David R Chan, 72, from Los Angeles has dined at 7,812 Chinese restaurants and counting, over four decades and has kept a spreadsheet detailing each one.
Welcome to Thursday, where Kim Jong-un offers to reopen hotline with Seoul, a 96-year-old Nazi war crime suspect flees and a Turkish man gets so drunk he joins a search party for himself. From France, we also take a look, and listen, to the surprisingly loud noises of the countryside.