Joshua Allen, 26, appeared at Midleton District Court on Thursday facing nine criminal charges related to an incident on October 27, 2025, in the Shanagarry area of east Cork. The charges include allegedly driving a van at a garda, assaulting two officers, driving under the influence of cocaine and cannabis, and possessing a knife and … Read more
China’s newly enacted “Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress” has sparked international concern over its potential to facilitate transnational repression. Effective as of July 2026, Article 63 of the legislation asserts Beijing’s authority to prosecute individuals and organizations outside of mainland China deemed to have undermined ethnic unity. Rights groups, including Amnesty … Read more
Writer E. Jean Carroll is moving to collect $5 million in damages from Donald Trump after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the former president’s appeal. Following the court’s inaction, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan granted Carroll’s request for an expedited payment process, ordering Trump’s legal team to respond to the demand by July … Read more
Luigi Mangione’s federal trial for the killing of Brian Thompson has been postponed to January. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett announced the delay on Monday to allow Mangione’s legal team to focus on his upcoming state murder trial, which is scheduled to begin on Sept. 8. The hearing in Manhattan began approximately 20 minutes late … Read more
Nikita Hand has publicly thanked singer Pink after the artist criticized Conor McGregor’s recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The public support follows a 2024 civil jury finding that McGregor was liable for the rape of Ms. Hand. While McGregor discussed his athletic career on the program, the broadcast did not reference … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that incarcerated individuals cannot sue individual prison employees for monetary damages following violations of religious liberties under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). This decision, which favors a conservative majority, shifts legal liability away from specific staff members and onto the state or local government entities that … Read more
The Court of Appeal has reduced a High Court personal injury award to former Limerick hurler Mark Keane from €944,000 to €886,000. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (Ireland) secured the €58,000 reduction after the court determined the original award included double counting for a previous injury and required an adjustment to future earnings calculations. Background … Read more
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has been suspended from professional tennis for four years following a refusal to submit to an out-of-competition anti-doping test. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the sanction, confirming an independent tribunal found no compelling justification for her refusal during a December 2025 incident. The ban, which expires in June … Read more
Britain’s Bar Standards Board (BSB) has suspended International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct. The suspension, effective immediately as of June 19, 2026, follows a similar move by the ICC executive committee on June 8. Khan, who has denied all allegations, faces a formal removal vote scheduled by the ICC … Read more
A 23-year-old American exchange student, Kevin Gao, was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail on Friday, June 19, after hiring a dark web hacker to compromise the Telegram accounts of two former friends. Gao, who had been studying at Nanyang Technological University, also engaged in a persistent stalking campaign against a third victim. According to … Read more