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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Subway is planning to add thousands of new sandwich shops in China, increasing its footprint in the country by more than seven times. The world’s biggest sandwich chain announced Tuesday that it would open almost 4,000 new stores across mainland China over the next 20 years. The

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — India and China are fast heading toward having few or no accredited journalists on the ground in each other’s country – the latest sign of fraying relations between the world’s two most populous nations. New Delhi on Friday called on Chinese authorities to “facilitate the continued presence”

By Jessie Yeung and Candice Zhu, CNN (CNN) — A record breaking number of high school students across China walked into exam halls on Wednesday to take a test that could decide their future – even as that prospect looks increasingly dire under the shadow of widespread youth joblessness. A high score in the two-day

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Coca-Cola is launching a new limited-edition flavor for gamers, a demographic increasingly pursued by mainstream food and beverage brands. For this new flavor, called Coca-Cola Ultimate, the soda maker partnered with Riot Games, which publishes the multi-player online battle arena game League of Legends. Ultimate will be

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Tucker Carlson is back — sort of. Nearly a month after vowing a return to right-wing commentary through a show on Elon Musk’s Twitter, the fired Fox News host made good on his promise Tuesday evening and posted a 10-minute monologue to the social media platform. The commentary, which

CNN By Michelle Toh, Candice Zhu and Gawon Bae, CNN Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN) — “The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel. Disney’s live-action remake has made only $3.6 million in mainland China

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Martha Stewart has waded into the hotly contested remote work debate. In an interview with the magazine Footwear News, the author, TV personality and entrepreneur slammed hybrid work culture, saying that people cannot “possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely.”

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — During a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told moderate House Democrats that Congress should abolish the debt ceiling, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. “Get rid of it,” Dimon told lawmakers of the debt ceiling, according to the source. The meeting with the

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’ve ever faced a situation where you realize you won’t have enough money to pay all your monthly bills in full and on time, you know what a stressful experience it can be. A job loss, health crisis or even an unavoidable emergency expense can quickly

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — For months, Twitter owner Elon Musk and his allies have amplified baseless claims that the US government illegally coerced Twitter into censoring a 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden. The foundation for those claims rests on the so-called “Twitter Files,” a series of reports by a set

By Sean Lyngaas New York (CNN) — North Korean hackers were likely behind the theft of at least $35 million from a popular cryptocurrency service, multiple crypto-tracking experts told CNN Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of hacks of cryptocurrency firms linked to Pyongyang that US officials worry could be used to fund the

CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government plans to scrap its windfall tax on oil and gas companies if energy prices fall below certain levels, abolishing a levy that has raised around £2.8 billion ($3.5 billion) since it was introduced a year ago. The country’s finance ministry announced Friday that it