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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making

Jimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China’s rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.

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Jimmy Lai at home in Hong Kong in August 2020.

Trump’s Cuts Hobbled US Labor Board, Leaving Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle

15 December 2025 at 18:02
Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

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The Washington headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, which is down to a single member. In the interim, California and New York want to strengthen their boards.

To China, Jimmy Lai Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope.

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong publisher and democracy campaigner, was convicted of national security charges in a city where even minor dissent is now whispered.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.

Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say

15 December 2025 at 05:45
The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

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U.S. soldiers on patrol in northeastern Syria in January.

What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

14 December 2025 at 17:20
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

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U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.
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What We Know About the American Troops in Syria

14 December 2025 at 17:20
The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.

© John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. Army soldiers gather before a patrol from a remote combat outpost in northeastern Syria in 2021.

Dozens Killed as a Hospital Is Bombed in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War

13 December 2025 at 10:29
Jets from the Myanmar military dropped two bombs on the facility in Mrauk-U, in what rebels and witnesses called a deliberate attack on civilians.

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Mourners at a cemetery in Mrauk-U, Myanmar, on Thursday, grieving over the bodies of victims of a hospital bombing.

Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey

13 December 2025 at 11:59
Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.

© Monica Jorge for The New York Times

A judge’s order suggested that sloppiness by the Justice Department had helped to sabotage President Trump’s demands to use the criminal justice system to go after James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.

In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss

13 December 2025 at 22:46
This week demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.

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The White House was served a legal rebuke this week when federal grand jurors in Alexandria, Va., rejected the Justice Department’s push to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage-related charges for the second time in a week.

A Trickle of Aid Reaches a Captured, War-Ravaged City in Sudan

13 December 2025 at 01:46
A local group negotiated permission from the paramilitary force controlling El Fasher, offering a rare glimpse into conditions after a massacre.

© Malam Darfur Peace and Development

A photograph released by Malam Darfur Peace and Development showing residents receiving sacks of millet the group delivered to El Fasher, in Sudan, on Dec. 2.

Trump Commuted David Gentile’s Sentence. His Victims Are Seething.

David Gentile spent just days in prison for his conviction in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.

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David Gentile, convicted of defrauding investors, spent less than two weeks in prison before being pardoned by President Trump.

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

12 December 2025 at 18:01
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.

© Mohamed Sadek for The New York Times

Addiction experts, who studied hundreds of clinical trials, guidelines and surveys conducted over 15 years, found a gulf between how the public perceives cannabis and what gold-standard science shows.

Thailand Says Trump Call About Cambodia Conflict Is Set for Friday

12 December 2025 at 17:26
President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.

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Thailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul is likely to stake out a hard-line position on the conflict, analysts said. On Friday he spoke at Government House in Bangkok about dissolving Parliament.
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