North Korea appoints nuclear negotiator as first woman foreign minister
By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation’s first female foreign…
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US defense chief says China muscling neighbors, plundering resources in Pacific
By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…
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CNN By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…
Continue ReadingUS and Chinese defense chiefs trade barbs over Taiwan at first face-to-face meeting
By Oren Liebermann and Brad Lendon, CNN US and Chinese military chiefs sparred over the issue of Taiwan in their first face-to-face meeting on Friday…
Continue ReadingMalaysia to abolish mandatory death penalty in move welcomed by rights campaigners
By Heather Chen, CNN Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said Friday, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as…
Continue Reading‘More work’ to be done’: Key takeaways from the WHO report on origins of the Covid-19 pandemic
By Helen Regan, CNN A team of international scientists tasked with understanding how the coronavirus pandemic began released their first report on…
Continue ReadingPanic buying in Shanghai as mass testing notices spark fears of new lockdown
By Nectar Gan and Steven Jiang, CNN Shanghai will carry out Covid-19 testing on more than half of its 25 million residents this weekend, fueling…
Continue ReadingIndia is facing a firestorm over ruling party officials’ comments about Islam. Here’s what you need to know
By Helen Regan and Esha Mitra, CNN India is trying to contain the diplomatic fallout as outrage grows in the Muslim world following derogatory…
Continue ReadingChinese military plane crashes in residential area, at least one dead
By Steven Jiang and CNN’s Beijing bureau A Chinese military plane crashed in a residential area in central China on Thursday, killing at least…
Continue ReadingChina and Cambodia break ground at naval base in show of ‘iron-clad’ relations
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Officials from China and Cambodia broke ground on a controversial, Chinese-funded upgrade of a naval base in southern…
Continue ReadingThailand just decriminalized cannabis. But you still can’t smoke joints, minister says
By Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis — but tough penalties will…
Continue ReadingTorrential rains kill dozens in southern China as climate change amplifies flood seasons
By Nectar Gan and Shawn Deng, CNN Torrential rains in southern China have killed at least 32 people, impacted millions of residents and caused…
Continue ReadingChina offers $15,000 cash — or a ‘spiritual reward’ — for national security tip-offs
By Nectar Gan, CNN China is offering its citizens cash rewards of up to and above 100,000 yuan ($15,000) for tip-offs about people who endanger…
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CNN, WEIBO By Nectar Gan, CNN China is offering its citizens cash rewards of up to and above 100,000 yuan ($15,000) for tip-offs about people who…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean and US fighter jets in show of force to Kim Jong Un amid fears over North Korean nuclear test
By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korea and the United States put on an aerial show of force to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingSingapore’s dengue ’emergency’ is a climate change omen for the world
By Heather Chen, CNN Singapore says it is facing a dengue “emergency” as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has…
Continue ReadingChina censored a top livestreamer on the eve of June 4. Now his fans are asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre
By Nectar Gan, CNN For decades, the Chinese government has sought to erase all memories of its bloody military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square…
Continue ReadingPriyanka Chopra blasts ‘shameful’ Indian body spray ad promoting rape culture
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A television commercial for a male body spray has been taken off the air in India, after critics said it made light of gang…
Continue ReadingIndia’s ruling party suspends official over comments about Islam
Story by Reuters India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday it had suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea reports ‘epidemic’ of unidentified intestinal disease after Covid wave
CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN, and Reuters North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling…
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