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Meta and Google face trial over alleged addiction of young users

A civil trial opened this week in Los Angeles examining allegations that Meta and Google deliberately designed their platforms to encourage addictive behavior among young users, a case that could reshape legal accountability for major technology companies. Lawyers representing the plaintiff argued that......

France: Moroccan man on trial after violent attack on former partner

A criminal court in western France has opened the trial of a 32-year-old Moroccan man accused of attempting to kill his former partner during a violent attack that took place in 2023. The defendant told the court that he had no intention of killing the young woman, insisting that his actions were driven......

French drug kingpin Firat Cinko sent to trial over international cocaine network

French judicial authorities have ordered the trial of Firat Cinko, widely regarded as one of the country’s most significant cocaine traffickers, marking a major step in a long-running investigation into international drug routes supplying France. According to judicial sources, investigating judges......

Russia sues Euroclear for $235 billion in closed-door Moscow trial

A Moscow court has begun proceedings in a massive lawsuit filed by Russia's central bank against Belgium-based Euroclear, seeking 18,200 billion rubles around $235 billion for sovereign assets frozen in Europe since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The presiding judge ordered journalists out......

Marine Le Pen stakes her presidential future on RN appeal trial

Marine Le Pen’s political future is hanging in the balance as the appeal trial involving her, the Rassemblement National (RN), and several co-defendants opens in Paris. The proceedings represent a decisive moment for the far-right leader, whose eligibility to run in France’s 2027 presidential......

Hong Kong publisher convicted under national security and sedition laws

Hong Kong publisher and media figure Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on all charges brought against him under the national security framework imposed by Beijing, marking one of the most significant legal rulings since the law came into force. The court convicted the 78-year-old businessman of conspiring......

Three men stand trial in Germany over alleged espionage for Moscow

German authorities have opened a high-profile trial against three men accused of spying on behalf of Russia, in a case highlighting the growing tensions and intelligence battles unfolding in Europe since the start of the war in Ukraine. The defendants — a Russian, a Ukrainian, and an Armenian......

Influencer Soukayna Benjelloun placed in Pre-trial detention in Oukacha

Moroccan influencer Soukayna Benjelloun has been placed in pre-trial detention by order of the public prosecutor at the Casablanca Court of First Instance, following her arrest on Thursday, November 27. Benjelloun, widely known on social media and often referred to as “the woman with......

Argentina opens new corruption trial against former President Cristina Kirchner

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returned to court on Thursday to face a new corruption trial, adding to a series of legal challenges that have marked the decline of one of Argentina’s most powerful political figures of the past two decades. The 72-year-old ex-leader,......