France strikes: Parisian streets left littered with uncollected trash
Paris CNN — The City of Lights has a garbage problem. Massive strikes in Paris against pension reform this week are affecting trash pickup services in the French capital, with…
China’s new defense minister is a general the US sanctioned for buying Russian weapons
CNN — China on Sunday appointed a US-sanctioned general as its new defense minister. The country’s rubber-stamp legislature unanimously confirmed the appointment of General Li Shangfu, a veteran of the…
Opinion: What to make of China’s role in the handshake heard round the world
Editor’s Note: David A. Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Club Award, is a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, author of “A Red Line…
United States helped prevent AIDS from being a death sentence in Africa. Now the epidemic is at a crossroads
Tembisa, South Africa CNN — Fourteen-year-old Philasande Dayimani carries a burden that no child should carry. Last year, she started getting sores in her mouth and struggled to breathe. She…
Chinese city proposes lockdowns for flu — and faces a backlash
Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese city has sparked a backlash on social media after saying it would consider the use of lockdowns in the event of an influenza outbreak.…
The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, outpacing expectations
Minneapolis CNN — The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, according to the latest monthly employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. That’s a pullback from…
Silicon Valley Bank collapses after failing to raise capital
New York CNN — Silicon Valley Bank collapsed Friday morning after a stunning 48 hours in which a bank run and a capital crisis led to the second-largest failure of…
Yemen: UN reveals plan to salvage oil off stricken supertanker
CNN — The United Nations has released a plan to offload 1 million barrels of oil off a rusting supertanker that has been moored off the coast of Yemen for…
Balkh province: Blast kills Taliban governor in his office in Afghanistan
CNN — A Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan has been killed by an explosion in his office, police officials have told CNN. Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the governor of Balkh province,…
Israel protests: Lloyd Austin jabs at Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul as demonstrators block airport
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a swipe at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to weaken Israel’s judicial system as protesters paralyzed two of Tel…