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Thankfully, Hong Kong authorities recognise the healthy development of the media industry and its consumers is the way to go, not legislation that is difficult to draft and inevitably restricts press freedom.

  • Paralegal Wayland Chan says that after his first arrest in October 2020 he believed he could still convince police he was not affiliated with Lai or his associates
  • Chan says he was hopeful Lai’s right-hand man Mark Simon would be able to ‘find some way’ to get him out of Hong Kong after police released him on bail

The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger

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The man was sentenced last year to 13 months in prison and banned from using Snapchat for two years, but his lawyers argue that is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Since December 2019, Rowling has hit the headlines for her views on transgender issues and been criticised by fans of her novels and the world she created.

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Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu, who once served on Interpol executive committee, is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’ which is widely understood to mean corruption.

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Henry Edward Tse first launched legal action in 2017 after authorities blocked an application to change his gender from female to male on his Hong Kong ID card.

Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76

In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.

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Princess Beatrice’s first boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo, was recently found dead in a Miami hotel room and had multiple run-ins with the law over the years – here’s what we know about him

China is readying a revision of its law on money laundering, signalling a hardening of penalties for financial crimes and a desire to keep practices in line with international standards.

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In Jiangsu, workers who report clues could be rewarded with up to US$4,100, particularly if it leads to a criminal case involving national security.

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As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.

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A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.

New York prosecutors portrayed US$130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a criminal effort to deceive voters when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour.

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Six male defendants plead not guilty to charge of bombing, while one female suspect denies role in providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.