64 h. ago World's first AI law firm recovers $10k of debt in bombshell 'game changer'

Garfield AI drew up a legally compliant letter for a customer short on time and money who paid just £7.50 — around the price of a pint in London — for the accurate document which recovered the funds

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6 d. ago The Brits who shame us around the world: Global tourist hotspots where law

Brits Abroad has long been shorthand for chaos, from nightclub beatdowns and brawls over sun loungers to rape and murder charges at tourist hotspots around the world.

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9 d. ago Iryna’s law passes in North Carolina after Ukrainian girl’s brutal killing: What it is

The law is named after Iryna Zarutska, who was killed in a brutal attack on August 22

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9 d. ago Canada’s landmark pharmacare law stalls: ‘What happened to free birth control?’

Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed onIt was touted as a historic move that would change lives: in October 2024, Canada passed new legislation making all birth control free.Justin Trudeau, then prime minister, called the bill’s passing “real progress”. The leftwing New Democratic party took credit, saying they had convinced Trudeau’s governing Liberals to move ahead with it. The bill didn’t just cover birth control: it made diabetes medication free, too, and ushered in a legal framework to possibly cover all prescription medication in the future: a national pharmacare plan. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through?

Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed onIt was touted as a historic move that would change lives: in October 2024, Canada passed new legislation making all birth control free.Justin Trudeau, then prime minister, called the bill’s passing “real progress”. The leftwing New Democratic party took credit, saying they had convinced Trudeau’s governing Liberals to move ahead with it. The bill didn’t just cover birth control: it made diabetes medication free, too, and ushered in a legal framework to possibly cover all prescription medication in the future: a national pharmacare plan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UN chief warns world leaders of 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering'

The United Nations chief is challenging world leaders to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power

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2 w. ago That DEA agent’s ‘credit card’ could be secretly eavesdropping on you

Exclusive: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest piece of covert surveillance gadgetry joins previous hidden cameras and listening devices in everything from streetlights to traffic cones to vacuum cleaners

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2 w. ago Italy first in EU to pass comprehensive law regulating use of AI

Legislation limits child access and imposes prison terms for damaging use of artificial intelligenceItaly has become the first country in the EU to approve a comprehensive law regulating the use of artificial intelligence, including imposing prison terms on those who use the technology to cause harm, such as generating deepfakes, and limiting child access.Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government said the legislation, which aligns with the EU’s landmark AI Act, is a decisive move in influencing how AI is used across Italy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and deathDonald Trump’s thuggish campaign to bully his way to the Nobel peace prize should not be the cause for the committee to reject him. There are many more substantial grounds that render him patently unqualified to receive the award.Among the numerous reasons that make him one of the least deserving people in the world who should be honored, he has single-handedly destroyed the United States Agency for International Development, which has saved hundreds of millions of people from hunger and disease, and promoted democracy and the rule of law around the world. In an executive order issued on his inauguration day, 20 January, Trump slandered USAID as “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values” and claimed that its workers “serve to destabilize world peace”.Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume p...

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3 w. ago British law student jailed in Dubai for 25 years 'was caught with cocaine'

Mia O'Brien, 23, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars following a one-day hearing after she was caught with 50 grams of the Class drug last October, with an estimated street value of around £2,5000.

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3 w. ago Mum of British law student jailed for life in Dubai makes damning three

Mia O'Brien, 23, has been banged up in Dubai's central prison after her mum admits she made a "very stupid mistake".

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4 w. ago Mum's heartbreaking plea after law student daughter caged for life in Dubai

Mia O'Brien is now behind bars in the United Arab Emirates city.

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4 w. ago Brit law student handed life sentence in Dubai after ‘stupid mistake’

Mia O’Brien is locked up in Dubai’s notorious central prison as her devastated mum begs for help to cover legal bills and travel costs.

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4 w. ago CoA judgment 'cements London’s position as the divorce capital of the world'

CoA judgment 'cements London’s position as the divorce capital of the world'  The Law Society Gazette

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4 w. ago France’s female boxers are banned from world championships due to genetic sex test delay

French federation calls exclusion ‘a profound injustice’World Boxing insists it warned all competitors of policyFrench female boxers have been barred from competing at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French boxing federation (FFBoxe) said was incompatible with French law.World Boxing, which issued a list of competitors for Thursday’s opening rounds with no French entrants included, said it would not comment on individual cases but added it had warned all federations of the policy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Texas cracks down on abortion with pill providers now able to be sued

Supporters say it’s a key tool to enforce the state’s abortion ban, protecting women and fetuses

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4 w. ago French female boxers barred from World Championships over sex testing issue

The genetic sex test imposed by World Boxing is incompatible with French law, says the French Boxing Federation

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4 w. ago While Starmer struggles with a broken system in Westminster, real power keeps leaking elsewhere | Rafael Behr

Far from No 10, Nigel Farage has been amassing power in the sprawling, networked space where 21st-century politics happensSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreWith a buzz of activity in parliament and mandatory back-to-school metaphors, a new political season opens in Westminster, but is that where politics really happens? Yes, in terms of people making policy and law in buildings that are world-famous for that purpose, the SW1 postcode is where it is at.But the heart of the machine beats with a weak pulse. The UK state is heavily centralised by the standards of most democracies, yet the people at the centre don’t feel powerful. Ministers can’t enforce bin collections in remote areas or call a halt to Middle East wars but they are made to feel answerable for all that is ill in the world, from hyperlocal to geopolitical.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist ...

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