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Members of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Quezon City

Philippines on red alert as Typhoon Noru roars in

September 24, 2022 7:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Idris Mukhtar, Junko Ogura and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Typhoon Noru blasted the Philippines main Luzon island on Sunday, prompting warnings that heavy…

North Korea fires ballistic missile into waters off east coast of Korean peninsula

September 24, 2022 5:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Larry Register, CNN North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean…

Flood victims line up up to receive food aid at Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province on September 17.

‘What happened in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan,’ flood-ravaged country warns UN

September 24, 2022 12:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo and Larry Register, CNN Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned that climate change will not spare other…

Japan Fast Facts

September 23, 2022 12:59 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Japan, a country of islands located off the eastern coast of mainland Asia. About Japan (from the CIA…

Signage in Beijing welcomes delegates to the 20th Communist Party Congress ahead of its October 16 start date.

Chinese ex-security official jailed for life ahead of key Communist Party gathering

September 23, 2022 1:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Wayne Chang, CNN China’s former deputy public security minister Sun Lijun has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges, state…

Hong Kong removes international travel quarantine after more than two years

September 23, 2022 12:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy The Hong Kong government has announced the ending of formal quarantine for international travelers after more than two and a half…

Video footage shows a man assaulting a woman at a restaurant in the Chinese city of Tangshan.

Ringleader of attack on women diners that shocked China sentenced to 24 years

September 22, 2022 11:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Chinese man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for his leading role in a brutal attack on female diners in…

Yoon Suk Yeol appears to have made the remark about US lawmakers after meeting US President Joe Biden at a conference for the Global Fund in New York on September 21

Hot mic catches South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol swearing about US lawmakers

September 22, 2022 9:21 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN A criticism used on US lawmakers by the President of South Korea has gone viral on social media…

Lebanese banks to shut indefinitely after flurry of holdups

September 22, 2022 9:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Mia Alberti, Allegra Goodwin, Tamara Qiblawi and Jack Bantock, CNN Lebanon’s banks are to remain closed indefinitely due to ongoing…

Police arrest a man who played songs on a harmonica outside the British consulate in Hong Kong on September 19.

Hong Kong police arrest man who played harmonica at Queen’s vigil on suspicion of sedition

September 21, 2022 1:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Lauren Lau, CNN A man was arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of sedition after playing the harmonica at a vigil for Queen…

Japanese police and firefighters are pictured here at the scene near the prime minister's office in Tokyo where a man reportedly set himself on fire on September 21.

Japanese man ‘sets himself on fire’ to protest Shinzo Abe’s state funeral

September 21, 2022 12:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Junko Ogura, Emiko Jozuka, Jake Kwon and Heather Chen, CNN A Japanese man in his 70s has been taken to hospital in Tokyo after setting himself on…

Arctic wolves are seen at Harbin Polarland in Harbin

Chinese researchers clone an Arctic wolf in ‘landmark’ conservation project

September 20, 2022 7:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Researchers in China have cloned a wild Arctic wolf — and they’re hoping the controversial…

Angelina Jolie is expected to arrive in Pakistan to help raise awareness and provide support to flood-stricken communities.

Angelina Jolie to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan as government warns of humanitarian disaster

September 19, 2022 11:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul and Sophia Saifi, CNN Angelina Jolie is set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a…

Biden again says US forces would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression

September 18, 2022 9:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak and Brad Lendon, CNN President Joe Biden in an interview that aired Sunday said US military personnel would defend Taiwan if the…

Waves generated by Typhoon Nanmadol break along the coast in Izumi

Two killed and severe power outages as Typhoon Nanmadol brings record-breaking rain

September 18, 2022 8:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Junko Ogura, Heather Chen and Jake Kwon, CNN At least two people have died after Typhoon Nanmadol brought record-breaking rains and strong winds…

China’s quarantine bus crash kills 27 people, sparks anger against zero-Covid policy

September 18, 2022 5:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Yong Xiong, Nectar Gan and Philip Wang, CNN Anger and criticism over China’s unrelenting zero-Covid policy has erupted after a bus…

This aerial image shows a building collapse following an earthquake in Taiwan

Tsunami warnings issued after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan

September 18, 2022 3:39 AM CNN

By Rob Picheta and Eric Cheung, CNN A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering…

Tsunami warnings issued after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan

September 18, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta and Eric Cheung, CNN A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering…

Don’t touch foreigners, warns senior health official after China’s first monkeypox case

September 18, 2022 12:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau A top Chinese health official has warned people against touching foreigners, a day after mainland…

Waves crash on the shore in Miyazaki City

Millions told to evacuate as Typhoon Nanmadol heads for Japan

September 17, 2022 6:11 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, Sahar Akbarzai and Jennifer Hauser, CNN About two million people in southwestern Japan have been ordered to evacuate…

A Chinese giant salamander pictured at a local breeding facility.

China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming for other species next

September 17, 2022 5:47 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN They called it the “Goddess of the Yangtze” — a creature so rare that it was believed to bring fortune and…

A new threat from China faces Taiwan’s military: Trolls with drones

September 17, 2022 4:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Andrew Raine and CNN’s Beijing bureau With the sun shining, drinks on the table and music in the air, it looks like the young men in the…

3.4 million children in Pakistan need ‘immediate, lifesaving support’ after floods: UNICEF

September 17, 2022 12:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi, Jake Kwon, Larry Register and Heather Chen, CNN “Super floods” in Pakistan have left 3.4 million children in need of…

Flames and smoke rise from the 218-meter-tall office building in Changsha on September 16.

