James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48.

A 17-year-old student in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol missed his Class 12 English board exam on Tuesday after being jailed as an adult. Satyam Prajapati, a Congress worker, claims he was released only hours before the test began.

Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, pushing back at suggestions he was planning to stage fresh ballots under US pressure.