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Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists, but acquits 2 in subversion trial
Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city’s rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub. CBC | World News
Read More »Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. CBC | World News
Read More »French juvenile court convicts 6 over roles in teacher’s beheading
A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist that shocked the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump goes on clemency blitz: sentences commuted, convicts pardoned
U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted what he called a “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and pardoned former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others. CBC | World News
Read More »China convicts researcher who claimed to create world’s first gene-edited babies
A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims he had made the world’s first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his research, state media said. CBC | World News
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