Thousands protest against G7 in Munich as leaders gather for summit
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About 3,500 protesters have gathered in Munich as the G7 group of leading economic powers prepare to hold their annual gathering in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, which holds the rotating presidency this year. Police s...
Abortion ruling highlights the war against women in America. Time to fight back
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Well, it finally happened. The fact that we all expected it, that we have spent the last few weeks waiting for this to happen, didn’t blunt the shock of it. On Friday the supreme court issued a decision in Dobbs v Jac...
UK lawyers gather evidence for action against countries over Yazidi genocide
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A group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern ...
Adani drops $600m claim against Queensland activist and seeks $17m instead
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Mining giant Adani has revealed it was seeking to claim more than $600m in damages from an environmental activist, a figure it has now dropped from its civil case against Ben Pennings. Adani claims Pennings, as the na...
Arron Banks allowed to appeal over lost libel action against Carole Cadwalladr
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The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has been granted permission to appeal against the judge’s decision in his unsuccessful libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Banks,...
UK lawyers gather evidence for action against countries over Yazidi genocide
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A group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern ...
Shock ending: how the Costa book awards changed reading – and pitted husband against wife
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Margaret Drabble was a bright young star with five novels to her name in 1971, when she was talked into joining her old friend JB Priestley on the judging panel for a new book prize. “Jack told me that I should spend ...
Greens MP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation against Blockade Australia
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A New South Wales MP has said she will push for the release of internal briefing documents relating to a botched police operation targeting environmental protesters, saying the force used by officers was “extreme”. Su...