Thai 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…
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World’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 Reading China 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 Reading China 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 Reading Myanmar 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 Reading Chinese 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 Reading As 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…
Continue Reading As the Tokyo Olympics ends, all eyes are now on the Beijing Winter Games
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 less than six…
Continue Reading Taliban seize fifth Afghan provincial capital since Friday
By Kareem Khadder, Nick Paton Walsh and Jessie Yeung, CNN The Taliban have seized the city of Taloquan in northeastern Afghanistan, marking the fifth…
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Covid-19 cases are rising in countries praised for stopping outbreaks. Do they need to change their strategies?
CNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A year and a half since the first Covid-19 cases were identified, many countries in Asia-Pacific feel right back…
Continue Reading Covid-19 cases are rising in countries praised for stopping outbreaks. Do they need to change their strategies?
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A year and a half since the first Covid-19 cases were identified, many countries in Asia-Pacific feel right back where…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Myanmar, a country in southeast Asia formerly known as Burma. About Myanmar (from the CIA World…
Continue Reading Jiang Zemin Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1926 Birth place:…
Continue Reading Taliban seizes Kunduz, first major Afghan city to fall in vacuum left by US troop withdrawal
By Jennifer Hauser, Tara John and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN The Taliban has seized control of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, local officials told CNN on…
Continue Reading The beheading of a diplomat’s daughter shows how badly Pakistan is failing its women
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Few cases of femicide make headlines in Pakistan, but the beheading of an ambassador’s daughter promises to test a legal…
Continue Reading Two men arrested in US over alleged plot to kill Myanmar’s UN ambassador
By Helen Regan and Jamie Crawford, CNN Two Myanmar citizens have been charged in New York with allegedly plotting to kill or injure Myanmar’s…
Continue Reading A Trump-era policy that shut out top Chinese students could be hurting America more than Beijing
By Julia Hollingsworth, Yong Xiong and David Culver, CNN When Dennis Hu came home to China for the 2020 Lunar New Year, he thought it would be a…
Continue Reading Taliban seizes Afghanistan’s second-largest city
The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan Member of Parliament Gul Ahmad Kamin told CNN on…
Continue Reading Besieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents see no way out as militants advance ever closer
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A wedding hall in the west of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, now lies on the…
Continue Reading At least 10 people injured in stabbings on Tokyo train
By Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Ten people were stabbed Friday night on a train in Tokyo by a man with a knife, according to the Tokyo Fire Department. The…
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