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 14:25
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 13:59
As Ukraine fights back, hundreds of NATO warplanes are flying over Germany in alliance's largest-ever aerial drills
As the early stages of Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian invaders is unfolding on the battlefield, hundreds of warplanes from some of Kyiv's biggest supporters are in the skies over Germany as NATO holds its largest aerial war games ever.
2023-06-14 13:46
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 12:52
Why Hong Kong can't cut loose from the US dollar just yet
Hong Kong's currency is facing its biggest test since the global financial crisis of 2008.
2023-06-14 10:00
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 14:48
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 14:19
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 16:59
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 16:47
'Messi mania' in China as fans clamor for a glimpse of Argentina star
Beijing police have urged fans of Lionel Messi not to be cheated by expensive scams after the soccer superstar landed in China last weekend.
2023-06-12 15:26
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 13:51
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 14:45