
Medieval England had a defamation problem: how people used the law to fight rumours, insults and rivals
Rumour and gossip of sexual impropriety abounded in medieval society. Defamation offered a legal way of protecting a person’s good name.
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Rumour and gossip of sexual impropriety abounded in medieval society. Defamation offered a legal way of protecting a person’s good name.

From canine physiotherapy to pet supplements, wellness is booming. But what does the evidence say about keeping our animals healthy?

Reform leader Nigel Farage is attempting to win the Clacton byelection.

Health misinformation can have serious consequences. Here is why we may fall for it, and how we can guard against it.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu met with the US president on the sidelines of Lindsey Graham’s funeral.

Israel will likely refuse to withdraw its troops until it’s satisfied Hamas is completely disarmed, and Hamas says it won’t budge until Israel withdraws.

Revolut is only the latest ‘neobank’ to challenge Australia’s highly concentrated banking sector. But this attempt is backed by Europe’s most valuable startup.

From August 2, Australians will pay 16 cents more for each litre of petrol they buy.

By Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown breached multiple principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi by approving plans to repeal and weaken Treaty protections across 18 pieces of legislation, warning the changes would cause “significant prejudice” to Māori and further damage the Māori-Crown relationship. In its report, Te Tinihanga

Keith Rankin writes; In 2026 we chatter more about interest rates and government debt, and talk as if misframed 'inflation' is the biggest threat of all. Such macroeconomist micro-doom chatter is largely an aggravating displacement activity, prose we can cite if or when we – rich as well as poor – go down with our own Homeric Titanic...

By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific World Rugby has denied reports that it gave Samoa an ultimatum to sort out problems over which body governs the sport in the country, or face a ban from international competition. This follows reports that the Samoan government was given 24 hours — until Friday — to accept a

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.