South Korea, US launch eight missiles in response to North Korea
By Gawon Bae and Simone McCarthy, CNN South Korea and the United States responded to North Korea’s launch of eight missiles Sunday by firing…
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China censored a top livestreamer on the eve of June 4. Now his fans are asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre
CNN 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 ReadingFire tears through Bangladesh container depot killing 49 and injuring hundreds
By Sophie Jeong, Teele Rebane and Sana Noor Haq, CNN At least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured, after a fire tore through a…
Continue ReadingChina launches third crewed mission to new space station
By Helen Regan and Yong Xiong, CNN China successfully launched another manned mission to its new space station on Sunday, sending three astronauts…
Continue ReadingSix arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on
By Nectar Gan, CNN The football pitches sat empty and silent under the cold glare of floodlights, barricaded off on all sides. Nearby, hundreds of…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea launches 8 short-range ballistic missiles off east coast, South Korea says
By Gawon Bae, Emiko Jozuka and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) into the waters off its east coast on…
Continue ReadingMyanmar could see first executions in decades as junta says death sentences of two activists upheld
By Cape Diamond and Irene Nasser, CNN Two men will be executed in Myanmar by the military junta after their death sentence appeals were denied, the…
Continue ReadingOne dead, 8 injured after high-speed train derails in southern China
By Yong Xiong, CNN A train conductor was killed and eight other people injured after a high-speed train derailed in southern China on Saturday…
Continue ReadingShanghai neighborhoods return to lockdown a day after restrictions eased
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau Multiple neighborhoods in Shanghai were placed back under lockdown only a day after city-wide…
Continue ReadingIn Hong Kong, memories of China’s Tiananmen Square massacre are being erased
By Jessie Yeung, CNN For decades it was a symbol of freedom on Chinese controlled soil: every June 4, come rain or shine, tens of thousands of people…
Continue ReadingAlleged gang-rape of woman on moving train sparks anger in Pakistan
By Rhea Mogul, Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed CNN The alleged gang-rape of a woman on a moving train has sparked anger in Pakistan, putting the spotlight…
Continue ReadingPartner of Australian TV host detained in China expresses fears for her health
By Helen Regan, CNN Concerns are growing for Australian TV host Cheng Lei, who has been detained in China for nearly two years, following an…
Continue Reading‘Chicken-rice crisis’ as Singapore’s national dish hit by Malaysian export ban
By Heather Chen, CNN Mohammad Jalehar was a teenager in the 1990s when he heard warnings about looming food and water shortages in Singapore.…
Continue ReadingWhile China makes Pacific islands tour, US Coast Guard is already on patrol
By Brad Lendon and Simone McCarthy, CNN As China’s foreign minister began a Pacific islands tour to promote economic and security cooperation…
Continue ReadingCovid in North Korea is likely ‘getting worse, not better’: WHO
Story by Reuters The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claims of progress in its fight against a Covid-19 outbreak,…
Continue ReadingCanada says Chinese warplanes are buzzing its North Korea reconnaissance flights
By Brad Lendon, CNN Canadian surveillance planes helping to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea are being repeatedly buzzed by Chinese…
Continue ReadingBritish man jailed for ‘suitcase’ murder of Thai woman
By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN A court in Thailand has sentenced a British man to eight years in prison for the 2014 murder of a woman, whose…
Continue ReadingShanghai is finally ‘reopening,’ but the trauma of lockdown lives on
By Nectar Gan, CNN The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead.…
Continue ReadingIn ‘zero-Covid’ China, a daughter’s struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve
CNN By Simone McCarthy What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled…
Continue ReadingFamed Indian singer ‘KK’ dies at 53
By Swati Gupta and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN Indian singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, known by the stage name of KK, died Tuesday night in Kolkata, according to…
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