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    Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her new memoir reveals her as a very special writer

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    Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion

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    ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family

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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films

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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests

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    ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history

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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world

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Watch scenes of destruction as deadly tropical storm Amanda batters El Salvador and Guatemala

The season’s first named Pacific storm made landfall on Sunday, causing heavy rain, landslides, and flash floods.

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Jun 01, 2020 · 05:12 pm
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VIDEO: Tropical storm Amanda floods entire neighbourhoods in El Salvador, destroying houses and forcing dozens of residents to be evacuated pic.twitter.com/dygNVmnm3o

— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 1, 2020

The eastern Pacific Ocean basin has seen its first tropical cyclone of the season. Tropical Storm #Amanda will bring heavy rain and local flash flooding to Guatemala and southern parts of Mexico over the next few days. pic.twitter.com/OtSp7J9V6H

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) May 31, 2020

This video is from San Salvador, El Salvador. You can see the water line on the turquoise house & how high the flooding got. People lost homes in this neighborhood. #ElSalvador #Amanda pic.twitter.com/VpatkNAK7a

— Annalise Gardella (@amazingannalise) May 31, 2020

#Amanda is dumping #rain in Central America. Here's a view from #ElSalvador where #flooding is ravaging parts of the nation. pic.twitter.com/tUgPbcqEQl

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 31, 2020
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