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September 29, 2025
China sentences 11 members of mafia family to death
September 29, 2025
US citizen released by Taliban after nine-month detention
September 29, 2025
Singapore denies entry to exiled HK pro-democracy activist
SINGAPORE – The New Zealand falcon has been crowned the winner of the country's annual Bird of the Year competition, taking 21% of the valid votes.The high-speed hunter, which goes by the Māori name the kārearea, is capable of reaching 200km/h in a dive, making them adept at hunting in the dense New Zealand forests. They are also at risk, with just 5,000 to 8,000 of them left.This year marks the 20th anniversary of the hotly-contested race, which seeks to raise awareness of the country's many native species considered to be in danger.Each one of the 73 birds in the running this year had a volunteer campaign manager, who sought to win over voters with memes, reels and hand-drawn posters."Behind the memes and mayhem is a serious message. This year's top 10 manu matches...
September 29, 2025
Falcon crowned Bird of the Year in New Zealand
DELHI – The Allahabad High Court – one of India's oldest and most prestigious, once graced by figures like India's first premier Jawaharlal Nehru and future Supreme Court judges – is back in the spotlight.This time, though, for very different reasons.With more than a million cases pending, it is among the most overburdened courts in the country. Matters ranging from criminal trials to property and family disputes have been pending here for decades, leaving thousands of people in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, trapped in legal limbo.Consider Babu Ram Rajput, 73, a retired government employee who has been battling a property dispute for over three decades.He bought land at an auction in 1992, but the previous owner challenged the sale – and the case remains...
September 29, 2025
Justice on hold: India court crippled by a million-case backlog
September 29, 2025
At least 40 dead in crush at political rally in India
COLOMBO – At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN.
The monks were among 13 people traveling on the cable car at the Na Uyana Monastery in central Sri Lanka, which spreads over more than 5,000 acres of forest on a mountain range, Pansiyagama Police said.
The incident took place at around 9 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, according to police. Of those who were killed, three were foreign nationals from India, Russia and Romania, officers said.
CNN has reached out to the foreign ministries of those countries for comment.
Images from the scene of the crash show monks standing in the forest next to the cable car’s tracks. The tracks themselves are on...
September 25, 2025
At least seven Buddhist monks killed in cable car accident at Sri Lankan monastery
September 25, 2025
Over 1,000 children fall ill from free school lunches in Indonesia
September 25, 2025
India imposes curfew in Ladakh after statehood protests turn violent
HONG KONG — Nearly 2 million people in southern China have been evacuated as a powerful typhoon hurtles into one of the world’s most densely populated coasts, having already unleashed deadly flooding in Taiwan.Typhoon Ragasa, which a few days ago was the strongest storm on earth so far this year, brought finance hub Hong Kong and swathes of southern China to a standstill on Wednesday, after barreling through remote islands in the Philippines and mountainous regions of Taiwan.Packing hurricane-force winds, the storm has left a trail of damage, triggering landslides, flooding and huge waves, and is now bearing down on China’s Guangdong province, where massive cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou are located.In Taiwan, at least 17 people are dead and rescuers were scrambling to locate 17...
September 24, 2025
Nearly 2 million evacuated as Typhoon Ragasa slams into southern China
