Diplomats from the EU’s 27 member states were pressured this week to lift sanctions on Yusha Group, a Chinese textiles manufacturer accused of selling sensitive European technology to Russian buyers. In exchange, Beijing has pledged that the company will refrain from shipping banned items to Russian military-linked buyers. It will also remove German company Sindlhauser Materials from its own export controls list, according to multiple sources familiar with the affair. The unusual quid pro quo –...

At least 16 people were killed and 32 more injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s western Tibet autonomous region late on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities. More than 300 houses collapsed in the earthquake, which struck on Thursday at 10.33pm. Officials were still evaluating the damage, and disaster relief work was ongoing, Xinhua said. The epicentre of the quake was located in a mountainous area about 190km (120 miles) east-northeast of...

Police told Global News that a toddler who was declared dead in hospital after a drowning incident at a backyard pool was later discovered alive by medical staff.

A search of the driver's phone revealed she had opened a pornographic website minutes before she caused a deadly crash, according to court documents.

The guard has received two years' jail.

Parents whose children were illegally speeding or driving illegally on public streets have been charged in a crackdown by Orange County prosecutors.