Taiwan fires warning shots at unidentified drone near islands
By Gladys Tsai, Jorge Engels and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Taiwanese soldiers on Tuesday fired flares at three unidentified drones that flew near Kinmen…
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Fukushima town lifts evacuation order, allowing former residents to return 11 years after nuclear disaster
By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN More than a decade after Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, the town that hosts the disabled Fukushima…
Continue ReadingPakistan floods caused by ‘monsoon on steroids,’ says UN chief in urgent appeal
By Sophia Saifi, Kathleen Magramo, Mayumi Maruyama and Angela Dewan, CNN UN Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday warned that the world is…
Continue ReadingChina charges dozens over brutal attack on women in restaurant
By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities have charged 28 people and detained eight police officials following a brutal assault on a group of women…
Continue ReadingPakistan pleads for international help as parts of country ‘resemble a small ocean’
By Sophia Saifi and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with…
Continue ReadingTank stops traffic as Malaysian army vehicles break down two days in a row
By Heather Chen, CNN The Malaysian army has apologized after two of its vehicles broke down in Kuala Lumpur on two consecutive days, blocking traffic…
Continue ReadingHundreds of children among 1,000 people killed by Pakistan monsoon rains and floods
By Michelle Velez and Teele Rebane, CNN Severe rains and flooding have killed at least 1,033 people, including 348 children, and left 1,527 more…
Continue ReadingUS sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip
By Brad Lendon, CNN Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since…
Continue ReadingWhy Singapore’s gay sex law change is a double-edged sword for LGBTQ activists
By Heather Chen, CNN When Singapore announced this week it would end a colonial-era law that criminalized sex between men, it looked like a big…
Continue ReadingPakistan floods hit 33 million people in worst disaster in a decade, minister says
By Sophia Saifi, Akanksha Sharma and Asim Khan for CNN, and Reuters At least 33 million people have been affected by deadly flooding in Pakistan, the…
Continue ReadingTaiwan shoots down unidentified drone over island near China
CNN By Gladys Tsai and Larry Register, CNN Taiwan says it has shot down an unidentified civilian drone over one of its islands that lies just a few…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea records world’s lowest fertility rate — again
By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN South Korea has broken its own record for the world’s lowest fertility rate, according to official figures…
Continue Reading‘Xi Jinping doesn’t scare me’: US Sen. Marsha Blackburn lands in Taiwan, vows not to be bullied by China
By Brad Lendon, CNN United States Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Thursday became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from…
Continue ReadingUN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a…
Continue ReadingMyanmar junta charges former UK ambassador with immigration offenses
By Angus Watson, Xiaofei Xu and Niamh Kennedy, CNN The United Kingdom’s former ambassador to Myanmar has been charged with immigration offenses…
Continue ReadingChinese city ‘stretched to the limit’ as millions wait in line for Covid tests in extreme heat
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The Chinese metropolis of Chongqing has rolled out mass Covid testing in its central area amid a record heat wave, leaving…
Continue ReadingImran Khan appears in Pakistan anti-terror court as police investigate comments
By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Azaz Syed, CNN Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted an extension of his pre-arrest bail on…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea reports suspected Covid cases on China border two weeks after declaring victory over virus
By Gawon Bae, Paula Hancocks and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Two weeks after North Korea declared victory over the coronavirus, the country has reported…
Continue ReadingThailand has suspended its prime minister. What happens next?
By Kocha Olarn and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Thailand‘s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has temporarily stepped aside as the country’s…
Continue ReadingChinese city ‘stretched to the limit’ as millions wait in line for Covid tests in extreme heat
By Nectar Gan, CNN The Chinese metropolis of Chongqing has rolled out mass Covid testing in its central area amid a record heat wave, leaving…
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