World News by Wild Rose

For months, the air over West Kalimantan has been thick enough to taste. Now, some of the province’s residents are taking the government to court over it. Indonesia’s worst wildfire season in 11 years has been sending plumes of toxic haze drifting across borders to Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines since at least August. But nowhere has been worse hit than West Kalimantan, where more than 48,000 hectares (185 square miles) of land and forest have burned since the start of the year,...

A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent...

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday that his office will present evidence to a grand jury as he faces questions from the public about why there were no criminal prosecutions in the case. France 24's Annette Young, host of The 51 %, has more.

Pansy Ho Chiu-king, daughter of the late Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has won a lawsuit to permanently bar a woman from contacting her after the defendant repeatedly harassed her and her companies with emails and hand-delivered letters containing false allegations. The defendant was also ordered to pay Ho HK$1.8 million (US$229,000) in compensation for damages. A judgment handed down by the High Court on Wednesday revealed that Ho, chairwoman and executive director of MGM China...

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found that human voices are subject to protection under publicity rights, which allow celebrities to monopolize the commercial value derived from their names and portraits. The court ruled on the first lawsuit in Japan over voice rights infringement involving generative artificial intelligence, which was brought by popular Japa...

The sprawling online hunt for information about Winston Lee, a Korean student who is among seven defendants in a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit, is increasingly crossing borders, with English-speaking social media users calling on their Korean counterparts to help uncover more information about him. As the “Cornell 7” case continues to draw intense attention across the United States, Lee has become the subject of a parallel search focused on his Korean identity and background....

The lawsuit comes two months after the state filed a similar lawsuit against competitor Kalshi.

Recife wreck diving has been disrupted by murky water and litter, divers told federal prosecutors, while the port denies any proven link to its dredging. The post Recife Wreck Diving Complaint Goes to Brazilian Federal Prosecutors appeared first on The Rio Times.

Former Hong Kong television actress Leila Tong Ning has been sued for allegedly breaching her management contract by abandoning her professional duties while suffering from depression and dyeing her hair without her agency’s consent. The High Court writ, filed by agency Tenjinmura Ongaku Limited, also accuses the 44-year-old former Television Broadcasts (TVB) artist of “coercive conduct” and accepting commercial engagements without the company’s approval after their relationship broke down in...

Sentini BioProducts Pvt. Ltd. has sued farmer M. Muralidhar Reddy of Gandepalli village, near Keesara in the NTR district, requesting that he be directed to issue a public apology and perpetual injunction restraining the farmer from making any misleading and malicious statements in the future

A man in eastern China filed a lawsuit against an AI company after he followed a chatbot’s recommendation for his mother’s burial date, which he later claimed was linked to a family misfortune. According to Jimu News, Shi, from Jiashan county in Zhejiang province, lost his mother to a sudden illness in April. As the youngest of five siblings, Shi sought an auspicious date for her burial. Such dates, derived from traditional Chinese almanacs reflecting ancient beliefs about celestial movements,...

Radiant World and Sapphire Minmetals have filed a lawsuit against Glencore Plc in Singapore claiming $2 billion in damages, according to a senior executive at the group of companies.

A federal prosecutor filed a public civil action over a January overflow at Vale’s Mina de Viga. The ANM and Minas Gerais are co-defendants. The post Prosecutor Sues Vale and Regulators Over Mine Overflow appeared first on The Rio Times.

TCL North America alleges three Samsung 2026 televisions are sold as Mini LED without full-array local dimming. Samsung stands behind its descriptions. The post TCL Sues Samsung Over False Advertising on Mini LED Televisions appeared first on The Rio Times.

A woman in eastern China took legal action against her son, seeking more than 360,000 yuan (US$54,000) in compensation for her role in caring for his daughter. This dramatic case has ignited a nationwide debate concerning evolving perspectives on grandparental childcare responsibilities. In April, a Shanghai court disclosed details of a case from last year involving Xu, a woman in her 60s, who sued her son, surnamed Liang. Years after divorcing her husband, Xu had been living with her son....