Ivan Watson
@ivancnn.bsky.social
CNN Senior International Correspondent based in Hong Kong
On the Pakistani border with Afghanistan, the newest generation of Taliban militants is armed with guns that were made in the USA
To watch our special report in the US: edition.cnn.com/videos/title...
Everywhere else: youtube.com/watch?v=oMQh...
Team: Sophia Saifi and Javed Iqbal
To watch our special report in the US: edition.cnn.com/videos/title...
Everywhere else: youtube.com/watch?v=oMQh...
Team: Sophia Saifi and Javed Iqbal
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
On the Pakistani border with Afghanistan, the newest generation of Taliban militants is armed with guns that were made in the USA
To watch our special report in the US: edition.cnn.com/videos/title...
Everywhere else: youtube.com/watch?v=oMQh...
Team: Sophia Saifi and Javed Iqbal
To watch our special report in the US: edition.cnn.com/videos/title...
Everywhere else: youtube.com/watch?v=oMQh...
Team: Sophia Saifi and Javed Iqbal
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Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is. https://cnn.it/45CMwBX
Neil Young's gift to Greenland: Free access to his entire music catalog | CNN
Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song -- his songs, that is.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is. https://cnn.it/45CMwBX
"Compared to conflicts involving major powers since World War II, Moscow’s losses are staggering"
Report estimates Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 4 years ago
#Ukraine️
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Report estimates Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 4 years ago
#Ukraine️
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Russia’s 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says | CNN
About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War ...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
"Compared to conflicts involving major powers since World War II, Moscow’s losses are staggering"
Report estimates Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 4 years ago
#Ukraine️
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Report estimates Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 4 years ago
#Ukraine️
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now providing free internet access via its Starlink satellite service to users in Iran as the country’s regime continues its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, according to a tech expert in touch with Iranian Starlink users. https://cnn.it/49lqINB
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now providing free internet access via its Starlink satellite service to users in Iran as the country’s regime continues its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, according to a tech expert in touch with Iranian Starlink users. https://cnn.it/49lqINB
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The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.
Trump administration efforts to shift blame for ICE shooting wreak havoc on Minnesota US attorney’s office | CNN Politics
The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, whi...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
--Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
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--Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
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Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
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January 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
--Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
--Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"Over the years as I traveled regularly between Cuba & Venezuela, it was hard to tell where one nation began & another ended," writes CNN Havana correspondent Patrick Oppmann
Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government
www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/a...
Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government
www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/a...
Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike | CNN
For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked a simple, if disconcerting, question: “Are we next?”
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January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
"Over the years as I traveled regularly between Cuba & Venezuela, it was hard to tell where one nation began & another ended," writes CNN Havana correspondent Patrick Oppmann
Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government
www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/a...
Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government
www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/a...
Hong Kong officials blame substandard construction netting that didn't meet fire safety standards for the blaze that killed at least 151 people in Tai Po last week.
The city's top official calls for an independent investigation & vows justice for the victims
www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/w...
The city's top official calls for an independent investigation & vows justice for the victims
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Painstaking search for victims of Hong Kong fire continues but some may never be found, official says | CNN
The painstaking effort to search for the remains of those killed in the deadly blaze that engulfed a Hong Kong residential complex last week is nearly its conclusion.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hong Kong officials blame substandard construction netting that didn't meet fire safety standards for the blaze that killed at least 151 people in Tai Po last week.
The city's top official calls for an independent investigation & vows justice for the victims
www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/w...
The city's top official calls for an independent investigation & vows justice for the victims
www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/w...
"Bodies were found in the building corridors, flats, staircases & even on rooftops"-Hong Kong police superintendent
Authorities so far searched 4 of 7 residential towers burned in last week's Tai Po fires. The inferno killed at least 146 people.
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Authorities so far searched 4 of 7 residential towers burned in last week's Tai Po fires. The inferno killed at least 146 people.
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Painstaking search for bodies after deadly Hong Kong housing complex fire nears end | CNN
The painstaking effort to search for the remains of those killed in the deadly blaze that engulfed a Hong Kong residential complex last week is nearly its conclusion.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"Bodies were found in the building corridors, flats, staircases & even on rooftops"-Hong Kong police superintendent
Authorities so far searched 4 of 7 residential towers burned in last week's Tai Po fires. The inferno killed at least 146 people.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/w...
Authorities so far searched 4 of 7 residential towers burned in last week's Tai Po fires. The inferno killed at least 146 people.
