China's national security authorities are urging police across the country to favour the use of a home-grown dog breed over German Shepherds, Rottweilers, Malinois and Springer Spaniels, as Beijing relentlessly pursues self-reliance.
Japanese world champion Akane Yamaguchi will face an immediate rematch with world-number-one An Se-young in the women's semi-finals of badminton's World Tour Finals, after the South Korean beat her in a Group A clash in Hangzhou on Friday.
The French government will appeal a Paris court ruling that rejected its request for a three-month suspension of online platform Shein, it said in a statement on Friday after the court said such a suspension would be disproportionate.