefits and inheritance rights in the territory.World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Hong Kong's top court rules in favor of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples
Hong Kong’s top court has upheld earlier rulings that favored the granting of subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
Hong Kong top court upholds rulings protecting inheritance, housing rights for same-sex couples
Hong Kong recognises same-sex marriage only in certain circumstances, but court rulings protect access to subsidised housing and inheritance. Hong Kong’s top court upheld earlier rulings that ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Hong Kong Court Sentences Dozens in Case That Crushed Pro-Democracy Camp
Defendants include politicians and activists who had hoped to win control of legislature, a plan Beijing found subversive.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 18 -
Mexico’s Top Court Dismisses Proposal to Invalidate Judicial Overhaul
The move spares the country’s new president from having to choose between recognizing a court decision to strike down the overhaul or aligning with her party’s leaders and ignoring it.World - The New York Times - November 6 -
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Mexico to pursue judicial elections plan after top court fails to block reform
Reform requires elections to be held in June 2025 to replace wide range of judicial positions, and reduce supreme court. The Mexican government will press ahead with a controversial reform to elect ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
International court to launch external probe into misconduct accusations against top prosecutor
The International Criminal Court will launch an external probe into sexual misconduct accusations against its top prosecutor, keeping alive a case the court’s internal watchdog had closed within ...World - ABC News - November 8 -
India’s Top Court Bans ‘Bulldozer Justice’ Often Used Against Muslims
The tactic, in which state governments raze the homes and businesses of people as acts of retribution, has been on the rise in recent years.World - The New York Times - November 14 -
Pennsylvania’s Top Court Tells Counties to Stop Defying Its Ballot Order
The decision came after officials in at least four counties had ignored the court’s pre-election guidance not to count mail ballots that were undated or misdated.Top stories - The New York Times - November 18 -
Notre Dame stuns USC on its home court in top-10 duel
Undefeated no more. The Trojans had no answer for Hannah Hidalgo or the Fighting Irish, who forced USC into 21 turnovers in a massive matchup out West.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago -
England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding
Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogsWorld - Financial Times - 23 hours ago -
South Africa submits its main legal claim to the top UN court which accuses Israel of genocide
South Africa has delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top courtWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
MMA news roundup: UFC in court; Ilia Topuria, Alex Pereira and Francis Ngannou among top stories in October
October was a pivotal month in the sportSports - CBS Sports - October 31 -
Pennsylvania’s top court reaffirms mail ballots with missing, improper dates can’t be counted
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday accepted Republicans’ request to again declare that mail ballots returned with a missing or incorrect date cannot be counted this election. The Republican ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Georgia's top court cancels extension for delayed ballots in Cobb County, siding with RNC
Georgia's highest court on Monday ruled that thousands of Cobb County voters who received their ballots late will not have their votes immediately counted if their ballots are received by officials ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil's top court ahead of G20
A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders ...Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in Israel-Hamas fighting
The world’s top war-crimes court has issued arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
LOOK: Bucks fan hits insane half court shot off the top of the backboard to win $10,000
The luck was certainly in this fan's favor on this shotSports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago -
Jannik Sinner’s biggest opponent is off the court after astounding rise to the top | Tumaini Carayol
Italian has enjoyed a sublime 2024 on tour but Wada’s appeal after he was cleared over two positive doping tests looms ahead. At the end of the 2023 tennis season, as Jannik Sinner had elevated his ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Opposition parties ask South Africa's top court to revive impeachment hearings for the president
Two South African opposition parties have asked the country’s top court to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal where more than half a million dollars in ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
Boulter makes light work of Hong Kong opener
Britain's Katie Boulter sees off the challenge of Japan's Aoi Ito in her opening match at the Hong Kong Open.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Typhoon Kong-Rey Takes Aim at Taiwan
The storm prompted closures and raised the risk of landslides as it approached the island. It was expected to hit as the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane.World - The New York Times - October 30 -
Boulter through to quarter-finals of Hong Kong Open
British number one Katie Boulter makes the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open with a straight-set win over China's Wang Xiyu.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Typhoon Kong-rey Makes Landfall in Taiwan With Powerful Winds
The Category 3 storm was the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, the government said.Top stories - The New York Times - October 31 -
'Relaxed' Boulter reaches Hong Kong semi-finals
British number one Katie Boulter powers through to the Hong Kong Open semi-finals with a 6-4 6-0 win over Anastasia Zakharova.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
Boulter beaten by Shnaider in Hong Kong final
British number one Katie Boulter is comfortably beaten in straight sets by top seed Diana Shnaider in the final of the Hong Kong Open.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion
Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among dozens sentenced in a controversial national security trial.Top stories - BBC News - November 19 -
Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47?
The group are at the centre of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years. HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown
UK premier said he had ‘frank’ discussions with Xi Jinping at G20 but declined to air criticism publiclyWorld - Financial Times - November 19 -
Donkey Kong Land Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch Online, But Not Donkey Kong 64
Nintendo continues to mine(cart) developer Rare's back catalog for Switch Online, as Donkey Kong Land is the latest addition to the subscription service. The Game Boy game--which originally ...Tech - GameSpot - 5 days ago -
Meta faces day in court
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Meta to face trial in FTC antitrust suit Meta must face trial in an antitrust case brought by the ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Rescued diary in Hong Kong sheds light on Chinese involvement in D-Day
The diary of a Chinese naval officer that was discovered in Hong Kong sheds light on Chinese involvement in the D-Day landings at Normandy.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
New Hong Kong-focused ETF gains approval in Saudi Arabia
Hang Seng Investment Management is second manager to get green light as authorities push for closer ties between both marketsWorld - Financial Times - October 31