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As death toll continues to grow to at least 44 killed by Wednesday's horrific fire in Tai Po, the city's Chief Executive announces “inspections of all housing estates undergoing major repairs throughout Hong Kong to check the safety of scaffolding & building materials”
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
As death toll continues to grow to at least 44 killed by Wednesday's horrific fire in Tai Po, the city's Chief Executive announces “inspections of all housing estates undergoing major repairs throughout Hong Kong to check the safety of scaffolding & building materials”
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Three men have been arrested in connection with the deadly Hong Kong high-rise fire, police say. Hundreds of people remain missing.
https://cnn.it/3JXaL6r
https://cnn.it/3JXaL6r
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Three men have been arrested in connection with the deadly Hong Kong high-rise fire, police say. Hundreds of people remain missing.
https://cnn.it/3JXaL6r
https://cnn.it/3JXaL6r
Reporting from the scene of the deadly Tai Po fire in Hong Kong which has killed at least 13 people, including one fireman
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Reporting from the scene of the deadly Tai Po fire in Hong Kong which has killed at least 13 people, including one fireman
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Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn
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Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor's race over Jack Ciattarelli, CNN projects, succeeding term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3WBApQT
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor's race over Jack Ciattarelli, CNN projects, succeeding term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3WBApQT
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Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/43gCYeJ
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/43gCYeJ
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Democrat Jay Jones will become Virginia's next attorney general, overcoming the disclosure of his violent text messages, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/493LzVR
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Democrat Jay Jones will become Virginia's next attorney general, overcoming the disclosure of his violent text messages, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/493LzVR
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Democrats defend the liberal majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a race with 2028 implications, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3JESDxJ
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Democrats defend the liberal majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a race with 2028 implications, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3JESDxJ
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Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84.
https://cnn.it/4qIm8zy
https://cnn.it/4qIm8zy
Happy Halloween from Hong Kong!
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Happy Halloween from Hong Kong!
Is the Trump Administration's crackdown on immigration and the new $100,000 price tag on H1B visas killing the American Dream for Indian students?
Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...
#India
Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...
#India
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Is the Trump Administration's crackdown on immigration and the new $100,000 price tag on H1B visas killing the American Dream for Indian students?
Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...
#India
Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...
#India
Most of them got away.
NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Most of them got away.
NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
A cargo plane slid off course at Hong Kong International Airport and crashed into the sea, killing at least 2 airport ground staff members
by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
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by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
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At least two dead after cargo plane slides off runway at Hong Kong airport | CNN
At least two people were killed after a cargo plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD).
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October 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A cargo plane slid off course at Hong Kong International Airport and crashed into the sea, killing at least 2 airport ground staff members
by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/c...
by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
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President Trump commutes George Santos' prison sentence.
The disgraced former Republican congressman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud and served less than 3 months of his 7.25 year prison sentence
Santos is now a free man.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
The disgraced former Republican congressman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud and served less than 3 months of his 7.25 year prison sentence
Santos is now a free man.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that he is commuting the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, who had been serving a seven-year sentence for the fraud charges that got h...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
President Trump commutes George Santos' prison sentence.
The disgraced former Republican congressman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud and served less than 3 months of his 7.25 year prison sentence
Santos is now a free man.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
The disgraced former Republican congressman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud and served less than 3 months of his 7.25 year prison sentence
Santos is now a free man.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
Reports of deadly score-settling after the ceasefire in Gaza.
Video shows public execution of 8 blindfolded people by masked gunmen in a Gaza City square
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...
Video shows public execution of 8 blindfolded people by masked gunmen in a Gaza City square
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Masked fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as Hamas fights with rival groups | CNN
Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situ...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Reports of deadly score-settling after the ceasefire in Gaza.
Video shows public execution of 8 blindfolded people by masked gunmen in a Gaza City square
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...
Video shows public execution of 8 blindfolded people by masked gunmen in a Gaza City square
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...
Major stocks markets across the Asia Pacific sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s 2 largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose new triple-digit tariffs on Chinese imports
By @johnliunn.bsky.social
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By @johnliunn.bsky.social
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Fears of renewed US-China trade tensions send Asian stocks tumbling | CNN Business
Major stocks markets across Asia Pacific region sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s two largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose n...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Major stocks markets across the Asia Pacific sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s 2 largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose new triple-digit tariffs on Chinese imports
By @johnliunn.bsky.social
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By @johnliunn.bsky.social
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