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Three North Korean cargo planes flew to China and back on May 16

North Korea sends cargo planes to China as country fights pandemic

May 18, 2022 10:16 pm CNN Newsource

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 outbreak of Covid-19, according to a South Korean government official with knowledge of the matter. The planes traveled to Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, in China’s northeast Liaoning province, the… Continue Reading

Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home

May 18, 2022 11:26 am CNN Newsource

By Jo Shelley, Masoud Popalzai, Ehsan Popalzai, Ahmet Mengli and Rob Picheta, CNN A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested the regime’s restrictions on women rights should stay home. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s… Continue Reading

An Indian farmer carries wheat crop harvested from a field on the outskirts of Jammu

Climate change is making record-breaking heatwaves in India and Pakistan 100 times more likely

May 18, 2022 4:57 am CNN Newsource

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Climate change has made the odds of a record-breaking heatwave hitting northwestern India and Pakistan 100 times more likely to happen, scientists said Wednesday, as the two countries experience high temperatures that are disrupting daily life. In an analysis, climate scientists with the UK’s Met Office found that the natural probability… Continue Reading

Flight data suggests a China Eastern plane deliberately crashed according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: Wall Street Journal report

May 17, 2022 11:11 pm CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Black box data recovered from a China Eastern flight that crashed in March suggests someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a preliminary assessment from United States officials. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it nosedived from… Continue Reading

Cave discovery in Laos could unlock more about human evolution’s biggest mystery

May 17, 2022 9:14 am CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A tooth unearthed from a remote cave in Laos is helping to sketch an unknown chapter in the human story. Researchers believe the tooth belonged to a young female who lived at least 130,000 years ago and was likely a Denisovan — an enigmatic group of early humans first identified in… Continue Reading

A deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water has infected thousands of people in central Pakistan as the country grapples with a water crisis exacerbated by a brutal heat wave in South Asia.

Pakistan hit by deadly cholera outbreak as heat wave grips South Asia

May 17, 2022 1:36 am CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, Sophia Saifi, Asim Khan and Esha Mitra, CNN A deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water has infected thousands of people in central Pakistan as the country grapples with a water crisis exacerbated by a brutal heat wave in South Asia. Temperatures in parts of Pakistan and India have reached record… Continue Reading

Shanghai officials said they had achieved "zero-Covid at the community level" in what appeared to be a turning point in a heavy-handed and costly campaign to tame an Omicron outbreak.

Shanghai declares zero-Covid milestone but residents cast doubt on reopening

May 17, 2022 1:14 am CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved “zero-Covid at the community level” in what appeared to be a turning point in a heavy-handed and costly campaign to tame an Omicron outbreak — but many residents remain skeptical the city will reopen anytime soon. “Zero-Covid at the community… Continue Reading

The USS Abraham Lincoln makes history as thousands of service members deploy from San Diego Naval Air Station North Island under Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt

First woman to command US aircraft carrier didn’t even know she could get the job

May 16, 2022 5:22 pm CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, Blake Essig and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Amy Bauernschmidt is the rarest of the rare. The 51-year-old is in a select group of United States Navy officers: The commanders of the 11 aircraft carriers in the US fleet. Capt. Bauernschmidt is the only woman in that group. In fact, she’s the only woman… Continue Reading

Kim Jong Un mobilizes North Korea’s military in response to Covid-19 outbreak

May 16, 2022 1:48 am CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country’s first officially acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has described as a “major national emergency.” Despite having placed all cities under lockdown on Thursday, a… Continue Reading

The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary of the end of US occupation and pictured

China tensions loom as Japan’s Okinawa marks 50 years since US handover

May 15, 2022 12:18 am CNN Newsource

Story by Reuters The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwest Japan much closer to Taiwan… Continue Reading

This picture taken and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 14.

What we know (and don’t know) about North Korea’s Covid outbreak

May 13, 2022 11:12 pm CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall the country since its founding more than 70 years ago, according to its leader Kim Jong Un, as the isolated and impoverished nation scrambles to curb the spread of a highly transmissible virus that risks… Continue Reading

With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up

May 13, 2022 6:52 pm CNN Newsource

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 restaurant in central Taipei. The tables at his diner in the Taiwanese capital are buzzing with customers, waiters bustle with dishes of squid soup and rice noodles, and talk… Continue Reading

China tightens ban on ‘non-essential’ overseas travel as lockdown anger rises

May 13, 2022 12:58 am CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Authorities in China have imposed a de facto international travel ban, forbidding citizens from going overseas for “non-essential” reasons, as the government ramps up efforts to enforce its zero-Covid policy. In a statement Thursday, the Chinese National Immigration Administration said it would tighten its reviewing process on issuing travel documents such… Continue Reading

CNN correspondent David Culver leaves Shanghai after living for 50 days under Covid lockdown.

Leaving locked down Shanghai for a ‘whole new world’ outside China

May 12, 2022 7:40 pm CNN Newsource

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. “You’re out, and you’re safe now,” she said warmly. Our plane had just taken off from Shanghai, a city of gleaming high-rises, home to 25 million people who… Continue Reading

North Korea has announced an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak in the country that has killed six people and infected more than 350

North Korea announces first Covid deaths amid ‘explosive’ outbreak

May 12, 2022 6:17 pm CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has announced an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and infected more than 350,000, according to state media, prompting fears of an impending and deadly crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation. The announcement comes a day after the country reported its first… Continue Reading

The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Jan. 15

Tonga volcano was the most ferocious eruption in 140 years

May 12, 2022 11:00 am CNN Newsource

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 deadliest and most destructive volcanic events on record. Scientists have begun to piece together what happened during the January 15 eruption of the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano… Continue Reading

Passenger plane catches fire during takeoff in southwestern China

May 11, 2022 10:07 pm CNN Newsource

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 Chongqing on Thursday morning. All 113 passengers and nine crew members were “evacuated safely,” the airline said in a statement. More than 40 passengers with minor injuries were taken to hospital,… Continue Reading

Despite Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. popularity among millions of voters

Who is ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family’s return?

May 11, 2022 9:21 pm CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the presumptive President of the Philippines after winning a landslide in elections on May 9, according to unofficial results. More than 30 million Filipinos voted for Marcos Jr., more than double that of his closest rival, the outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo, partial and unofficial results… Continue Reading

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (centre) was arrested by Hong Kong's national security police on May 11.

Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old cardinal on national security charge

May 11, 2022 7:31 pm CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party, drawing concern from the Vatican and condemnation from the United States. Zen is among four high-profile pro-democracy activists arrested by police — the other three are Cantopop star Denise… Continue Reading

Employees spray disinfectant and wipe surfaces as part of preventative measures against the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store in Pyongyang on March 18.

North Korea declares ‘major national emergency’ as first case of Covid-19 identified, state media reports

May 11, 2022 6:01 pm CNN Newsource

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 “major national emergency.” It’s unclear how many infections have been detected but state-run news agency KCNA reported on Thursday that cases of the Omicron variant had been found in… Continue Reading

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