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Click to expand Image Joshua Wong speaks to protesters near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 17, 2019. © 2019 Kin Cheung/AP Photo (Tokyo) – The Hong Kong High Court on November 5, 2026, sentenced Joshua Wong, a well-known…
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Wong, 30, has been imprisoned since 2020 and is the only activist in Hong Kong prosecuted twice under national security law Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to “foreign…
Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.
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Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.
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A Hong Kong court sentenced prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison for his second national security conviction, significantly extending his time behind bars just months before he was expected to be freed.
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Stand-up comedy is booming across China, trailing only cinema as the country's second-largest theater category, according to state media. Many credit American comic Des Bishop with sparking the trend over a decade ago after he moved to…
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The 31-year-old former police officer is accused of fatally shooting couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney in 2024 Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon enters witness box in Sydney double murder trial Get our breaking news…
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Lamarre-Condon gives evidence in court after pleading not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024 Live updates: Beau Lamarre-Condon gives evidence in murder trial Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
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Police and prosecutors open investigation into death of the 55-year-old Bavarian state deputy leader A prominent German politician was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday, police said, adding they had launched an investigation. The…
Shaun Stebbins, a former elementary school aide, faces dozens of charges after state prosecutors allege images and videos of students were found on his devices.
A Spokane County sheriff's deputy died and another is on life support after a SWAT team was ambushed responding to a domestic violence call.
In some ways, the outcome of Tennessee’s ninth district congressional election was determined in May, when Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee legislature redrew the state’s legislative maps—carving Tennessee’s sole district in…
The Department of Justice has previously reached comparable legal settlements with major corporate contractors, including IBM, Deloitte, and Accenture
As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed in the biggest Police Scotland operation since last year's visit by President Trump.
One of Election Day’s most surprising results still isn’t final: the extraordinarily close Mississippi Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom, who could become the state’s first Black senator…
A four-judge panel found Nassau County's transgender athlete ban conflicts with New York's Human Rights Law, but the county vows to appeal it.
Israel detains Palestinian activist without charge Israeli police have detained Abed Abou Shhadeh, a former city council representative of the Palestinian community in Jaffa, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday…
Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.
In ballot measures across the country Tuesday, voters mostly expressed support for abortion rights, while affirming voter identification requirements and upholding that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections.
Jewish organizations called the upcoming Philadelphia boycott ride targeting Jewish-owned businesses near Rittenhouse Square "Jew-Hatred, plain and simple."
The EU has drafted a list of demands ahead of the key summit in Brussels this month
Viral video captured a 70-year-old poet allegedly slapping a Turning Point member outside a Laconia, New Hampshire, elementary school polling site.
While Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, governors’ mansions, and state legislatures across the country, Virginia overturned its “Jim Crow-era lifetime ban” on voting for people with prior felony convictions. Voters…
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Minister hints at restriction on selling technology ‘to certain users’ amid worries over surreptitious filming of women The government is considering placing restrictions on smart glasses amid concerns the technology is being used to…
