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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman to serve on US supreme court, dies aged 93

01-12-2023 20:46

Former supreme court justice voted on a range of issues, including abortion, affirmative action and campaign financeSandra Day O’Connor, the former US supreme court justice, died at age 93 in Phoenix on Friday of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court said in a statement.O’Connor was the first woman ever to serve on the US supreme court. She voted on a range of issues, including abortion, affirmative action and campaign finance. Continue readi

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Sandra Day O’Connor – a life in pictures

01-12-2023 20:27

The trailblazing judge, attorney and politician became, in 1981, the first woman to serve on the US supreme court Continue reading...

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James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

01-12-2023 16:05

Inventor alleged that article criticising his championing of Brexit and move to Singapore was ‘vicious and vitriolic’Sir James Dyson has lost his libel claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror after a columnist at the newspaper stated that he had “championed Vote Leave … before moving his global head office to Singapore”.The inventor gave evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice for two days during a trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over an article

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Sunak says retaining Parthenon marbles is matter of law as he denies ‘hissy fit’

01-12-2023 14:00

PM reaffirms stance after George Osborne suggests snub to Greek counterpart was result of ‘petulance’UK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has denied having a “hissy fit” over the Parthenon marbles row and has said they cannot be returned to Greece “as a matter of law”.The prime minister this week accused his Greek counterpart of using a trip to London to “grandstand” over the issue of the ancient Greek sculptures. Continue reading...

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I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs

01-12-2023 13:30

Hall and Oates are embroiled in bitter legal action over the sale of their rights, while rights-owning company Hipgnosis is in trouble. Is the market for songs as assets going out of tune?The “ultimate partnership betrayal” is what Daryl Hall has accused erstwhile musical partner John Oates of, in court documents that allege a breach of their business partnership.Oates was moving to sell half of their joint operation, Whole Oats Enterprises, to Primary Wave, a company that has been b

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