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Zhang Yiming, 41, co-founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, topped the 2024 Hurun China Rich List, according to reports. According to a list of the rich compiled by research institute Hurun, Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3 billion (£38 billion), 43% more than in 2023. Aged 41, he stepped down …

45 people have been killed and 179 wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. These new casualties bring the total number of victims on the Lebanese side to 2,412 dead and 11,267 wounded since the start of hostilities …

Due to a sharp drop in the birth rate in South Korea, dogs and cats seem to be gradually replacing babies in their baby carriages. In 2023, and for the first time, the number of sales of pet strollers exceeded those of children’s strollers, notes The Korea Times newspaper. 43% …

In South Korea, a law has been passed that punishes this new form of online harassment with at least three years imprisonment and fines of 22,000 euros each. Artificial intelligence has made it easy to create fake sexual videos featuring images of real women, including minors. The state will be …

At least 51 workers died and more than a dozen others were injured following an explosion at a coal mine in Tabas, eastern Iran. According to reports, “70 miners were present on the site before the explosion.” Heart-rending scenes were reported, with colleagues in tears awaiting the return of the …

At least eight people were killed and over 2,700 others were wounded across the country when their handheld pagers exploded, lebanon’s health ministry said. Those injured include medics and Hezbollah fighters. The armed group has blamed Israel for the detonations which one official has described as its biggest security breach …

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged more than $50 billion over three years to African countries, including some 50 leaders in Beijing for a summit. The sum, worth around €45 billion, is aimed at strengthening cooperation, particularly in infrastructure and trade, between China, the world’s second-largest economy, and Africa. …

At the opening of the China-Africa Forum in Beijing on Thursday September 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a major announcement that over the next three years, the African continent will be able to count on China’s financial support. “China is Africa’s leading trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $167.8 …

Assimi Goïta, Mali’s transitional president, is planning to travel to the People’s Republic of China soon to take part in an event after visiting Russia. Assimi Goïta’s will be going to the Land of the Rising Sun to represent the Malian delegation taking part in a Forum. The Forum on …

Thai authorities said they have detected a case of mpox in a European who arrived from Africa last week and are awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 …