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China issues highest heat alert for almost 70 cities in second heatwave this month

July 25, 2022 2:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara Subramaniam Severe heat warnings were issued for almost 70 Chinese cities, where temperatures were expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104…

Large crowds of space enthusiasts watching watched China's launch of the Wentian lab module from tropical Hainan Island on a hot Sunday afternoon.

Chinese space station nears completion as laboratory module successfully docks

July 24, 2022 9:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Yong Xiong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN China successfully docked a second laboratory module to its under-construction space station, the China…

Myanmar junta executes leading democracy activists

July 24, 2022 8:47 PM CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN Myanmar’s military junta executed two prominent pro-democracy activists and two other men accused of…

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, prompting highest alert

July 24, 2022 8:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Junko Ogura and Hira Humayun, CNN Japan‘s Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted on Sunday, prompting evacuations in…

China says Xi Jinping and other leaders have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, amid public concern over safety

July 24, 2022 6:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Yong Xiong, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other top state officials have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, the ruling Communist Party…

China executes man who set fire to his ex-wife during livestream

July 23, 2022 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A man who killed his ex-wife by setting her on fire during a livestream was executed in China on Saturday, state media reported,…

How Koreans fell in love with an American World War II era personality test

July 22, 2022 5:11 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN It’s as if Seoul is infatuated. Stroll through the South Korean capital and amid the sea of traditional…

People cool off in a pool at a water park in Huaian

China braces for an even hotter weekend as temperatures climb

July 22, 2022 12:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Millions of people in China are bracing themselves for even hotter weather this weekend as more than a dozen cities issued…

Sri Lankan troops tear down protest camp outside the President’s office

July 21, 2022 10:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Rukshana Rizwie, Akanksha Sharma, Kunal Seghal and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Sri Lanka‘s police and military troops forcibly removed…

Painter Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to a painting of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu

India elects Droupadi Murmu as first president from tribal community

July 21, 2022 2:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Reuters Lawmakers chose India‘s first president from the country’s tribal communities on Thursday, which could boost the appeal of…

Japanese city hunts for wild monkey following spate of attacks

July 20, 2022 2:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN A wild monkey is terrorizing a small city in southwestern Japan, breaking into homes to bite and claw residents…

Sri Lankan lawmakers on July 20 elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country

Sri Lankan Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as President, but some protesters vow to fight on

July 20, 2022 12:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul, Iqbal Athas and Rukshana Rizwie, CNN Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President…

China warns US of ‘forceful measures’ if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan

July 20, 2022 12:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Alex Rogers, Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Nectar Gan, CNN China warned Tuesday it would take “resolute and forceful measures” if…

A US Navy warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on July 19

US Navy destroyer enters Chinese-claimed waters for third time in a week

July 19, 2022 10:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the third time in a week the vessel has entered waters claimed by…

China endures a summer of extreme weather as record rainfall and scorching heat wave cause havoc. Residents are pictured here in an air-raid shelter to escape summer heat amid a heat wave warning in Nanjing

China endures summer of extreme weather as record rainfall and scorching heat wave cause havoc

July 19, 2022 9:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Towns and farmlands inundated by floods, homes and roads buried by landslides, crops withering under scorching heat, hazmat-suited…

South Korea joins supersonic fighter club as KF-21 jet takes to skies

July 19, 2022 8:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korea’s homegrown KF-21 Boramae fighter jet flew for the first time on Tuesday, putting the country…

Malaysian customs officers display seized elephant tusks and other animal body parts in Port Klang

Malaysia seizes $18 million worth of elephant tusks, tiger bones and other trafficked animal parts

July 18, 2022 7:52 PM CNN Newsource

Story by Reuters Malaysian authorities have seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales…

An anti-abortion poster on the sides of a building in Manila.

Abortion’s illegal in the Catholic majority Philippines, so more than a million women a year turn to other options

July 18, 2022 5:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN Miriam has seen her share of high-risk operations and procedures in her years as a veteran doctor in the Philippines — but…

File photo of Ranil Wickremesinghe during an interview in Colombo

CNN Exclusive: Sri Lanka’s acting President says previous government was ‘covering up facts’ about financial crisis

July 18, 2022 9:22 AM CNN

By Will Ripley, Iqbal Athas, Kunal Sehgal and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s…

CNN Exclusive: Sri Lanka’s acting President says previous government was ‘covering up facts’ about financial crisis

July 18, 2022 7:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Will Ripley, Iqbal Athas, Kunal Sehgal and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s…

At least 30 endangered green sea turtles found with ‘bleeding’ neck wounds in Japan

July 17, 2022 11:25 PM CNN Newsource

By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN At least 30 endangered green sea turtles were found on Thursday with wounds around their neck, near the remote…

Thousands of Chinese tourists trapped in resort town after Covid shutdown

July 17, 2022 9:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN More than 2,000 tourists have become stranded in a resort town in southern China after authorities imposed a snap lockdown to curb…

Filipinos are buying books to preserve the truth about the Marcos regime

July 16, 2022 5:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Filipinos living abroad are snapping up books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, not just to read about…

A reef in the disputed Spratly Islands on April 21

US Navy challenges Chinese claims in South China Sea for second time in a week

July 15, 2022 10:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy warship on Saturday challenged Chinese claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said in a…

Sri Lankans wait in line for gas cylinders in Colombo.

