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The boy from the most-watched YouTube video of all time is now 17 years old, and wants to be a K-pop star. BBC News

Malaysia’s Forest City was pitched as “paradise” but last month police raided it over alleged scam operations. BBC News

The exchange, which drew relatively little interest when the episode aired, has resurfaced after Tokyo’s former ambassador to Canberra Shingo Yamagami labelled Albanese’s comments a “sexist joke” and said they “betrayed the close bond” between Japan and Australia. “The last thing [Takaichi] expected was to be so casually mocked by …

A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, bringing a high-profile bribery and fraud case against one of India’s richest businessmen to an end. In 2024, Adani was accused of allegedly paying bribes to Indian officials for high-profile renewable energy projects and misleading US investors about …

A Chinese rocket, the Long March 7A, failed and exploded on its 10 August launch in Wenchang, Hainan, China. State media reported that the failure occurred due to an “in-flight anomaly”. This was the rocket’s first failure since its maiden flight in March 2020, according to Reuters. BBC News

Just months into the marriage, debt collectors started calling, alleging she owed them money. Wang grew suspicious and wanted to know what else she had kept hidden. He checked her phone and found details of her former life, her birth certificate and former marriage documents. When he confronted her, she …

Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the “victim” was in fact a lifelike doll. The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney. On …

Thousands of protesters in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are marching to the state assembly to demand reforms in recruitment exams. Students, job seekers and volunteers have been demonstrating in the state capital Ranchi for over two weeks, demanding an overhaul of the state’s government exam system. Despite multiple …

A teenager who opened fire at his home and school in Thailand, killing eight people and himself, had taught himself how to use a gun via social media, police have said. The boy’s consumption of violent social media content, anxiety over his studies and family issues, and conflict with friends …

Local governments have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms along the Bund in Shanghai. Footage on state media show ground-floor businesses flooded in the former French Concession in Shanghai – an area popular …

Others were excluded because they exceeded the income or age limits, belonged to families with government employees, were already receiving money through another welfare scheme or came from households where more than one person was claiming the benefit. Government data also showed nearly 29,000 men and about 8,000 government employees …

Police Colonel Thadsakorn Konthong said that the gun and bullets used in the attack belonged to the teen’s grandfather, with an initial inspection finding signs that the firearm had been searched for inside the grandfather’s bedroom. International and local media have reported that the gun was legally registered and had …

This is Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting in years – and the second at a school this year. In February, a head teacher and a female student were shot by an 18-year-old gunman during a school siege in southern Thailand. Four years ago, a 34-year-old resident in the eastern Nong Bua …

Weeks after thousands of young Indians poured onto the streets of Delhi in a major ‘cockroach’ protest over examination paper leaks, another group of frustrated job seekers is making headlines – this time hundreds of miles away, in the eastern state of Jharkhand. Protesters have gathered at a stadium in …

South Korean authorities are deploying drones to issue heat warnings to farmers while residents are taking shelter in airports, as the country battles an unprecedented heatwave. President Lee Jae Myung has ordered public agencies to mobilise all available resources to deal with the extreme heat, which he has called a …

Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C. BBC News

Kicking off their global tour in the South Korean city of Incheon, the five members of K-pop boy band Cortis saunter onto stage in casual, streetwear-inspired outfits, exuding an effortlessly cool vibe. “Put your phone down,” one of the members bellows. Piercing screams erupt. A sea of illuminated screens flickers …

Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing has arrived on an official visit to Thailand, his first since he launched the coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021. The coup ignited a civil war, which has killed thousands of people and wrecked the economy. Min Aung Hlaing, …

The recent youth-led protests have weakened Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “terribly”, says leading activist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike galvanised the movement. Wangchuk told the BBC that the atmosphere in the country had changed following mass demonstrations which triggered the resignation of the education minister on 25 July. Young …

Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country in December, despite facing the death penalty there for crimes against humanity. Hasina, who denies the charges, was tried in absentia after fleeing to India during an anti-government uprising in 2024. On the second anniversary of being …