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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Giant pandas living in captivity could be suffering from “jet lag” if their body clocks don’t match their environments, scientists say. This could have a significant impact on the well-being and behavior of the endangered species, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A surfer who rode the waves with his pet python has been fined by Australian authorities for taking the snake out in public after a video of the duo’s unusual adventures aired on local media. Higor Fiuza and his carpet python Shiva were frequently seen at beaches on the

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s defense ministry has urged Beijing to stop its “persistent military harassment,” after it detected more than 100 Chinese warplanes close to the island in a 24-hour span between Sunday and Monday. The number of warplanes recorded posed “severe challenges to the Taiwan Strait and regional safety,”

By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — More than 10% of Japan’s population is now age 80 or older, the government said Monday, the latest worrying milestone in the rapidly graying country’s demographic crisis. According to figures released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the proportion of Japan’s elderly, defined

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Before Australians last voted in a referendum on First Nations people in 1967, Uncle Bob Anderson set up a table and chair at a tram stop in central Brisbane. From his rail-side office, he’d tell anyone who would stop and listen that Australia counted its horses, cows,

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) kicked off its first tournament in China in more than three years Monday, ending its boycott over the uncertain fate of tennis star Peng Shuai. One of China’s most recognizable sports figures, Peng was feared to be held incommunicado by the Chinese

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan met for two days of talks in Malta over the weekend, as the world’s two leading economies seek to stabilize rocky relations and potentially smooth a path for leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

By Sahar Akbarzai and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — The UN has amended its previous death toll from the floods in Libya, according to a revised report updated on Sunday morning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).  The UN is now stating that at least 3,958 people have died

By Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi and Richard Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” The decision was made at a conference held in Riyadh, UNESCO said on its official X account, formerly known

CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A jet from the Italian Air Force’s aerobatics squadron crashed during a practice run near the northern city of Turin on Saturday, killing a 5-year-old child and leaving her 9-year-old brother with severe burns when the car they were in was struck by burning

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has pledged action to help Italy’s crisis-hit island of Lampedusa during a visit on Sunday, after the island was left struggling to cope with an influx of migrants. Von der Leyen visited a migrant reception center on the island after the Italian Prime