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PM tells firms to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law

The government argues the change will help jobseekers and could help to prevent pay discrimination.

scmp.com | 17 min. ago NEW

Call to end ‘unjust’ national security cases as Hong Kong slams ‘malicious attacks’

Ten countries – including the “Five Eyes” allies – have called for an immediate end to “unjust prosecutions” under Hong Kong’s national security law after opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was jailed for 10 years, while the government has urged foreign forces to stop their “baseless malicious attacks”.

The foreign ministers of the 10 countries issued a joint statement on Friday, a day after the High Court sentenced Wong over his role in a global campaign to instigate sanctions against...

mirror.co.uk | 19 min. ago NEW

Russell Brand trial sparks calls for 'rape myths' law change after 'defence came very close to victim blaming'

Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley accused Brand's defence case of getting 'very close to victim blaming', and warned against propagating 'myths' about how victims should behave

thehill.com | 27 min. ago NEW

Why isn’t the PEACE Act law already?

Former Treasury official Gregory P. Wilson argues that Congress must urgently pass the bipartisan PEACE Act to repurpose frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's military and financial needs amid ongoing warfare.

nypost.com | 30 min. ago NEW

Fraudster convicted for stealing widow’s home — first under new deed theft law: AG

A fraudster who stole a home from a dying widow pleaded guilty to deed theft — the first conviction under a new criminal law, the Attorney General’s office announced. Victor Quimis, 40, admitted Thursday to stealing the Kew Gardens home of Renuka Bherwani, an elderly widow who was receiving end-of-life hospice care at her house,...

thehindu.com | 51 min. ago NEW

T.N. govt. disbands High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations

Its mandate has been transferred to the State Law Commission, according to a Government Order issued on November 6, 2026

mirror.co.uk | 57 min. ago NEW

TikTok criticised for 'extremely damaging algorithm' that hooks users on phones

The UK’s media watchdog has been urged to investigate TikTok’s 'extremely damaging algorithm' after the EU said it may have breached its online safety laws

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 29 min. ago

A missing persons complaint that unravelled Bengaluru’s seven murders

Senior police officers said that Sunita, the accused’s wife, and Roopavathi, his mother-in-law, were the first to be murdered.

nytimes.com | 1 hrs. 47 min. ago

[$] She Commands the Sunken Titanic, From 1,000 Miles Away

A Virginia judge, empowered by quirks in maritime law, has overseen the salvage of the remote shipwreck for decades. Now her rule is being challenged.

nypost.com | 3 hrs. 4 min. ago

$847M Powerball winner may stay anonymous forever thanks to New Jersey exception

The identity of the lucky person who won the whopping $847 million Powerball jackpot in New Jersey may never be revealed, due to the state's privacy laws.

foxnews.com | 3 hrs. 5 min. ago

Meghan Markle's father is arrested in Florida: law enforcement source

Authorities arrested Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's dad, in Florida on Friday, according to a law enforcement source.

globalnews.ca | 3 hrs. 7 min. ago

Disbarred former Manitoba law dean loses extradition fight in French Appeal Court

A document from the Versailles Court of Appeal says the Indictment Division has granted Canada's request to extradite the man. No transfer date was given.

mirror.co.uk | 4 hrs. 13 min. ago

Highway Code explains the only two times you can use phone while in driver's seat

There are two very specific times when drivers won't be at risk of breaking the law

koreatimes.co.kr | 4 hrs. 15 min. ago

Nat'l conference of judges to be held this month amid calls for judicial independence

A key conference of representative judges from courts nationwide will take place later this month, officials said Friday, amid calls to uphold judicial independence in response to the ruling party's criticism of the judiciary. The conference had been initially set for Dec. 7 but will take place one week earlier than scheduled on Nov.

30 following a vote by its members. No agenda has been set, but it is expected to include discussions on the judiciary's independence. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has been pushing for a parliamentary probe into Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, accusing him of interfering in politics.

The DPK has accused Cho of meddling in last year's presidential election after the Supreme Court overturned a not-guilty verdict in President Lee Jae Myung's election law violation case and sent it back to a lower court for retrial just ahead of the June 3 presidential election.

The party also took issue with Cho's refusal to recommend a new candidate for Supreme Court justice as requested by the presidential office, as well as allegations of improper use o

npr.org | 4 hrs. 53 min. ago

Ex-lawmaker gets 12.5 years in Macao's first national security case

Au's arrest last year was the first publicly known prosecution under Macao's national security law since it was enacted in 2009.

koreatimes.co.kr | 6 hrs. 53 min. ago

KNPA deputy chief nominated as new police chief

Kim Jong-chul, deputy commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), was nominated Friday to serve as the agency's new commissioner general, filling a post that has remained vacant for nearly two years since former President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law. Kim said he felt a heavy sense of responsibility over his nomination as KNPA commissioner general at a critical time, ahead of a meeting of the National Police Commission convened to deliberate on his appointment.

