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The Māori king in New Zealand – Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII – has died peacefully at age 69, surrounded by his wife and three children. The Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement, announced the news on social media on Friday morning local time (Thursday evening GMT). Spokesman Rahui Papa …

“It was found that the sport is problematic with respect to Sharia and it has many aspects which are contradictory to the teachings of Islam,” the Taliban’s General Directorate on Physical Education and Sport said in a statement sent to the AFP news agency. “That’s why this decision has been …

Sancho was found guilty of premeditated murder, concealing a corpse, and destruction of property. A court on nearby island Koh Samui, where the case was heard, initially issued a death sentence for murder, but this was commuted to life imprisonment after taking into account his cooperation during the trial. Sancho, …

SM Entertainment added that he is fully cooperating with the police investigation. “We will provide further statements as the investigation progresses,” the statement, which was posted in Korean and translated by Associated Press, said. The Bangbae Police Station in Seoul announced it was investigating Taeil in relation to a sexual …

“The landslide hit a house where five family members were living – a couple in their 70s, two women in their 40s and a man in his 30s,” a Gamagori official told the AFP news agency. After all-night recovery efforts, the two women in their 40s were rescued, but the …

For some people it was also about the practicalities. MP Doreen Kong said the documents showed that the education bureau did not understand young people. She specifically criticised the badminton suggestion as unrealistic. “How could they borrow a badminton racket on the spot if it happens?” She asked. To Thomas …

To build a “healthy media culture”, President Yoon said young men needed to be better educated. “Although it is often dismissed as ‘just a prank,’ it is clearly a criminal act that exploits technology to hide behind the shield of anonymity,” he said. Korea’s media regulator is meeting on Wednesday …

On Monday, the Philippines said 40 Chinese ships prevented two of their boats from conducting a “humanitarian mission” to restock the Teresa Magbuana, a Philippine coast guard ship deployed months earlier to the shoal. The Philippines suspects China is attempting to reclaim land at Sabina Shoal. It has pointed to …

The protesters chanted slogans and clashed with police, who used batons to disperse the crowd. Namita Ghosh, a college student at the protest, told news agency AFP the crowd intended to “protest peacefully” before the baton charge. A senior police official, speaking anonymously, said at least 100 protesters were arrested …

Last year’s summit between Mr Biden and Mr Xi in San Fransisco was meant to make progress on these issues. Since then, despite the tariffs and the stern rhetoric, Washington and Beijing have acknowledged their differences – and reports of the two sides striking a deal on curbing fentanyl production …

Enrolments at public universities will be pared back to 145,000 in 2025, which is around their 2023 levels, Mr Clare said. Private universities and non-university higher education providers will be able to enrol 30,000 new international students, while vocational education and training institutions will be limited to 95,000. The policy …

Taran Adarsh, a Bollywood analyst, says these re-releases are making up for a lack of new films and lacklustre box-office performances. The re-releases have little to no promotion, with posters simply popping up on ticket booking sites or circulating on social media. “It’s driven purely by nostalgia or an audience’s …

A BBC investigation had linked Mr Asif to a website called Channel3Now, which posted an article that included a false name for the alleged attacker, and wrongly suggested he was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year. The article was shared widely on social media …

At least six people were injured last year, including a swimmer left with broken ribs, and one in 2022. Tadamichi Morisaka, a cetology professor at Japan’s Mie University, said the dorsal fin of a dolphin spotted bitting a man’s fingers at a beach in Tsuruga – a port city next …

It comes shortly after a highly publicised anti-doping row at the Paris Olympics this summer, in which China said its athletes were being unfairly targeted. In a tearful poolside interview with reporters, 32-year-old Sun thanked those close to him for helping him get back to competing. “This is really because …

Police raided the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound late on Saturday, with reports saying they later used tear gas against Mr Quiboloy’s followers who had become “unruly and violent”, Davao police spokesperson Major Catherina dela Rey told news outlet Rappler. Hundreds of Mr Quiboloy’s followers have blocked parts of …

The real challenge, however, was to figure out how to use more than just her legs to form a well-rounded, sustainable technique. “We had to manage how to balance the strength in her legs, modify it and use it technically,” Chaudhary explains. “Devi has strong legs but we had to …

While the controversy has attracted a lot of attention in international media and online, it has not really dented or detracted from Black Myth’s overwhelmingly positive reception. The game made $53m in presales alone, with another 4.5 million copies sold within 24 hours of its release. Within the same timeframe …

A few months after the attack on Ms Menon, Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) – a group formed by some of her colleagues in a film industry known for its variety of successful mainstream and critically acclaimed films – petitioned the government, seeking swift action in the case and also …

China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under its control, and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island. The two sides have been spying on each other since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Ten people in …