Honduran President seeks diplomatic relations with China in a blow for Taiwan
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday, a…
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Imran Khan greets supporters outside home after Pakistan police arrest operation ends in chaos
By Sophia Saifi, Tara John, Vasco Cotovio, Kathleen Magramo and Azaz Syed, CNN Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greeted supporters outside…
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By Sophia Saifi, Tara John, Vasco Cotovio, Kathleen Magramo and Azaz Syed, CNN Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greeted supporters outside…
Continue ReadingTaiwan unveils its new combat and surveillance drones as China threat grows
By Eric Cheung, CNN A Taiwanese state-owned military weapons developer unveiled five new types of indigenous military drones on Tuesday, as the…
Continue ReadingJapan court orders retrial of longest-serving death row convict over 1966 murder case
By Emiko Jozuka, CNN The world’s longest-serving death row convict was on Monday granted a retrial by a Japanese court in the latest twist in a…
Continue ReadingNo public holiday for Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar win, Malaysia confirms after disinformation goes viral
By Heather Chen, CNN Michelle Yeoh’s history-making Oscar win caused jubilation this week in her native Malaysia, but it also sparked false…
Continue ReadingNobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88
By Chris Lau, Junko Ogura and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, a writer who was renowned for a strong pacifist…
Continue ReadingTaiwan says soldier who went missing has been found in China
By Eric Cheung and Nectar Gan, CNN A Taiwanese soldier who went missing last week from an island near the Chinese coast has been found in mainland…
Continue ReadingXi Jinping vows to make China’s military a ‘great wall of steel’ in first speech of new presidential term
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s leader Xi Jinping on Monday vowed to bolster national security and build the military into…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires submarine missiles ahead of largest US-South Korea military drills in years
By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea launched two missiles from a submarine in waters off its east coast over the weekend,…
Continue ReadingCity with world’s most expensive housing asks: what to do with 40,000 empty quarantine units?
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Behind the gleaming skyscrapers and multimillion-dollar homes that have made this city the world’s most expensive…
Continue ReadingChinese city proposes lockdowns for flu — and faces a backlash
By Chris Lau and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A Chinese city has sparked a backlash on social media after saying it would consider the use of lockdowns in…
Continue ReadingChina appoints Li Qiang, a trusted ally of Xi Jinping, as premier
By Laura He, CNN Business, and Riley Zhang China’s rubber-stamp legislature has appointed Li Qiang, a long-time aide of leader Xi Jinping, as…
Continue ReadingWhen China shot down five U-2 spy planes at the height of the Cold War
By Brad Lendon and Wayne Chang, CNN When a Chinese high-altitude balloon suspected of spying was spotted over the United States recently, the US Air…
Continue ReadingChina and Russia have deep defense sector ties. Putin’s war has not changed that, data show
By Simone McCarthy Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past…
Continue ReadingChina and Russia have deep defense sector ties. Putin’s war has not changed that, data show
By Simone McCarthy Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past…
Continue ReadingOutgoing president of Micronesia accuses China of bribery, threats and ‘political warfare’
By Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN The outgoing president of Micronesia has accused China of engaging in “political warfare” in the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires at least six short-range missiles as Kim Jong Un and daughter look on
By Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea fired off at least six short-range missiles on Thursday afternoon in what could be the opening salvo…
Continue ReadingChina and Russia have deep defense sector ties. Putin’s war has not changed that, data show
By Simone McCarthy Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past…
Continue ReadingXi Jinping secures unprecedented third term as China’s president in ceremonial vote
By Nectar Gan, CNN Xi Jinping’s unprecedented third term as China’s president was officially endorsed by the country’s political…
Continue Reading‘Star Wars’ actor Donnie Yen’s Communist Party ties spark Oscar host backlash
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A petition calling for the removal of martial arts star Donnie Yen as a presenter at this year’s Oscar ceremony due to his…
Continue ReadingResidents hit by dizziness and fever as oil spill blankets coast of Philippine island
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Tens of thousands of liters of oil that’s spilling from a sunken tanker off the coast of the Philippines has coated…
Continue ReadingIndonesian court jails soccer officials for role in deadly stadium crush
By Masrur Jamaluddin and Rhea Mogul, CNN Two Indonesian soccer officials were sentenced up to 18 months in prison by a court on Thursday over a…
Continue ReadingExclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given…
Continue ReadingBindi Irwin reveals 10-year battle with endometriosis on International Women’s Day
