Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself Helen Davidson in Hong Kong Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being…
California jury finds company knew its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers Reuters A California jury on Friday awarded $40m to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer. The jury in Los Angeles superior court awarded $18m to Monica Kent and $22m to Deborah Schultz…
Trump announced the agreement after calls with Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet Thailand-Cambodia fighting explained Guardian staff and agencies Cambodia said Thai forces including fighter jets continued to strike targets across their disputed border hours after Donald Trump said both countries leaders had agreed to renew a truce brokered in October…
Move follows a disagreement with the largest grouping in parliament, with elections to be held within 45-60 days Reuters Thailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, announced on Thursday that he is “returning power to the people”, moving to dissolve parliament and clear the way for elections earlier than previously anticipated. Government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said the…
Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI laws Nick Robins-Early and Dara Kerr Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that seeks to halt any laws limiting artificial intelligence and block states from regulating the rapidly emerging technology. The order also creates a federal taskforce that will…
María Corina Machado climbs over barriers to meet chanting supporters gathered outside the Grand Hotel in early hours of Thursday Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has made a dramatic appearance in Norway after slipping out of her authoritarian homeland by boat. The Venezuelan politician…
Amy Hawkins Booming Chinese exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal the extent of country’s reliance on foreign markets A boom in exports that has pushed China’s trade surplus past $1tn for the first time reveals the extent to which its economy is still overwhelmingly reliant on foreign markets – and the…
90,000 people advised to take shelter after 7.5-magnitude quake, with 20 injuries reported Guardian staff and agencies in Tokyo A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken north-eastern Japan, injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami of up to 70cm in Pacific coast communities. The earthquake and tsunami warnings prompted orders for about 90,000 residents to…
