Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to the list of platforms covered by its ban on social media use by children under 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the reasons for reversing a previous decision to exclude the video-sharing service.
A team of foreign climbers launched a rescue mission for German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier on Wednesday, days after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain.
Shanghai has evacuated almost 283,000 people from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas as Typhoon Co-May made landfall in the Chinese financial hub on Wednesday evening, bringing lashing rains and winds.
Almost a third of flights from Shanghai's two international airports have been cancelled. More than 1,900 temporary shelters have been set up across the city. The Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory upgraded an earlier yellow rainstorm alert to orange on Wednesday afternoon.
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A vehicle suspected of carrying explosives exploded and caught fire on the Zeetaw–Dahatthwar road in Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region on Wednesday. Security forces attempted to stop a suspicious grey Hiace van during a search operation, but the vehicle sped away and overturned.