By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said relations between his country and China are “reaching new milestones” as Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, wrapped up a visit to Moscow on Wednesday. “Russian-Chinese relations are developing as we planned in previous years. Everything is moving forward and developing,” Putin told reporters
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Haley Britzky, CNN China’s navy has significant advantages over its US rival, including a bigger fleet and greater shipbuilding capacity, as Beijing seeks to project its power across the oceans, the head of the United States Navy said Tuesday. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US Navy Secretary
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN A South Korean court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a same-sex couple seeking equal health benefits, overturning a lower court’s earlier decision in a ruling hailed by supporters and activists as the first recognition of the legal rights of such couples. The plaintiff, So Seong-wook,
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN’s Beijing bureau, Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova China’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, in the first visit to Russia by a Chinese official in that role since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began nearly a year ago. Wang, who was named Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s top
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last summer by a research team among ancient palace ruins in the Yueyang archaeological site in the central city
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN Philippine authorities on Monday launched a search mission atop a restive volcano after spotting the suspected wreckage of a missing plane carrying two Australians along with a Filipino pilot and crew member. The six-seater Cessna 340 aircraft was bound for the capital Manila when it lost contact with air traffic control
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura, Emiko Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN Japan pledged $5.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine on Monday, nearly quadrupling the amount of money Tokyo has promised to Kyiv since Russia invaded its neighbor nearly a year ago. “Japan is in a position to lead the world’s efforts to support Ukraine in its
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, Hira Humayun and Rhea Mogul, CNN Police in Papua New Guinea have launched a rescue mission after a group of foreign citizens and local guides were taken hostage by armed criminals in a remote region of the country, police said in a statement Monday. Among those being held for ransom is an
Continue ReadingBy Kareem El Damanhoury and Mia Alberti, CNN An Australian tourist has died after being attacked by a shark in waters off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, according to public broadcaster New Caledonia 1 TV. The 59-year-old man was swimming near a pontoon at Château-Royal beach in the capital Nouméa when a shark attacked
Continue ReadingCNN By Yoonjung Seo, Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN North Korea said Sunday it conducted a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) a day earlier, its third known test of the long-range weapon in less than a year. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired in a “surprise
Continue ReadingCNN By Yoonjung Seo, Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN North Korea said Sunday it conducted a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) a day earlier, its third known test of the long-range weapon in less than a year. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired in a “surprise
Continue ReadingCNN By Paula Hancocks, Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo, David Hawley, and Charles Miller, CNN North Korea is a “clear and present danger,” the foreign minister of South Korea has told CNN in an exclusive interview. Kim Jong Un’s frequent missile tests and repeated warnings that he would consider using tactical nuclear weapons were a display
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, in the first face-to-face between senior US and Chinese officials since the US military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month. In a meeting on
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, in the first face-to-face between senior US and Chinese officials since the US military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month. In a meeting on the
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN North Korea said Sunday it conducted a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) a day earlier, its third known test of the long-range weapon in less than a year. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired in a “surprise ICBM
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Azaz Syed, CNN At least four people were killed and 14 were injured after militants stormed the police headquarters in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, according to officials. Militants attacked the police station with hand grenades and shots were fired, an eyewitness told CNN. Pakistan’s Taliban, known as
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Brad Lendon, CNN It’s known as the “Hawaii of China,” a tropical island paradise where the Chinese middle class enjoys sandy beaches, five-star resorts, and duty-free luxury shopping. It’s also China’s largest free-trade port and host of the Boao Forum, an annual meeting of political and business leaders dubbed “Asia’s Davos.”
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay is known for its fine wine, but many of the region’s vineyards are now under water, along with homes and roads in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. The weather system didn’t make landfall in New Zealand, but it caused widespread destruction, killing at least eight people, displacing
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura, CNN Japan said Tuesday it “strongly” suspects three Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace between 2019 and 2021. Three “balloon-shaped flying objects” were detected between November 2019 and September 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said, adding that these were “strongly presumed” to be “unmanned reconnaissance” aircraft flown by China. The ministry
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane and Angus Watson, CNN Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have released a series of images showing a pilot from New Zealand who was taken hostage more than a week ago. The photos released on Tuesday show the pilot, identified by local police as Philip Mehrtens, standing fully clothed and apparently
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