What we know (and don’t know) about North Korea’s Covid outbreak
By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall…
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With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up
By Eric Cheung, CNN and photos by John Mees Business has been swift this week for Oscar Chen, the fourth-generation owner of the Liang Xi Hao…
Continue Reading Who is ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family’s return?
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in…
Continue Reading China tightens ban on ‘non-essential’ overseas travel as lockdown anger rises
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Authorities in China have imposed a de facto international travel ban, forbidding citizens from going overseas for…
Continue Reading Leaving locked down Shanghai for a ‘whole new world’ outside China
CNN By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind…
Continue Reading Leaving locked down Shanghai for a ‘whole new world’ outside China
By David Culver, CNN Over the hum of jet engines, I could hear the flight attendant comforting a fellow passenger seated a couple of rows behind me.…
Continue Reading North Korea announces first Covid deaths amid ‘explosive’ outbreak
By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has announced an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and…
Continue Reading Tonga volcano was the most ferocious eruption in 140 years
By Katie Hunt, CNN The volcanic eruption on an island near Tonga in January was as powerful as the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, one of the…
Continue Reading North Korea sends cargo planes to China as country fights pandemic
CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Three North Korean cargo planes flew to China and back on Monday, as the country battles an fast-spreading…
Continue Reading Passenger plane catches fire during takeoff in southwestern China
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire after skidding off the runway in the southwestern Chinese city of…
Continue Reading Who is ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family’s return?
By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in…
Continue Reading Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old cardinal on national security charge
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken…
Continue Reading North Korea declares ‘major national emergency’ as first case of Covid-19 identified, state media reports
By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has identified its first ever case of Covid-19, according to state media, which called the situation a…
Continue Reading Marcos Jr. asks world not to judge him by his family’s past as he claims victory in Philippines election
By Helen Regan and Yasmin Coles, CNN Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed victory in the 2022 Philippines elections on Wednesday, saying the “people…
Continue Reading Thailand to give away one million free cannabis plants to households, minister says
By Heather Chen, CNN The Thai government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the nation in June to mark a new rule…
Continue Reading WHO chief censored on China’s internet after calling zero-Covid unsustainable
By Nectar Gan, CNN The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China’s internet after questioning the sustainability…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka protesters burn politicians’ homes as country plunges further into chaos
By Iqbal Athas and Rhea Mogul, CNN Protesters in Sri Lanka have burned down homes belonging to 38 politicians as the crisis-hit country plunged…
Continue Reading Tiananmen Square Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is some information about the events in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989. Facts Tiananmen Square is…
Continue Reading Military rescues Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister in pre-dawn operation as violent clashes leave eight dead
By Iqbal Athas, Hannah Ritchie and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was rescued in a pre-dawn military…
Continue Reading South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol urges North Korean denuclearization in inauguration address
By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol promised an “audacious plan” to strengthen North…
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