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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Final arguments concluded Thursday in the landmark national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, who could face up to a life sentence if convicted. Lai founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, which had been one of the local news outlets most critical of

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely, said a new study released Thursday. The study by World Weather Attribution said the fires that killed 20 people, forced 80,000 to

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration. The announcement follows similar moves by postal services from the European Union and several other

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Yasin El Sammak, 22, and his 15-year-old brother arrived outside an Egyptian diplomatic building in Manhattan last week, planning to film a small protest urging the country to do more for residents of Gaza suffering from starvation. Instead, video provided by another activist shows Egyptian government