It has survived two world wars, the fight against colonialism, global financial slumps: Mumbai Samachar, Asia's oldest newspaper still in print, enters its 200th year confident of beating the media pandemic that has hit many rivals.
General Santos (Philippines) (AFP) – A two-year break from boxing has left Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao "hungry" to get back in the ring for what could be the last fight of his career — and a warm-up for a presidential rumble. In his hometown General Santos City, Pacquiao is busy training for his August 21 comeback fight with American Errol Spence, while contemplating on his next big fight, including a possible presidential race.
The personnel system of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is key to China's development miracle in the past decades, according to Robert Lawrence Kuhn, an international corporate strategist and investment banker, who hosts "The Watcher" on China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Thousands have been evacuated in the Philippines after authorities raised the alert status on a restive volcano.
In France, Tokyo-bound cyclists training for the Olympic Games share their training venue with a coronavirus vaccination center… and love it. (July 2)
In Dubai, an in-person conference provides networking opportunities for entrepreneurs like Craig Fernandes, founder of Lock&Stock.
A Hong Kong police officer is in critical condition after being stabbed in the back in what Hong Kong Security Chief Chris Tang called a "lone wolf" attack. The attacker died in hospital after stabbing himself in the chest following the attack. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.
Fourth of July weekend will bring drier conditions for the East, rain for the Central, and hot temperatures for the West. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.
In May of 2011 Turkey was the first signatory to the Istanbul Convention, a treaty accepted as the gold standard to protect women from violence and femicide. Nearly a decade later the government withdrew, claiming its updates laws protected women sufficiently.
Cansaulim (India) (AFP) – Five centuries after Goans began making feni — a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted — a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global. But first, they have to convince other Indians to drink it.
Chile seemed to have done everything right in its fight against Covid-19 at the beginning — acquiring vaccines, implementing lockdowns and mobilizing its health system. More than 65 percent of people in Chile have been fully vaccinated, yet infections and hospitalizations keep rising.
Stevns (Denmark) (AFP) – In Stevns, in the countryside south of Copenhagen, Jacob Shaw, a cellist and the head of a music school, comes to play to a herd of cattle. Unable to perform during the pandemic, he turned to this unusual audience. The experience was so enjoyable that he continued it even after the reopening of the theatres.
