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Restaurant chain apologies after diners allegedly urinated into hotpot broth

A video showing two men urinating into the broth while dining began circulating online.

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Chinese hotpot giant Haidilao said it would compensate thousands of customers who visited one of its outlets in Shanghai after two diners were captured on video urinating into hotpot broth.

Trudeau slams Trump’s tariffs as ‘very dumb thing to do’, leaders vow retaliation

The US president has made good on his long-standing tariffs threat, drawing instant backlash.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his new tariffs on Canadian imports were ‘a very dumb thing to do’ and said his country was striking back immediately.

Trump, China spur push for stronger Australian defence

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Defense industry leaders are pushing for greater Australian manufacturing independence from China.

Chief of Defence drops bombshell about Chinese ships off Australian coast

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Australia’s Defence Force was only notified of a live firing exercise by China’s People’s Liberation after the window for the operation had started.

China accuses Australia of ‘deliberately hyping up’ its live-fire drills in Tasman Sea

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Royal Australian Navy sailors on HMAS Arunta keeping watch on People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu and Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. *** Local Caption *** As part of Australias whole-of-government maritime border protection efforts, Defence routinely monitors all maritime traffic in our Exclusive Economic Zone and maritime approaches. Australia respects the right of all states under international law to exercise freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace, just as we expect others to respect our right to do the same.

China’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ jet manoeuvre raised during bilateral talks

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Defence Minister Richard Marles has characterised a midair incident between a Chinese fighter jet and an Australian P-8A Poseidon as an ‘unsafe and unprofessional manoeuvre’.