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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence
What to know about the attack on the Jewish festival in Australia that killed 15 people
Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence
What to know about the attack on the Jewish festival in Australia that killed 15 people
Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.Self-made billionaire Lai, 78, is one of the highest-profile critics of Beijing charged under a sweeping security law imposed on the semi-autonomous city in 2020 following months of huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests.He founded Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid newspaper known for its blistering broadsides against the Chinese Commun

What to know about the attack on the Jewish festival in Australia that killed 15 people

Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

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European leaders expected to cement support for Ukraine amid US pressure to accept peace deal

European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine Monday as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal. After Sunday’s talks in Berlin between U.S. envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian and European officials are set to continue a series of meetings in an effort to secure the continent’s peace and security in the face of an increasingly assertive Russia. Finnish President Alexander Stubb, one of the key European interlocutors between U.S. President Donald Trump and Zelenskyy, was spotted Monda

Ruben Gallego emerges as key Democratic figure in Latino voter outreach

Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow

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Asian shares slip after Wall Street logs its worst day in 3 weeks

Shares opened higher in Europe after a retreat Monday in Asia following Wall Street's worst day in three weeks. The price of bitcoin sank as traders braced for an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan, expected later in the week. Germany's DAX gained 0.3% to 24,254.58 and the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.8% to 8,131.56. Britain's FTSE 100 advanced 0.6% to 9,711,10. The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.4% higher. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index shed 1.3% to 50,168.11 after a quarterly “tankan” survey of big manufactur

Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

Warriors coach Kerr laments shooting at Brown, calls again for common-sense gun control laws

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CNN analyst details what we know about the detained person of interest

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Police release man detained as a person of interest in Brown University shooting

Saying the “evidence now points in a different direction,” law enforcement officials late Sunday released a man they had detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, which left two dead and nine injured.“This is what these investigations look like,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha at a news conference. “Sometimes you head in one direction and then you have to regroup and go in another and that’s exactly what has happened over the last 24 hours or so.”Neronha said “there was a quantum of evidence which justified detaining this person as a person of

As DOJ seeks to recharge Comey, judge deprives prosecutors from accessing key evidence for now

Mahomes tears ACL as Chargers eliminate Chiefs from playoff contention with 16-13 victory

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Democrats want to win back Congress. First they need to weather their primary battles

At least a dozen US House Democrats are already facing primary challenges, as progressives seek to transform a party regaining its footing after 2024 by tapping into voters’ frustration with its leaders ahead of next year’s midterm elections.Unlike past intraparty battles, this current fight is less about policy differences and more about style. A steadily growing group of challengers, backed by groups such as Justice Democrats and former DNC vice chair David Hogg’s Leaders We Deserve, argues the party needs to replace incumbents in safe districts with more inspiring candidates who can b

Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.1 billion after there were no big winners in Saturday’s drawing

The Powerball jackpot continues to grow, reaching an estimated $1.1 billion after there were no big winners in Saturday night’s drawing.The winning numbers Saturday were 1, 28, 31, 57, 58, with a Powerball of 16.While there were no big winners, two tickets – sold in North Carolina and Pennsylvania – won $2 million each, Powerball said.The next drawing is Monday night.This is the second jackpot to hit at least $1 billion this year. Two winners – in Texas and Missouri – split Powerball’s $1.787 billion prize in September. That was the second largest jackpot in US lottery history; the

Brian Walshe faces a first-degree murder charge, but the jury can convict him of a less severe homicide charge. Here’s why

Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 on campus

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‘Heroic’ bystander who wrestled gun from Bondi Beach attacker is son of refugees and father to two

A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media.Ahmed, a 43-year-old father to two girls, risked his life by tackling an alleged shooter and seizing the gun during Sunday’s attack.He was later shot by one of the two gunmen, a father and son duo whose beachside rampage targeting a Jewish gathering and beach-goers killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others.Dramatic footage of the confrontation, w

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Australia’s gun laws were already among the world’s toughest. The Bondi massacre could spark even tighter controls

Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed.Restrictions were tightened almost 30 years ago after a lone gunman armed with semiautomatic weapons killed 35 people at the Port Arthur historic tourist site in Tasmania.The massacre shocked the government of the day into action, and within two weeks, new laws dictated tough rules on who could and couldn’t own a gun.Australia’s swift action has been held up as an example that change is p

UK’s new spy chief warns the ‘front line is everywhere’ amid growing threat from Russia

Gunmen targeted Australia’s Jewish community in a deadly mass shooting. Here’s what we know

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Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead. The action would include renegotiating the landmark national firearms agreement that virtually banned rapid-fire rifles after a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania in 1996, galvanizing the country into action, the nine leaders' said in a statement after an emergency meeting. The violence erupted at the end of a summer day w

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‘Heroic’ bystander tackles Bondi Beach gunman

At least 11 people were killed in a terror attack on Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.Around 1,000 people had gathered on a grassy area at Archer Park when at least two gunman opened fire at 6:47 p.m. local time, sending panicked crowds running in all directions.One suspect was killed at the scene, while the other was injured and taken into custody. Police believe a third suspect may have been involved, but they cautioned against speculation as investigations continue.It’s Australia’s worst mass shooting since a m