Author: Linnea

BBC News

• Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year for pro-democracy protests
  Jimmy Lai, billionaire owner of Hong Kong’s last opposition newspaper, imprisoned over role in anti-Beijing protests.
• Indianapolis mass shooting: Eight dead at FedEx facility
  Many people are also injured as a gunman opens fire at a FedEx site before reportedly killing himself.
• Jimmy Lai: The Hong Kong billionaire's last interview as a free man
  The media tycoon says prison is his "redemption" ahead of 12-month sentence.
• Adam Toledo: Chicago police release video of officer shooting boy
  Bodycam footage shows an officer shouting "drop it" before fatally shooting Adam Toledo in the chest.
• Denmark: Three die of salmonella poisoning linked to herbal remedy
  Thirty-three people fall ill in an outbreak traced to a herbal remedy in Denmark.
• Titanic: Searching for the 'missing' Chinese survivors
  When the Titanic sank, six Chinese men were rescued - but their ordeal didn't end there.
• China's economy grows 18.3% in post-Covid comeback
  The record figures for the first quarter of the year are skewed due to last year's nationwide lockdown
• US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyber-attacks
  Dozens of entities are targeted over attacks including alleged interference in the 2020 elections.
• How sex surrogates are helping injured Israeli soldiers
  Therapy with surrogate sexual partners is used in Israel to rehabilitate badly injured soldiers.
• How George Floyd's death changed a small Iowa town
  Issues of race were rarely discussed in Decorah, until a death 160 miles away changed everything.