Sri Lanka crisis: How do you fix a broken country?

July 15, 2022 5:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official residence…

Sri Lanka crisis: How do you fix a broken country?

July 15, 2022 5:53 PM CNN

By Heather Chen, CNN For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official residence…

Sri Lanka’s former President has stepped down — but larger problems loom for the crisis-hit country

July 15, 2022 12:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, Iqbal Athas and Kunal Sehgal, CNN Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier this week, has…

More than 50 US and Japanese warplanes flew over waters near Japan

US and Japanese warplanes put on show of force as tensions spike with China and Russia

July 14, 2022 9:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN More than 50 US and Japanese warplanes flew over waters near Japan this week as the two allies put on a show of force amid rising…

Demonstrators carry the gate to Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office premises

Sri Lankan president resigns by email after fleeing to Singapore

July 14, 2022 1:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Iqbal Athas, Rhea Mogul and Rukshana Rizwie, CNN Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation in a letter sent by email to…

A protester runs for cover from a tear gas canister during a protest in Colombo

Sri Lanka is in chaos and its president has fled. Here’s what we know

July 13, 2022 11:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Sri Lanka has plunged into chaos and its president has fled to Singapore, before emailing his resignation, as questions swirl…

Protesters take over the compound of Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace in Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s crisis rages on. Here’s what we know

July 13, 2022 6:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN Angry protesters who stormed the official residences of Sri Lanka‘s President have forced him to flee the country, but his…

How Sri Lanka’s runaway President went from ‘war hero’ to fugitive

July 13, 2022 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul, CNN They were once seen as heroes of the nation, the almost mythical warrior-king leaders who defeated the separatists in a bloody…

How Sri Lanka’s runaway President went from ‘war hero’ to fugitive

July 13, 2022 2:33 AM CNN

By Rhea Mogul, CNN They were once seen as heroes of the nation, the almost mythical warrior-king leaders who defeated the separatists in a bloody…

Shanghai residents line up for Covid tests in a locked down neighborhood on July 10.

Shanghai fears new lockdown as millions test for Covid amid sweltering heat

July 13, 2022 1:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Millions of Shanghai residents braved sweltering heat Tuesday to wait in line for compulsory Covid tests, as growing case numbers…

US Navy destroyer performs freedom of navigation exercise in South China Sea

July 13, 2022 1:12 AM CNN

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by…

US Navy destroyer performs freedom of navigation exercise in South China Sea

July 13, 2022 1:12 AM CNN

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by…

US Navy destroyer performs freedom of navigation exercise in South China Sea

July 13, 2022 1:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by…

A Hong Kong court sentenced veteran activist

Hong Kong court jails veteran activist for plan to protest Beijing Olympics

July 12, 2022 10:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era sedition law for…

People escape the heat by heading to an air raid shelter in Nanjing

Dozens of cities in China issue heat wave warnings as temperatures surge

July 12, 2022 9:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Shawn Deng, CNN A heat wave is sweeping through China, with residents resorting to air raid shelters and public fountains to stay…

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was blocked from departing Sri Lanka on July 11 after refusing to join a public queue at the Bandaranaike International Airport in order to have his passport checked by immigration.

Protesters storm Sri Lanka’s prime minister’s office, as president flees country without resigning

July 12, 2022 5:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Iqbal Athas, Rukshana Rizwie, Tara John and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis escalated as protesters stormed…

Crowds gather in Tokyo to say final farewell to late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

July 12, 2022 2:18 AM CNN

By Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Family and close friends attended the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday,…

Crowds gather in Tokyo to say final farewell to late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

July 12, 2022 1:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Family and close friends attended the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday,…

Unification Church puzzled by reports of alleged grudge held by Shinzo Abe assassination suspect

July 11, 2022 11:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN The Unification Church said Monday it was puzzled by reports of alleged resentment held…

Akie Abe, widow of assassinated leader Shinzo Abe, set a new mold for Japanese first ladies

July 11, 2022 8:51 PM CNN

By Nectar Gan and Emiko Jozuka, CNN When Akie Matsuzaki married Shinzo Abe, then a rising political aide, in 1987, she followed a path well trodden…

Officials carry flowers inside Zojoji Temple

Japan holds Shinzo Abe’s funeral

July 11, 2022 7:54 PM CNN Newsource

Akie Abe, widow of assassinated leader Shinzo Abe, set a new mold for Japanese first ladies

July 11, 2022 7:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Emiko Jozuka, CNN When Akie Matsuzaki married Shinzo Abe, then a rising political aide, in 1987, she followed a path well trodden…

Shinzo Abe’s party sweeps to election victory in Japan days after his assassination: NHK

July 10, 2022 10:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan’s ruling coalition swept to victory on Sunday in an upper house election that took on heightened…

Shinzo Abe’s party sweeps to election victory in Japan days after his assassination: NHK

July 10, 2022 10:51 PM CNN

By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan’s ruling coalition swept to victory on Sunday in an upper house election that took on heightened…

China crushes mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back

July 10, 2022 7:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their…

Sri Lanka’s crisis rages on. Here’s what we know

July 10, 2022 12:31 AM CNN

By Heather Chen, CNN Angry protesters who stormed the official residences of Sri Lanka‘s President have forced him to flee the country, but his…

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