Taliban seizes Afghanistan’s second-largest city
CNN By Clarissa Ward and Brad Lendon, CNN The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan…
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Taliban seizes Afghanistan’s second-largest city
CNN By Clarissa Ward and Brad Lendon, CNN The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan…
Continue ReadingBeijing has denied taking political hostages. Experts say the fates of two Canadians suggest otherwise
By Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Steve George, CNN After spending nearly 1,000 days in a Chinese jail cell, Canadian businessman Michael Spavor has…
Continue ReadingBeijing has denied taking political hostages. Experts say the fates of two Canadians suggest otherwise
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Continue ReadingThe Taliban now control half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals
By Clarissa Ward, Brad Lendon and Rob Picheta, CNN The Taliban have seized Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, and a number of other…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s foreign minister blames Afghanistan and India for suicide attack on Chinese workers
By Sophia Saifi and Ben Westcott, CNN Pakistan’s foreign minister has accused India and Afghanistan of backing a suicide bombing which killed…
Continue ReadingDisgraced K-pop star Seungri sentenced to three years on prostitution charges
By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Former K-pop star Seungri was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday by a South Korean military court,…
Continue ReadingTwo new dinosaur species, as big as a blue whale, discovered in China
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Scientists have confirmed the discovery of two massive new dinosaur species in northwest China — some of the first…
Continue ReadingShip runs aground and splits in two in Japan
Story by Reuters A Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in a northern Japan harbor, then split in two and was leaking oil, but there were no…
Continue ReadingTaliban captures key cities Herat and Ghazni, leaving Kabul increasingly isolated
By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Nick Paton Walsh, Clarissa Ward, Hannah Ritchie and Barbara Starr, CNN Twelve provincial Afghanistan capitals are…
Continue ReadingChina’s recent rape scandals are a #MeToo victory, activists say — even if the government won’t admit it
By Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN Two explosive rape allegations have rocked China in recent weeks, turning a spotlight on the country’s…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea issues warning to US and South Korea over ‘hostile acts’
By Gawon Bae and Chandler Thornton, CNN A senior North Korean official has denounced South Korea over its joint military exercises with the United…
Continue ReadingCanadian businessman Michael Spavor sentenced by Chinese court to 11 years in prison for spying
By Ben Westcott, CNN A Chinese court has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage, more than two years after…
Continue ReadingThai man arrested after Swiss tourist is killed in Phuket
By Kocha Olarn and Rob Picheta, CNN Police in Thailand have arrested a 27-year-old man who they say confessed to killing a Swiss tourist on the…
Continue ReadingWorld’s smallest known baby at birth, who weighed 7.5 ounces, leaves hospital
By Rob Picheta, CNN A baby born weighing just 212 grams (7.5 ounces) — about as heavy as a softball or an apple — has left hospital after…
Continue ReadingChina has punished dozens of officials for failing to control the Delta outbreak
By Nectar Gan, CNN China has punished more than 40 local officials for failing to control a spiraling Delta variant outbreak, as authorities scramble…
Continue ReadingChina has punished dozens of officials for failing to control the Delta outbreak
CNN, WKMG, TERRY GREEAR By Nectar Gan, CNN China has punished more than 40 local officials for failing to control a spiraling Delta variant outbreak,…
Continue ReadingMyanmar says alleged plot against UN envoy was nothing to do with the country
Story by Reuters Myanmar’s foreign ministry said on Monday that an alleged plot in New York against United Nations ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, an…
Continue ReadingChinese court rejects Canadian’s appeal against death sentence for drug smuggling
By Jessie Yeung and Steven Jiang, CNN A Chinese court has upheld the death sentence for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian convicted of drug…
Continue ReadingAs the Tokyo Olympics ends, all eyes are now on the Beijing Winter Games
CNN, CNNI By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN With the Olympic flame extinguished in Tokyo, all eyes are now on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games…
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