Shenghua Wen received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship weapons from California.

Shenghua Wen received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship weapons from California.

Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.

Police have not given a motive for the killings in a large peaceful region of central Mexico.

Police have not given a motive for the killings in a large peaceful region of central Mexico.

A breakin competition was held on August 16th at Granship in Shizuoka City, where participants engaged in heated dance battles. Breakin, also known as breakdancing, was added as a new sport at the Paris 2024 Olympics, drawing growing attention worldwide. (News On Japan)

Mitsui Fudosan Group has renovated a 250-year-old traditional Japanese house in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward to make it earthquake resistant and opened it to the public on August 19th. The small residence, built in the late Edo period, has been preserved with much of its original character intact. (News On Japan)

Prime Minister Ishiba held a 30-minute meeting with Microsoft founder and global philanthropist Bill Gates at the Prime Minister’s Office on August 19th, where the two exchanged views on global health issues. (News On Japan)

Vandals have attacked Midorimachi Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture -- where around 5,000 roses bloom each year -- with graffiti resembling the letters 'Rizz.' (News On Japan)

Osaka Prefecture has projected that the number of its prefectural high schools should be reduced by about 32 over the next 15 years, leaving around 104 schools, as the decline in the student population shows no sign of stopping. The prefecture currently operates 136 schools. (News On Japan)

Mercari, Japan’s leading flea market app, has banned the sale of empty cartridges from July after a request from the National Police Agency, citing concerns that they could be reused to make live ammunition. (News On Japan)

Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

The US president conceded the war in Ukraine was "tough to solve" after several days of high-level talks.

Three firefighters were injured in the North Carolina explosion, which resulted from a car crashing into a building's gas line.

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, prosecutors said.

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, prosecutors said.

It comes a day after Hamas said it accepted a proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of the 50 hostages would be freed.

Relations between the two countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.