Less than a year ago, state media was lauding China’s trajectory towards becoming the world’s top country for cashless transactions. Now government directives are pulling it back, as foreigners and elderly struggle to pay theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

A new campaign was announced the same day the Iranian regime launched drone attacks against Israel, to crack down on “violations” of the country’s draconian hijab rules
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'Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes.' --A new UN statement news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

“I love challenges and pushing myself, but this was lunatic-level leadership.”
This is such great reporting from Viola Zhou, amazing detail

#Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations says, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.

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Last week, I had to leave India abruptly. The Modi Government told me my visa extension would be denied, saying my reporting 'crossed a line'. After Australian Government intervention, I got a mere two-month extension ...less than 24 hours before my flight. 1/2

It has been 20 days after the mainshock in eastern #Taiwan , and now the area is struck by an aftershock cluster containing multiple M6 and M5 earthquakes in the last 24 hours. The strongest one is estimated to be M(L) 6.3, with hypocenter depth very close to the surface.

Spare a thought for those in Hualien, Taiwan right now - being rocked continuously by earthquakes all night. Any experts care to weigh in on what’s going on? Seems way more than just regular aftershocks

Initial reporting from local media suggests no one was in either building when it happened.

China Times is reporting the collapse of at least two buildings in Hualien after those quakes earlier

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1/ Taiwan Observer on FB:
After a strong earthquake on April 3rd, a landslide lake formed upstream of the Papaya River (木瓜溪) in Hualien, monitored by the local Forestry and Nature Conservation Bureau (林業及自然保育署). ....

Heavy rain, a landslide and earthquakes.

A railway line was severed in Hualien after torrential rains led to the collapse of a mountainside. Later in the evening the area also saw a series of tremors that were felt across Taiwan's main island.

Taiwan's drag queen Nymphia Wind wins on RuPaul’s Drag Race

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Accepting her win, Nymphia Wind said: “Taiwan, this is for you”, prompting thanks from the president, Tsai Ing-wen, for “living fearlessly”.

Israel has carried out airstrikes on Iran, US officials say theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

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A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m, in what is likely the single largest philanthropic contribution to land protection in Australia theguardian.com/australia-news…

‘Just as Palestinian journalists have kept the world informed about the war in Gaza, where foreign reporters are almost entirely banned from entering, so too are Haitian correspondents playing a vital role in documenting their city’s state of siege.’ theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…