"I am well aware that public expectations for the police are higher than ever and that concerns about the police are also growing," Kim said, adding he would participate in the commission meeting with a sense of responsibility and the utmost sincerity. The selection process for the KNPA commissioner general involves several steps: nomination by the presidential office, approval by the National Police Commission, a formal recommendation by the interior minister, a confirmation hearing at the National Assembly and, finally, appointment by the president.

The KNPA commissioner general nominee can be

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 18 min. ago

Asian parties reject ‘unilateral actions’, call for respect for international law

The declaration was unanimously adopted at the 13th General Assembly of ICAPP, held in Seoul from November 4 to 6, with representatives of 83 political parties from across Asia participating

theguardian.com | 7 hrs. 56 min. ago

Burnham to force employers to publish salaries on job ads in latest government ‘small fix’ – UK politics live

Prime minister said his government would bring in legal requirement for companies to say what they pay when listing new jobsAn energy minister has told the bosses of Great Britain’s biggest energy suppliers to do more to help households get on top of their unpaid energy bills this winter, before the government spends almost £2.5bn to help write off the country’s record high debts.Energy bosses were summoned to a roundtable meeting on Thursday to discuss the government’s plan to pay down the energy debts of about 2.4m of the hardest-hit households.I haven’t taken any options off the table.

I’m also not going in with a fixed mind about what the right clarifications of the law might be.It’s important to get the right balance between religious expression in this country, which is something that many of us of a faith, including myself, hold very dearly, but do so in a way that is within what we expect of our citizens for the purposes of the criminal law.

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 8 hrs. 9 min. ago

Ashton Kutcher's nonprofit detects nearly 1.4 million suspected child abuse files in six months

Founded by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Thorn is dedicated to combating online sexual exploitation of children. Utilizing advanced technology, the organization helps pinpoint victims and provides essential support to law enforcement. In just six months, Thorn processed over 1 trillion files to identify harmful content.

Through partnerships with various stakeholders, Thorn extends its mission globally, bolstering child protection efforts in multiple nations.

theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 33 min. ago

Denmark’s top court to rule on ‘parallel societies’ after ‘non-western’ people evicted

Government claims removal of former residents of housing complex in Helsingør is unrelated to their ethnicityDenmark’s supreme court is expected to rule on whether the state’s classification of residents with “non-western” backgrounds is covered by racial discrimination law.The appeal by residents who were evicted from Nøjsomhed-Sydvej in Helsingør, a city north of Copenhagen, could have far-reaching implications for others who have been forced out of their homes by the controversial legislation previously known as the “ghetto law”.

The government now refers to affected neighbourhoods as “parallel societies”. Continue reading...

euronews.com | 8 hrs. 45 min. ago

Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting kids from social media harms

The Big Tech companies have filed separate lawsuits to block a California law aimed at protecting children under-16 from harmful social media features such as endless scrolling and addictive feeds, which goes into force 1 January 2027.

nytimes.com | 8 hrs. 49 min. ago

[$] Alberta’s Librarians Brace for a New Era of ‘Book Bans’

A new provincial law requires public libraries to pull and restrict items with “graphic visual depictions of sexual acts.” Librarians are worried.

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 9 min. ago

Delhi Police announces financial aid of up to ₹25,000 for personnel injured on duty

More than 250 personnel injured during law and order deployments this year will receive assistance, with higher compensation for those who suffered grievous injuries

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 9 hrs. 28 min. ago

For decades, physicists assumed black holes can merge but cannot split; new calculations suggest a black hole spinning near its maximum speed might break in two, though nobody has ever observed it happening.

Recent theoretical study explores whether rapidly spinning black holes can split into two smaller black holes. Scientists have long believed that black holes are incapable of splitting due to entropy and the area theorem. The research proposes that under specific conditions, a spinning black hole could theoretically divide without violating physical laws.

It introduces the concept of a pair-of-pants topology to describe this unusual scenario.

mirror.co.uk | 9 hrs. 54 min. ago

Shabana Mahmood signals change to knife laws after demand from Henry Nowak's dad

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she had not 'taken any options off the table' when asked about calls to change knife laws following the murder of Henry Nowak

mirror.co.uk | 10 hrs. 27 min. ago

New November 6 law could see you in serious trouble for WhatsApp group chat

Tough new legislation is in force from Friday and a lawyer has explained why you need to be aware

koreatimes.co.kr | 11 hrs. 5 min. ago

Nearly half of Koreans say they do not trust courts: survey

Nearly 50 percent of Koreans said they do not trust the judiciary, a poll showed Friday, while less than 30 percent expressed trust in two new agencies launched after abolishing the prosecution's investigative right last month. A Gallup Korea poll, conducted on 1,001 adults from Tuesday to Thursday, showed that 47 percent of the respondents expressed distrust of the courts, up 3 percentage points from the previous survey conducted in April last year.

Forty-one percent said they trusted the courts, down 5 percentage points. The survey also showed that public trust in the Constitutional Court had declined after the court upheld the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol in April last year over his martial law bid.

