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Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent. Judge Esther Toh said 18 years of …
Read More »Hong Kong court finds media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition, foreign collusion
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others …
Read More »ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a 1-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump won’t be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension. Kimmel’s previous, multi-year …
Read More »Niagara family, mayor call for hotelier Jimmy Lai’s release from Hong Kong prison as G7 ministers set to meet
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. As G7 foreign ministers prepare to meet in Ontario’s Niagara Region, family of hotel owner Jimmy Lai and Niagara-on-the-Lake’s lord mayor are calling for the pro-democracy activist’s …
Read More »An emotional Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night after show’s suspension
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air on Tuesday, addressing for the first time a controversy that sidelined his late-night show and intensified the debate around free speech in the United States. Kimmel opened his monologue with a joke characteristic of his show — “As I was saying, before I was interrupted” — but took on a …
Read More »Canadian actor Tatiana Maslany joins calls to boycott Disney amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout
Several Hollywood names have joined the growing movement to boycott Disney after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Tatiana Maslany, the Canadian actress who starred in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, posted a call to action in her Instagram stories Thursday. “Cancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!” she wrote in …
Read More »Jimmy Carter’s state funeral taking place today in Washington
Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who struggled with a bad economy and a hostage crisis but went on to a long and admired post-White House career, will be honoured at a state funeral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Fellow Democratic President Joe Biden will eulogize the 39th president who …
Read More »Jimmy Carter’s funeral observances begin. Here’s what is planned
Six days of funeral observances for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter began on Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Ga., to decades on the global stage …
Read More »Late president Jimmy Carter’s impact in Edmonton still significant 7 years later – Edmonton
Around the world, people are mourning the death of former United States president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. Seven years ago, the 39th president visited Edmonton, as part of his work with Habitat for Humanity (HFH). In the Edmonton HFH office, a hammer hanging on the …
Read More »ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਸਾਬਕਾ ਸਦਰ Jimmy Carter ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ; ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੈ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਨਾਂ
ਵਾਸ਼ਿੰਗਟਨ, 30 ਦਸੰਬਰ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ 39ਵੇਂ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੀਜੇ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਨੇਤਾ ਜਿਮੀ ਕਾਰਟਰ ਦਾ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ 100 ਸਾਲ ਦੀ ਉਮਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਉਹ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਲੰਬੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੱਕ ਜੀਉਂਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਸਨ।ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਨਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਕਾਰਟਰਪੁਰੀ (Carterpuri) …
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