Jacinda Ardern in self-isolation as Covid cases rise in New Zealand
CNN By Akanksha Sharma, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has entered self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close…
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95
CNN By Philip Wang, CNN Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has…
Continue ReadingHong Kong plans to cull 2,000 hamsters over Covid fears. Pet owners are outraged
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested…
Continue ReadingTonga faces ‘unprecedented disaster’ as New Zealand warns of further eruptions and tsunami risk
CNN By Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane and Eric Cheung, CNN A massive volcanic eruption and tsunami near Tonga caused “an unprecedented…
Continue ReadingBeijing locks down office building with workers still inside after single Omicron case detected
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control…
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Djokovic loses visa appeal, leaves country ahead of Australian Open
CNN By Hilary Whiteman, Julia Hollingsworth, Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News…
Continue ReadingTonga remains cut off after a massive eruption and tsunami. Here’s what we know
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more…
Continue ReadingFirst contactless aid flights arrive in disaster-hit Tonga as islands aim to keep Covid-19 out
CNN By Rhea Mogul, Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The first contactless aid flights arrived in disaster-hit Tonga on Thursday, as…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea says it fired two missiles from railway car
CNN By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea on Friday test fired what are presumed to be two ballistic missiles from a rail car,…
Continue ReadingMagawa, the ‘hero rat’ who sniffed out landmines, has died
CNN By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Magawa, the “hero rat” whose work sniffing out landmines in Cambodia won him a medal for life-saving bravery,…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea not telling the whole truth about latest ICBM test, South Korean official says
CNN By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most…
Continue ReadingKazakhstan death toll spikes as 164 reported killed and thousands detained in violent protests
CNN Niamh Kennedy and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 164 people have been killed and more than 5,000 detained during violent upheaval in Kazakhstan this…
Continue Reading In ‘zero-Covid’ Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
CNN By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later…
Continue ReadingAlleged Chinese smugglers publicly shamed for breaching Covid rules
CNN By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Police in southern China paraded four suspects through the streets for allegedly smuggling people…
Continue ReadingChina tightens Xi’an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
CNN By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of…
Continue ReadingPerfectly preserved baby dinosaur discovered curled up inside its egg
CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between…
Continue ReadingAs the Taliban swept Kabul, one friend escaped. The other was trapped. They shared their anguish on WhatsApp
CNN By Eliza Mackintosh and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier, CNN In the four months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Nilofar,…
Continue ReadingBouncy castle tragedy claims sixth child after 11-year-old boy dies in hospital
CNN By Hilary Whiteman and Akanksha Sharma, CNN A sixth child has died in hospital after a bouncy castle was lifted into the air at a school event in…
Continue ReadingThousands left homeless and hungry at Christmas as Philippines faces up to climate crisis reality of super typhoon
CNN By Erwin M. Mascariñas and Rhea Mogul, CNN Usually, Jay Lacia wakes at midnight on Christmas Day to start the festivities — but this year,…
Continue ReadingMan who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say
CNN By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…
Continue ReadingSuper Typhoon Rai slams into the Philippines as rescue operations get underway
CNN By Jessie Yeung and Jinky Jorgio, CNN Search and rescue operations were underway in the Philippines on Friday after super Typhoon Rai, known…
Continue ReadingReturning traveler tests positive for Omicron after completing two-week quarantine in China
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN China has detected its second case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a traveler more than two weeks after he arrived in…
Continue ReadingUyghur tribunal rules that China ‘committed genocide’ against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities
CNN By Tara John, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN A London-based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and…
Continue ReadingUyghur tribunal rules that China ‘committed genocide’ against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities
CNN By Tara John, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN A London-based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and…
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New Zealand plans to ban smoking for the next generation
NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF HEALTH By Rhea Mogul, CNN New Zealand plans to outlaw smoking for the next generation so they will never be legally able to…
Continue ReadingHeavy rain triggered Indonesia’s volcano eruption. This could happen more
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Continue ReadingChina threatens the US with retaliation over diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN China has threatened the Biden administration with retaliation over its decision to impose a diplomatic boycott of the 2022…
Continue ReadingChina threatens the US with retaliation over diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN China has threatened the Biden administration with retaliation over its decision to impose a diplomatic boycott of the 2022…
Continue ReadingUN and US condemn Myanmar military after protest reportedly turns deadly in Yangon
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Pierre Meilhan and Cape Diamond, CNN At least five people were killed in Myanmar when a vehicle plowed into anti-junta protesters…
Continue ReadingThe rescue of Parwana: 9-year-old child bride is taken to safety in Afghanistan
CNN By Anna Coren, Rebecca Wright and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Driving through a snow-capped mountain pass, the young mother huddles together with her…
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