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Macron’s ex-security aide given 3-year sentence over protester assaults

Alexandre Benalla, former security adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron, has been handed a three-year jail term for assaulting May Day protesters three years ago. However, he reportedly won’t spend even a night behind bars. Benalla was charged with assault and unauthorized interference with police action. He was also found guilty on separate charges of […]

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Tokyo subway attacker wore ‘Joker’ costume and sought death sentence, stabbed 17 people before starting fire – reports

Police and witnesses say 17 people were injured in a stabbing spree on a busy Tokyo subway train. The suspect, who also set a fire on board the train, was reportedly dressed as Batman’s ‘Joker’. The 24-year-old suspect was arrested on Sunday night after allegedly stabbing 17 people on a train heading toward Shinjuku, the […]

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Washington to let Julian Assange serve sentence in Australia if convicted after extradition to US, legal document shows

Lawyers acting on behalf of the US government have “provided assurance” to a UK extradition hearing that any custodial sentence imposed on WikiLeaks founder Assange by an American court would be allowed to be served in Australia. The US government has begun its appeal against an initial decision by a UK court that denied a […]

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‘No one is safe’: Actor Johnny Depp calls for revolt against cancel culture, warns that ‘it takes one sentence’ to destroy someone

Hollywood star Johnny Depp has railed against “cancel culture,” warning that the phenomenon has gone so far that anyone can see their life destroyed if an accuser is willing to turn the mob against them. “It’s so far out of hand now that I can promise you that no one is safe — not one […]

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South Africa top court rejects ex-president Zuma’s bid to overturn 15-month jail sentence

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s plea to overturn his 15-month prison sentence handed to him after failing to attend a corruption hearing has been rejected by the country’s top court. South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled in a majority on Friday and rejected Zuma’s request to annul his jail time, which the disgraced former leader had […]