Leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in the first 20 days of...
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Democracy has its flaws, but it has emerged from the pandemic in much ruder health than the alternative | CNN
CNN — For nearly half a decade, you could be forgiven for thinking just about everything in Western democracy seemed...
Japan’s consumer inflation hits fresh 40-year high | CNN Business
Japan’s core consumer inflation hit a fresh four-decade high as companies continued to pass on rising costs to households, data...
As crematoriums fill up, China shifts how it counts Covid deaths | CNN
Beijing CNN — For much of the pandemic, images of overflowing hospitals and busy funeral homes from the United States...
India on alert for new variants as Covid wave sweeps China | CNN
New Delhi CNN — India’s health minister has advised the public to take precautions against Covid-19, including getting vaccinated and...
United Nations Security Council demands release of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi in historic resolution | CNN
CNN — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on Myanmar’s ruling military junta to release all political prisoners,...
First on CNN: 2 Americans held by the Taliban have been released, sources tell CNN | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en...
‘One extreme to the other’: Chinese megacity Chongqing says people with Covid can go to work | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — The sprawling Chinese metropolis of Chongqing announced Sunday that public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19...
China bets on private sector to boost Covid-hit economy | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Beijing has vowed to go all out next year to save its Covid-hit economy by boosting...
Nepal president gives parties a week to form new government | CNN
Nepal’s president on Sunday called on the country’s political parties to try to form a new government within a week...
Fuel tanker tunnel fire kills at least 19 in Afghanistan | CNN
CNN — At least 19 people have been killed and 32 others were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire...
Hong Kong court rules police ban on Tiananmen vigil unlawful, overturning conviction of prominent activist | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a decision by police to ban a Tiananmen...
How one family’s struggle illustrates problems with the program meant to help Afghans who helped the US | CNN Politics
CNN — For more than a year, I have been trying to help a family leave Afghanistan for safety and...
South Korea says crypto fugitive Do Kwon is hiding in Serbia | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Do Kwon, a disgraced tycoon behind the collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna coins that roiled...
Indian and Chinese troops clash on disputed border | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Indian and Chinese troops have clashed on their disputed Himalayan border, the first known incident between...
A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge | CNN
New Delhi CNN — At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash...
5 key takeaways from Xi’s trip to Saudi Arabia | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in today’s Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside...
Saudi Arabia and China will align on everything from security to oil, but agree not to interfere on domestic issues | CNN
CNN — China and Saudi Arabia expressed aligned policies on a range of areas from security to oil in a...
China Eastern takes delivery of the world’s first made-in-China C919 jet | CNN Business
The world’s first C919, a Chinese-made narrowbody jet, was delivered to launch customer China Eastern Airlines (CEA) in Shanghai on...
When China and Saudi Arabia meet, nothing matters more than oil | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN Business — Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Saudi Arabia this week for the first time in...
