World News: 14 September 2022

Flights cancelled as China's biggest city braces for storm
The storm, packing wind gusts of up to 193km (120 miles) per hour, was expected to make landfall near the major port city of Ningbo on Wednesday afternoon, and then continue north to Shanghai, state news agency Xinhua reported.

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Looted coin worth $1m returned to Israel after years-long hunt
The IAA says it spent the next ten years and six months trying to locate the coin, which passed through illicit antiques markets in Israel, Jordan and the UK. It was eventually exported to the US for sale at an auction in Denver, Colorado, in 2017.

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Michelin awards first stars to 13 Toronto restaurants
The first edition of the Michelin Guide Toronto, announced on Sept. 13, includes one two-star restaurant (“excellent cuisine, worth a detour”), 12 one-star restaurants (“high quality cooking, worth a stop”) and 17 Bib Gourmands (“good food at moderate price”).

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Xi and Putin to discuss Ukraine war at meeting - Kremlin
Xi will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Putin, just a month before he is set to cement his place as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.

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Foxconn and Vedanta to build $19 Billion India chip factory
The semiconductor manufacturing project is expected to help Gujarat to find a place on the global silicon map, by attracting electronics ecosystem players across the value chain, including manufacturers of highly advanced and sensitive equipment, high purity gases, chemicals, wafers, photomasks, and equipment service providers.

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Rare ‘triple dip’ La NiƱa declared
The World Meteorological Organization today said La Nina conditions, which involve a large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific with an increase in trade winds in recent weeks.

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