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3 mins ago
Myanmar court sentences deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former adviser to three years in prison
By Sophie Jung
Aung San Suu Kyi
A military-controlled Myanmar court on Thursday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's deposed civilian leader, and her former adviser, Australian Sean Burnell, to three years in prison for violating the country's Official State Secrets Act. , according to a source familiar with court proceedings in Myanmar.
Thursday's verdict is the latest in a series of punishments meted out to the 77-year-old and means she now faces 23 years in jail.
Earlier this month she was found guilty of electoral fraud and sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor.
That trial was related to the November 2020 general election that his National League for Democracy won in a landslide, defeating a party created by the military during the previous regime.
Three months after that election, the military seized power to prevent Suu Kyi's party from forming a government, alleging electoral fraud.
Suu Kyi and her party deny these accusations and say they won the election cleanly.
She has also denied a number of other charges brought against her in a series of secret trials since her arrest more than a year ago.
8 mins ago
Tropical Depression Sixteen-E forms in the Pacific
By CNN in Spanish
The US National Hurricane Center reported the formation of tropical depression Sixteen-E in the Pacific, which is located 515 km south of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.
The tropical depression has maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h and is moving west-northeast at about 17 km/h.
Mexico's National Civil Protection Coordination says the tropical depression is likely to strengthen into a tropical storm and later a hurricane.
⚠️ The #TropicalSixteen-E Depression has formed⚠️
🌪It is expected to evolve soon to #TropicalStorm #Orlene and on Friday to
#Hurricane đź“Ť515 km south of #Manzanillo, #Colima
đź’¨#Maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h
🌀West-northwest displacement at 17 km/h pic.twitter.com/tztuOdZaow
– National Civil Protection Coordination (@CNPC_MX) September 29, 2022
22 mins ago
Taiwan to end mandatory quarantine for international travelers from October 13
By CNN's Eric Cheung in Taipei
Taiwan will lift mandatory quarantine for all people arriving from abroad from October 13, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Thursday.
Arriving passengers will only be subject to a seven-day self-health check, he said, during which they will be allowed out but required to take regular rapid tests.
The Ministry added that up to 150,000 passengers may arrive in Taiwan each week.
This is the first major step by the Taiwanese government to open its borders since restrictions were imposed in 2020 in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
27 mins ago
Kamala Harris to visit DMZ amid tension over North Korean missile launch
By Jessie Yeung
Vice President Kamala Harris with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on September 29, 2002.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea on Thursday, a day after Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast.
Harris arrived in Asia this week to attend former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral in Tokyo, where he also met government leaders from South Korea and Australia.
On Thursday, he met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, with whom he was expected to discuss the threat posed by North Korea, the "importance of peace" across the Taiwan Strait, economic and technological cooperation, and other regional issues, according to the White House.
Harris also met with a group of leading women in the industry before heading to the DMZ, often described as one of the most heavily armed borders in the world.
The DMZ has long been a destination for US presidents and vice presidents on official visits to South Korea, where they have been photographed looking through binoculars at North Korean-controlled territory.
At the DMZ, Harris will meet with service members and receive briefings from US commanders.
Harris' visit comes a day after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunan area of ​​Pyongyang, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The missiles had a flight distance of about 360 kilometers (224 miles), an altitude of 30 kilometers (19 miles) and a speed of about Mach 6, six times the speed of sound, the JCS said.
This is North Korea's 20th missile launch this year, by CNN's tally, and follows another launch on September 25, shortly before Harris arrived in the region.
