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HONG KONG (Reuters) — Hong Kong’s High Court heard on Monday the mitigation plea of pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, the final step before sentencing in a landmark national security trial that has drawn international condemnation and could see Lai jailed for life.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The first appeal at the Supreme Court of Guam in 2026 is from the Office of the Attorney General, which challenges a lower court decision denying a motion to amend release conditions for the deportation of a man serving 10 years for the death of a coworker.

MAJURO — Although evidence shows that the entire Marshall Islands was subjected to radioactive fallout from hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the 1950s, there are three specific populations who were exposed to relatively high levels of radiation by United States government actions from the 195…

CEBU CITY, Philippines (Reuters) — The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippines has risen to four, an official said on Saturday, as rescue efforts continued for dozens who remained missing.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Guam Cancer Care’s co-pay assistance program relaunched at the start of the New Year, reopening the door to financial assistance for cancer patients.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Caracas and Washington have reached a deal to export up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil producti…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Toppled Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to narcotics charges after President Donald Trump’s stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to regroup.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — An audit of the Guam Department of Education’s fiscal year 2024 finances revealed that despite receiving millions in federal funds, a $64.7 million surplus and a clean unmodified opinion, recurring breakdowns in basic financial controls expose Guam’s publ…

MAJURO — Despite a high rate of domestic violence in the Marshall Islands, only a handful of women come forward to gain court offered protections against abusive partners.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The possibility of deep seabed mining near the Marianas triggered an unprecedented wave of opposition from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands throughout 2025, uniting government leaders, activists and scientists in a fight against federal plans…