| Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent
- The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:28:37 +0000
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| Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures, Then Rearrests One
- Hours after at least 35 political prisoners were released, one of the most prominent was apparently back in custody, raising doubts about the government’s direction and control.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:25:35 +0000
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| San Francisco Teachers Begin Strike, Closing School for 50,000 Students
- The strike closed public schools for more than 50,000 students in the city and had no end date. Health care costs are a key issue in negotiations.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:11:59 +0000
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| Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks
- The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:02:51 +0000
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| Respite From Wind-Driven, Bone-Chilling Cold Weather Is in Sight
- Wind chills below zero were expected to persist across parts of the Northeast and New England on Monday but should finally ease, forecasters said.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:02:51 +0000
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| Is the King Cake Baby Jesus?
- Does the popular figurine represent Jesus or the Crescent City’s typical joie de vivre?
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:02:12 +0000
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| Vietnam’s Leader Has New Power, and He’s in a Hurry
- To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:56 +0000
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| A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
- Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:30 +0000
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| We Legalized Marijuana. Now We Must Regulate It.
- Given the growing harms from marijuana use, American lawmakers should do more to regulate it.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:16 +0000
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| What We Can Learn From Southern Red States About Education
- Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a way forward.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:09 +0000
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| Japan Stocks Surge on Takaichi’s Landslide Election Win
- Stocks climbed on Monday as investors cheered a result seen as a mandate for the prime minister’s high-spending economic agenda.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:47:25 +0000
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| Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong
- Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:46:35 +0000
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| Tisch to Name Leaders of Catholic and Black Churches as N.Y.P.D. Chaplains
- Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. A.R. Bernard are to be announced as co-heads of the Police Department’s chaplains’ unit.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:24 +0000
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| Jerrold Nadler Has Picked a Successor. Will That Matter to Voters?
- The retiring congressman hopes his endorsement will carry Assemblyman Micah Lasher past a crowded primary field, including a Kennedy.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:21 +0000
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| Takeaways From the Second Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial
- The judge denied a request for a mistrial and jurors heard from a woman who accused one of the brothers of filming her when she was a minor. The sex-trafficking trial resumes on Monday.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:21 +0000
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| Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein “Blessing” as the Two Did Deals
- Andrew Farkas has repeatedly played down ties to Jeffrey Epstein. But they swapped business favors in the Virgin Islands, and in nearly 2,000 emails, the two expressed admiration for each other.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:06 +0000
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| Five Years After Myanmar Coup, ‘Even Hope Has Become a Risk’
- The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:01:42 +0000
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| After M23 Takeover, Goma Carries Violent Memories and Signs of Hope
- A year after a rebel takeover, residents of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, carry violent memories and signs of hope.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:01:23 +0000
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| Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime
- His performance featured a sugar cane field, a wedding seemingly officiated onstage and a New York-style street scene, along with appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:47:18 +0000
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| What to Know About the Disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s Mom, Nancy
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show host’s mother, vanished from her home on Feb. 1.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:33:48 +0000
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