Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.
Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.
Sussan Ley, plagued by poor polls, was deposed by Angus Taylor after just nine months in the job.
The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan's territorial waters, authorities say.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has secured a two-thirds majority in the first election since a mass uprising in 2024.
Rahman, the son of two former leaders of Bangladesh, only recently returned to the country after years in exile abroad.
The Liberal Party elected its first female leader at a time of crisis. She lasted less than a year.
Videos emerged of police appearing to punch protesters at rally against Israeli president on Monday.
South Korea's spy agency says Ki Ju Ae's prominent public presence indicates she is the chosen heir.
Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post.
A gunman who laid siege to the school shot the principal and another female student who is out of danger.
Critics worry the rules would be a compliance challenge for tech platforms and could expand censorship.
It's the first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that toppled Bangladesh's long-serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Austin Appelbee, 13, swam to get help for his mother and siblings after they were swept out to sea.
Malik recently petitioned India's top court to include survivors forced to ingest acid under disability law.
Japan has been battling sluggish growth, mounting public debt and a rapidly ageing workforce.
Why did a youthful, progressive party do so poorly compared to a transactional, old-style party?
A reset of the frayed relationship is possible, say analysts. But it will require restraint - and reciprocity.
Nearly 40 years on, the Booker prize-winning writer's debut campus satire is set to be screened in Berlin.
Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released by the Taliban in September after being detained for seven-and-a-half months.
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri visited Sheikh Hasina's former residence which is now a memorial for the student protesters killed in the 2024 uprising.
Voters are hoping for a return to democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Sheikh Hasina.
A Penang-based street artist says his work has been "reproduced" as part of a livery on an aircraft
