Kathleen Magramo

Breaking News Writer, CNN Digital Worldwide

Kathleen Magramo is a Breaking News Writer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based at the network's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She is responsible for tracking the latest developments across the region.
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KUPIANSK, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 28: Ukrainian soldiers patrols the streets of the city on September 28, 2022 in Kupiansk, Ukraine. Kupiansk is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, located on the border with Luhansk Oblast. Before the full-scale Russian invasion, about thirty thousand residents lived there. Kupiansk was under Russian occupation for half a year. On September 10, Ukrainian armed forces liberated the city, however, there is still fighting on its outskirts. (Photo by Ivan Chernichkin/Zaborona/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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October 6, 2020 Russia-Ukraine news
Nov 20, 2023
Kyiv’s forces continue to press ahead with territorial gains in the south and east of Ukraine, including in regions Russia claims it is annexing. Follow here for live updates.
Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa
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November 17, 2023 Israel-Hamas war
Nov 18, 2023
Israeli troops will advance to anywhere Hamas is found, including the southern part of the Gaza Strip, a military spokesperson said, amid growing indications that an offensive into the southern part could be imminent.
An aerial view shows the compound of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 7, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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November 16, 2023 Israel-Hamas war
Nov 17, 2023
Israel released a photo and video of an alleged “operational tunnel shaft” it claimed was found in the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza. Hamas rejected the claim as “baseless lies.”
Former Philippines senator Leila de Lima reacts inside the courtroom in Manila, Philippines on November 13, 2023.
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Philippine court grants bail to fierce critic of bloody ‘war on drugs’ after six years in police detention
Nov 13, 2023
A Philippine court has granted bail for Leila De Lima, one of the most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” after being held in police custody for over six years.
This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the grounded Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre where marines are stationed to assert Manila's territorial claims at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. - AFP was one of several media outlets invited to join two Philippine Coast Guard boats on a 1,670-kilometre (1,040-mile) patrol of the South China Sea, visiting a dozen islands and reefs. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, ignoring an international ruling that the assertion has no legal basis. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / To go with AFP SPECIAL REPORT by Cecil MORELLA (Photo by TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Philippines accuses Chinese vessels of firing water cannon on ships resupplying South China Sea military outpost
Nov 10, 2023
Manila accused Chinese ships of firing water cannons and making “dangerous maneuvers” toward Philippine vessels resupplying a remote military outpost on Friday, in the latest of a string of incidents between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea.
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. ( AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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November 9, 2023 Israel-Hamas war
Nov 10, 2023
Israel had agreed to daily four-hour pauses of military operations in areas of northern Gaza, the White House said Thursday. A senior Israeli official said the “tactical localized pauses” would give people in the north the ability to travel south for aid and relief.
Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) in UN Headquarters, New York on July 2, 2023.
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Iran envoy says Tehran had no direct role in Hamas’ Israel rampage, or proxy attacks on US forces
Nov 10, 2023
Iran has reiterated that despite its financial backing and support for Hamas and other proxy groups in the region, it does not direct any of their actions, the Islamic Republic’s United Nations ambassador told CNN in an interview.
Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, after arriving from al-Ahli hospital following an explosion there, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The Hamas-run Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike caused the explosion that killed hundreds at al-Ahli, but the Israeli military says it was a misfired Palestinian rocket. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
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November 7, 2023 Israel-Hamas war
Nov 08, 2023
More than 10,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military offensive following Hamas’ October 7 attack, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah said. Follow for live updates.
Palestinian labourers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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November 6, 2023 Israel-Hamas war
Nov 07, 2023
More than 10,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military offensive nearly a month ago, the Hamas-controlled health ministry in the enclave said Monday. Follow for live updates.
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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November 5, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
Nov 06, 2023
Dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital. Follow live updates.
This screengrab taken from October 29, 2023 shows radio host Juan Jumalon, also known as "DJ Johnny Walker" during a live stream of his show.
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Filipino radio host shot dead while live streaming at his home
Nov 06, 2023
A radio host was shot dead while live streaming his program on Facebook at his home in the southern Philippines on Sunday, prompting a hunt for his killers and condemnation from the country’s president.
Flares and explosions are seen in Gaza, as Nic Robertson reports from Sderot, Israel, on November 2.
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November 3, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
Nov 04, 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli leaders, as Israel’s military says it is surrounding Gaza City amid an intensifying bombardment of the strip.
People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on November 1, 2023. Scores of foreign passport holders trapped in Gaza started leaving the war-torn Palestinian territory on November 1 when the Rafah crossing to Egypt was opened up for the first time since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, according to AFP correspondents. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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November 2, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
Nov 03, 2023
Israel’s military says it is surrounding Gaza City as its bombardment of the strip continues. Follow for live news updates.
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef
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November 1, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
Nov 02, 2023
Crowds gathered at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday, as multiple sources told CNN that up to 500 foreign nationals could be allowed to flee the besieged enclave. Follow for live updates.
A female Israeli soldier who had been kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 has been released during ground operations in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday.
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Israeli forces rescue soldier held by Hamas in special operation, IDF says
Oct 31, 2023
A female Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas has been rescued in a special joint operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN, the first successful hostage extrication since the militant group’s October 7 rampage.
A person blurred out lying on a sofa. The image is taken in the home of the family that was shot dead in in the town of Volnovakha in Ukraine's occupied Donetsk region.
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Ukrainian family of nine shot dead in their sleep in Russian-occupied Donetsk
Oct 31, 2023
An entire family of nine, including two young children, were found shot dead in their home in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region.

About

Kathleen Magramo is a Breaking News Writer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based at the network’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She is responsible for tracking the latest developments across the region.

Prior to joining CNN in 2022, Magramo worked at the South China Morning Post, where she reported on Hong Kong’s economy. Key stories she covered include Covid-19’s impact on the city’s status as a travel and business hub, as well as the 2019 Hong Kong protests.

Magramo’s work has been recognized by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong. In 2021, she was part of the team awarded Best Business News Reporting for a five-part series on the city’s unemployment crisis.

Magramo was born and raised in Hong Kong and is of Filipino heritage. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with a focus on politics and public administration from the University of Hong Kong. She speaks Tagalog, Cantonese and Mandarin.