An appellate court in Los Angeles denied Katherine Jackson’s appeal disputing the $600 million sale of Michael Jackson’s music catalogue to Sony according to report.
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CANADA: Court Orders Hospital To Keep Woman On Life Support So She Can Die In Nigeria
In April, a Quebec court ordered a Montreal hospital to keep a woman on life support machine to enable her husband time to arrange for her to be sent home to die in Nigeria.
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UK: FIFA Investigates Enzo Fernandez’s Racist Video Shared On Social Media
Chelsea FC and FIFA have both launched investigations after midfielder Enzo Fernandez posted a video which his teammate Wesley Fofana described as “uninhibited racism”.
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UK: Mum Held In Police Cell After Medics Mistake Birthmark For Bruises
The mother of a six-month-old baby was forced to spend the night in a cell after medics mistook her son’s birthmarks for bruises from abuse.
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KENYA: President Ruto Dismisses Cabinet After Weeks Of Protests
Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed all of his cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance.
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UK: No Refund For £270m Rwanda Asylum Plan
The government will be looking carefully at what money can and cannot be recouped after it scrapped the Rwanda deportation scheme, Downing Street has said.
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FRANCE: Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France
French cyclist Julien Bernard has given a light-hearted apology after being fined for kissing his wife during a Tour de France time trial.
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VATICAN: 83-year-old Archbishop Vigano Found Guilty Of Schism Is Banished
A fierce ultra-conservative archbishop who branded the pope a “false prophet” and a “servant of Satan,” and accused him of representing an “inclusive, immigration, eco-sustainable, and gay-friendly” Church has been excommunicated by the Vatican after being found guilty of schism.
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NIGER: Military Leaders Of Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger Rules Out Rejoining ECOWAS
Military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have said that they had no plans to rejoin the West African regional bloc ECOWAS that they left in January after accusing the body of being manipulated by former colonial ruler France.
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GERMANY: First African-Born MP Quits Parliament Over Racist Harassment
The first African-born member of parliament in Germany says he will not stand in the next federal election in 2025 after 11 years in Bundestag.
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