POOL / AFP via Getty Images China's leader Xi Jinping is visiting long-standing ally North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years, state media report.
Xi will be in North Korea from 8-9 June at the invitation of his counterpart Kim Jong Un. Xi last visited Pyongyang in 2019.
The visit comes weeks after Xi received US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing -
VCG via Getty Images China has ordered provincial authorities to crack down on materialistic, violent and sexualised content in locally produced micro dramas.
The campaign targets content that portrays soft pornography, "distorted views on marriage and relationships" and "ostentatious displays of wealth", said China's National Radio and Television Administration.
It comes as part of a larger effort by the Chinese government to guide social norms, including by promoting marriages and discouraging harmful ideologies
Reuters US agriculture and health officials have outlined a plan to combat a flesh-eating parasite that has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966.
The plan to prevent a US outbreak of the New World Screwworm focuses on deploying hundreds of millions of genetically-altered sterile flies. Experts, though, say the supply of sterile flies is too low to immediately impact and halt the growing screwworm population.
Other measures include establishing a containment zone around the site
Getty Images In the year since US President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new ballroom at the White House, the proposals have grown to include a rooftop "drone port", an underground hospital and "top secret" military facilities - and the estimated price has doubled to $400m (£300m).
Despite promises from Trump that the project wouldn't cost US taxpayers any money, Republicans have requested additional funds from Congress for security around the complex - at a time when Americans
Getty Images The world's coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find.
For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing.
But a new study shows that since 2010 the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing - driven by stronger legal protections and increased public awareness of their importance, sparked by disasters such as the
Reuters The pop graveyard is full of bands who fell out, melted down and broke up.
British boyband Five split after their backstage arguments escalated into fist fights. A row about a jacket sparked All Saints deciding to part ways. Oasis took a 16-year hiatus after Liam Gallagher threw a plum at his brother Noel.
But it's rare to hear a group talk about resolving their problems. So I've a huge amount of admiration for the latest album by Korean girl group Le Sserafim.
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Getty Images Election results are still trickling in for primary races across California, including in Los Angeles, where incumbent Mayor Karen Bass is up against reality-star-turned challenger Spencer Pratt to lead the city.
But the days-long delay in knowing who won these Tuesday races is a common occurrence in California - the most populous
Supplied The ex-wife of a nephew of the ruler of Dubai has been taken into custody, authorities have said.
Dubai Public Prosecution told the BBC that Zenab Javadli was detained following a complaint made by the father of her three children - her former husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
He alleged that she had abducted the children during a court-approved visitation session.
For almost two days, no news was received