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Ragasa prompts climate warnings, China’s visa-free push: SCMP daily highlights

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Super Typhoon Ragasa, which lashed Hong Kong and the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Wednesday, has drawn warnings from scientists that climate change is making such storms more frequent.

At least 14 people are dead, 34 injured and 152 missing after torrents triggered by Typhoon Ragasa overwhelmed a landslide lake and tore through a township in eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre right) speaks with US House representatives in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Pool via Reuters

China and the US are not “rivals” or “enemies” but rather “partners”, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told a bipartisan group of American lawmakers on a rare visit to China.

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