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Taiwan
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“She loved me so much”
CNN speaks to Kopila, a girl from the worst-hit area of Rasuwa, who lost 17 family members in the flood.
Even in their makeshift shelters - Nepal’s displaced people feel unsafe - & fear more floods will come.
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"Everyone in this picture is gone"
Displaced flood survivors in Nepal are living in makeshift shelters, dealing with unimaginable loss and fear.
@willripleyCNN speaks to a girl who lost 17 members of her family in the floods and a young boy who lost 8 members of his.
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“The flood came and swept me away,” Manisha told her parents. “I called for Mummy and Baba. Why didn’t you come to save me?”
Heartbreaking testimony from the parents of a 5-year-old girl who survived 60 hours trapped under a building @willripleyCNN @JohnMeesCNN
"I very much tried to save my child."
@WillRipleyCNN spoke to the parents of 5-year-old Manisha, who was rescued more than two days after their home was swept away in #Nepal’s devastating flooding.
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FIRST ON CNN An American couple describes how they narrowly escaped the deadly Nepal flood wave: It “came just like a tsunami… we saw people just getting sucked in the water.”
@bexwright1 @JohnMeesCNN @OutFrontCNN @brikeilarcnn – at Nepal
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They call him Beast Runner. Petr Novotny searches Taiwan’s mountains for missing hikers, often long after others have stopped looking.
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@whannyuanc @JohnMeesCNN – at Taiwan
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Taiwan’s mountain detective, Petr Novotny, aka “Beast Runner,” searches dangerous mountains for hikers who’ve gone missing. CNN joins him as he follows the smallest clues, hoping to bring answers to families after everyone else has given up.
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Increasingly, Taiwanese are questioning whether they can count on the U.S. if China attacks this island democracy of 23 million. A recent Brookings survey found just 24% of voters here see the United States as a trustworthy ally.
@OutFrontCNN @whannyuanc @JohnMeesCNN – at Taipei City, Taiwan
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For the first time ever, Taiwan deliberately slowed its mobile internet speed across central and northern Taiwan, as the island democracy holds its largest annual war games to practice fending off a potential Chinese attack.
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Miracle in the Mountains: How the Laos cave rescue unfolded
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“I was really worried.. I didn’t think they would make it out alive” French diver Robin Cuesta tells @willripleyCNN after 4 men trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos miraculously crawled out by themselves. A 5th was rescued on Friday. Teams are still searching for 2 others.
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We were the only international journalists on the scene in central Laos as four of the seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave shocked rescuers and the world when they walked out on their own
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Taiwan is locked in a fierce debate over defense spending, deterrence and dialogue with China. KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun defended a dramatically scaled back military package and rejected accusations she is echoing Beijing’s narrative.
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As Washington pressures Taiwan to spend big on defenses against a potential Chinese attack, one of the island’s most outspoken politicians is arguing the opposite approach: less confrontation and more dialogue.
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BREAKING: New hantavirus case tied to the MV Hondius outbreak confirmed in Switzerland. 3 people dead. Ship sailing toward Spain’s Canary Islands, where some officials oppose letting it dock. Growing concern Andes strain could be airborne. @whannyuanc @JohnMeesCNN @OutFrontCNN
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Taiwan’s KMT leader Cheng Li-wun was ‘peacemaxxing’ and poking at the US and Japan during her China visit: “I hope the Taiwan Strait will no longer be a flashpoint for conflict nor a chessboard allowing external interference.”
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.@cnnsport #FreeSolo climber #AlexHonnold conquers one of the world’s tallest buildings. @jessieyeung8 @whannyuanc @JohnMeesCNN have more
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I learned how to make Taiwan’s world-famous xiao long bao soup dumplings from the Chairman of the island’s iconic (and highly profitable) restaurant chain, Din Tai Fung!
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Taiwan Defense Ministry:
130 China PLA warplanes and 22 ships detected in 24 hours.
90 aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
130 is the second-largest daily total on record.
The largest: 153 PLA warplanes on Oct. 14, 2024
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Yes, even South Korea's president is a fan of KPop Demon Hunters. President @Jaemyung_Lee talks to me about the power of K-culture.
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With stakes high for APEC, South Korea’s new president @Jaemyung_Lee hails the US alliance and welcomes Trump as a ‘peacemaker’ even as the US demands $350 billion in upfront investment in exchange for lower import tariffs.
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Does China see an opportunity to shake up the world order as it watches Trump and Putin? Some here in Taiwan fear this island democracy could eventually be “traded away.”
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