Conservative Thai party looks to woo voters with promise to legalize sex toys
By Tara Subramaniam and Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand’s conservative Democrat Party has come up with a novel strategy to try and win votes ahead of…
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US and Philippine forces fire on mock enemy warship in South China Sea military exercise
By Brad Lendon, CNN United States and Philippine forces fired on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest display of…
Continue ReadingFormer New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern is heading to Harvard
By Jessie Yeung, CNN After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and…
Continue ReadingSingapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis
By Heather Chen, CNN A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted…
Continue ReadingNintendo changes Japanese name of villainous Super Mario character
By Chris Lau, CNN Video game maker Nintendo has announced it has changed the Japanese name of Spike, the foreman who appears in “The Super…
Continue ReadingTaiwan activist formally arrested for suspected ‘secession’ in China
By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan political activist has been formally arrested on suspicion of “secession” in China, more than…
Continue ReadingGen Z takes office: Japan’s newest politicians are young, diverse and online
By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Move over, boomers and older millennials — Japan’s young people are stepping into office. The…
Continue ReadingJapan approves first abortion pill, decades after other countries
By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step…
Continue ReadingChinese ambassador sparks European outrage over suggestion former Soviet states don’t exist
By Simone McCarthy European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet…
Continue ReadingAnother cheetah has died after relocation to India, the second in less than a month
CNN By Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental…
Continue ReadingAnother cheetah has died after relocation to India, the second in less than a month
By Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort…
Continue ReadingIndian police arrest alleged Sikh separatist leader, ending vast manhunt
By Sandi Sidhu, CNN Police in India say they have arrested alleged Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh, bringing to an end a massive months-long…
Continue ReadingCritically ill elephant Noor Jehan dies at Pakistan zoo
By Alex Hardie, Sugam Pokharel and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A 17-year-old critically ill elephant called Noor Jehan has died at Pakistan’s Karachi…
Continue ReadingJapan prepared to shoot down North Korean spy satellite rocket if necessary, minister says
By Junko Ogura Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the…
Continue ReadingWorld War II shipwreck of SS Montevideo Maru, which sank with over 1,000 POWs, found in South China Sea
By Heather Law A Japanese merchant ship that sank during World War II while carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war in Australia’s largest loss of…
Continue ReadingAs Japan’s population drops, one city is turning to ChatGPT to help run the government
By Jessie Yeung and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN In the five months since its launch, ChatGPT has been used to generate student essays, write wedding vows,…
Continue Reading‘How many more children have to die?’ Myanmar airstrike survivors ask what will it take for the world to act
CNN By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Salai TZ and Su Chay, CNN When its helicopter gunships and fighter jets rained fire and bombs on a…
Continue Reading‘How many more children have to die?’ Myanmar airstrike survivors ask what will it take for the world to act
By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Salai TZ and Su Chay, CNN When its helicopter gunships and fighter jets rained fire and bombs on a village…
Continue ReadingChinese zero-Covid protesters released after four months in custody
By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN A young Chinese woman who was arrested after attending a peaceful protest against Covid-19 restrictions in…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to make most senior-level trip to India in 7 years
By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed CNN Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will travel to India next month, the most senior-level visit in seven years in…
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