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By Masrur Jamaluddin, Atika Shubert and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN The last time Aris Suharyanto saw his wife was through a hospital window. He never…

By Tara John and Nectar Gan, CNN More than a year and a half into the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s rich nations are beginning to accept…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Cannabis’ earliest roots may have stemmed from northwestern China — not South Asia as commonly believed, according…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Days after entering its second century, the Chinese Communist Party has set out its priority for the new era — tightening…

By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this…

By Ben Westcott and CNN staff Unvaccinated residents in parts of China will be banned from accessing public services including hospitals, schools and…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand. Personal Birth date: July 26, 1980…

By Masrur Jamaluddin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Indonesia reported 54,517 new cases of Covid-19, authorities said Wednesday, a single-day national…

By Sophia Saifi, CNN At least 10 people have died after a bus carrying Chinese engineers in northern Pakistan fell into a ditch following a…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide search…

By Ben Westcott, CNN One is a government accused of detaining more than 1 million Muslims in a vast system of internment camps. The other is one of…

By Amy Sood, CNN Nearly half of Jakarta’s residents may have contracted Covid-19, according to a health survey — more than 12 times the…

By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Gyms in the South Korean capital are about to adopt an unusual Covid prevention strategy: play…

By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Tim Lister and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: “Surrender, commandos,…

By Esha Mitra and Jack Guy, CNN At least 65 people were killed by lightning strikes and thunderstorms in the north Indian states of Rajasthan and…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to…

By Jennifer Hansler and Brad Lendon, CNN United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the US’ commitment to defend the…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Asif Ali Zardari, former president of Pakistan. Personal Birth date: July 26, 1956 Birth…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Antonette Acupinpin was 7 when the sexual abuse started. She had already endured years of beating and physical violence from her…

By Salman Saeed, Sophie Jeong, Elaine Ly and Heather Law, CNN The owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a blaze in Bangladesh has been…

By Joshua Berlinger, Lauren Lau and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN They came with white flowers to honor a man accused of attempted murder. His victim was…

By Salman Saeed, Sophie Jeong and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 52 people were killed when a massive fire ripped through a juice factory in Bangladesh,…

By Rob Picheta, CNN Giant pandas are no longer endangered, Chinese officials have said, after decades of work to save the creatures helped drive…

By Jake Kwon and Angus Watson, CNN The capital of South Korea and Australia’s largest city announced Friday they would increase their Covid-19…

By Martin Goillandeau, Jake Kwon and Gawon Bae, CNN Belgium is recalling its ambassador to Seoul “without further delay,” after the…

By Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi and Nectar Gan, CNN The pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will take place under a coronavirus state of emergency,…

Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Full-throated they belt out songs of victory, their boots adding the drumbeat as ranks of new recruits jog in formation…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19,…

By Ben Westcott and Jessie Yeung, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring…

By Joshua Berlinger and Lauren Lau, CNN Hong Kong authorities said they have thwarted an alleged plot to bomb train stations, court buildings and…

By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring…

By Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura and Blake Essig, CNN Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Tuesday, three days after a devastating…

By Sophie Jeong and Yasmin Coles, CNN Fifty people were killed when a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the…

By Selina Wang, Junko Ogura and Emiko Jozuka, CNN At least two people are dead and some 20 people are missing after a mudslide swept across a seaside…

By Julia Hollingsworth, Saruul Enkhbold and Amy Sood, CNN In Mongolia, hospitals are overwhelmed. In the tiny archipelago of Seychelles, more than…

By Brad Lendon, CNN China is building a sprawling network of what appear to be intercontinental ballistic missile silos in its western desert that…

By Brad Lendon, CNN China is building a sprawling network of what appear to be intercontinental ballistic missile silos in its western desert that…

The “Disco Duck” has competition with Spot the dancing robo…

By Jessie Yeung and Zixu Wang, CNN Though all dogs are good boys (and girls), not all are suited for a job in law enforcement. A police academy in…

By Jessie Yeung and Zixu Wang, CNN Though all dogs are good boys (and girls), not all are suited for a job in law enforcement. A police academy in…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A hate speech debate turned heated in New Zealand’s Parliament on Wednesday when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested…

A hate speech debate turned heated in New Zealand’s Parliament when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested the country’s opposition leader was a…

By Ben Westcott and Steven Jiang, CNN China’s rise is a “historical inevitability” and it will no longer be “bullied,…

By Steven Jiang and Jessie Yeung, CNN For a decidedly atheist political organization, China’s ruling Communist Party is fond of talking about…

As China’s Communist Party marks the 100th anniversary of its founding, “red tourism” — field trips to sites of historical significance to the…

By Steven Jiang and Jessie Yeung, CNN For a decidedly atheist political organization, China’s ruling Communist Party is fond of talking about…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN The World Health Organization declared China officially malaria-free on Wednesday — making it the first country in the…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN The World Health Organization declared China officially malaria-free on Wednesday — making it the first country in the…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A hate speech debate turned heated in New Zealand’s Parliament on Wednesday when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested…

The Chinese Communist Party marks its 100th anniversary with celebrations across the country. CNN’s Steven Jiang reports from the Tiananmen Square in…

By Ben Westcott and Steven Jiang, CNN In an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party Thursday, President Xi Jinping…

By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s military has such strong control over the country’s jade trade that it would be “nearly…

By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent…

By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the…

Police in Japan are questioning a wealthy widow about the mysterious deaths of her past…

By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the…

By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to…

By Ben Westcott, CNN One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and around a…

By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong,…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong,…

By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s military has such strong control over the country’s jade trade that it would be “nearly…

By Caitlin Hu, Julia Hollingsworth, Eliza Mackintosh and Helen Regan, CNN In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup…

By Caitlin Hu, Julia Hollingsworth, Eliza Mackintosh and Helen Regan, CNN In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup…

By Zamira Rahim and Jessie Yeung, CNN China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has released new images of Mars from its landmark Tianwen-1…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to…

Rescue efforts continue for a 5th day amid the rubble of the collpased Floridia condo. Darryl Forges…

By Zamira Rahim and Jessie Yeung, CNN China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has released new images of Mars from its landmark Tianwen-1…

By Jack Guy, CNN A young male lion has been seized in Cambodia after its owner posted videos of the animal on TikTok. The lion is 1.5 years old and…

By Jack Guy, CNN A young male lion has been seized in Cambodia after its owner posted videos of the animal on TikTok. The lion is 1.5 years old and…

By Yoonjung Seo and Joshua Berlinger, CNN North Korean state television aired an unusual interview Friday in which a Pyongyang resident said he and…

North Korean state television aired an unusual interview in which a Pyongyang resident said he and others living in the capital were “heartbroken”…

By Yoonjung Seo and Joshua Berlinger, CNN North Korean state television aired an unusual interview Friday in which a Pyongyang resident said he and…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to…

By Kevin Schoenmakers, CNN In 2001, when their old home was demolished to make way for a new thoroughfare, Wang Zhenyuan and his wife didn’t…

By Kevin Schoenmakers, CNN In 2001, when their old home was demolished to make way for a new thoroughfare, Wang Zhenyuan and his wife didn’t…

By Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human…

By Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human…

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new…

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new…

The Chinese government is accused of detaining Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in extralegal detention centers, which it claims are reeducation…