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Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law. Source link

Hong Kong — 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...

The countries fought a border war between 1998-2000 in which more than 100,000 people died. A peace deal was never fully implemented and relations only eased after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who later won the Nobel Peace Prize...

Jindo county head Kim Hee-soo had suggested "importing young women from Vietnam or Sri Lanka" for young rural men. Source link

The 14-minute set included guest performances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, along with cameos from the likes of Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G and Jessica Alba, who could be seen dancing on the porch of his famous...

Fans of the Seattle Seahawks celebrated into the night after their team produced a devastating defensive display to beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Supporters of both sides shared their reflections on the game, and on...

Police say the "transnational" criminal group has been in operation since 2017. Source link

Japan's first female prime minister called the snap election last month, just a few months after taking office in October. Her success is in marked contrast to her two predecessors, under whom the party lost its parliamentary majority, battled...

Singapore’s holidaygoers could soon be gliding over the sea, rather than cutting through them.Aerospace firm ST Engineering debuted the AirFish, a ten-seater craft that glides around one to three meters above the water, on Feb. 3 at the Singapore...

That imbalance, critics argue, was reinforced after Hasina's fall. Mohammad Touhid Hossain, foreign affairs adviser to Yunus, says India failed to recalibrate, missing a chance to reset ties with the interim government. "We tried to go forward on a...