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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · 5 h

Taiwan holds unprecedented military drills.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/wor…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. For the first time, Taiwan has combined two major civil defense exercises and staged them in conjunction with its largest-ever military simulation. CNN’s Will Ripley explains why the self-governing...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · 5 h

At least 20 killed as Bangladesh air force jet crashes into Dhaka school.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. (CNN) – A Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people, according to emergency officials, in the country’s deadliest air crash in recent...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · 6 h

A couple were accused of having an ‘illicit’ relationship. Their community allegedly shot them dead.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Pakistani police have made multiple arrests after a couple were allegedly murdered in broad daylight on the orders of a tribal elder for having an “illicit” relationship, in the latest so-called...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

.@CNNBusiness: Chinese graphite is crucial to electric car batteries. Trump just put a 93.5% tariff on it. More from @chrisidore:edition.cnn.com/2025/07/18/bus…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. The Trump administration is imposing a substantial tariff on a raw material that is critical for electric vehicle batteries, which could significantly raise the cost of building EVs in the United...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

Taiwan practices defense abilities in face of daily threats from China.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/wor…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. The Taiwanese government is preparing for a war they hope will never happen. For the first time this year, Taiwan combined two major civil defense exercises, with the drills lasting ten days. These...

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

China is catching up to the US in brain tech, rivaling firms like Elon Musk’s Neuralink. By @klustout:edition.cnn.com/2025/07/20/chi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. “I want to eat” popped up in Chinese characters on a computer at a public hospital in central Beijing. The words were formed from the thoughts of a 67-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclero...

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

Indonesian passenger ferry catches fire at sea, killing at least 5.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/20/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people caught fire at sea on Sunday off Sulawesi island in Indonesia, killing at least five people, officials said. More than 280 people were rescued and...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

China was on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel war. That’s just where it wanted to be. Analysis by @simonelmc:edition.cnn.com/2025/07/18/chi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, Iran’s foreign minister came to a gathering of regional diplomats in China...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

Boy survives Vietnam tourist boat sinking that killed dozens by sheltering in air pocket. @SophieTanno has more:edition.cnn.com/2025/07/20/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. A boy survived the sinking of a tourist boat in Vietnam which killed dozens of people by sheltering in an air pocket of the overturned vessel, it has emerged.

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/20/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, potentially heralding political turmoil as a tariff deadline with the...

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

Forced from Bhutan, deported by the US: these stateless Himalayan people are in a unique limbo.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/18/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. More than two dozen refugees from Bhutan have been left in a unique legal limbo after they were deported by the US back to the tiny Himalayan nation they once fled – only for it to reject them a...

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election? More from @jessieyeung8:edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

For the first time in modern history a capital city is on the verge of running dry.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/19/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is about to begin.

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 21

China cracks down on fake "Lafufu" Labubus.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/20/wor…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Fake Labubu plush toys, dubbed “Lafufu,” have gained popularity due to shortages of the original dolls made by China’s Pop Mart.

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 18

Why has Japan set up a task force to deal with foreigners?edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up...

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Will Ripley@willripleyCNN · Jul 18

This weekend on CNN! #nextstoptaiwan

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 18

Canadian retail giant scraps $47 billion bid for 7-Eleven owner.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/bus…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard on Thursday pulled its $47 billion bid to buy Seven & i Holdings 3382.T, citing a lack of constructive engagement by the Japanese retailer.

CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 18

Children make up half of more than 170 killed in Pakistan floods.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/asi…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. Relentless floods have claimed the lives of more than 170 people in eastern Pakistan, about half of them children, in the latest catastrophe that underscores the country’s vulnerability to the...

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 18

From Tokyo to Citi Field: Kodai Senga is a key part of baseball’s international charge.edition.cnn.com/2025/07/18/spo…

cnnasiapr's tweet card. When Kodai Senga takes the mound at Citi Field, he’s not just pitching for the New York Mets. He’s part of a rising wave of Japanese talent that’s breathing new life into America’s pastime – and...

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CNN Asia Pacific PR@cnnasiapr · Jul 18

CNN’s Next Stop explores Taiwan with @willripleyCNN to uncover the island’s way of embracing health and wellness. Tune in this Saturday at 12.30pm HKT on CNN.

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