By Tara Subramaniam The Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin revealed Wednesday she has undergone surgery for endometriosis after a decade-long…
Continue ReadingExclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given…
Continue ReadingExplosion kills at least 19, injures dozens in Bangladesh’s capital
By Swati Gupta and Jessie Yeung, CNN An explosion ripped through a building in a crowded area of Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday, killing at…
Continue ReadingChina’s new foreign minister warns of conflict with US, defends Russia ties
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation”…
Continue ReadingThreat of rising seas to Asian megacities could be way worse than we thought, study warns
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Parts of Asia’s largest cities could be under water by 2100 thanks to rising sea levels, according to a new study that…
Continue ReadingChina’s new foreign minister warns of conflict with US, defends Russia ties
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation”…
Continue ReadingThailand jails five poachers for killing tiger and her cub
By Kocha Olarn, Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN A court in western Thailand on Monday sentenced five poachers to prison terms of five years each…
Continue ReadingJapan’s new rocket fails on debut launch in setback for space program
By Brad Lendon, CNN Japan’s maiden launch of its new flagship space rocket ended in failure on Tuesday when controllers issued a destruct…
Continue ReadingChina’s new foreign minister warns of conflict with US, defends Russia ties
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation”…
Continue ReadingAfghan women protest outside Kabul University as male students return to class
By Ehsan Popalzai, Shafi Kakar , Niamh Kennedy and Jessie Yeung, CNN Young Afghan women gathered outside Kabul University on Monday to protest the…
Continue ReadingUS allies South Korea and Japan make deal to ease strains over wartime labor dispute
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea on Monday announced a deal to compensate victims of forced labor by Japan during its occupation of…
Continue ReadingSuspected suicide attack kills at least nine police officers in southwestern Pakistan
By Asim Khan, Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN At least nine police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in…
Continue ReadingFire rips through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh leaving thousands homeless
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN A massive fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday,…
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: South Korea doesn’t need nuclear weapons to face the North, prime minister says
By Jessie Yeung and Richard Quest, CNN South Korea doesn’t need nuclear arms to deter the threat from North Korea, the country’s Prime…
Continue Reading4 dead, 40,000 flee homes as floods hit Malaysia
By Heather Chen, CNN Rescue efforts are underway in parts of Malaysia after seasonal floods killed at least four people and displaced more than…
Continue ReadingHong Kong model’s death and dismemberment resurfaces memories of past horrors
By Jessie Yeung, CNN The postcard image of Hong Kong is one of glitzy skyscrapers against lush mountains, dim sum restaurants and investment bankers…
Continue ReadingFire at Indonesian fuel storage station kills at least 16
By Mitchell McCluskey and Kathleen Magramo, CNN At least 16 people were killed in a fire at a fuel storage station in the Indonesian capital of…
Continue ReadingA string of gruesome cat killings has this Japanese city on edge
By Junko Ogura, Heather Chen and Moeri Karasawa, CNN The first grim discovery came when a woman found the severed head and paws of a brown speckled…
Continue ReadingYao Ming caught in the cross-fire as Chinese basketball team leaves top league on eve of Covid reopening
By Andrew McNicol, CNN The return of China’s top basketball league to its normal season format following years of Covid disruptions has been…
Continue ReadingChinese city claims to have destroyed 1 billion pieces of personal data collected for Covid control
By Nectar Gan, CNN A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments…
Continue ReadingThe Ukraine war sends message to ‘aggressors everywhere,’ says Blinken at Quad meeting
By Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and the support flooding in to Kyiv from countries across the world, sends…
Continue ReadingUS slams Cambodian opposition figure’s ‘treason’ sentence
By Teele Rebane, CNN A top Cambodian opposition figure was sentenced to 27 years of house arrest on Friday after being convicted of treason in a…
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: South Korea doesn’t need nuclear weapons to face the North, prime minister says
By Jessie Yeung and Richard Quest, CNN South Korea doesn’t need nuclear arms to deter the threat from North Korea, the country’s Prime…
Continue ReadingJapan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Japan has recounted its islands — and discovered it has 7,000 more than it previously thought. Digital mapping by the…
Continue ReadingAfter 4 months stuck in a South Korean airport this Russian is still not free. But his alternative is far worse
By Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN After spending close to five months stuck inside an airport in South Korea, Dmitry is finally able…
Continue ReadingAfter 4 months stuck in a South Korean airport this Russian is still not free. But his alternative is far worse
By Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN After spending close to five months stuck inside an airport in South Korea, Dmitry is finally able…
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