China, US top trade officials hold video call as Beijing raises serious concerns over restrictions; expert urges Washington to honor leaders' consensus

Warning: graphic content follows. Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung could have been fatally struck with a hammer that contained her ex-husband’s DNA when it was seized from a rural village flat where her dismembered remains were found, a court has heard. Wrapping up their case as the murder trial entered its sixth week, prosecutors highlighted forensic findings and surveillance camera footage showing the movements of Choi and three of her former in-laws before and after her alleged...

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The Chinese consulate in Melbourne has urged local authorities to “severely punish” the person responsible for killing a Chinese delivery rider on Friday evening – a tragedy that has sparked mounting online outrage over delivery platform safety standards. A 47-year-old delivery man from China’s northwestern Shaanxi province was stabbed to death while on the job and another rider was injured in downtown Melbourne on Friday evening, after the two confronted a man who was “tampering” with their...