Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: Wall Street Journal report
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Black box data recovered from a China Eastern flight that crashed in March suggests someone in the…
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Cave discovery in Laos could unlock more about human evolution’s biggest mystery
By Katie Hunt, CNN A tooth unearthed from a remote cave in Laos is helping to sketch an unknown chapter in the human story. Researchers believe the…
Continue ReadingPakistan hit by deadly cholera outbreak as heat wave grips South Asia
By Helen Regan, Sophia Saifi, Asim Khan and Esha Mitra, CNN A deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water has infected thousands of…
Continue ReadingShanghai declares zero-Covid milestone but residents cast doubt on reopening
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved “zero-Covid at the community level” in…
Continue ReadingFirst woman to command US aircraft carrier didn’t even know she could get the job
By Brad Lendon, Blake Essig and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Amy Bauernschmidt is the rarest of the rare. The 51-year-old is in a select group of United States…
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un mobilizes North Korea’s military in response to Covid-19 outbreak
By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country’s first officially…
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CNN, KOREAN CENTRAL TV, RODONG SINMUM By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to…
Continue ReadingChina tensions loom as Japan’s Okinawa marks 50 years since US handover
Story by Reuters The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with…
Continue ReadingWhat we know (and don’t know) about North Korea’s Covid outbreak
By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall…
Continue ReadingWith eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up
By Eric Cheung, CNN and photos by John Mees Business has been swift this week for Oscar Chen, the fourth-generation owner of the Liang Xi Hao…
Continue ReadingWho is ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family’s return?
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in…
Continue ReadingChina tightens ban on ‘non-essential’ overseas travel as lockdown anger rises
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Authorities in China have imposed a de facto international travel ban, forbidding citizens from going overseas for…
Continue ReadingLeaving locked down Shanghai for a ‘whole new world’ outside China
By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind me.…
Continue ReadingLeaving locked down Shanghai for a ‘whole new world’ outside China
CNN By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea announces first Covid deaths amid ‘explosive’ outbreak
By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has announced an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and…
Continue ReadingTonga volcano was the most ferocious eruption in 140 years
By Katie Hunt, CNN The volcanic eruption on an island near Tonga in January was as powerful as the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, one of the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea sends cargo planes to China as country fights pandemic
CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Three North Korean cargo planes flew to China and back on Monday, as the country battles an fast-spreading…
Continue ReadingPassenger plane catches fire during takeoff in southwestern China
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire after skidding off the runway in the southwestern Chinese city of…
Continue ReadingWho is ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family’s return?
By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in…
Continue ReadingHong Kong arrests 90-year-old cardinal on national security charge
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken…
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