China: Hotpot chain compensates diners after teenagers urinate in soup

China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao has offered to compensate more than 4,000 diners who visited one of its Shanghai branches, where two teens urinated into their hotpot broth. A video…

India: Police arrests crypto administrator with Russia links wanted by US

Authorities in India have arrested a cryptocurrency exchange administrator wanted by the US for allegedly helping cybercriminals launder money and violate sanctions. Aleksej Besciokov, a Lithuanian citizen and Russian resident,…

Taiwan: Actor arrested for evading conscription begins military service

A Taiwanese actor who was earlier arrested for allegedly dodging mandatory military duties has now begun his conscription service. Darren Wang, who shot to fame for his breakout role in…

LIVE UPDATES: Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Talks

Eleven injured in Russian missile attack on Zelensky’s hometown, regional head says Ukraine says a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown – has injured 11…

LIVE UPDATES: Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister

Canada’s identity ‘much broader than official languages’ – Carney A French-speaking reporter asks Carney about the change of the ministerial portfolio of Canadian Heritage to Canadian Culture and Identity. The…

Germany: US tariffs could extend Germany’s recession, says bank

Tariffs on goods being imported into the US could tip Europe’s largest economy into another recession, according to the president of Germany’s central bank. Germany’s economy has contracted for the…

Germany: Spy agency ‘believed Covid likely started in lab’

Germany’s foreign intelligence service believed there was a 80-90% chance that coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab, German media say. Two German newspapers say they have uncovered details of…

Europe: Measles highest in 25 years -WHO

The number of measles cases in the European region doubled last year to reach the highest level in 25 years, health officials say. A joint report by the World Health…

Belgium: ‘Huawei lobbyists’ held in raids over EU corruption

Belgian police have raided several locations in the country as part of an investigation into corruption within the European Parliament. Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was “under the guise of…

LIVE UPDATES: Hamas agrees to free Israeli-American captive to move Gaza truce

Hamas spokesman: We will not renegotiate Gaza ceasefire Hazem Qassem, a senior spokesperson for Hamas, says the group’s decision to release Israeli-American soldier Idan Alexander from captivity was a “positive…