The age of consent goes up from 13 to 16 in Japan.

Japan's age of consent went from 13 (one of the lowest in the world) to 16 on Friday, when important changes to sex crime laws were passed.

The upper house of parliament voted unanimously in favor of the changes, which make it clearer what needs to be done to prosecute rape and make...

Contempt-of-court lawyer in $9.5 billion Chevron environmental lawsuit has appeal to the Supreme Court denied.

A disbarred lawyer who won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an environmental case in Ecuador was jailed for contempt of court on Monday, but the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.

Lawyer Steven Donziger got six months behind bars for ignoring a judge's order to han...

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX's founder, was recently indicted on several felony counts, including violations of campaign finance laws.

The founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been hit with four new criminal charges, increasing the scope of his potential liability in what federal prosecutors are calling a billion dollar fraud.

On Thursday, a superseding indictment was unsealed, bri...

Kari Lake, an election denier, has filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials

-On Friday, defeated Republican candidate Kari Lake filed a lawsuit against state elections officials, challenging the counting and certification of the midterm election and asking to be proclaimed the winner.

According to a filing with the Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday, the ...

Skittles are alleged to be unfit for consumption in a lawsuit

They contain titanium dioxide, a culinary ingredient found in many foods. Here is what we discovered about its safety.

If you've been following recent nutrition news, you may have heard about a lawsuit that claimed Skittles, the famously colourful candy from "taste the rainbow,...

EU Requires Speed-Limiters

The European Commission has only just just approved certain brand new legislation that mandate that incorporation of intelligent speed good works into all cars that really are freshly constructed. The laws are effective immediately. The European Parliament approved these measures and ratified the...

The rape lawsuit against Ronaldo is dismissed by a US judge.

The rape lawsuit brought by Kathryn Mayorga, a teacher and ex-model against Christiano Ronaldo was dismissed by the US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey.

Allegedly she was sexually assaulted by the footballer in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel room. These allegations were denied by Ronaldo who e...

Lawson has been added to Vancouver's Sevens roster as the team looks to maintain its excellent form

Australian Men's Sevens coach John Manenti has made one change to the team that placed third in Singapore, recalling Nathan Lawson as the team prepares to compete in Vancouver on April 17-18.

Lawson, who made his debut for the programme at the Tokyo Olympics, replaces Stu Dunbar, wh...

Texas filed a lawsuit against Facebook over facial recognition, and Macron wants a more aggressive space policy

Texas has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, and Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to increase its space efforts.

On Monday, the Texas attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against Meta's Facebook, saying that the social media giant violated state privacy laws by using facial-reco...

Crypto Curreny Laws to be revised and implemented in Jan 2023

The finance committee in  South Korean approved to delay a 20% tax on Tuesday. The crypto tax was supposed to be implemented in January 2022 and now has been pushed ahead to Jan 2023. The purpose was to acquire  capital-gains tax on stocks.

The tax laws are going to be revised...

Prime Minister Modi announces that 3 farm laws will be cancelled

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a stunning announcement today, just ahead of key state elections. The Prime Minister addressed the nation at 9 am today and announced a repeal of the three contentious farm laws.

Highlights

• PM Modi makes stunning annou...

Google accused of allegedly tracking personal information of iPhone users in UK

The UK Supreme Court has blocked a planned GBP 3.2 billion British class action against Google regarding allegations that the tech giant has unlawfully tracked personal information of iPhone users.

Highlights

• Lloyd accuses Google of taking personal dat...

Lawsuit filed against Canon for misleading claims and deceiving users

Canon USA has found itself at the centre of a legal tussle, because of a decision regarding its printers' functioning. A customer from New York has filed a class-a lawsuit against the company.  The customer complained that the printers do not carry out several functions unless the cartri...

Katherine Tai to unveil Biden's China trade strategy at the Center for Strategic Studies

Highlights

• Katherine Tai will unveil the Biden administration's strategy for U.S.-China trade
• She will participate in a question-and-answer session later

Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade representative will be unveiling the strategy of Biden administrat...

Taliban to enforce strict punishments, to carry out executions and amputations

Highlights

• Taliban to enforce its interpretation of Islamic laws
• Public executions and amputation may be carried out but not in public

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, one of the founders of Taliban said in an interview that they will once a...

Twitter agrees to pay $809.5 million, to settle lawsuit regarding misleading of investors

Highlights
• Twitter said it is ready to pay $809.5 million, to settle an action  lawsuit

• In September 2016 the shareholders sued the company for

On Monday, Twitter said it is ready to pay $809.5 million, in order to settle an...

Boeing faces lawsuit against two air crashes

Highlights

•      Board of directors of Boeing's face a lawsuit against two air crashes

•      The manufacturer's 737 MAX was grounded worldwide for 20 months

Boeing's board of d...

A ballistic missile intercepted over Saud Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern region

Highlights

• A Missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia by the Houthi group
• The State-run Aramco Facility at Ras Tanura was the target

A ballistic missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia and armed drones fired at its oil-rich Easter...

Zoom to compensate $85 million to settle the Lawsuit

Zoom, the popular video conferencing firm has shown exponential growth in its usage rate since 2020 owing to its success to the onset of the pandemic, forcing people to stay indoors and manage both work and studies through online video conferencing. However, with so many users, it also had the pe...

AMAZON SLAPPED WITH AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT IN THE UNITED STATES

Highlights

• This is not the first instance when the Jeff Bezos-led company has been accused of dominating the market

• The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Karl Racine said “Amazon has used its dominant position in the online retail market to win...