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Hong Kong cancels all rainstorm warnings less than 2 hours after class suspensions
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/08/2025
» Hong Kong education authorities suspended all morning and whole-day classes on Monday due to squally thunderstorms, but the weather forecaster cancelled all rainstorm warnings less than two hours later.
Hong Kong back in business after Wipha as all typhoon signals lifted
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/07/2025
» Hong Kong returned to normality on Monday morning as the Observatory lifted all storm warnings overnight following the departure of Typhoon Wipha, which triggered the highest-level No 10 warning over the weekend.
Cathay Pacific cancelling flights as typhoon nears Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/07/2025
» Cathay Pacific Airways says it has delayed and cancelled flights in and out of Hong Kong scheduled on Sunday as tropical cyclone Wipha approaches the city.
Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» PARIS - The River Seine reopened to swimmers on Saturday morning in Paris, allowing people to take a dip in the French capital's iconic waterway for the first time since 1923.
Cold winds sweep Beijing, closing key sites, disrupting travel
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2025
» BEIJING - China's capital hunkered down on Saturday as rare typhoon-like gales swept northern regions, forcing the closure of historic sites and disrupting travel while bringing late snowfalls and hailstone showers in some areas.
‘Escaping hell’: Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» MYAWADDY, Myanmar - Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
French PM under growing pressure over Catholic school abuse claims
AFP, Published on 22/02/2025
» PAU (FRANCE) - France's prime minister was under increasing pressure Friday after a former teacher at a Catholic school claimed Francois Bayrou was aware of claims of sexual abuse there in the 1990s but did not act on them.
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» YASHIO (JAPAN) — Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week.
Thousands evacuated as heavy rains hit Malaysian states
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/01/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — At least five people were killed, and thousands were forced to evacuate across two Malaysian states on Borneo after days of heavy rain triggered floods and landslides.
Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» PACIFIC PALISADES — The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighbourhood.