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• Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak

  The man who led China's pandemic response says inquiries into its origins should consider everything.

• Yunnan protest: Mosque closure sees clashes with security forces

  Protesters in Yunnan faced off against large numbers of riot police at a weekend demonstration.

• Malaysia detains Chinese ship suspected of looting British WW2 wrecks

  Malaysia says it has detained a Chinese vessel suspected of raiding two British maritime war graves.

• Watch rocket launch first Chinese civilian into space

  China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time.

• Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai election upstart who vows to be different

  Pita Limjaroenrat tells the BBC he wants to govern "for the people", but big hurdles lie ahead.

• Man prises crocodile's jaws off his head at Australian resort

  The 51-year-old has a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island.

• Foxconn: iPhone maker hikes pay ahead of new model launch

  Foxconn's move comes ahead of the expected launch of Apple's iPhone 15 later this year.

• Teary reunion of Indians after a century-long separation

  Shamshu Deen has helped more than 300 people in the Caribbean find long-lost loved ones in India.

• Delhi murder: Indian man held after brutally murdering girl in public

  Footage of the assault shows the man repeatedly stabbing the girl in a public place as people watch.

• Wrestlers' protest: Delhi police file rioting case after detention

  The athletes, including Olympic medallists, were detained by police as they tried to march to parliament.

• Why Everest base camp won't be moving anytime soon

  Nepal will not shift base camp due to climate change, after opposition from Sherpas and mountaineers.

• New parliament: PM Modi inaugurates building amid opposition boycott

  The new building was inaugurated under the shadow of a boycott by major opposition parties.

• FTX: Singapore state fund Temasek cuts pay after failed investment

  Last year, Temasek Holdings wrote off all of the $275m (£222.8m) it had invested in FTX.

• Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit

  Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say.

• Imran Khan: Ex-Pakistan PM tells BBC crackdown on party is 'untenable'

  Pakistan's ex-leader says he will wait and see what happens as his party colleagues are arrested and he may be, too.