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Hate turned my Asian-American mom into a shut-in. This isn't the country she left her homeland for
Hate has turned my once proud and confident Asian-American mother into a shut-in.It's not because of the virus as Covid-19 continues to rage in my home state of California. It's because she is absolutely certain that as an older Asian…
Beijing's crackdown in Xinjiang has separated thousands of children from their parents, new report claims. CNN found two of them
It was supposed to be a routine trip home to Xinjiang for Mamutjan Abdurehim's wife and two children.That was five years ago. He says he hasn't seen them since.Mamutjan's wife Muherrem took their daughter and son from Malaysia back to…
NASA successfully tests SLS rocket that will help Artemis astronauts reach the moon
The Space Launch System rocket that will launch NASA's Artemis astronauts into space on their way to the moon went through a final and successful hot-fire test of the core stage on Thursday.The test took place at NASA's Stennis Space…
Hear the Perseverance rover's wheels crunch across the Martian surface
We first heard the sounds of Martian wind and a laser zapping rocks on Mars. Now, the Perseverance rover has returned audio of itself driving across the Martian surface.Every new sound sent back by the rover is an exciting first…
Covid-19 reinfections are rare, unless you are over 65
Coronavirus reinfections are rare, but it's more common for people 65 and older to get infected more than once, according to a study published Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal.The study, which looked at reinfection rates among 4 million people…
South Korea president welcomes 'return of diplomacy' in first meeting with top US diplomat
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in welcomed the "return of diplomacy and alliance" with the United States and reiterated the goal of denuclearizing North Korea, during his first meeting with senior Biden administration officials on Thursday.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
China's ambassador to US says he doesn't have 'high expectations' for Alaska summit with Biden officials
Beijing does not have "high expectations" for upcoming talks with the United States in Alaska, China's ambassador to the US told reporters Wednesday, in what will be the first meeting of senior officials from both countries since US President Joe…
Court dates set for two Canadians detained in China on espionage charges
Two Canadian citizens charged with espionage in China will go on trial Friday and Monday, more than two years after they were first detained.In a statement Thursday, Canada's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marc Garneau, said the country's embassy in Beijing…
Covid-19 drove hundreds of Africans out of Guangzhou. A generation of mixed-race children is their legacy
When the coronavirus pandemic ground China to a near-halt in early February last year, Youssouf Dieng jetted back to Dakar for, he thought, a brief sojourn.In reality, it was a year before Dieng -- who had worked as a goods…
First images of the 'cosmic web' reveal hidden dwarf galaxies
Scientists have discovered a "myriad" galaxies that were of previously undetected. The newly found systems were observed with the world's most advanced optical telescope.Cosmological models had long predicted the existence of filaments -- gas in which galaxies are created --…
Interstellar object ʻOumuamua may be a fragment of Pluto-like planet
The first observed interstellar object zipped through our solar system in October 2017 -- and astronomers have been trying to understand it ever since.Scientists scrambled to observe the object before it disappeared, moving along at 196,000 miles per hour, and…
Top secret Cold War project turned up plants that once thrived beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
The ice sheet that covers the northernmost reaches of our planet has expanded and shrunk over the past 2 million years -- but it was thought that Greenland's bitter cold and miles-deep ice had been a more or less constant…
Prince Harry has had 'unproductive' conversations with William and Charles since Oprah interview
Prince Harry has spoken to his brother, William, and his father, Charles, since Oprah Winfrey's interview with the Sussexes aired, but those conversations have been "unproductive," Gayle King, a friend of the couple and co-host of CBS show "This Morning,"…
North Korea blasts K-pop industry as 'slave-like exploitation' amid crackdown on foreign media
K-pop is one of South Korea's most popular cultural exports with a growing reach around the world -- but it seems that not everyone is fan.Over the weekend, an article published by a North Korean propaganda website accused K-pop record…
Fears grow for Myanmar residents in areas sealed off by military and under internet blackout
Concern is growing for the safety of residents in parts of Myanmar's largest city after the military moved to seal off several key areas and impose an information blackout in an apparent bid to quash opposition.The military, which seized power…
Japan's failure to recognize same-sex marriage is 'unconstitutional,' court rules
A Japanese court has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that could herald a new era for marriage equality in the country.It's the first time that a court has ruled on the constitutionality of same-sex…
US sanctions 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials ahead of Blinken meeting with Beijing
Washington has sanctioned 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on the city, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska later this week.The sanctions were introduced under the Hong…
Stories of children separated from parents highlight the price of Hong Kong's coronavirus success
When Ariel saw her two young sons isolated in a Hong Kong hospital ward with Covid-19, she broke down. The brothers -- age 5 and 1 and both asymptomatic -- were wearing vests that were tied to their beds to…
Previously unknown bacteria discovered on the space station could help grow plants
After serving as a home away from home for astronauts over the last 20 years, the International Space Station has become the host for unique bacterial inhabitants. And these microbes could prove useful.Four strains of bacteria, three of which were…
