International News

March 22, 2017

Fiat Chrysler diesel emissions investigated in France

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into claims Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) broke diesel emissions tests. Industry regulators in the country have been looking into whether […]
March 22, 2017

Australia’s Northern Territory decriminalises abortion

Australia’s Northern Territory has decriminalised abortion as part of wide-ranging reforms on the medical termination of pregnancy. Chief Minister Michael Gunner said the laws bring the […]
March 22, 2017

Queensland abolishes ‘gay panic’ as criminal defence for murder

The legal loophole had been widely regarded as discriminatory and homophobic Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland has voted for legislation to remove a controversial […]
March 22, 2017

Drunk pilot faces prison sentence after pleading guilty

A pilot who was found drunk in the cockpit before a flight in Canada has pleaded guilty to being impaired while in control of an aircraft. […]
March 22, 2017

Supreme Court pick Gorsuch says Trump not above law

Donald Trump’s pick for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court has insisted that no-one, including the president who nominated him, is above the law. Neil […]
March 22, 2017

Magnitsky lawyer injured after ‘falling’ from building near Moscow

Sergei Magnitsky died in prison while awaiting trial A lawyer for the family of Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer whose death in 2009 sparked a crisis between […]
March 22, 2017

Two German-born terror suspects to be deported

Germany has been on high alert since December’s Christmas market attack in Berlin Germany says it will deport two men born in the country but whose […]
March 21, 2017

Duterte backtracks on gay marriage in Philippines

Mr Duterte had previously said that same-sex marriage was “good” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he opposes gay marriage, after previously declaring he would consider […]