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Geopolitics

“Vicious Vicente” Lashes Hong Kong: 138 Injured

THE STANDARD, HONG KONG OBSERVATORY(Hong Kong),CHINA DAILY(China)

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More than a hundred people were injured on Tuesday as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong, with winds over 140 kilometers per hour. "Vicious Vicente" ravaged the city, said the Standard, disrupting services on land, air and sea. Schools were closed and outpatient clinic services were suspended. Vicente, meaning "to conquer" in Spanish, is the third cyclone to hit the city this summer.

The Hong Kong Observatory raised the Tropical Cyclone warning to the highest level of Hurricane Signal No.10, for the first time since 1999, reports the China Daily. Hong Kong's tropical cyclone warning signals has five levels -- Standby Signal No. 1, Strong Wind Signal No. 3, Gale or Storm Signal No. 8, Gale or Storm Signal No. 9, and Hurricane Signal No. 10.

A total of 138 people sought treatment at public hospitals because of the typhoon, according to the Standard.

More than 1,000 uprooted trees were reported to authorities, as well as one landslide and seven cases of flooding. The Airport Authority reported that 60 flights had been cancelled, 60 delayed and 16 diverted to other cities.

Vicente has been downgraded from Tropical Cyclone to a Tropical Storm and is weakening gradually as it moves inland towards China. Showers and strong winds are still expected until Wednesday, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. People are advised to stay away from the shoreline.

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Too Soon, Too Late: What’s Really Blocking Ukraine’s Entry To NATO?

Volodymyr Zelensky has made his demand clear: full NATO membership for Ukraine, perhaps as soon as this year. Yet member countries, from the U.S. to top European allies, are still stuck in the mindset of not “provoking” Russia. But if not now, when?

Image of Volodymyr Zelensky standing at the arrival ceremony for the Summit of the European Political Community in Bulboaca, Moldova

Volodymyr Zelensky standing at the arrival ceremony for the Summit of the European Political Community in Bulboaca, Moldova

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PARIS — Volodymyr Zelensky knows what he wants, and he’s not afraid to say it loud and say it clear. Yesterday in Chisinau, Moldova, before the leaders of 47 European states, the Ukrainian President demanded that NATO open its doors to Ukraine — and to do it as early as 2023.

"This is the year of decision", he added before an impressive array of heads of state and government gathered in Moldova, just across the border from his war-torn country.

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But it’s not that simple. Several of the Alliance's heavyweights, starting with its leader, the United States, are more than reluctant to let a country at war join an organization whose charter includes Article 5. This is the article that defines automatic solidarity with a member state under attack.

And beyond the United States, also Germany, and until recently France, which has begun to take action, fear being drawn unwittingly into a direct confrontation with Russia. For the past 15 months, they have been careful to calibrate their involvement so as not to become "co-belligerent," though that has not prevented them from arming Ukraine.

Between now and next month’s NATO summit in Vilnius, the U.S and its allies must find an answer to the pressing demands of Ukraine and its friends in Eastern Europe.

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