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Rescue efforts are underway in parts of Malaysia after seasonal floods killed at least four people and displaced more than 40,000.

• The 4 men tapped to run China's economy • City claims to have destroyed 1B pieces of personal data collected for Covid control • US Navy reconnaissance flight over Taiwan Strait draws angry response from China

Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos.

The postcard image of Hong Kong is one of glitzy skyscrapers against lush mountains, dim sum restaurants and investment bankers in suits.

The sacred oil that will be used to anoint King Charles III at his coronation May 6, has been consecrated at a Christian holy site in Jerusalem, Buckingham Palace has announced.

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Colombia plans to fly dozens of its "cocaine hippos" -- the descendents of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's private menagerie -- to new homes in India and Mexico in a bid to control their booming population, according to the local governor.

At least 16 people were killed in a fire at a fuel storage station in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, CNN affiliate CNN Indonesia reported on Friday.

Concerns about North Korea's chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely.

The first grim discovery came when a woman found the severed head and paws of a brown speckled cat as she walked along the banks of the Arakawa River in Saitama City, Japan. Days later, what police believe was the rest of the body turned up on the grounds of an elementary school.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a supermarket owned by the in-laws of Argentina captain and Paris Saint-Germain striker Lionel Messi in Rosario, Argentina, on Thursday, according to police.

Royals speak through actions more than words, which often leaves royal commentators reading into what they do without the benefit of an explanation. This week, it came down to a handshake.

Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday, as authorities released audio in which a train driver involved in one of the country's worst train crashes in recent years was told to ignore a red light.

A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments gradually dismantle their coronavirus surveillance and tracking systems after abandoning the country's controversial zero-Covid policy.

A hidden corridor nine meters (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on Thursday.

The US Department of Energy's assessment that Covid-19 most likely emerged due to a laboratory accident in China has reignited fierce debate and attention on the question of how the pandemic began.

As luxury brands continue to court South Korea's booming luxury market, Tiffany & Co. has unveiled K-pop star Jimin as its newest brand ambassador.

South Korea doesn't need nuclear arms to deter the threat from North Korea, the country's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said in an exclusive interview with CNN -- even as public opinion swings the other way amid Asia's accelerating arms race.

The United States on Thursday added two subsidiaries of Chinese genetics company BGI to a trade blacklist over allegations it conducted genetic analysis and surveillance activities for Beijing, which Washington says was used to repress ethnic minorities in China.