With Chinese youth unemployment high, individuals are paying to go into offices and pretend to work.
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Eight killed in Ecuador nightclub shooting
The nightclub was in Guayas, one of four Ecuadorian provinces currently in a state of emergency.
British backpacker pleads guilty to killing man while drunk on e-scooter
Alicia Kemp, 25, from Redditch, was on a working holiday in Western Australia when she hit the father-of-two.
Chip giants Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of sales revenue in China to US
The chip giants will hand revenues to the US government in exchange for licences to export to China.
Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September
It follows similar moves by the UK, France and Canada.
Second boxer dies from brain injury after Tokyo event
A second Japanese boxer has died from brain injuries suffered during separate bouts at the same event in Tokyo.
Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in north-east Balikesir province
The magnitude 6.1 quake left one person dead and caused 16 buildings to collapse in the north-west Balikesir province.
New voters list in Indian state includes wrong photos and dead people
A political row has broken out over India’s Election Commission’s decision to update the rolls in Bihar.
Trump demands homeless people ‘immediately’ move out of Washington DC
Trump says homeless people must go “far” from the nation’s capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back.
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital
Al Jazeera had condemned a “campaign of incitement” by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.