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A court has rejected claims from prosecutors that a woman who staged a topless protest against Vladimir Putin committed an act of public indecency. France's supreme court, the Cour de Cassation, said it was legal for women to display their breasts in public so long as their “behaviour was inco

A respected dance school is facing a lawsuit from a student who says she sustained injuries after being made to lift a "significantly" heavier partner. Charlotte Vanweersch, 26, claims that the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds was negligent in pairing her up with the other woman.

A teacher has been arrested after he was caught telling students to append a bribe to their exam papers. The class 10 and 12 exams have begun in India and herald the country's annual 'cheating season', The Times reports.

Striking workers at ski resorts across France who are angry over unemployment benefit reforms have called for a new day of protests. Around 50 ski resorts have been affected over the past week because of strike action and another day of protest has been called for today.

A lawyer who disrupted a trial was ordered by a judge to write lines like a schoolboy in detention. Anthony Baker drew the judge's ire during a domestic violence trial in Cleveland, Ohio after he walked away from the defence table in a bizarre courtroom protest.

A collection of ancient marble statues controversially held by the British Museum could have to be handed back to Greece as part of a Brexit trade deal. The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, have been in Britain for over 200 years despite repeated attempts to repatriate them to Gre

A prisoner who was denied toilet paper for nearly three days apparently suffered no violation of his rights. Three inmates at a prison in the US state of Delaware brought a lawsuit after being forced to use newspaper for two-and-a-half days last August.

A polygamist with three wives and ten children has told a court that he helped to defraud the US government of nearly $470 million (€434m). The huge sum obtained through a clean energy subsidy scam was allegedly spent on real estate in the US and Turkey and expensive cars including a $1.7 milli

A property developer has been ordered to remove up to 20 floors from the top of a nearly-completed block of flats. The 52-storey tower was targeted by local community campaigners who said developers abused planning rules to build it.

A fraudster who hid from police by pretending to be a nun has been jailed after being ousted from a convent. The 47-year-old Italian woman, who has not been named, moved from convent to convent to evade prison after a 2017 conviction for fraud.

A 101-year-old man was told by UK immigration authorities to have his parents confirm his identity. Giovanni Palmerio, who has lived in London since 1966, hit the obstacle after applying to the EU settlement scheme to stay in the UK after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

English football star David Beckham may have to rename his new US football club just weeks before its first game after a major legal setback. Beckham is president of Inter Miami, a fresh-faced Major League Soccer (MLS) club locked in a trademark dispute with 111-year-old Italian club Inter Milan.

A couple who regretted taking free advice from an architect friend are facing a £1 million legal bill after a failed lawsuit against her. Peter and Lynn Burgess say the transformation of the garden at their £5 million London home would have been completed quicker and more cheaply without

Police officers in New York City will swap their notebooks for an iPhone app in a move upending a century of tradition. The iconic "memo book" in which officers have taken handwritten notes since the 1800s will be scrapped next Monday, The New York Times reports.

A pair of senior Russian police officers have been spared jail after creating a drug den to later bust. They convinced three known drug users to manufacture and consume the opioid "krokodil" in a flat using ingredients they stole from police evidence stores.