Soaring temperatures to record rainfall: Asia reels as climate crisis takes hold | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — The world’s largest and most populous continent is reckoning with the deadly effects of extreme summer...
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A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral | CNN
Reuters — Taiwanese are rushing to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black...
Fukushima’s fishing industry survived a nuclear disaster. 12 years on, it fears Tokyo’s next move may finish it off | CNN
Fukushima CNN — It is still morning when Kinzaburo Shiga, 77, returns to Onahama port after catching a trawler full...
‘The water took them.’ Myanmar residents describe horror of Cyclone Mocha | CNN
CNN — Abdul Hussein wipes away tears as he describes the day waves churned by Cyclone Mocha took his wife...
Dozens die in single district in northern India amid severe heatwave | CNN
CNN — Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating the deaths of at least 68 people...
International Criminal Court rejects Philippine attempt to block drugs war killings probe | CNN
CNN — The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Philippine government to block an investigation...
Russian warships conduct anti-submarine exercises in Asian waters | CNN
CNN — Warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet are conducting anti-submarine exercises in waters off the country’s far eastern coast,...
Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through record breaking temperatures | CNN
CNN — Temperature records are being shattered in countries across Asia as a brutal April heat wave continues to grip...
Russia and China hit back at a G7 that saw them as a threat | CNN
CNN — Moscow and Beijing lashed out against the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, where leaders of major...
China and Pakistan sign $4.8 billion nuclear power plant deal | CNN
Pakistan and China signed a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz...
What do we know about the US soldier in North Korean custody and what might come next? | CNN
Seoul, South Korea CNN — For the first time in decades a US soldier is in North Korean custody. That...
K-pop star Moon Bin, member of boy band Astro, dies age 25 | CNN
CNN — K-pop star Moon Bin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died at the age of 25,...
Influencer dies after live-streaming himself drinking bottles of Chinese spirit Baijiu | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — A social media influencer died soon after live-streaming himself drinking several bottles of strong alcohol on...
These endangered leopards are disappearing from Cambodia | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — The Indochinese leopard is dangerously close to becoming extinct in Cambodia, according to wild cat conservationists,...
Forecasters warn Typhoon Doksuri poses risk to Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — A growing typhoon is sweeping across the Pacific Ocean toward the Philippines, with forecasters warning it...
Japan prepared to shoot down North Korean spy satellite rocket if necessary, minister says | CNN
Toyko CNN — Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs...
Japan warns it will destroy any North Korean missile that enters its territory after Pyongyang signals satellite launch imminent | CNN
Tokyo CNN — Japan’s Defense Ministry warned on Monday it would destroy any North Korean missile that enters its territory...
In country with world’s lowest fertility rate, doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ | CNN
Seoul CNN — For a country with the world’s lowest fertility rate – one that has spent hundreds of billions...
US-born NBA player Kyle Anderson will represent China at the basketball World Cup | CNN
CNN — US-born basketball player Kyle Anderson will represent China at next month’s FIBA World Cup after obtaining Chinese nationality,...
