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CNA Explains: What happens when a plane flies into a volcanic ash cloud?
SINGAPORE: Hundreds of travellers were stranded or had their Bali vacations cancelled when airlines on Wednesday (Nov 13) halted flights after…
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CNA Explains: What does Telegram CEO Durov’s indictment mean for app users?
What could it mean for other platforms, and other tech execs? Observers believe the case would likely put major messaging…
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CNA Explains: What could have caused the Kuala Lumpur sinkhole, and are there warning signs?
Does this mean Kuala Lumpur is unsafe? The cause of the first sinkhole is still unknown. While Kuala Lumpur’s geological…
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CNA Explains: How a video game with a mythological monkey god has taken China and the world by storm
How have reviews been? On review aggregator Metacritic, the game has garnered a score of 81 out of 100, indicating…
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CNA Explains: Why are Indonesians protesting?
WHAT MIGHT MR JOKOWI BE TRYING TO DO? Describing the Jokowi-Prabowo alliance as “tenuous”, Professor Vedi Hadiz, director of the…
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CNA Explains: Thailand survived a month of political mayhem – what now?
Will Thai politics return to stability or undergo more chaos ahead? The highly disputed judicial interventions and opaque backroom negotiations…
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CNA Explains: What does Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel mean for the world?
How could Israel respond in the future? Experts said that Israel will certainly respond but likely in a measured fashion,…
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Can influencers make or break a business, and what does that say about their sway over society?
Are influencers having a greater impact than before? A US study last year on over 2,000 adults showed that trust…
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CNA Explains: China’s EVs and the quest for global dominance
What’s behind the rise of China’s EVs? The boom is largely driven by the Chinese government’s substantial supportive policies, wrote…
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CNA Explains: South Korea’s opposition won a landslide election. Now what?
What does the result mean for the Yoon administration? Dr Jong Eun Lee, assistant professor of political science at North…
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