China eyes Blinken's imminent visit with deep distrust and low expectations
As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares for his long-delayed trip to China this weekend aimed at stabilizing tense relations between the world's two superpowers, the mood in Beijing is hardly welcoming.
2023-06-16 10:26
A Hong Kong protest song has started disappearing from Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms
A popular song from Hong Kong's democracy movement has begun to disappear from several major music streaming sites -- including in some locations overseas -- days after the Chinese business hub's local government filed an injunction to ban the tune.
2023-06-15 15:26
As Beijing's intelligence capabilities grow, spying becomes an increasing flashpoint in US-China ties
For the second time this year, concerns of Chinese spying on the United States have cast a shadow over a planned visit to China by the US' top diplomat as the two superpowers try to improve fractured ties while keeping a watchful eye on each other.
2023-06-15 13:22
Blinken speaks with Chinese foreign minister ahead of expected high-stakes visit to Beijing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with China's foreign minister by phone on Wednesday, a call that comes ahead of a highly anticipated expected visit by Washington's top diplomat to China as the two superpowers try to improve the dismal state of their ties.
2023-06-14 14:24
Tens of thousands evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for Cyclone Biparjoy
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for the impact of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is expected to make landfall in densely populated areas across the subcontinent Thursday, putting millions of lives at risk.
2023-06-14 13:50
Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range, military says
Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military training center in central Japan, the country's Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) has told CNN.
2023-06-14 12:49
Myanmar junta suspends aid access to a million people in state devastated by Cyclone Mocha
Myanmar's ruling junta has suspended humanitarian access to western Rakhine state, where more than a million vulnerable people are in urgent need of aid a month after a powerful cyclone devastated the region, the United Nations said.
2023-06-13 14:45
Russian accounts admit Ukrainian forces are making some gains in heavy fighting
Russian and Ukrainian forces are reporting intense fighting along the border of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and southern Zaporizhzhia regions as Kyiv's military attempts to break through the front lines and recapture territory in an ongoing counteroffensive.
2023-06-13 14:23
China records fewest marriages in more than three decades as population crisis looms
China last year recorded its lowest number of marriages since public records became available, furthering a nearly decade-long decline in matrimony that has coincided with falling birth rates and triggered government concern of a demographic crisis.
2023-06-12 17:15
British man climbs 72 floors up the outside of South Korea's Lotte Tower in Seoul
A British man made it more than halfway up the exterior of the world's fifth tallest building Monday before he was stopped and handed to police, according to South Korean authorities.
2023-06-12 16:58
Ukraine loses 16 US-made armored vehicles, group says, but Kyiv's forces still gain territory
Ukraine has lost 16 US-supplied armored vehicles in the past several days, according to open-source intelligence analysis, as the country's military announced its forces had captured three villages from Russia in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region.
2023-06-12 13:57
Kakhovka dam collapse has made Black Sea a 'garbage dump and animal cemetery,' Ukraine warns
Floodwaters are receding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, but debris washed along the Dnipro river is turning Odesa's Black Sea coastline into "a garbage dump and animal cemetery," according to Ukrainian authorities.
2023-06-11 14:46