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Jamal al-Khafre's son was held in an Israeli prison for 23 months without charges.
He once would have gotten money from the PA, but they told him this time to apply for welfare instead.
Al-Khafri said he refused to, calling it an insult to his dignity, he says.
They say they don't keep up with the sport.
The 78-year-old Lai once ran one of Hong Kong's most popular tabloids and was unabashedly outspoken against Beijing and its increasing control over the region.
often attending anti-Beijing protests as well.
He was arrested along with several of his senior colleagues in 2020, and he has been in prison since.
His daughter, Claire Lai, told NPR shortly before his verdict that her father's health has worsened dramatically.
Her father faced up to life in prison, but she and his legal team have argued that even a 20-year sentence is tantamount to a life sentence.
China's Southern Theater Command, which oversees the South China Sea, said it had deployed patrols all last week in the area to counter a country China left unnamed.
and the Philippines joined up for a joint military patrol in the South China Sea.
Both China and the Philippines have grown increasingly aggressive in contesting their overlapping claims, including accusing each other of boat ramming.
And the two countries are now sparring diplomatically, trying in vain to agree on a code of conduct for the South China Sea.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is a massive state-owned company that develops everything from satellites to space rockets.
It says it's going to focus on space-based digital infrastructure, building up power, intensive computing and data centers floating in outer space to support artificial intelligence demands back on Earth.