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China sets lowest economic growth target in decades as challenges mount
March 5, 2022
China sets lowest economic growth target in decades as challenges mount
Hong Kong (CNN Business) – China has set its lowest official target for economic growth in three decades. Speaking during…
ISIS claims responsibility for blast killing dozens at Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar
March 5, 2022
ISIS claims responsibility for blast killing dozens at Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s…
What is NATO and why hasn’t it imposed a no-fly zone in Ukraine?
March 5, 2022
What is NATO and why hasn’t it imposed a no-fly zone in Ukraine?
(CNN) – The 30 member countries of NATO met in Brussels on Friday to discuss the alliance’s next steps in…
North Korea launches 9th missile test of the year
March 5, 2022
North Korea launches 9th missile test of the year
(CNN) – North Korea fired a single ballistic missile into waters off the east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday,…
Terminally ill children flee war-torn Kharkiv on makeshift medical train
March 5, 2022
Terminally ill children flee war-torn Kharkiv on makeshift medical train
(CNN) – The medical team is not entirely sure what to expect as the train creaks to a stop in…
Western Australia ends one of the world’s longest border closures
March 4, 2022
Western Australia ends one of the world’s longest border closures
(CNN) — After 697 days, the state of Western Australia has at last reopened, thus ending one of the world’s longest…
Hong Kong is sticking to zero-Covid, no matter what the cost
March 4, 2022
Hong Kong is sticking to zero-Covid, no matter what the cost
Hong Kong (CNN)How to contain a runaway Covid outbreak, in a city committed to keeping cases at zero? That’s the…
Crypto ‘superpower?’ India’s young investors prefer bitcoin to gold and ‘boring’ stocks
March 4, 2022
Crypto ‘superpower?’ India’s young investors prefer bitcoin to gold and ‘boring’ stocks
New Delhi (CNN Business)Indian businesswoman Swati Daga first bought bitcoin in 2017, when the cryptocurrency was trading well under $3,000. Her decision to…
Russia sends a message to all of Ukraine by hitting civilian areas in Kharkiv
March 4, 2022
Russia sends a message to all of Ukraine by hitting civilian areas in Kharkiv
Three schools shelled, one of them with a gaping hole on the side of the building. Multiple rockets raining on…
Analysis: China can’t do much to help Russia’s sanction-hit economy
March 4, 2022
Analysis: China can’t do much to help Russia’s sanction-hit economy
Will China help Russia cope with the fallout from economic sanctions? That has been the big question since Russia invaded Ukraine last week.…