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Cuban court sentences two dissident artists to prison terms
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel Castillo receive five- and nine-year terms, respectively, Cuban prosecutor says.
Published On 24 Jun 2022
Roe v Wade: Supreme Court decision highlights US abortion divide
As US Supreme Court reverses Roe v Wade, joy for conservative groups and despair for abortion rights advocates.
Published On 24 Jun 2022
‘Sad day’: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade
US abortion news from June 24: Joe Biden condemns top court decision overturning nearly 50 years of abortion rights.
Published On 24 Jun 2022
US Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling
US top court overturns 1973 precedent-setting decision, upending nearly 50 years of abortion access in the country.
Published On 24 Jun 2022

Top court justices rule in favour of sheriff’s deputy who was sued after suspect said officer never read him his rights.

The ruling says a law requiring resident to show ‘proper cause’ to carry a concealed gun in public is unconstitutional.

Richard Rojas, who drove his car through crowds during a 2017 psychotic episode, qualifies for ‘mental commitment’.

In a lawsuit, the bondholder said the default is being ‘orchestrated by officials at the highest levels of government’.

The justices left in place a $25m judgement in favour of a man who says he developed cancer from using Roundup.

More than a dozen justices at the 16-member court have lodged a letter of protest over their working conditions.

The six-to-three ruling is the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions in recent years expanding religious rights.

Commodities giant admits to paying more than $28m in bribes to firms in five African countries between 2011-16.

Eighty-eight communities were awarded $1.95bn compensation for an oil spill they blamed on a Shell asset.

The court, now comprised almost entirely of conservatives, reverses a decision by the same body just four years earlier.

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