The Covid-19 outbreak at the US Embassy in Kabul has grown to 159 cases, according to a diplomatic cable sent Tuesday, as a devastating third wave of the deadly disease continues to hit Afghanistan.

Multiple protests, a popular petition, a legal action and a small fire have not been enough to stop the city of Palm Springs from installing a supersized and "hyper-sexualized" Marilyn Monroe sculpture on a public site next to the Palm Springs Art Museum.

One year was all it took for a Beijing-imposed National Security Law to take down Hong Kong's largest and loudest pro-democracy newspaper.

President Joe Biden's closely watched summit last week with his Russian counterpart affirmed his belief that nothing can replicate a face-to-face with a tough adversary. Now, he and his aides are looking ahead to a higher-stakes encounter: a meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

Hong Kong's embattled, pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily is facing shut down as questions over how the government enforces the National Security Law becomes clear. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou tends to excel at whatever he puts his mind to. He's one of Asia's best-known singers, the director of an award-winning movie and a magician with his own Netflix series. But when it came to collecting art, Chou wasn't, by his own admission, instantly successful.

The murder trial of a woman who killed her abusive husband got underway in the French city of Chalon-sur-Saône. In her bestselling book, Valerie Bacot, admits to shooting Daniel Polette dead in self-defense in 2016. She faces a life sentence for murder.​

The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN.

Microsoft has officially entered the most elite of clubs: corporations with a market value exceeding $2 trillion.