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[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN  —  Netflix is planning its largest-ever lineup of South Korean content, with 34 new and returning titles set to roll out this year. The streaming giant made the announcement Tuesday. It said that audience data showed “over 60% of all Netflix members” watched Korean titles last …

[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN  —  The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray. After almost three years of enduring wild swings and extremes, the system is slowly getting up to speed and into better sync: Ocean freight timelines are …

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn moved to dismiss charges against a New York Police Department officer who had been accused of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese government. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was charged in September 2020 with acting as a foreign agent …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Hundreds of emergency personnel on Monday resumed a search and recovery mission in Nepal following a deadly plane crash that has once again highlighted the dangers of air travel in a country often referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly. Of the 72 people …

[ad_1] London CNN  —  Every year, business leaders, billionaires and politicians gather in Davos, Switzerland under the banner of forging ties that can help solve global problems. It’s a glitzy exercise often criticized as out of touch. It also looks increasingly out of date as the biggest war in Europe …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN  —  As Jo Wang, an event planner in …

[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN  —  At least five people were killed and 13 others injured when a car accelerated through pedestrians at an intersection in the southern Chinese hub of Guangzhou on Wednesday evening, state media said. Videos circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN appeared to show the …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Satellite images taken over a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, as the country continues its battle with an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 infections following its dismantling of severe pandemic restrictions. The images – taken by Maxar in late December and …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Two teenage girls reported missing in Pakistan last week have been found more than 750 miles from home after attempting to travel to South Korea to meet K-pop super band BTS, police in the South Asian country said. The two girls, aged 13 and 14, went missing …

[ad_1] Story by Reuters  —  International donors on Monday committed over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from ruinous floods last year, exceeding its external financing goals and paving the way for a new model on raising funds to fight climate disasters in poorer countries. Officials from some 40 countries …