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China Sentences a U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison for Espionage

A Chinese court said it sentenced a 78-year-old American citizen to life in prison on Monday on unspecified charges of spying, the latest in a wave of espionage cases the authorities have pursued.

Oxford University Removes Sackler Name From Buildings

The elite British university has become the latest in a long series of institutions to publicly distance themselves from the philanthropic Sackler family because of some of its members’ ties to the opioid crisis.

Global Executions Highest in 5 Years, Amnesty International Says

Executions around the world rose to the highest number recorded in five years in 2022, according to an annual report by Amnesty International released on Tuesday. Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia carried out about 90 percent of the executions recorded in 2022, the report said.

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