Days after entering its second century, the Chinese Communist Party has set out its priority for the new era -- tightening ideological control over 1.4 billion Chinese people.This week, the party released a new guideline on ideological and political work,…
The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a…
Unvaccinated residents in parts of China will be banned from accessing public services including hospitals, schools and nursing homes, as the country targets an inoculation rate of at least 80% against Covid-19.Over the past week, dozens of county-level governments in…
NASA engineers are trying to work their magic on the Hubble Space Telescope, which stopped working on June 13 as a result of a problem with the payload computer on board.After a month of trying, engineers with the space agency…
Indonesia reported 54,517 new cases of Covid-19, authorities said Wednesday, a single-day national record and dire warning sign for the world's fourth-most populous country.The island nation -- home to about 270 million people -- is now reporting more cases a…
At least 10 people have died after a bus carrying Chinese engineers in northern Pakistan fell into a ditch following a "fiery explosion," according to local police.Arif Khan, deputy commissioner of police for the Upper Kohistan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide search by his parents that inspired filmmakers to bring their story to the big screen.But this week -- 24 years after his disappearance…
One is a government accused of detaining more than 1 million Muslims in a vast system of internment camps. The other is one of the world's strictest Islamist militant groups. Yet despite their differences, the Chinese Communist Party and the…
Nearly half of Jakarta's residents may have contracted Covid-19, according to a health survey -- more than 12 times the number of cases officially recorded in the Indonesian capital at the time when the research was carried out.The survey, published…
Gyms in the South Korean capital are about to adopt an unusual Covid prevention strategy: play slower music.The Health Ministry is implementing a number of new measures as the country continues battling a coronavirus outbreak that has seen daily cases…
Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: "Surrender, commandos, surrender." Several men emerge from a building; they are clearly unarmed.Gunfire erupts. At least a dozen men are seen shot to death amid cries of "Allahu Akhbar" -- God…
Skywatchers are in for an (inter)stellar treat this week. Look up and you can gaze upon a dazzling view of Venus, Mars and the moon Monday and Tuesday nights, according to EarthSky.Venus and Mars have been moving toward one another…
At least 65 people were killed by lightning strikes and thunderstorms in the north Indian states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, authorities said.In the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, 23 died after lightning hit Amer Fort -- a…
Editor's note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country's rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here.One of China's wandering elephants has finally made it…
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the US' commitment to defend the Philippines' armed forces from attack in the South China Sea, under a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty.Blinken made the comments Sunday, in a statement marking the…
Antonette Acupinpin was 7 when the sexual abuse started.She had already endured years of beating and physical violence from her mother and stepfather, she said -- but then he took it a step further.He would put a long knife near…
The owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a blaze in Bangladesh has been arrested along with seven other people."Among the 8, one of them is the owner of the factory and his staff," Zaidul Alam,…
It's easy to accept that the world is home to many species of dolphins, cats or bears -- but the idea that we once roamed the planet with other human beings is more astonishing.We often dismiss our extinct cousins as…
They came with white flowers to honor a man accused of attempted murder.His victim was a seemingly random police officer -- and for some in Hong Kong, that not only justified the violence, it was cause for commemoration.Over the past…
Joe Biden couldn't have been more blunt.The President laid out a rather ruthless rationale on Thursday for leaving Afghanistan -- despite fears that the US exit will inevitably lead to a return to power of the extremist Taliban.Here's the case…
