7 h. ago Hong Kong activist wins appeal against riot conviction after trial judge’s error

A former Hong Kong political activist has won an appeal against his riot conviction due to the trial judge’s error in allowing prosecutors to substantially alter their allegations midway through proceedings. The Court of Appeal on Friday ordered the dismissal of Alvin Cheng Kam-mun’s conviction over his alleged role in the violence at Polytechnic University at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests. Cheng, who now runs a logistics company, was an assistant to former opposition lawmaker...

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17 h. ago Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open for now, US appeal court rules

A US appeal court ruled on Thursday that a Florida migrant detention centre known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open for now. A lower court judge had barred the Trump administration and Florida officials last month from bringing any new migrants to the facility and for much of the site to be dismantled, effectively shutting it down. But a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the detention centre can remain open while a Trump administration appeal of...

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18 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Trump files appeal to Supreme Court, says US may 'unwind' deals if it loses case

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36 h. ago US asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling that bars Trump’s tariffs

The US government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeal court ruling that declared US President Donald Trump’s use of emergency executive powers to impose tariffs unlawful. The move sets up a high-stakes legal showdown over the limits of presidential authority in trade policy. In its appeal filed on Wednesday, the Trump administration told the high court that the case “addresses the validity” of the government’s “most significant economic and foreign-policy initiative”. “The...

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45 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Trump to appeal to Supreme Court, says US may 'unwind' trade deals if it loses case

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65 h. ago Trump says speedy tariff ruling a must, dismisses rumours about his health

US President Donald Trump emerged from a quiet Labour Day weekend Tuesday, declaring that his administration will urgently appeal to the Supreme Court to defend his contested tariffs, warning that a reversal could force billions in refunds to foreign nations. He also dismissed health rumours as “fake news” and played down China’s coming military parade. In a press briefing at the White House, Trump stressed the need for an expedited Supreme Court ruling. “We’re going to be going to the Supreme...

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3 d. ago Guatemala is prepared to receive deported minors from US: President Arevalo

Guatemala is ready and willing to receive some 150 unaccompanied minors per week of all ages from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday, a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children. US President Donald Trump’s administration said in a court filing on Monday that the 10 children, who had been boarded on to planes when the court responded to an emergency predawn appeal, had since been returned to shelters run by the Office of Refugee...

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5 d. ago US trade allies ‘confused’ after Trump’s tariffs suffer legal setback

The legal fight over US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs is deepening after a federal appeal court ruled the levies were issued illegally under an emergency law, extending the chaos in global trade. A 7-4 decision by a panel of judges on Friday night in Washington was a major setback for Trump even as it gives both sides something to boast about. The majority upheld a May ruling by the Court of International Trade that the tariffs were illegal. But the judges left the levies intact while...

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6 d. ago US appeal court denies Trump’s tariff actions based on emergency powers

A federal appeal court in Washington has ruled that US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are illegal, upholding a lower court’s decision to block them. The court decided to keep the tariffs in place until October 14, allowing the Trump administration time to appeal to the US Supreme Court. The verdict deals a major blow to Trump’s “America first” trade strategy. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs...

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6 d. ago Trump’s tariffs illegal, US appeal court rules, in blow to trade war strategy

A federal appeal court in Washington has ruled that US President Donald Trump’s global “reciprocal” and fentanyl tariffs against China, Mexico and Canada are illegal, upholding a lower court’s decision to block them. The court decided to keep the tariffs in place until October 14, allowing the Trump administration time to appeal to the US Supreme Court. The verdict deals a major blow to Trump’s “America first” trade strategy. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the...

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7 d. ago In blow to Trump, judge orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to close

The immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” must keep moving towards shutting down operations by late October, a judge has ruled, even as the state and federal governments fight that decision. US District Judge Kathleen Williams late on Wednesday denied those requests to pause her order to wind down operations at the facility, which has been plagued by reports of unsanitary conditions and detainees being cut off from the legal system. A Florida official...

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7 d. ago In blow to Trump, judge orders Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to close

Florida could be on the hook for US$218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”. The centre may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely. Shutting down the facility for the time being would cost the state US$15 million to US$20 million immediately, and it would cost another US$15 million to US$20 million to reinstall...

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7 d. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ordered to close, potentially costing Florida US$218m

Florida could be on the hook for US$218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”. The centre may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely. Shutting down the facility for the time being would cost the state US$15 million to US$20 million immediately, and it would cost another US$15 million to US$20 million to reinstall...

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8 d. ago Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ likely to be empty within days: Florida official

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades is likely to be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration and the federal government fight a judge’s order to close the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by late October. That is according to an email exchange shared with The Associated Press. In a message sent to South Florida Rabbi Mario Rojzman on August 22 related to providing chaplaincy...

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1 week ago Rule of law vital to Hong Kong’s ingrained resistance to bribery: minister

Hong Kong’s justice minister has underscored the importance of the rule of law in ensuring the city’s ingrained resistance to bribery, while a top judge has called attempts to sanction members of the judiciary “a form of reverse corruption”. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok and Andrew Colin Macrae, vice-president of the city’s Court of Appeal, made the remarks on Tuesday at a forum attended by about 100 lawyers and regulatory veterans to discuss anti-corruption practices and relevant...

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2 w. ago Trump’s US$515 million fraud penalty dismissed by New York appeal court

An appeal court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against US President Donald Trump, ruling on Thursday in New York state’s lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth. The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House. A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump more than US$515 million and rock his real estate empire, was “excessive”. After finding that Trump engaged in fraud by...

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2 w. ago Trump claims ‘total victory’ as US court quashes US$464 million civil penalty

In a triumph for Donald Trump, a New York state appeal court on Thursday threw out an around half-billion-dollar penalty against the US president, in a fraud case that had been one of his biggest legal setbacks before his return to the White House. The decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan is a defeat for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who Trump accused of bringing the civil fraud lawsuit to advance a political witch hunt and deny him a second term. A trial judge had ordered...

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