Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC Wednesday after thousands rallied on the National Mall in support of President Donald Trump, who had addressed them in a rambling speech laden with grievances and falsehoods just after Noon and encouraged them to move on to the Capitol. The House and Senate were evacuated [...]

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of the government to between 11 and 15 years in prison. The three, Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Le Huu Minh Tuan are prominent members of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), a politically independent journalist organization. Dung [...]

The Cape Verde Court of Appeal of Barlavento ruled Monday that Colombian lawyer and businessman Alex Nain Saab Moran can be extradited to the US, where he faces money laundering charges on behalf of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government. The US sanctioned Saab in 2019 for allegedly using an elaborate network of bank accounts in [...]

The California Court of Appeal held Monday that a juvenile offender who was sentenced to a term of 90 years to life in prison is entitled to a hearing to determine if it was proper to try him as an adult. Harquan Johnson, who was just 17 years old when he was convicted of murder, [...]

The Supreme Court of India requested Monday that the government repeal a 2017 law that allows cattle to be confiscated from farmers because they are suspected of cruelty towards animals. Supposedly acting in accordance with the 2017 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Care and Maintenance of Case Property Animals) Rules, which were a modification of [...]

Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday that charges will not be laid against Rusten Sheskey, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake on August 23. The other officers involved will also not be charged. Officers were dispatched to a residence on August 23 after a woman called 911 with [...]

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested in Washington, DC, Monday on a misdemeanor count for burning a Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag last month. On December 12, members of the extremist group burned at least one BLM flag hung at Asbury United Methodist Church, a historically Black church located in the northwest section of [...]

The outgoing chief justice of Hong Kong’s highest court addressed criticisms of the city’s judicial system and stressed the importance of the rule of law in a final press conference on Tuesday. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, who will retire Sunday, discussed both the role of the judiciary and his own hopes for the future of [...]

A federal judge denied US President Donald Trump’s latest campaign lawsuit in Georgia on Tuesday, removing one of the final options left to Trump for challenging his loss in the 2020 presidential election before Congress counts the Electoral College votes on January 6. Judge Mark Cohen in Atlanta denied the Trump campaign’s motion for preliminary [...]

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) backed off a plan to delist three Chinese telecommunications companies on Monday, a move that was incited by an executive order from US President Donald Trump. Trump’s November 12 order claimed that the Chinese companies were “exploit United States investors to finance the development and modernization of its military.” [...]