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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( May 30 - June 5 )

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 | Trump cancels specia

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Cyclone lashes India's business capital; 100,000 evacuated

A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India's financial capital of Mumbai, with a storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities

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Cyclone Nisarga to soon make landfall on India's western coastal areas

The approaching cyclone Nisarga from the Arabian Sea will make the landfall on India's western coastal areas at around 1:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, said an official

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Mumbai streets deserted as India's biggest city braces for cyclone

A man walks inside the flooded Cochin international airport after the opening of Idamalayar, Cheruthoni and Mullaperiyar dam shutters following heavy rain, on the outskirts of Kochi, India, Augus

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Hurricane season starts as wary Caribbean reels from COVID-19

The Bahamas was just months into recovering from one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever to hit land when COVID-19 struck.Like many countries in the Caribbean who depend heavily on tourism reven

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Amazon says it will offer full-time jobs to 125,000 temporary workers

In a blog post today, Amazon announced plans to offer permanent jobs to around 70% of the 175,000 temporary workers it brought on to meet demand amid a COVID-19-fueled surge. Initially filled as seaso

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Mountaineering guides complete building route to summit Mt. Qomolangma

Chinese mountaineering guides have completed building a route to the summit of Mt. Qomolangma for survey group members who plan to remeasure the height of the world's

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8-member Chinese surveying team attempts to summit Mt. Qomolangma Wednesday

An eight-member Chinese surveying team will attempt to reach the summit of Mt. Qomolangma, the world's tallest peak, Wednesday. On Tuesday, the team left Camp Two at a

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Remeasuring team reaches Camp 2 on way to Mt. Qomolangma summit

A Chinese mountaineering team has reached Camp Two of Mount Qomolangma, the world's tallest peak, despite heavy winds. The peak-climbing squad reached the camp at an a

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UN chief saddened by losses caused by Cyclone Amphan

A commuter walks beside uprooted trees after severe cyclonic storm Amphan hit Kolkata, India on May 21, 2020.Chief Minister of India's eastern state of West Bengal Mama

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Cyclone Amphan leaves thousands homeless in eastern India, Modi offers help

Several thousand people have been left homeless after the most powerful cyclone in more than a decade hit India and Bangladesh this week, officials said, as Indian Prim

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The future of flight can be energy-efficient

We are at the dawn of a new era in transportation.At the turn of the 20th century, cars began to replace horses. Now, a century later, we would like to see mobility move to the sky. Kitty Hawk has bu

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Cyclone kills 17 in India's West Bengal, Odisha states

At least 17 people were killed after severe cyclonic storm Amphan crossed India, local media reported Thursday. While 12 people were killed in West Bengal, five were r

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Cyclone batters coast of India, Bangladesh, millions flee

A powerful cyclone slammed ashore Wednesday along the coastline of India and Bangladesh, where more than 2.6 million people fled to shelters in a frantic evacuation mad

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India, Bangladesh evacuate millions ahead of cyclone amid virus fears

People try to pull back a fishing boat carried away by waves on the Arabian Sea coast, India, June 13, 2019. /AP India and Bangladesh began evacuating more than two million people Monday as a

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Coronavirus, floods and locust swarms: Kenya is fighting a ‘triple whammy’ of crises

Already navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the worst invasion of desert locusts for more than 25 years, parts of East Africa are now being devastated by flooding.H

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Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in central Philippines

Typhoon Vongfong tore off roofs and shook trees as it made landfall in central Philippines' Eastern Samar province at 12:15 p.m. local time on Thursday, authorities sa