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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (May.20- June 3)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | With the people: Xi

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Beijing enters dynamic zero-COVID phase

Beijing entered into a dynamic zero-COVID phase on Friday as 13 districts reported no community infections for seven consecutive days except for Chaoyang, Fengtai, and

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China stays committed to equality of all countries regardless of size: Wang Yi

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tonga on Tuesday, stressing that his visit, as part of his tour to South Pacific island countries, aims

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U.S. 'securitizes' Asia-Pacific in face of non-alignment, neutrality

On the second day of the White House Summit with ASEAN member states, Joe Biden's administration adopted policies aimed at "securitizing" Asia-Pacific while targeting C

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Health authority: Over 1.25b Chinese people fully inoculated against COVID-19

Over 1.25 billion people in China, or 88.74 percent of the country's total population, had been fully inoculated against COVID-19 as of Thursday, a Chinese health offic

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US orders consular staff to leave Shanghai amid COVID surge

The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge.Many residents in the city of 26 mi

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Jackson's road to confirmation reveals divergent paths for 2022 and 2024

Supreme Court confirmation battles are typically remembered for a few searing or pithy exchanges -- or, just as likely, not at all.The memories of and lessons drawn fro

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Amazon's stock is about to get much, much cheaper

Amazon shares are about to get 20 times less expensive.The company announced Wednesday its board approved a 20-for-1 stock split, its first split since 1999. If approve

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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year

The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.The

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Carrie Lam says no plans for citywide lockdown as cases surge

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she did not plan to impose a citywide lockdown to curb a recent CO

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Cruz, other GOP senators oppose no-fly list for convicted unruly passengers

A group of Republican senators sent a letter to the Justice Department on Tuesday to express "strong opposition" to creating a federal no-fly list for unruly passengers

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U.S.-Canada bridge to reopen after police clear protesters

North America's busiest trade link will reopen for traffic on Sunday local time, ending a six-day blockade, a top U.S. official said, after Canadian police cleared the

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A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible

There's no silver bullet to the climate crisis, but nuclear fusion may be the closest thing to it. In the quest for a near-limitless, zero-carbon source of reliable pow

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After more than 600 days shut out, Delhi's students just want to go back to school

Dharini Mathur's son had just turned 4 when he started pre-school online. More than 600 days later, he still sits behind his computer screen, attempting to learn virtua

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PAC with ties to Adams raises over $1M from real estate, nightlife and GOP figures

A political action committee tied to Mayor Eric Adams — and run by a friend of his with business interests before the city — raised over $1 million from pro-Trump real

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APD | Pakistan clarified its position under emerging geopolitics

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Proposes $1 Billion Desalination Project With Few Details

On Monday, Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey proposed a $1 billion desalination project.Ducey revealed a plan to remove salt from sea water to use in Arizona in