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Overnight News Digest September 18, 2022 [1]

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Date: 2022-09-18

NPR

Move over, Jeff Bezos. India's richest man is now wealthier than the Amazon founder

Move over, Jeff Bezos. India's richest man, Gautam Adani, shot past the Amazon founder this week in the rankings of the world's wealthiest people. According to lists maintained by Forbes and Bloomberg, Adani's fortune lies somewhere between $147 billion and $152 billion, putting him at No. 2 (Bloomberg) or No. 3 (Forbes) on the lists. Bezos currently boasts around $147 billion in total net worth, placing him third (Bloomberg) or fourth (Forbes). A shakeup in who ranks highest among the ultrarich saw several people cycle through the second position on Friday, according to The Washington Post. Though Adani ranks ahead of Bezos in both lists, LVMH luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault comes up second-richest in one tally and fourth in the other.

NPR

Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people and derails a train

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks. The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries. Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicenter, which Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometers (4 miles). The three-story building, which had a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones, collapsed in nearby Yuli town, the island's Central News Agency said. At least 4 dead.

Al Jazeera

Japan’s fearsome super-typhoon: All you need to know

Millions of people in southern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a super-typhoon bears down on the region. Japan’s weather agency issued a rare “special warning” about Typhoon Nanmado with level-four evacuation instructions – the second highest – in place for people in Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Miyazaki in the southern Kyushu region. Local authorities have ordered four million people living on Kyushu island to evacuate.

In Kagoshima prefecture, more than 9,000 residents took shelter at evacuation centres.

In neighbouring Miyazaki prefecture, another 4,700 people were moved away from the super-typhoon.

JMA said southern Kyushu could receive 400mm (16 inches) of rain over the next 24 hours and wind gusts of up to 235kmph (145mph) while the central Tokai region could get 300mm (12 inches) of rain.

Al Jazeera

Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion

United States President Joe Biden has said US forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, the strongest indication yet of a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of strategic ambiguity toward the island democracy. Asked in a television interview whether the US military would defend the self-governed island if China invaded, Biden said it would if there “was an unprecedented attack.” Asked to clarify further, Biden confirmed that US personnel would come to the defence of Taiwan, unlike in Ukraine, which Washington has given material support and military equipment to repel Russia without committing American troops. Biden’s comments are his latest to cast doubt on long-standing US policy toward Taiwan enshrined in 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which commits Washington to help Taipei defend itself but stops short of promising to provide troops or directly participate in any conflict.

Deutsche Welle

Israel uncovers rare Rameses II-era burial cave

Archaeologists in Israel on Sunday said they discovered an intact burial chamber that dates back to the time of Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II. The country's Antiquity Authority said the cave, which is filled with dozens of pottery pieces and bronze artifacts, was found by accident at a popular beach at the Palmahim national park. A mechanical digger hit the roof of the structure, allowing archaeologists using a ladder to descend into the man-made square cave. The authority described how the space appeared to have "frozen in time." Several dozen pieces of intact pottery and bronze artifacts — including arrow and spearheads — were laying in the cave, exactly as they were arranged in the Bronze-Age era burial ceremony. "These vessels were burial offerings that accompanied the deceased in the belief that they would serve the dead in the afterlife," the authority said.

Reuters

Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict death toll nearly 100

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