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Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of a failed bomb plot during anti-government protests in December 2019 to nearly 24 years in jail. In the city’s first case brought under an anti-terrorism law, the court handed down a prison term of 23 years and 10 months

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man has gone on trial on charges of high treason for a video he had allegedly sent to Ukraine’s security services. The case is the latest in a growing series of espionage cases amid the fighting in Ukraine. The Volgograd District Court began hearing a new case against Nikita Zhuravel,

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has rejected a plea for acquittal from former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been held in prison for more than a year in a graft case. The court order was another blow to Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, who were accused of retaining and selling state gifts

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy … is getting smaller” over Iran’s advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House. Rafael Mariano Grossi

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International said Thursday it has identified several UAE-made armoured personnel carriers on the ground in Sudan after verifying pictures shared on social media showing the vehicles captured or destroyed by the Sudanese army. The vehicles were equipped with the Galix defense system which is produced by two French arms

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal mining. The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein in North West province are believed to be suffering from a lack of food and water after police closed off the

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continued to cool. The S&P 500 dipped 0.6% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%. Several areas of the market that had bounced highest following Trump’s election reversed their

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the digital “duty of care” requirement will place the onus on digital platforms to proactively keep Australians safe and

ZHUHAI- China (AP) — A top Russian defense official has attended China’s premier military showcase in a show of unity between the countries as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, was in the southern city of Zhuhai to view Chinese and Russian aircraft and other military

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say that a car bomb accidentally went off at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in the northwest of the country, killing at least two children and five suspected militants. Police said the explosion happened in the city of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Demand Justice, a progressive organization focused on the judiciary, is set to bombard Capitol Hill with a message for the closing weeks of the 118th Congress: Do “whatever it takes” to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees as a second Donald Trump presidency looms. The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found guilty of embezzling funds while leading a group supporting Korean survivors of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery. Yoon Meehyang, who was also convicted of fraudulently receiving government subsidies and unlawfully collecting donations,

Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday. At the United Nations climate talks, hosted in Baku,