by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse A United States appeals court on Monday upheld a decision to block President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting citizens from six Muslim-majority nations — the latest in a string of stinging judicial blows for the Republican president. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit kept in place a lower court injunction on the ban, arguing the president had overstepped his authority and his executive order discriminated against […]
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Madonna prevails in key copyright case
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Madonna on Thursday triumphed in a copyright case concerning her song “Vogue,” in a victory for artists seeking to use samples. The lawsuit concerns a brief horn riff that appears five times in the radio version of “Vogue,” a dance track that was a major hit for the pop superstar in 1990. The Salsoul Orchestra funk ensemble first recorded the horns in the early 1980s on the song “Ooh […]





