Vanuatu will seek International Court of Justice opinion on climate protection
By Radina Gigova, CNN The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to weigh in the rights of current and…
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Freed from Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou hailed as hero upon return to China
By Nectar Gan, CNN Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who spent nearly three years in house arrest in Canada, returned home late Saturday, ending a…
Continue Reading The 74-year-old ‘Black Widow’ killer who murdered her lovers with cyanide
By Jessie Yeung, Gladys Tsai and Kazumi Duncan, CNN At 75, Isao Kakehi was in good health and in love. It was 2013, and he had embarked on an…
Continue Reading Taliban put alleged kidnappers’ bodies on display
By Tim Lister, Ehsan Popalzai, Brent Swails, Sandi Sidhu and Celine Alkhaldi The Taliban in Afghanistan have put on public display the bodies of four…
Continue Reading Two Canadians imprisoned by China have been released, Prime Minister Trudeau says
By Paula Newton, CNN Two Canadians detained by China for nearly three years have been released, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced…
Continue Reading This country claims it hasn’t had a single Covid-19 case. Activists say that’s a lie
By Ben Westcott, CNN In the nearly two years since the pandemic began, Turkmenistan has not seen a single case of Covid-19. Or at least, that’s…
Continue Reading These Chinese villages are paying couples to have more children
By Jessie Yeung, CNN With China facing a looming demographic crisis, the government last month passed into law a three-child policy raising the…
Continue Reading Taiwan says China is a ‘bully’ after one of the largest PLA warplane incursions yet
By Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN Taiwan on Thursday accused China of “bullying” after Beijing sent a total of 24 warplanes into its…
Continue Reading The children who are locked up for the political beliefs of their parents
CNN By Paula Hancocks and Salai TZ, CNN Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the…
Continue Reading The children who are locked up for the political beliefs of their parents
By Paula Hancocks and Salai TZ, CNN Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the…
Continue Reading Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are leaving behind zero-Covid, but they aren’t ready to open up, experts warn
By Jessie Yeung and Ben Westcott, CNN After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and…
Continue Reading Japanese sisters, age 107, certified as world’s oldest identical twins
By Jack Guy, CNN Two Japanese sisters have been confirmed as the world’s oldest living identical twins and the oldest ever identical twins at…
Continue Reading China and the US were both born from armed conflict. They’re now polar opposites on gun control
By Jessie Yeung and Steve George, CNN Last week, a 47-year-old man stormed into a law firm in China’s Wuhan city and shot dead a lawyer who he…
Continue Reading About the only job women can do for the Kabul government is clean female bathrooms, acting mayor says
By Hira Humayun and Helen Regan, CNN Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, and only women whose jobs cannot be…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s women judges are in hiding, fearing reprisal attacks from men they jailed
By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Tugging at the folds of the traditional hijab dress, two young sisters jostle and laugh to…
Continue Reading ‘We want justice,’ say the family of 10 civilians killed in a US airstrike that officials now say was ‘a mistake’
By Nic Robertson, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Emal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that American…
Continue Reading ‘We want justice,’ say the family of 10 civilians killed in a US airstrike that officials now say was ‘a mistake’
CNN By Nic Robertson, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Emal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that…
Continue Reading One of Asia’s most prestigious universities is on the frontline of a battle for democracy
By CNN staff Students and lecturers at Hong Kong‘s most prestigious university returned from summer break this month to a very different…
Continue Reading Taliban say tweets from Kabul university chancellor are fake
CNN By Eliza Mackintosh, Karen Smith and Tara John, CNN Correction: A previous version of this story and headline incorrectly attributed remarks to a…
Continue Reading Taliban deny claims girls will be banned from school — but don’t say when they’ll be allowed in
By Nic Robertson, Ingrid Formanek, Taylor Barnes and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban have denied claims that Afghan women would be banned from…
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