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• Why India is reaching out to the Taliban now

  Last week, India’s top diplomat met a senior Taliban minister, the highest-level engagement since Kabul's fall.

• TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms

  A swarm of "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store.

• S Korea begins impeachment trial of suspended president

  Yoon will be removed from office if at least six Constitutional Court judges vote to impeach him.

• Ash-smeared holy men lead India bathing spectacle

  Millions are taking a dip in the sacred Ganges river on the first major bathing day of Kumbh Mela festival.

• Record label takes legal action against K-pop band

  Ador accuses the girl group of trying to sign new deals, while still under contract at the label.

• The truth behind your $12 dress: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's success

  Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

• Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers

  One of the soldiers thought he was going to Russia for "training", Kyiv's security service said.

• South Korea's impeached president gets pay rise

  Yoon Suk Yeol's annual salary will rise to 262.6 million won, as South Korea remains in turmoil.

• South Korea air crash recorders missing final four minutes

  The last four minutes of data before the disaster which killed 179 people are missing, transport authorities say.

• Controversial Buddhist monk jailed for insulting Islam

  Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for his anti-Muslim remarks, which date back to 2016.

• Glory to gloom: The fall of India's Test cricket supremacy

  India’s six losses in eight Tests raise doubts over Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, and their red-ball future.

• Booze ban for Marcos family member after plane brawl

  Analisa Josefa Corr has been accused of assaulting a fellow passenger while intoxicated.

• 'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'

  Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.

• When Carter met Kim - and stopped a nuclear war

  The former US president halted a US-North Korea showdown, but was also accused of going rogue.

• How a viral post saved a Chinese actor from Myanmar's scam centres

  Many Chinese are now asking: what about their loved ones still trapped in scam centres?