Profits at Ma Hong’s spicy hotpot restaurant have been squeezed by about a fifth since he opened in downtown Beijing last year, crushed by beef tripe prices that have shot up by more than 50% and the surging costs of other key ingredients. “We sell it at the same price as before. Also with the […]

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday questioned whether allowing Mexico to sue U.S. gun manufacturers for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels would open the door to other countries suing them, including Russia over firearms used by Ukrainians in the ongoing war. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in […]

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Tuesday gave a jury an overview of his U.S. defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the latest chapter in a long-running legal fight between the two Hollywood stars. Opening statements kicked off in a Virginia courtroom in a lawsuit Depp, 58, brought […]

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak will be fined for breaking Britain’s strict coronavirus lockdown rules, his office said on Tuesday, provoking anger and calls for them both to resign. Police have been investigating 12 gatherings at Johnson’s Downing Street office and the Cabinet Office after […]