US and other countries ‘deeply concerned by reports of summary killings’ in Afghanistan
CNN By Greg Clary, CNN More than 20 countries, including the United States, issued a joint statement Saturday expressing deep concern over…
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Tropical cyclones in Asia could have double the destructive power by the end of century, study finds
CNN By Kara Fox, CNN Tropical cyclones in Asia could have double the destructive power by the end of the century, according to new research, as…
Continue ReadingWhy wiping out Hong Kong’s opposition may have cost China a whole generation in Taiwan
CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds…
Continue ReadingChina’s Foreign Ministry says Peng Shuai case should not be politicized
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday the government hoped “malicious speculation” about…
Continue ReadingThe woman risking it all to help child brides annul their marriages
CNN By Esha Mitra, CNN Photographs by Saumya Khandelwal for CNN The Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) of 1929 set out to “eradicate the evil…
Continue ReadingWho is Zhang Gaoli? The man at the center of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation
CNN By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the…
Continue ReadingWhy wiping out Hong Kong’s opposition may have cost China a whole generation in Taiwan
CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds…
Continue ReadingPakistan passes anti-rape bill allowing chemical castration of repeat offenders
CNN By Sophia Saifi, CNN Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new…
Continue ReadingManny Pacquiao says he’ll jail former allies if he wins Philippine presidency
CNN By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Jinky Jorgio, CNN Former boxing champion turned senator, Manny Pacquiao says he will seek corruption charges…
Continue ReadingChinese Communist Party passes landmark resolution celebrating leader Xi Jinping
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Yong Xiong and Pauline Lockwood, CNN The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted a landmark resolution on the party’s…
Continue Reading‘You’re meant to be in bed!’ — Jacinda Ardern’s toddler interrupts Facebook livestream
CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was faced with unexpected comments as she addressed the nation —…
Continue ReadingXi says China is ready to work with US as Biden meeting planned for next week, source says
CNN By David Culver, Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN China is ready to manage differences with the United States, the country’s leader Xi…
Continue ReadingChina is building mock versions of US military ships in the desert
CNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, Hannah Ritchie and Mitch McCluskey, CNN China’s military has constructed mockups in the shape of a US Navy…
Continue ReadingWang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk,…
Continue ReadingTonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case
KOMO, UW MEDICINE, CNN By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the…
Continue ReadingShe was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles
CNN By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends…
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Three wedding guests reportedly shot dead in Afghanistan for playing music at reception
WJAR, CNN By Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently…
Continue ReadingBangkok police arrest CEO of Thai medical glove company following CNN investigation
CNN, KABC By Kocha Olarn, Tim Lister, Scott McLean and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into…
Continue ReadingChina submits new ‘disappointing’ emissions pledge to UN
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN China, the world’s biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally…
Continue ReadingUS approves $100 million missile defense sale to Taiwan
CNN By Philip Wang The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s President says the threat from China is increasing ‘every day’ and confirms presence of US military trainers on the island
CNN By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Ben Westcott, CNN The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United…
Continue Reading‘We believe nature has a soul’: CNN Hero’s offer of rice inspired people in Bali to collect tons of plastic for recycling
CNN By Laura Klairmont, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Indonesia’s island of Bali, tourism — the driving economic force in the…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi testifies in court but a gag order prevents her defense from being made public
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since she was…
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Japan’s Princess Mako marries non-royal boyfriend Kei Komuro in subdued ceremony
CNN By Junko Ogura and Nectar Gan, CNN Japan’s Princess Mako has married her non-royal college sweetheart Kei Komuro in a subdued ceremony,…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Princess Mako marries non-royal boyfriend Kei Komuro in subdued ceremony
CNN By Junko Ogura and Nectar Gan, CNN Japan’s Princess Mako has married her non-royal college sweetheart Kei Komuro in a subdued ceremony,…
Continue ReadingAs regional tensions rise, Japan’s ground troops hold their first military drills in decades
CNN By Blake Essig For the first time in almost 30 years, Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) is conducting a massive nationwide military…
Continue ReadingMore than 200 deaths reported in India and Nepal following heavy rainfall and flooding
CNN By Esha Mitra, CNN The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal rose to 104 on Friday after 27 more deaths were reported since Wednesday…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 killed, more than 30 injured in gas explosion in northeast China
CNN By Steven Jiang and Nectar Gan, CNN At least three people were killed and more than 30 injured in a powerful explosion at a restaurant in the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea accuses US and UN of ‘tampering with a dangerous time bomb’
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Samantha Beech and Philip Wang, CNN North Korea said the United States and the UN Security Council are “tampering with a…
Continue ReadingMyanmar to release 5,600 prisoners held for anti-junta protests
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Myanmar’s junta has freed hundreds of political prisoners, according to state media outlet Global New Light of Myanmar…
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