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As the Olympics heat up, China clamps down on dissent

February 10, 2022 6:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, Selina Wang and Sandi Sidhu, CNN As Winter Olympians vie for gold in Beijing, global attention has turned to events in the…

Nathan Chen wins gold with figure skating master class

February 9, 2022 11:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, CNN American ice skater Nathan Chen has won his first Olympic Gold medal with a flawless performance that set him well above the…

Is that a nuclear plant? The story behind those towers at the Winter Olympics big air

February 8, 2022 7:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Lianne Kolirin, Nectar Gan and Tom Booth, CNN Winter Olympians are accustomed to performing their awe-inspiring feats against the backdrop of…

Fame and fury: China’s wildly different reactions to US-born Olympians

February 8, 2022 3:44 AM CNN

CNN By CNN staff In the span of a week, three American-born athletes of Chinese descent have been thrust into the spotlight at the Beijing Winter…

Teenage Olympic sensation Eileen Gu wins gold. And crashes the Chinese internet

February 8, 2022 3:44 AM CNN

CNN By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens…

Olympians pushed to their limits over uncompromising Beijing Covid-19 controls

February 8, 2022 2:47 AM CNN

CNN By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that…

US approves $100 million missile defense sale to Taiwan

February 8, 2022 1:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Philip Wang The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to…

Olympians pushed to their limits over uncompromising Beijing Covid-19 controls

February 8, 2022 12:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that some…

Teenage Olympic sensation Eileen Gu wins gold. And crashes the Chinese internet

February 7, 2022 11:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens of…

Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier

February 7, 2022 10:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, CNN A video posted on social media over the weekend shows the stealth fighter that crashed on a US Navy aircraft…

Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier

February 7, 2022 10:33 AM CNN

CNN By Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, CNN A video posted on social media over the weekend shows the stealth fighter that crashed on a US Navy aircraft…

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai meets Olympic officials in Beijing

February 7, 2022 3:48 AM CNN

CNN By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Olympic officials met with Chinese tennis superstar Peng Shuai over dinner on Saturday, the…

Eileen Gu is the poster child for a new type of Chinese athlete. But one wrong move could send her tumbling

February 7, 2022 12:30 AM CNN

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN At this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, the face of China’s sporting dreams is undeniably American. Freestyle…

Eileen Gu is the poster child for a new type of Chinese athlete. But one wrong move could send her tumbling

February 6, 2022 11:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN At this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, the face of China’s sporting dreams is undeniably American. Freestyle skier…

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai meets Olympic officials in Beijing

February 6, 2022 11:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Olympic officials met with Chinese tennis superstar Peng Shuai over dinner on Saturday, the International…

Former CNN Digital Asia Director Marc Lourdes dies, age 40

February 6, 2022 10:08 PM CNN

CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN Marc Lourdes, a former director of CNN Digital Worldwide for Asia-Pacific, died tragically in a motorcycle accident in…

Former CNN Digital Asia Director Marc Lourdes dies, age 40

February 6, 2022 9:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul, CNN Marc Lourdes, a former director of CNN Digital Worldwide for Asia-Pacific, died tragically in a motorcycle accident in Malaysia on…

India launches last-minute diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese soldier

February 4, 2022 5:27 AM CNN

CNN By Simone McCarthy and Rhea Mogul, CNN India on Thursday announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after a commander…

An Olympics like no other: Can sports overcome the controversy of Beijing 2022?

February 4, 2022 1:43 AM CNN

CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The ice rinks have been smoothed out, the brown mountain slopes draped with artificial snow. The Olympic flame has made its…

An Olympics like no other: Can sports overcome the controversy of Beijing 2022?

February 3, 2022 11:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN The ice rinks have been smoothed out, the brown mountain slopes draped with artificial snow. The Olympic flame has made its final…

India launches last-minute diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese soldier

February 3, 2022 10:59 PM CNN

CNN By Simone McCarthy and Rhea Mogul, CNN India on Thursday announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after a commander…

India launches last-minute diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese soldier

February 3, 2022 9:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Rhea Mogul, CNN India on Thursday announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after a commander involved…

Ice that took roughly 2,000 years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25

February 3, 2022 1:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan and Danya Gainor, CNN The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of…

Xi’s Olympic guest list heavy on strongmen and autocrats

February 3, 2022 2:16 AM CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Simone McCarthy, CNN When China’s leader Xi Jinping opens the Beijing Olympics on Friday he will be flanked by leaders who…

Afghan universities reopen to female students but with strict rules on mixing

February 3, 2022 12:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Ehsan Popalzai and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Afghanistan’s public universities opened on Wednesday with female students allowed back on campus…

Afghan universities reopen to female students but with strict rules on mixing

February 3, 2022 12:58 AM CNN

CNN By Ehsan Popalzai and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Afghanistan’s public universities opened on Wednesday with female students allowed back on…

Xi’s Olympic guest list heavy on strongmen and autocrats

February 3, 2022 12:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, CNN When China’s leader Xi Jinping opens the Beijing Olympics on Friday he will be flanked by leaders who are unlikely to…

Disaster-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after recording first local Covid cases

February 1, 2022 8:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, CNN The Pacific island nation of Tonga has gone into lockdown after reporting its first community cases of Covid-19, weeks after a…

99 million-year-old flowers found perfectly preserved in amber bloomed at the feet of dinosaurs

February 1, 2022 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Flowers discovered perfectly preserved in globs of amber bloomed at the feet of dinosaurs, suggesting that some flowering plants…

BTS member Jimin hospitalized for appendicitis while positive for Covid-19

January 31, 2022 9:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Jimin, a member of South Korean supergroup BTS, tested positive for Covid-19 and underwent surgery for acute…

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