Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, promoted to nation’s top ruling body
CNN By Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been promoted to the nation’s top…
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Relatives of family killed in Kabul missile strike are seeking resettlement in America
By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Julia Hollingsworth and Ahmet Mengli, CNN Every day for the past month, Emal Ahmadi’s 7-year-old daughter Hada has…
Continue ReadingChina has built a 5,000-room quarantine center for overseas arrivals. It could be the first of many
By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN When it comes to keeping Covid-19 at bay, few countries seem willing to go as far as China. As countries around…
Continue ReadingFumio Kishida expected to become Japan’s next Prime Minister after winning leadership election
By Junko Ogura, Selina Wang and Helen Regan, CNN Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected former top diplomat Fumio Kishida as its…
Continue ReadingBlast targeting Kabul mosque leaves ‘a number of civilians dead,’ Taliban spokesman says
CNN By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN An explosion ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan is the world’s opium king. Can the Taliban afford to kill off their ‘un-Islamic’ cash cow?
By Kara Fox, CNN When the khaki-colored landscapes of Afghanistan are transformed by a patchwork of pink, white and purple each spring, farmers…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea tests missile hours before South Korea launches new submarine
CNN, POOL, UNTV, KOREAN CENTRAL TV, AVN, KBS, SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, AVN/KBS By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea has fired a projectile…
Continue ReadingTaliban say tweets from Kabul university chancellor are fake
By Eliza Mackintosh, Karen Smith and Tara John, CNN Correction: A previous version of this story and headline incorrectly attributed remarks to a…
Continue ReadingChina has upgraded its best stealth fighter jet with domestic-made engines
By Brad Lendon, CNN China has finally showed off its most advanced fighter aircraft with domestic-made engines — a significant milestone as…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea tests missile hours before South Korea launches new submarine
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea has fired a projectile presumed to be a short-range missile into waters off the east coast of the Korean…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea tests missile hours before South Korea launches new submarine
By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea has fired a projectile presumed to be a short-range missile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula,…
Continue ReadingVanuatu will seek International Court of Justice opinion on climate protection
By Radina Gigova, CNN The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to weigh in the rights of current and…
Continue ReadingFreed from Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou hailed as hero upon return to China
By Nectar Gan, CNN Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who spent nearly three years in house arrest in Canada, returned home late Saturday, ending a…
Continue ReadingThe 74-year-old ‘Black Widow’ killer who murdered her lovers with cyanide
By Jessie Yeung, Gladys Tsai and Kazumi Duncan, CNN At 75, Isao Kakehi was in good health and in love. It was 2013, and he had embarked on an…
Continue ReadingTaliban put alleged kidnappers’ bodies on display
By Tim Lister, Ehsan Popalzai, Brent Swails, Sandi Sidhu and Celine Alkhaldi The Taliban in Afghanistan have put on public display the bodies of four…
Continue ReadingTwo Canadians imprisoned by China have been released, Prime Minister Trudeau says
By Paula Newton, CNN Two Canadians detained by China for nearly three years have been released, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced…
Continue ReadingThis country claims it hasn’t had a single Covid-19 case. Activists say that’s a lie
By Ben Westcott, CNN In the nearly two years since the pandemic began, Turkmenistan has not seen a single case of Covid-19. Or at least, that’s…
Continue ReadingThese Chinese villages are paying couples to have more children
By Jessie Yeung, CNN With China facing a looming demographic crisis, the government last month passed into law a three-child policy raising the…
Continue ReadingTaiwan says China is a ‘bully’ after one of the largest PLA warplane incursions yet
By Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN Taiwan on Thursday accused China of “bullying” after Beijing sent a total of 24 warplanes into its…
Continue ReadingThe children who are locked up for the political beliefs of their parents
By Paula Hancocks and Salai TZ, CNN Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the…
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