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UK government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
Dec 2, 2025 - World 
The British government has announced changes to the right to trial by jury to address a backlog in the justice system
Haiti's transitional government adopts key law to hold a general election for first time since 2016
Dec 2, 2025 - World 
Haiti's transitional presidential council has backed an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade.
U.K. government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
Dec 2, 2025 - World 
The right to trial by jury will be pared back in Britain in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced Tuesday.
Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip
Dec 2, 2025 - World 
Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon's people - including in the war-battered south - on the final day of his first overseas trip.
More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
Dec 2, 2025 - World 
Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with nearly 900 people missing.

