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TikTok's founder Zhang Yiming has become China's richest man with a fortune of almost $50bn (£38bn).Dubbed the "short video king", the 41-year-old topped the Hurun China Rich List for the first time with $49.3bn (£37.9bn). Mr Yiming stepped down as chief executive of ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, in 2021.He is the 18th individual to be crowned China's richest person in the 26 years since the Hurun China Rich List began.He dethroned bottled water magnate Zhong Shanshan, who slipped to second place as his fortune dropped 24% to $47.9bn (£36.8bn). A number of the billionaires on the list saw their fortunes plummet over the past year with difficult economic conditions in China.This comes during a legal battle over ByteDance's US assets as TikTok could be banned in the US next year unless...

The mother of Levi Davis - the former Bath rugby player who went missing two years ago - says she feels "abandoned" by Spanish police and believes he was a "victim of crime".The ex-winger, who was 24 when he went missing, was last seen at The Old Irish Pub in Barcelona on 29 October 2022. Local detectives later closed the case, suggesting he probably drowned at sea.But now fresh allegations have emerged from journalists at Byline Times about a blackmail plot against him.His mother, Julie Davis, told the outlet: "We have felt abandoned by the police and I believe Levi was a victim of crime in the UK and in Spain. So many things do not add up. I'm determined to fight for the truth."They pulled out the stops to find Jay Slater and search and pursue justice for Madeleine McCann. They need to d...

A tram has crashed into a shop in central Oslo, injuring four people.The tram, which had about 20 passengers, crashed into a computer shop in the centre of the Norwegian capital on Tuesday morning, with the driver among the injured. The four-storey building has been evacuated and will be checked for structural damage, police said.Images from the scene showed most of the first carriage of a blue tram had crashed into the shop as it derailed off the tracks at an intersection on Storgata, one of Oslo's main streets. Image: Pic: NTB/Terje Pedersen via Reuters "We are working to get an overview of the scope, but there is a lot of damage to the store," police said in a statement. Rescue services have cordoned off the area.'I woul...

A child has died and several are injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police have said.The car veered off a road in the suburb of Hawthorn East, Melbourne, and crashed through a fence and into an outdoor table where five children were sitting just after 2.30pm local time. An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died.Two girls aged 11, a 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were also taken to hospital with serious injuries, Victoria Police said.The driver of the car, a 40-year-old woman, crashed into the fence while making a U-turn after collecting a child from the school. She was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody.The child who was a passenger in the car was not injured.Read more from Sky News:What we know about...