Hong Kong and Macao will fully reopen borders with mainland China | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — China will fully reopen borders with its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao next...
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Blinken under pressure to push China on role in lethal fentanyl trade when he visits Beijing | CNN Politics
CNN — Members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure China to do more to curb...
Blackouts and soaring prices: Pakistan’s economy is on the brink | CNN Business
Islamabad/London CNN — Muhammad Radaqat, a 27-year-old greengrocer, is worried. He doesn’t know how much an onion will cost next...
US imposes visa restrictions on Taliban members involved in repression of women and girls | CNN Politics
CNN — The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on certain current and former Taliban members, non-state security group...
Chinese province drops restrictions on unmarried people having children in bid to halt plummeting birth rate | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a...
China’s economic activity expands for the first time in months as Covid ‘exit wave’ ends | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Economic activity in China has expanded for the first time in four months as disruptions caused...
10 children killed and seven injured in Pakistan after boat capsizes | CNN
CNN — Ten children were killed and seven were injured when a boat capsized on a lake in northern Pakistan...
Chinese engineer sentenced to 8 years in US prison for spying | CNN Politics
CNN — A former graduate student in Chicago was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for spying for the...
Cargo ship capsizes off Japan’s coast with 22 aboard | CNN
Tokyo CNN — Five crew members have been rescued and efforts are underway to save 17 others after a cargo...
Biden administration raised concerns with Beijing over Chinese companies’ non-lethal aid in Russian war effort | CNN Politics
CNN — The Biden administration has recently raised concerns with China about evidence it has suggesting that Chinese companies have...
A group of friends attended a vigil in Beijing. Then one by one, they disappeared | CNN
CNN — When one by one, the friends of a young woman living in Beijing began disappearing — detained by...
Chinese zodiac fortune predictions: What’s in store for the Year of the Rabbit? | CNN
CNN — Say goodbye to the Tiger; it’s time to hop into the Year of the Rabbit. For many people,...
Top Indian wrestlers demand inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against top official after days of protest in New Delhi | CNN
CNN — Several leading Indian wrestlers are demanding an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the...
Israel’s democracy on the brink amid supreme court showdown with Netanyahu | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
From the Emirates to Davos: South Korea’s big week in global business | CNN Business
Hong Kong/Seoul CNN — South Korea’s leader is capping off a whirlwind week, after securing tens of billions of dollars...
At least 78 people die as winter temperatures plunge in Afghanistan, Taliban says | CNN
CNN — At least 78 people have died in freezing conditions in Afghanistan in the last nine days, a Taliban...
Inflation in Japan hits highest level in 41 years | CNN Business
Tokyo Reuters — Japan’s core consumer prices in December rose 4.0% from a year earlier, double the central bank’s 2%...
South Korea brought K-pop and K-dramas to the world. The Korean language could be next | CNN
CNN — There’s never been a better time to learn Korean. It’s one of the fastest-growing languages in the world,...
Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc quits amid Communist Party corruption crackdown | CNN
Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned after the ruling Communist Party blamed him for “violations and wrongdoing” by officials...
India is set to become the world’s most populous country. Can it create enough jobs? | CNN Business
New Delhi CNN — India will overtake China this year to become the world’s most populous country. The likelihood of...
