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Sister of Uyghur detained in China speaks out

5 years 7 months ago
CNN's Kylie Atwood speaks with Rayhan Asat, who hasn't seen her brother Ekpar, a successful Chinese entrepreneur, in five years. She thinks he is one of up to two million Uyghur Muslims detained at internment camps in China.

Myanmar protesters trapped in late-night standoff

5 years 7 months ago
A post-coup crackdown by Myanmar's military appeared to intensify Monday as security forces revoked the licenses of five independent media companies before a late-night standoff that saw hundreds of young protesters trapped in Yangon.

A mother moves from Russia to America to marry a stranger. Years later her story is told in photos

5 years 7 months ago
For 20 years, photographer Diana Markosian thought she knew her family's immigration history -- or the gist of it, at least. In 1996, when she was seven, Markosian's mother, Svetlana, woke her and her older brother, David, in the middle of the night, telling them to pack all of their important things: the three of them were going to see America. The way Markosian remembers it, neither of them asked any questions. That night they boarded a plane in Moscow bound for Los Angeles, without saying goodbye to their father.

Scientist explains how massive Siberian craters are formed

5 years 7 months ago
Another massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra in 2020, leaving a gaping circular scar in the empty and eerie landscape. It was the 17th hole to appear in the Russian Arctic since the first was spotted in 2013.

Your front row seat at Paris Fashion Week

5 years 7 months ago
While the novel coronavirus was the talk of the town in Paris during the womenswear shows this time last year, nobody could have predicted that it would continue to define fashion's seasonal calendar twelve months later.

Images from the Pope's historic Iraq visit

5 years 8 months ago
Pope Francis landed in Iraq on Friday for a historic tour of the war-ravaged nation, where he is meeting with members of the country's dwindling Christian community and aiming to draw attention to their plight.
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