China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case It's the most prominent case brought under China-imposed national security law.

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

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the m...

Jimmy Lai's evolution from Hong Kong media magnate to activist in photos Prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was a child stowaway from mainland China who rose to become Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate. Unlike other rags-to-riches tycoons who cultivated ties with Beijing, he chose to become its fierce critic. The 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, a newspaper known for critical reports against both the Hong Kong and Beijing governments, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for his conviction under a China-imposed national security law. Here are 10 key moments in Lai’s life showing his evolution from a clothing businessman to one of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists. 1989: Tiananmen shifts path of clothing chain founder From a child laborer in a glove factory, Lai transformed himself into a clothing entrepreneur, founding the Giordano casual clothing chain in 1981. But the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing changes Lai’s path. Giordano prints T-shirts in support of the... https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jimmy-lais-evolution-hong-kong-media-magnate-activist-129983679

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai faces sentencing in landmark national security case It's the most prominent case brought under China-imposed national security law.

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

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the m...

Venezuelan opposition leader freed after 8 months in prison Guanipa is one of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado's closest allies.

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Venezuelan opposition leader freed after 8 months in prison

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize la...

Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott U.S. goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over Greenland

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Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland

The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott U.S. goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after th...

Tourists stopped from seeing The Last Supper, while Olympic VIPs including Vance visit Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics faced disappointment as access to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was closed for three and a half days

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Tourists stopped from seeing The Last Supper, while Olympic VIPs including Vance visit

Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics faced disappointment as access to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was closed for three and a hal...

Bodies found in area in Mexico where search is on for 10 missing workers from Canadian mine Mexican authorities have discovered bodies and remains in Sinaloa https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bodies-found-area-mexico-search-10-missing-workers-129940368

The death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts has risen to 24, a Pakistani official says The death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts has risen to 24, a Pakistani official says

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The death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts has risen to 24, a Pakistani official says

The death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts has risen to 24, a Pakistani official says

Mexico agrees to make more predictable water deliveries to the US Mexico and the United States have reached an agreement for Mexico to send a minimum amount of water annually to the U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports if more water wasn't delivered https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-agrees-make-predictable-water-deliveries-us-129836534

Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities

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Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people

Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images French prosecutors have searched the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X

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Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images

French prosecutors have raided the offices of social media platform X as part of an investigation into allegations of spreading child sexual abuse ...

13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after they were swept out to sea off the Australian coast

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13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea

A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy waters to save his mother and two younger siblings who had been swept out to sea off the c...

Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was demolished

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Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was demolished

US ambassador arrives in Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after 7 years U.S. Ambassador Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas.

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US ambassador arrives in Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after 7 years

U.S. Ambassador Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties

Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter cold Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/power-outages-hit-ukraine-moldova-kyiv-struggles-winter-129731967

Danish veterans stage protest outside US Embassy Hundreds of Danish veterans have staged a silent protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/danish-veterans-stage-protest-us-embassy-129730395

Armed extremists kill dozens in northeastern Nigeria Armed extremists in northeastern Nigeria have killed dozens in recent raids on a construction site and a military installation https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/armed-extremists-kill-dozens-northeastern-nigeria-129730100

Pokemon card event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate of Japanese game maker Nintendo, apologized following a backlash from China, as tensions between the two sides escalated

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Pokemon card event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate of Japanese game ma...

At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say Rebel authorities say at least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines in eastern Congo https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/200-killed-coltan-mine-collapse-eastern-congo-rebel-129728737

Bangladesh's ousted leader Hasina denounces the upcoming election from her exile in India Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that could deepen tensions ahead of the pivotal vote next month

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Bangladesh's ousted leader Hasina denounces the upcoming election from her exile in India

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that co...