Media figure Jimmy Lai, democracy veteran Martin Lee among 7 activists convicted over 2019 protests in Hong Kong By Associated Press AP
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HONG KONG (AP) Media figure Jimmy Lai, democracy veteran Martin Lee among 7 activists convicted over 2019 protests in Hong Kong.
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Japan designates Osaka, 2 other prefectures for new virus control steps as infections rise 4 months before Olympics By Associated Press Tokyo
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TOKYO (AP) Japan designates Osaka, 2 other prefectures for new virus control steps as infections rise 4 months before Olympics.
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1 of 2 FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2020 file photo, a street sign is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks were mixed in early trading on Monday, March 15, 2021, as investors sifted a mixed bag of data from China. Wall Street continues to eye the bond market, where yields gave back some of last week s gains. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
2 of 2 In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Gregory Rowe, left, works on the trading floor, Friday, March 12, 2021, in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which set an all-time high Thursday, was up, lifted by industrial stocks like Boeing and Caterpillar. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
A dog smells pieces of tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea, on a beach in the Gdor Nature Reserve near Michmoret, Israel, Monday, March 1, 2021. The cleanup from the disastrous oil spill that has blackened most of the country s shoreline is expected to take months. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israel suspects Iran connection to Mediterranean oil spill By Associated Press AP
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JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli authorities said Wednesday that a Libyan-owned tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iran to Syria was responsible for spilling tons of crude into the eastern Mediterranean last month, causing one of Israel s worst environmental disasters.