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Gov. Jim Justice says a coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night

Department of Justice plans to issue an outline by December on what Alphabet's Google must do to restore competition after a judge earlier found the company illegally monopolized the market for online search, prosecutors said at a court hearing in Washington on Friday. Prosecutors did not detail what remedy they will propose, but Justice Department attorney David Dahlquist said it should be comprehensive and take into account how Google plans to integrate artificial intelligence into search. Since the case was brought, Google has rebranded its Bard AI product to Gemini, Dahlquist said.

Pakistani origin person from the Toronto area is facing terror charges in both Canada and the United States, “for allegedly attempting to illegally enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish Centre in New York City”, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) report. Press releases issued Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice and the RCMP identified the accused in the case as 20-year-old Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who investigators say is also known by name Shahzeb Jadoon, according to CBC. Khan was arrested Wednesday in the town of Ormstown, Que., about 60 kilometres south of Montreal. U.S. authorities described him as a Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, CBC reported.

A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring

Google to implement behavioral remedies may not be sufficient to correct the abusive conduct, possibly opening the way for an order against Google to break up its ad tech business from its core services.Separately, the US Department of Justice will face Google in a September trial, calling for the break up of the search giant’s ad tech business over alleged illegal monopolization. The DoJ claims that Google’s dominance over advertising technology allows it to keep at least $0.30 out of every dollar advertisers spend through its online advertising tools.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent the newly passed Aparajita Bill for consideration of the President of India after receiving the mandatory technical report from the West Bengal government. “On receipt of a mandatory technical report from the West Bengal government, the Governor has referred the Aparajita Bill for consideration of the President of India,” a Raj Bhawan statement said. The West Bengal state assembly passed a new bill, named Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, on Tuesday.

South Africa’s justice minister has denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank scandal in which thousands of retirees lost their life savings

Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the implementation of Adani Goodhomes Pvt Ltd's resolution plan for debt-ridden Radius Estates & Developers Pvt Ltd, even as it sought response from the resolution professional and others on an appeal by Beacon Trusteeship Ltd, a dissenting financial creditor. Beacon claimed that it didn’t get a fair deal as the plan gave a 93% haircut to its claims. The Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna said it will examine the question of dues payable to Beacon Trusteeship and posted the matter for further hearing in January.

Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago

Delhi government has proposed a compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh for the families of prisoners who die due to unnatural causes while in custody in the city's jails. According to a statement, the proposal, aimed at addressing grievances and upholding human rights within the prison system, has been submitted to the lieutenant governor for approval. «Unnatural custodial deaths, as defined by the policy, may occur due to incidents such as quarrels between inmates, mistreatment or torture by prison staff, or negligence by medical officers,» the statement said. However, the compensation will not apply in cases of death by suicide, escape attempts, natural causes or disasters.

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking injunction against the BJP and restrain it from using 'kamal' or lotus as the party symbol. Observing that the plea has been filed for publicity, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale upheld the Madhya Pradesh High Court order which dismissed the suit. «You want name and fame for yourself. Look at the plea, what is the kind of relief claimed by you? Dismissed,» the bench said. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by one Jayant Vipat challenging an order of the Madras High Court which dismissed his plea saying there was no merit in the plea.

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's order which had disposed of a petition seeking directions to provide drinking water and other facilities to cricket players during practice or unofficial matches on public grounds in Mumbai. «What kind of a PIL (public interest litigation) is this? Cricketers will take care if they are not provided toilets. Why an advocate should be bothered about it,» a bench of Justices A S Oka and A G Masih observed. The bench was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer, who had challenged the high court's June last year order disposing of his petition. In his PIL filed before the high court, he had sought directions to the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide drinking water and other facilities to players during practice or unofficial matches on public grounds.

SÃO PAULO—It was a request that had become routine for a judge who defined his career by cracking down on hate speech online. But this time someone said no. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said he had called on X owner Elon Musk to block the accounts of criminals inciting attacks on police officers and their families.

West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose has criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to send a technical report along with the Aparajita Bill passed by the State Assembly. As per rules, the government is duty bound to send a technical report before a decision is taken on giving assent to the bill. The Raj Bhavan admonished Nabanna (State Secretariat) against allegedly misleading the people to cover up the lapses of the State government. «This is not the first time that the government has withheld technical reports and blames Raj Bhavan for withholding the bills,» a statement by Raj Bhavan said. The Governor has taken swift action on the Aparajita Bill and admonished the Chief Minister. According to the statement, «The governor has pulled up the Chief Minister for failing to send the government's technical report on the bill, which is mandatory under the rules. He has admonished the government and told them to do their homework in important matters like this.»

YouTube said on Thursday it was terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen, following an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election. Justice Department officials said the two employees used shell companies and fake personas to pay $10 million to an unnamed Tennessee company to produce online videos aimed at amplifying political divisions in the United States.

Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he had sought with prosecutors, in a case that has been an embarrassment for the US president. The 54-year-old admitted nine counts related to failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes over the past decade, money that prosecutors said he splurged instead on luxury living, sex workers and a drug habit. The pleas came on the day jury selection for a trial had been due to start, and hours after Biden had offered to plead guilty in the hope of striking a deal that might keep him out of prison.

The Nevada Supreme Court has ended a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press in 2018

As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally, capitulation

National Company Law Tribunal in Mumbai has dismissed the Bank of Maharashtra’s application to initiate insolvency resolution proceedings against the personal guarantors of Gopal Krishna Oil Tech Industries Pvt. Ltd. The bankruptcy court, while dismissing the application observed that the lender had approached the tribunal beyond the period of the limitation. The division bench of Justice VG Bisht and a technical member Prabhat Kumar, while dismissing the lender’s application observed that the guarantees issued by personal guarantors stood invoked on April 3, 2018, and the amount due from the personal guarantees (PGs) became due and payable within 60 days from the date of receipt of the notice and becomes in default of the nonpayment of the amount stated in the notice after expiry of 60 days.

Lawlessness prevails in Bangladesh as Jamaat-e-Islami and radicals run the show with minorities being lynched of blasphemy and Vice Chancellors, Pro-VCs and Supreme Court judges forced to resign. While Bangladesh Parliament has been dissolved illegally, all Supreme Court judges and many High Court judges including the Chief Justice and Attorney General were forcibly removed, according to Constitutional experts on Bangladesh. As many as 33 permanent secretaries and 11 Ambassadors posted in various countries have been arbitrarily removed, according to reports.

Toronto-Dominion Bank employees need to take more accountability and act with more urgency on risks, chief executive Bharat Masrani said, after the Canadian bank was rocked by sweeping money-laundering investigations in its U.S. business.