Death Toll Reaches 40 As Typhoon Kalmaegi Hits Philippines, Rescue Ops Underway

Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 40 in the Philippines, causing floods, evacuations, and flight cancellations as it heads toward ...

Death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi reaches 40 in the Philippines

The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has risen to 40, officials said on Tuesday, as the powerful storm ...

Shein bans sale of all sex dolls after child doll dispute in France

After an outcry in France about online retailer Shein selling childlike sex dolls, the company announced it will ban the sale ...

From hunger to luxury: The story behind the world’s most expensive rice

Not only do the makers of Kinmemai Premium claim that it’s the world’s best rice, but in 2016 Guinness World Records recognized it as the most expensive rice on the planet.
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Uncertainty persists for SNAP recipients, federal workers as shutdown drags on

Rachel Kent, a SNAP recipient, told CNN on Saturday that food should not be a political ... and that many of the communities they serve were already rattled by Typhoon Halong, which tore through ...

Native American leaders say layoffs and benefit lapses are making this shutdown more painful for Native communities

Native American leaders warned senators last week that mass layoffs and potential benefit lapses are making this government shutdown more painful for their communities and insisted that the federal ...

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Asia Pacific Editor for CNN International based in Hong Kong. The award-winning journalist joined CNN in 1999 as a specialist business correspondent and has extensively covered news and business ...