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A #MeToo wave is sweeping Taiwan, thanks to a Netflix hit

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Five years after #MeToo took the world by storm, Taiwan, a liberal democracy that has prided itself on gender equality, is facing its own reckoning over sexual harassment – brought about by a hit Netflix series.The…

Inside the cave where a nonhuman species carved mysterious symbols

(CNN) — Discoveries within the Cradle of Humankind’s limestone caves in South Africa are changing the way scientists understand human evolution.The cavern system, about a half hour’s drive northwest of Johannesburg, is where the first fossils of previously unknown human…

Italy’s former leader Silvio Berlusconi back in hospital

Rome and Pisa (CNN) — Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Milan, his spokesman has told CNN.Berlusconi’s latest stay at the San Raffaele hospital comes ahead of a big meeting of his…

Two planes ‘likely collided’ at airport in Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Two airplanes have “highly likely collided” with each other at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is reporting, citing the country’s transport ministry.The two passenger aircraft involved belonged to EVA Air and Thai…