Helen Regan - Senior Producer, CNN Digital Worldwide
Helen Regan
Senior Producer, CNN Digital Worldwide
Helen Regan is a Senior Producer for CNN Digital Worldwide based in Hong Kong.
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become Thailand’s youngest prime minister in new political shake-up
Aug 16, 2024
Thailand’s parliament voted on Friday?for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become the country’s youngest prime minister, thrusting another member of the kingdom’s most famed and divisive political dynasty into the top job.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office in shock court ruling
Aug 15, 2024
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has been removed from office after a court ruled he had violated the constitution, in a shock decision that plunges the kingdom into further political uncertainty.
Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone strikes as fears mount of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Aug 13, 2024
Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes?while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week.
Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza thought he was being executed before his release in historic prisoner swap
Aug 13, 2024
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest?critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell.
Thai court orders election-winning party to dissolve in major blow to kingdom’s popular progressive movement
Aug 7, 2024
A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to be disbanded, a verdict that delivers a major blow to the vibrant progressive movement and one that threatens to bring more political turbulence to Thailand.
Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z revolution’ toppled a veteran leader. Why did they hit the streets and what happens now?
Aug 7, 2024
Inside Bangladesh it’s being dubbed a Gen Z revolution – a protest movement that pitted mostly young student demonstrators against a 76-year-old leader who had dominated her nation for decades and turned increasingly authoritarian in recent years.
Myanmar rebels are claiming their biggest victory yet over junta forces. Could it be a turning point in the brutal civil war?
Aug 2, 2024
If confirmed, the capture of Lashio would be the biggest victory for Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance since the 2021 coup and mark a turning point in the civil war.
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August 1: Russia prisoner exchange news
Aug 2, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter?Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine?Paul Whelan?were among two dozen detainees that were released Thursday as part of a historic prisoner swap.
Boy, 17, charged with murder of three young girls in Southport attack
Aug 1, 2024
A teenage boy has been charged with murder after three young girls were killed in a stabbing attack at a dance class in northwest England on Monday, British police said.
Violent scenes as far-right protesters ‘hijack’ vigil for 3 girls killed in Southport knife attack
Aug 1, 2024
Far-right protesters violently clashed with British police on Tuesday near a mosque in the northwest English town of Southport, a day after three young girls were stabbed to death there in one of the worst assaults against children in the country in decades.
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Fears of Israel-Hezbollah war grow after Golan Heights strike that killed 12 children
Jul 30, 2024
Israel has vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for?a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights?that killed 12 children.
Floods inundate Philippine capital, oil tanker sinks as deadly typhoon prompts calls for climate action
Jul 25, 2024
Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage.
Powerful Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan, expected to?drench an already?soaked China
Jul 25, 2024
A powerful typhoon made landfall in northeastern Taiwan early on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring hundreds of others as authorities closed financial markets, schools and offices.
Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson could be extradited to Japan after arrest in Greenland, his foundation says
Jul 22, 2024
Veteran environmentalist held in Greenland faces extradition to Japan allegedly over anti-whaling activities in the Antarctic years ago, his organization said.
Bangladesh has erupted over jobs reserved for the children of ‘freedom fighters.’ Here’s what you need to know
Jul 22, 2024
Huge protests across Bangladesh escalated into deadly violence this week with clashes?between students, pro-government supporters?and armed police fueling?widespread?anger over civil service job quotas opponents say are discriminatory.
About
Helen Regan is a Senior Producer for CNN Digital Worldwide based in Hong Kong. She is responsible for covering breaking news, human rights and the climate crisis in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since joining CNN in 2018 Regan has covered the Myanmar coup, Thailand’s pro-democracy protests and the Indian election, as well as Hong Kong’s protest movement, the coronavirus pandemic and how the climate crisis is impacting the region.
Prior to CNN, Regan was an editor, writer and video producer for TIME in Hong Kong and before that worked as a video producer for the Democratic Voice of Burma in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Regan studied English at Exeter University and Broadcast Journalism at City University in the UK.