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By Nectar Gan and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — A light earthquake rattled Beijing overnight, waking residents and sending students rushing from their dorms as videos of shaking living rooms went viral on Chinese social media on Wednesday. The 4.5-magnitude quake struck a suburb of the nearby port city of Tianjin at 01:21

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s government fabricated birth records, falsely reported children had been abandoned and failed to properly conduct safety checks of prospective parents during its postwar frenzy of sending babies overseas for adoption, a long-awaited investigation reported on Wednesday. Authorities say more than 200,000 South Korean

By Angus Watson, Jessie Yeung, Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said he believes Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but suggested Moscow could be “dragging their feet” after the Kremlin disputed accounts of agreements made with the US. “I think that Russia wants to see an

By Lex Harvey and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — As the fallout over top US officials sharing military operation details inside a messaging app reverberates inside Washington, the leaders of two key foreign intelligence allies said lessons need to be learned. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said it was “a serious, serious issue and all

By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The helicopter crashed while working to contain a fast-spreading

By Stefano Pozzebon and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The two most important things in Jerce Reyes’s life, according to those who know him best, are family and soccer. The former professional soccer player’s tattoos are a testament to those passions: of a soccer ball and other symbols on his left arm, as well as

By Jimena De La Quintana and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has called for general elections to be held on April 12, 2026, saying she hopes the call can “put an end to a period of instability” that the country has experienced in recent years. “We hope for the good of

By Yong Xiong, Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea cables at record depths, China’s latest maritime innovations have captured the attention of defense experts – fueling concerns about their