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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Jan. 09 - Jan. 15)

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 Concedes US El

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Divers search Indonesian plane wreckage for black boxes

00:46 Indonesian divers searched waters off Jakarta Monday in a hunt for black boxes from the passenger jet with 62 people aboard that crashed at the weekend, as investigators took up

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Indonesian plane crash: Suspected debris found in the sea

00:29 A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was

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Iran and China will have better relations if U.S. sanctions are lifted

06:08 The bilateral relations between Iran and China will see a faster growth without U.S. sanctions as China has contributed a lot to the development in Iran and the stability in the

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A post-war playbook for a post-COVID recovery

People wear protective masks and cross the street in Hong Kong December 9, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. /Getty Images Editor's note: Maximo Torero is Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture

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Could Nazi shipwreck discovery solve World War II mystery?

Polish divers say they have found the wreckage of a German World War II ship, which could solve the mystery of a missing ornate chamber. /Thomasz Stachura/Baltictech/Reuters. Polish divers say

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Suga stresses further ties with U.S., stable ties with China, Russia

01:00 Yoshihide Suga became Japan's first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday, stressing that he will implement policies to beef up Tokyo's alliance with the United S

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Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after explosion

A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, sending up a thick column of black smoke and raising new panic among traumatized residents after last month’s cata

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Saving Beirut's pets, left homeless after the blast

04:22 Just two hours after the explosion that rocked through Beirut last week, volunteers started to go through the wreckage near the city's port to look for traumatized pets that were

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Change needed in Lebanon after Beirut blast, says German foreign minister

Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government that can fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port, scene of the devasta

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1 dead, at least 4 seriously injured in U.S. Baltimore gas explosion

Video: Aerial shots show the wreckage of three rowhouses in a residential neighborhood in the northeast part ofBaltimore, eastern U.S. state Maryland, aftera major gas

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18 dead as Air India Express plane crash lands in Kozhikode

00:18 Fierce rain and winds lashed a plane carrying more than 190 people before it crash-landed and tore in two at an airport in southern India, killing at least 19 people and injuring

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Lebanese hospitality on full display as blast leaves scores homeless

A man walks among debris caused by a powerful explosion that hit Beirut on August 4, 2020. /CFP Across Lebanon, people are opening their arms – and doors – to victims of Tuesday evening's deva

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14 foreign divers join in undersea search following boat mishap in southern Thailand

A group of 14 foreign divers have joined in an undersea mission to search for the bodies of three missing people after a ferry boat capsized near Koh Samui island in s

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Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135

Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing in the wreckage of buildings on Wednesday as investigations blamed negligence for a massive warehouse exp

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Iran agency: chain of errors caused Ukrainian plane crash

People commemorate victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 plane disaster. /Reuters Iran's Civil Aviation Organization blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of com

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Is Turkey entrenching itself in Yemen amid escalating strife with UAE?

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, in 2012. /Reuters As Turkey relishes the outcomes of recent mi