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Bangladesh's parliament is poised to elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, 78-year-old secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, as the country's new president in a largely ceremonial role.
South Korea's southeastern region has shattered temperature records amid a severe heat wave, with Busan posting its highest reading in 120 years and Yangsan reaching 40.3°C. The extreme conditions are expected to persist.
Bhutan is offering monthly payments to families with three or more children as the Himalayan nation confronts a collapsing birth rate and mass youth migration, framing the demographic crisis as existential.