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By Holly Tregenza for ABC Katy Perry on the red carpet at the 2024 VMAs. Photo: Noam Galai / Getty Images for MTV / AFP Pop star Katy Perry has won an appeal in a long-running trademark dispute with a Sydney fashion designer bearing a similar name A string of legal action was first launched in June 2009 over a trademark held by Katie Jane Taylor, who uses her birth name to design and sell clothes under the brand Katie Perry Taylor's 'Katie Perry' trademark will be cancelled unless she applies for special leave to appeal to the High Court and she has been ordered to pay costs Pop star Katy Perry has had a big court win in a long-running trademark dispute with a Sydney fashion designer bearing a similar name. The American singer has successfully appealed a Federal Court ruling from ...

By Victoria Lukovenko, Sergii Volskyi and Florent Vergnes, AFP Putin's hints of strikes on Western countries have raised fears of the war spilling over into a global conflict. Photo: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile launched at Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky appeals for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat. The latest statements from the leaders came hours after Ukraine's parliament shut down over heightened fears of a missile attack. A day after Moscow fired the new missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Putin said there would be more tests of the new Oreshnik missile. "We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and character of the security th...

By Lianne Kolirin for CNN Florence Pugh at the 2024 Academy Awards. Photo: AFP / Frederic J. Brown Hollywood star Florence Pugh has revealed that a surprise diagnosis led her to have her eggs frozen aged 27. Now 28, the British-born actress has opened up about suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis - both of which can affect fertility - in an episode of the SHE MD podcast, released Tuesday. Pugh, star of hits like Oppenheimer, Dune: Part Two and Little Women, said: "I had a bit of a worry last summer and I just wanted to go and get things checked out, and then we ended up finding out information that I probably wouldn't have known until I started having kids in another five years." The podcast is hosted by influencer Mary Alice Haney and gynaecological surg...

By Luc Cohen, Reuters US producer-musician Sean "Diddy" Combs poses during a music awards ceremony on 12 September, 2023, in New Jersey. Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP Rapper and producer seeks release on $50 million bond Prosecutors say Combs may tamper with witnesses Combs has pleaded not guilty, called sexual activity consensual There is no risk Sean 'Diddy Combs will act violently if he is released from jail, a defence lawyer says, asking a judge to release the music mogul from a Brooklyn jail on bail. The case was being presented on Friday (US EST), after Combs had been held for 10 weeks, ahead of his 5 May trial on sex-trafficking charges. Combs' lawyers this month proposed a $50 million bail package backed by his $48m Florida mansion. It also called for Combs to be monitored a...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Photo: AFP / ALBERTO PIZZOLI, ABIR SULTAN By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hussam al-Masri, Reuters Gazans see little hope that International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders will slow down the onslaught on the Palestinian territory, where medics say at least 24 people were killed in fresh Israeli military strikes. In Gaza City in the north, an Israeli strike on a house in Shejaia killed eight people, medics said. Three others were killed in a strike near a bakery and a fisherman was killed as he set out to sea. In the central and southern areas, 12 people were killed in three separate Israeli air strikes. Meanwhile, Israeli forces...

By Luc Cohen, Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump should not have his ability to carry out his presidential duties compromised by the 'hush money' legal cases against him, his lawyers say. Photo: AFP / ANGELA WEISS Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts Judge formally delays sentencing Trump Donald Trump may seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, while also indefinitely delaying Trump's sentencing in light of his victory in the 5 November US presidential election. The sentencing had been scheduled to take place next Tuesday. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office this week asked New York state Supreme Court Justice Juan Mercha...