Compared with last year's survey, 49 percent said they trusted the Constitutional Court, down 12 percentage points, while distrust rose 5 percentage points to 36 percent. In the same poll, 29 percent said they trusted the Serious Crime Investigation Agency (SCIA), tasked with handling major crimes, compared with 49 percent who did not.

Twenty-five percent expressed trust in

scmp.com | 11 hrs. 37 min. ago

New anti-corruption law arms Beijing with expansive global enforcement powers

China’s top legislature passed on Friday a landmark law targeting cross-border corruption, equipping Beijing with expansive new tools to pursue illicit offshore assets while countering foreign attempts to investigate wrongdoing in China. The Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law was approved at the close of the 25th session of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) and took effect immediately, according to the state news agency Xinhua.

The statute establishes formal mechanisms...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 11 hrs. 45 min. ago

North Dakota ranchers take $383,375 legal fee fight against pipeline firm to US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court will hear a dispute involving North Dakota ranchers and WBI Energy Transmission over $383,375.76 in legal fees. The justices will decide whether state or federal law governs compensation when private natural gas companies acquire land through eminent domain.

thehindu.com | 12 hrs. 35 min. ago

Habeas Corpus: Mother Seeks Custody of Two Daughters; Bombay High Court Issues Notice

Mansi Sharad Bansode stated that her husband and father-in-law consumed alcohol and subjected her to assault at the house in Bhayander East

theguardian.com | 12 hrs. 36 min. ago

Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse

As new pornography laws come into force, officers say viewing extreme content could lead young people towards abuse imagesPolice forces are turning to specialist charities and partner agencies to cope with the growing number of teenagers caught up in online child abuse.As new pornography laws come into force, frontline officers warn that young people are going down a pathway through extreme content that could lead to real-life abusive images of children.

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thehill.com | 13 hrs. 23 min. ago

Meta, TikTok, Google sue California over child online safety restrictions

Meta, TikTok and Google filed separate lawsuits against California over a new law seeking to tighten restrictions on child social media usage, arguing the legislation violates the companies’ First Amendment rights. California’s bipartisan “Digital Age Assurance Act,” which goes into effect Jan. 1, bans social media platforms in the Sunshine State from providing “an addictive...

kyivpost.com | 15 hrs. 12 min. ago

Ukraine Could Hold Wartime Elections if US Brokers Winter Ceasefire With Russia, Zelensky Says

President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that he asked Washington to negotiate a winter ceasefire with Russia that could protect Ukraine’s energy supplies and create conditions for presidential elections. In a German television interview, he said voting under martial law would be unfair to soldiers on the front lines, refugees abroad and residents of Russian-occupied territories.

scmp.com | 15 hrs. 40 min. ago

12½ years’ jail for ex-Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san in city’s first national security trial

Former Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san has been convicted on five out of seven charges in the city’s first national security trial, with the court handing down a 12½-year prison sentence. The Court of First Instance in Macau on Friday found the 69-year-old guilty on four counts under the city’s national security law – subversion of state power and establishing links with foreign groups or individuals to commit activities endangering national security – as well as a fifth count of violation of...

abc.net.au | 17 hrs. 14 min. ago

Police killer Dezi Freeman suspected of sexually exploiting two children

Freeman, who was killed in a police stand-off in March, is now suspected of sexually exploiting two children, law enforcement sources tell the ABC.

abcnews.com | 17 hrs. 47 min. ago

Companies sue California over law designed to protect children from social media harm

Google, Meta and TikTok filed separate lawsuits seeking to block a California law designed to protect children from the risks of social media, arguing that it violates their rights under the First Amendment

nypost.com | 18 hrs. 36 min. ago

NY state police sergeant busted with trove of child porn, filmed young girls undressing in his bathroom: feds

“Steven Calderon’s alleged crimes are all the more disturbing knowing he committed these alleged acts while serving as a law enforcement officer," US Attorney Jamie McDonald said.

bbc.co.uk | 18 hrs. 40 min. ago

The engine parts that 'fight the laws of the universe'

Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make.

scmp.com | 19 hrs. 53 min. ago

Hong Kong developer Hysan’s Lee Garden Eight draws law firm out of Central: sources

Hong Kong law firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo is reportedly relocating to Causeway Bay after more than five decades in Central’s Jardine House, reserving about 39,000 square feet in Hysan Development’s Lee Garden Eight in a major lease for the new commercial complex. Market sources identified the firm as the incoming tenant at Lee Garden Eight, which is scheduled for completion this quarter.

The firm will occupy an entire low to middle floor, according to local media reports. The firm declined to...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 20 hrs. ago

Georgia court upholds waste facility permit as 97 planned townhomes still unbuilt at permit filing

A developer in Bartow County, Georgia challenged a permit for a nearby waste processing facility. The county approved the permit despite concerns that it violated zoning restrictions. The developer argued that their planned townhomes should receive protection under existing zoning laws. However, the court found that the definitions of residential dwellings applied only to already constructed buildings.

Ultimately, the appeals court upheld the permit, allowing the waste facility to operate.