US plans to expand training of Taiwanese forces | CNN Politics
CNN — The US is planning to increase the number of US troops training Taiwanese forces on the self-governing island...
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Ten Palestinians killed during Israeli raid targeting militants in West Bank | CNN
Jerusalem and Gaza CNN — At least 10 Palestinians were killed Wednesday during a major Israeli military operation in the...
Uncontacted tribes and an Indian military base. Did a ‘spy’ balloon snoop on the Andaman and Nicobar islands? | CNN
CNN — When a strange white sphere appeared in the skies above the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in January 2022,...
Former guard at British embassy in Berlin jailed for spying for Russia | CNN
London CNN — A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years...
Voice of Democracy, one of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets, has been shut down | CNN Business
CNN — One of Cambodia’s last remaining independent media outlets has been shut down by Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead...
US restricts 6 Chinese companies tied to airships and balloons | CNN Business
CNN — The US Commerce Department is restricting six Chinese companies tied to the Chinese army’s aerospace programs from obtaining...
Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online | CNN
CNN — An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin prison one week after photographs...
Australia’s central bank signals more tightening ahead after hiking rates to decade high | CNN Business
Sydney Reuters — Australia’s central bank raised its cash rate by 25 basis points to a decade-high of 3.35% on...
Israel and Sudan finalize text of peace agreement, says Israeli foreign minister | CNN
CNN — Israel and Sudan have finalized the text of a peace agreement to be signed “later this year,” Israeli...
Two wounded in shooting in Jerusalem, police say, after synagogue attack leaves seven dead | CNN
CNN — Two people were wounded in a shooting attack in Jerusalem on Saturday, emergency services say, the day after...
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...
Russian intelligence agents believed to have directed White supremacists to carry out bombing campaign in Spain, US officials say | CNN Politics
CNN — US officials believe that Russian intelligence officers directed a Russian White supremacist group to carry out a letter-bombing...
Why Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine | CNN
CNN — The past 12 months has forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s...
New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins bids to replace Jacinda Ardern as PM | CNN
CNN — Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, after her shock...
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%...
‘Command your troops, damn it!’ How a series of security failures opened a path to insurrection in Brazil | CNN
CNN — A sea of people, draped in the yellow and green of the Brazilian flag, surge onto the roof...
Brazil police find draft decree intended to overturn election result in former Bolsonaro minister’s home | CNN
CNN — Brazilian police searching the house of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister found a draft decree proposing the...
Dual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK | CNN
CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to death in Iran for...
China stops issuing short-term visas for South Koreans in retaliation for travel restrictions | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese authorities have stopped issuing short-term visas to South Korean citizens in the country’s first retaliation...
‘History might repeat itself’: Chinese ambassador warns Australia to be wary of Japan | CNN
Sydney CNN — China’s ambassador to Australia says Canberra should be wary of its relationship with Japan, reminding them that...
