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Cold Deaths in New York Climb to 18 as Frigid Winds Linger

A person was found dead in the Bronx on Saturday morning, the police said. An 81-year-old man was also found dead on a rooftop, though it was unclear whether the cold was to blame.

© José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times

Extreme cold warnings remained in effect across much of the Northeast through Monday morning, including New York City, because of dangerously low wind chills.
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, faces sentencing over national security charges

The media tycoon, who was first arrested in 2020, could face life in prison in blow for press freedom following conviction in December

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy figure, is set to be sentenced on Monday in the financial hub’s most high-profile national security case, amid growing calls to free the longstanding critic of the Chinese Communist party whose health is frail.

The sentence comes after a legal saga spanning almost five years for the founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper after he was convicted in December of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. He was first arrested in 2020.

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© Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

© Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

© Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

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Isaac Herzog arrives in Sydney to meet survivors of Bondi terror attack amid tight security

Israeli president will meet with prime minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra and travel to Melbourne as pro-Palestine supporters stage protests

Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has arrived in Sydney for a four-day trip to Australia to speak to survivors of the Bondi terror attack and the victims’ families.

In a post on X, the Israeli embassy said Herzog and his wife, Michal Herzog, were met by Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, after their plane touched down in Sydney on Monday. “Welcome to Australia, President Isaac Herzog!” the embassy said.

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© Photograph: Israel in Australia

© Photograph: Israel in Australia

© Photograph: Israel in Australia

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