Major fire breaks out at 42-story skyscraper in Changsha, China

September 16, 2022 8:55 AM CNN Newsource

By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Alex Stambaugh A major fire broke out in a 42-story skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha in Hunan…

Major fire breaks out at 42-story skyscraper in Changsha, China

September 16, 2022 8:55 AM CNN

By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Alex Stambaugh A major fire broke out in a 42-story skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha in Hunan…

China and Russia present united front at summit as Ukraine war risks exposing regional divisions

September 16, 2022 2:06 AM CNN

By Nectar Gan and Rhea Mogul, CNN When Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down with other Asian leaders at a summit…

70 years later, China and South Korea exchange the remains of Korean war dead

September 16, 2022 2:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae, CNN The Chinese and South Korean soldiers stood face to face, the wind whipping through their ranks and their national flags flapping…

Experts slam ‘pittance’ in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods

September 16, 2022 12:48 AM CNN

By Angela Dewan, CNN An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the…

China and Russia present united front at summit as Ukraine war risks exposing regional divisions

September 16, 2022 12:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Rhea Mogul, CNN When Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down with other Asian leaders at a summit…

A brigade of the PLA Army under the Eastern Theater Command

Chinese and Russian militaries share a potential weakness, new US report finds

September 15, 2022 9:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN China’s military leaders share a potential weakness that has undermined their Russian counterparts in Ukraine and could…

Experts slam ‘pittance’ in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods

September 15, 2022 2:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, CNN An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the…

Putin concedes China has ‘questions and concerns’ over Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine

September 15, 2022 4:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised China’s “balanced position” on the Ukraine war, though he…

Mourners placed colonial flags and images of the Queen outside the British consulate in Hong Kong on September 12.

In Hong Kong, mourning the Queen has another purpose: defying China

September 14, 2022 10:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Thousands of people in Hong Kong have turned out to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, in one of the largest public…

Police and forensic investigators gather at the scene where suitcases with the remains of two children were found in Auckland

Woman arrested in South Korea in connection with alleged murder of two children found in suitcases in New Zealand

September 14, 2022 7:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN A 42-year-old woman believed to be the mother of two children whose remains were found in suitcases bought…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Central Asia in his first foreign trip in almost 1

Xi Jinping arrives in Central Asia in first trip outside China since pandemic

September 14, 2022 2:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Central Asia in his first foreign trip in almost 1,000 days,…

Pakistan Fast Facts

September 13, 2022 7:30 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Pakistan. It borders Iran, Afghanistan and India in Southeast Asia. In 1947, Pakistan gained its…

North Korea Fast Facts

September 13, 2022 7:30 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), also called North…

Flood victims are seen here receiving relief aid in Sindh province's Sukkur city on the Indus River on September 4. Authorities in Pakistan have warned it could take up to six months for deadly flood waters to recede in the country's hardest-hit areas.

Pakistan ‘still in danger’ and flooding may take up to 6 months to recede, authorities say

September 12, 2022 9:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi, Aliza Kassim and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Authorities in Pakistan have warned it could take up to six months for deadly flood waters to…

Young boys take part in an awareness rally to mark 'World Day Against Child Labour' in Chennai

50 million trapped in modern slavery due to pandemic, war, climate crisis, report finds

September 12, 2022 1:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul, CNN From the pandemic to the climate crisis, disasters of the past five years have upended daily life, and a new report shows that in…

Russia plays up China’s support as it retreats in Ukraine

September 12, 2022 12:28 AM CNN

By Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and Philip Wang, CNN As Russian forces suffer a string of stunning defeats in Ukraine, Moscow is playing up Beijing’s…

Moscow is playing up Beijing's support for its invasion of Ukraine ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Putin (center) and Chairman of National People's Congress Li Zhanshu (left) are seen in Vladivostok

Russia plays up China’s support as it retreats in Ukraine

September 11, 2022 11:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and Philip Wang, CNN As Russian forces suffer a string of stunning defeats in Ukraine, Moscow is playing up Beijing’s…

A Hong Kong police press conference on July 22

Hong Kong court sentences speech therapists to 19 months in prison over ‘seditious’ children’s books

September 10, 2022 7:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced five speech therapists to 19 months in prison over…

A large crack in a highway near the town of Kainantu

Massive 7.6 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea

September 10, 2022 6:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Jake Kwon, CNN A massive 7.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, causing landslides, cracking roads and damaging buildings. While the…

North Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state in a move leader Kim Jong Un

North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state, in ‘irreversible’ move

September 8, 2022 11:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Yoonjung Seo, Larry Register and Heather Chen, CNN North Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state in a move leader Kim…

A Chinese man rode a hydrogen balloon to pick pine nuts. He ended up drifting 300km

September 7, 2022 10:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, Mengchen Zhang, CNN A man who lost control of his hydrogen balloon while harvesting pine nuts in China has been found and…

People line up for a Covid-19 test in Chengdu

Chinese metropolis Chengdu extends Covid lockdown, again, with no end in sight

September 8, 2022 2:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong, and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s mega city of Chengdu has extended its Covid lockdown for a second time, with…

Five Hong Kong speech therapists convicted of sedition over children’s books about wolves and sheep

September 8, 2022 1:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Five speech therapists in Hong Kong were found guilty of a conspiracy to publish seditious…

Stone Age humans had unexpectedly advanced medical knowledge, new discovery suggests

September 7, 2022 8:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Buried in a shallow grave deep within a remote Indonesian cave, archaeologists have found the bones of a young…

‘We are going to drown’: villagers trapped as Pakistan’s largest lake overflows

September 7, 2022 3:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Javed Iqbal, Sameer Mandhro and Kathleen Magramo, CNN “There is too much water. We are going to drown.” That was the warning from the…

Xi and Putin to meet in person next week, Russian envoy says: state media

September 6, 2022 11:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese leader Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of a…

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