Olympic champion Nathan Chen will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2026, honoring a career that produced two Olympic gold medals and three world titles. His selection comes on the Hall’s 50th anniversary and follows his historic 2019 Grand Prix Final score that still stands as one of the highest in the sport. The ceremony will be held January 9 during the U.S. Championships in St. Louis.

A new study in South Korea found that eating kimchi powder every day can make key immune cells more alert while helping the body maintain steady immune control. Researchers say these changes suggest that kimchi may support the immune system’s ability to recognize potential threats. The findings point to early signs of more efficient and balanced immune activity.

More than 1,000 Amazon employees said on Tuesday that the company’s rapid artificial intelligence (AI) rollout is putting jobs, democratic institutions and the environment at risk. In an open letter to CEO Andy Jassy, workers criticized what they call a “warp speed” approach that prioritizes expansion over safety. The signatories urged leadership to slow deployment and address the consequences they say are already emerging across the company.

Malaysia will introduce a nationwide ban on social media accounts for users under 16 in 2026 and require platforms to block account creation unless an ID-based age check is completed. The mandate is part of the Online Safety Act 2025, which gives regulators authority to audit compliance systems. Officials said enforcement will include verification of how platforms detect and reject underage users.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor who played Shang Tsung in both the 1995 “Mortal Kombat” film and the 2019 video game “Mortal Kombat 11,” died Thursday in Santa Barbara, California at 75. His manager confirmed he died from stroke complications while surrounded by family. Along with work in more than 150 productions, he appeared in “The Last Emperor” (1987), “Pearl Harbor” (2001) and Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle” (2015-2019) as Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi.

The Indian government withdrew an order on Wednesday that would have required every smartphone in the country to carry an app that critics said could expose users to expanded government access to device information. Called the Sanchar Saathi app, the platform was designed to block stolen phones, verify mobile connections and flag suspected fraud involving device identifiers. The initial directive, announced last week, instructed manufacturers to preload the app on new phones and push it to existing devices through software updates, preventing users from removing it.

Embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked the “fog of war” during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to explain his role in a September military strike that killed two survivors floating in Caribbean waters, sparking bipartisan investigations into whether the action constituted a war  crime.

A New York City Republican club will honor a far-right German political leader at its Dec. 13 gala, two months after its statewide counterpart was disbanded over leaked chats in which members praised Adolf Hitler and used racist slurs targeting Asian Americans.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Chinese man and his 6-year-old son at a scheduled check-in in New York City last week, separating them with the child’s location still unknown to his father as of Tuesday.