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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub. The 78-year-old self-made billionaire was among the highest-profile government critics charged since Beijing imposed

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Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks to the media after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police Mariperez detention center

Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release

By Diego Mendoza, Ruben Correa, Gonzalo Zegarra, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa has been placed under house arrest, his son said, two days after he was re-arrested by heavily armed men following his release from a jail where he had been held as a political prisoner. “We are

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Hunter Hess of Team USA looks on during the Toyota US Grand Prix at Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort in Colorado on January 10.

Trump calls Olympic skier ‘real loser’ after athlete expresses ‘mixed emotions’ representing the US

By Kit Maher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Olympic skier Hunter Hess a “real loser” on Sunday after the athlete expressed “mixed emotions representing the US right now” in the Winter Olympic Games. “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,”

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Morgan McSweeney resigned on Sunday as Downing Street Chief of Staff after a week of political turmoil over Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US.

UK PM’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador despite Epstein links

By Caitlin Danaher, James Frater, CNN London (CNN) — The chief of staff to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned on Sunday over the scandal around Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US, despite his links to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong.

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