Macron, Merz vow to deepen bilateral cooperation in defense

China says all countries have the obligation to urge Japan to eradicate the vestiges of militarism. The remarks came after China received Russian-provided evidence related to a Japanese germ-warfare unit.

China's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent in November from a year earlier. In the first 11 months, the country's industrial output increased by 6 percent.

Seventy-eight-year-old Jimmy Lai faced charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiracy to print seditious publications.

Australian police say the alleged offenders of a shooting that has killed 16 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son duo. The 50-year-old father was killed at the scene while his 24-year-old son was in critical condition.

At least 12 people have died after a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach. One shooter was among the dead while another is in custody. New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon declared the attack to be "a terrorist incident."

Economic officials and experts in China have signaled confidence in the country's growth. Top officials also reiterated their commitment to policy support at the 2025–2026 China Economic Annual Conference.

A shooting has left at least two people dead and eight others wounded at Brown University in Providence, the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

China's top economic planner says it will take multiple measures to stabilize investment growth in the coming year. The measures will include leveraging various types of government investment funds.

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed the country’s readiness to push forward partnership with the United Arab Emirates. Wang described the two countries as natural friends and partners, with similar governance philosophies and highly complementary economies.

China has released a collection of archives detailing the crimes of Japan's World War Two biological warfare Unit 731. It includes trial records of Unit 731 members, investigation reports on the unit's crimes and internal official correspondence of Soviet authorities.