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Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison? Seoul, Tokyo watch US foreign policy twists with rising fear Donald Trump's hostile signals over Greenland and the aftermath of the Venezuela attack have raised fears in Japan and South Korea that Washington is no longer committed to its allies in East Asia. ISS crew returns to Earth in first-ever medical evacuation For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group. German military personnel set to arrive in Greenland Germany said that the European mission in Greenland was there to counter "threats" from Russia and China. The German team is among the groups of European military personnel who are scheduled to arrive in Greenland. Tense Uganda goes to vote amid internet blackout Ugandans lined up outside polling stations and encountered delays amid technical difficulties, after a repressive campaign saw hundreds of supporters of President Museveni's opponent arrested. Musk's xAI curbs sexually explicit image generation in Grok xAI has announced measures to rein in Grok's 'Spicy Mode' after global backlash over AI-edited images undressing women and children. Trump hails call with Venezuela's 'terrific' interim leader The US president said he had a "great" conversation with Delcy Rodriguez, who described her first call with Trump as "productive and courteous." FBI searches Washington Post reporter's home FBI agents searched Hannah Natanson's home as part of an investigation into sharing secret government information. The paper said investigators told her she was not a focus of the probe. Why Iran's fate means more to oil markets than Venezuela's While markets appeared barely fazed by the fate of Venezuela's oil industry, they are considerably more nervous about the potential impact of internal unrest and foreign escalation when it comes to Iran. Rightly so? Tech-savvy Mykhailo Fedorov is Ukraine's new defense minister Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aims to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities through technology by appointing Mykhailo Fedorov as the new defense minister. What do experts say? Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve.