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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong security case

HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

Lai, 78, was convicted in December of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. The maximum penalty for his conviction was life imprisonment.

His co-defendants, six former employees of his Apple... Read More

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumps after a landslide victory for PM Takaichi's ruling party

BANGKOK (AP) — Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5% to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

The landslide victory gives Takaichi a much stronger mandate to pursue market-friendly policies, though the impact on Japan's currency and bond markets may not be quite so positive.

"So overall, as the LDP has gone from a very weak government that really couldn’t do anything to an extremely strong government now with the supermajority of the lower... Read More

Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening arguments for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week.

Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube will face claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children. TikTok and Snap, which were originally named in the lawsuit, settled for undisclosed sums.

“This was only the first case — there are hundreds of parents and school... Read More

Moderate candidate wins emphatically over a populist in Portugal's presidential runoff

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results with 99% of votes counted.

Seguro won a five-year term in Lisbon’s riverside “pink palace” with 66.7% of votes, compared with 33.3% for Ventura.

The ballot was an opportunity to test the depth of support for Ventura’s brash style, which has struck a chord with voters and helped make his Chega (Enough) party the second-biggest in the... Read More

Sam Darnold wins Super Bowl championship right where he revived his career with San Francisco

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Never before had Sam Darnold and his dad cried together.

“We don't do that,” Darnold said.

Then, on Sunday night, they let the tears flow — years' worth of them. As Super Bowl champions.

How fitting that Darnold delivered the capstone of his topsy-turvy NFL career in the very same place where he recently revived it, and then celebrated afterward with those who supported him the most through it all: father Michael, mom Chris and fiancee Katie.

“It's special. I shared a great moment with my parents and my fiancee... Read More

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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong security case

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumps after a landslide victory for PM Takaichi's ruling party

Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles

Moderate candidate wins emphatically over a populist in Portugal's presidential runoff

Sam Darnold wins Super Bowl championship right where he revived his career with San Francisco

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