An agreement between the government and the SDF will bring an autonomous region in the north-east under state control.

Beijing has been trying hard to encourage more young people to marry and have children.

António Guterres says Washington's "clear conviction" is that multilateral solutions are irrelevant.

Sanae Takaichi, who took office last October, hopes the vote will give her a stronger mandate.

Trade tensions and a reversal in the AI boom are among the main risks to global economic growth, the IMF says.

In three separate incidents, a 12-year-old was also injured and an 11-year-old received assistance after his surfboard was bitten.