Irish tourist dies after falling from moving train in Thailand
By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN A 45-year-old Irish tourist died in Thailand on Tuesday after falling from a moving train, Thai police said.…
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Shiba inu who inspired ‘doge’ meme is seriously ill with leukemia
By Tara Mulholland, CNN Kabosu, the internet-famous dog who inspired the “doge” meme and influenced digital culture for a decade, is…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council ‘deeply alarmed’ by Taliban restrictions on women
By Kathleen Magramo and Richard Roth, CNN The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday said it was “deeply alarmed” by the ruling…
Continue ReadingZero-Covid was supposed to prove China’s supremacy. How did it all go so wrong for Xi Jinping?
By Nectar Gan, CNN 2022 was supposed to be a triumphant year for China and its leader Xi Jinping, as he began his second decade in power with a…
Continue ReadingTaiwan extends mandatory military service period to counter China threat
By Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan will extend the period of mandatory military service for all eligible men from four months to a year amid rising threats…
Continue ReadingNearly 200 starving Rohingya refugees rescued from stricken vessel
By Rhea Mogul, CNN They battled hunger and dehydration after the engine of their rickety boat cut out, leaving them adrift in the Andaman Sea for…
Continue ReadingHeavy snow in Japan kills at least 17, injures dozens
By Emiko Jozuka and Heather Chen, CNN Heavy snowfall in northern Japan and other parts of the country killed at least 17 people and injured more than…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea’s record year of missile testing is putting the world on edge
By Carlotta Dotto, Brad Lendon and Jessie Yeung, CNN In 2020, North Korea conducted four missile tests. In 2021, it doubled that number. In 2022, the…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea fires warning shots after North Korean drones enter its airspace
By Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong, Ivana Kottasová and Jessie Yeung, CNN South Korea’s military scrambled fighter jets and attack helicopters on…
Continue ReadingBeijing to distribute Pfizer antiviral drug as Covid wave strains health system
By Nectar Gan, Eric Cheung and Selina Wang, CNN Beijing will begin distributing Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the city’s community…
Continue ReadingDozens of Rohingya rescued from stricken vessel after weeks adrift at sea, but fears grow for those still aboard
By Rhea Mogul, CNN After spending more than a month adrift on a stricken boat without food or water, dozens of starving Rohingya have been rescued in…
Continue ReadingChina carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in ‘strike drill’
By Eric Cheung, Jessie Yeung and emiko jozuka, CNN China sent 47 aircraft across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, its largest…
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8 warm places to go for Christmas around the world
This holiday list is for you if: You love to celebrate Christmas. You love to travel. And you love to stay…
Continue ReadingMajor foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees
By Chris Liakos, Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least half a dozen major foreign aid groups have said…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from sinking of Thai navy ship rises to 18
By Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand‘s navy said Sunday that the death toll from the sinking of one of its warships earlier in the week had risen to…
Continue ReadingChina’s top health body stops publishing daily Covid case figures as infections soar
By Xiaofei Xu, CNN China’s top health authority has announced that it has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 case numbers, as reports claimed…
Continue ReadingHiding in plain sight: The network of citizens sheltering Iran’s protesters
By Hannah Ritchie and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN For months, Leila has barely seen sunlight. “I miss being in the open air…I miss being…
Continue ReadingTaliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work
By Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international…
Continue ReadingLeaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports
By Hannah Ritchie, Nectar Gan, Simone McCarthy, Selina Wang and Mengchen Zhang, CNN Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban pledged to honor women’s rights in Afghanistan. Here’s how it eroded them instead
By Sophie Tanno, CNN When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 in a lightning takeover following the withdrawal of US troops,…
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