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Taliban watch newly recruited personnel during a Februrary graduation ceremony
Taliban officials must sack relatives given government jobs
KABUL — The leader of the Taliban has ordered Afghan officials to sack relatives they have hired to government positions.Hibatullah Akhundzada's decree says officials should replace appointed sons or other family members — and refrain from hiring relatives in future.The Taliban dismissed some senior staff when they took power in 2021, while others fled.There have been allegations that inexperienced staff have been hired based on their personal connections.The Afghan Islamic Press, based in Peshawar, Pakistan, reported that the decree followed allegations that several senior Taliban officials had appointed their sons to roles within the government.A photo of the decree was posted on the Office of Administrative Affairs' Twitter page on Saturday.Afghanistan has faced a deepening...
March 20, 2023

Taliban officials must sack relatives given government jobs

Iwaki Yumoto is one of the oldest spa cities in Japan.
Back to Fukushima: Surfers return to the beaches, 12 years on
TOKYO — Twelve years after the Fukushima accident, the people from the region are working with determination to revive tourism and keep their ancestral traditions alive.Iwasawa Beach is situated 20 kilometers from the nuclear power station, it used to be a surfing haven.The beach reopened last year. Its top-quality waves and swell conditions are bringing back local surfers. Yoshida Kentaro is one of them.He grew up in these waves. Now he runs the family hotel nearby, Ocean Waves. The business’s hopes lie in bringing surfing back to the area.Water quality controls are carried out every week by the municipal authorities. Official data show levels of radiation close to zero.In the coming months, water from the nuclear power station — filtered by a system called ALPS — will be...
March 19, 2023

Back to Fukushima: Surfers return to the beaches, 12 years on

Brydon Nisbet, president of the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers Association on his apple orchard in Puketapu. Brydon’s orchards were covered in mud and silt .— courtesy Brydon Nisbet
New Zealand flood victims too scared to go home
CHRISTCHURCH — Last month, Cyclone Gabrielle smashed into New Zealand’s North Island — killing 11 people and displacing at least 10,000 more. It’s triggered a national debate about climate change and whether vulnerable homes should be rebuilt or written off.“I don’t want to go back there,” said Amy Bowkett.The mother of two lived in the Hawkes Bay area, one of the regions worst hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. When the Category 3 storm hit with wind speeds of up to 159km/h (99mph), her home was completely destroyed.Along with 50 of her neighbors she spent a terrifying 48 hours trapped without power, water or phone signal.  Eventually she was able to make a call and a friend organized a helicopter rescue from a neighbr’s backyard.    “I feel like if we get flooded...
March 19, 2023

New Zealand flood victims too scared to go home

File photo shows a view of Astana, former name Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan with the Presidential Palace in the center. — courtesy AP
Kazakhstan votes in snap election a year after deadly unrest
ASTANA — Voters in Kazakhstan will go to the polls on Sunday, casting their ballots in a snap election, the first since deadly unrest gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a year ago.The vote comes after a short but active campaign for seats in the reconfigured lower house of parliament, and falls on the third anniversary of the resignation as president of Nursultan Nazarbayev.Nazarbayev had led Kazakhstan since independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and established immense influence. His successor, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, was widely expected to continue Nazarbayev’s authoritarian course and even renamed the capital as Nur-Sultan in his predecessor’s honor.But the country’s political landscape changed markedly after a wave of violence in January 2022...
March 18, 2023

Kazakhstan votes in snap election a year after deadly unrest

Police raided Khan’s Lahore home while he was on his way to Islamabad. — courtesy EPA
Imran Khan court hearing canceled after clashes in Pakistan capital
ISLAMABAD —A court in Islamabad has canceled a hearing into charges former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan sold state gifts following clashes between his supporters and police.Police said Khan’s backers threw stones and fired tear gas near the court complex.The former cricketer-turned-politician has since set off back to his home in Lahore, which police raided in his absence and made arrests.He denies the charges against him.The chaotic scenes saw Khan unable to enter the court before the judge agreed that he could mark his attendance and return home.The ex-PM said the charges against him are politically motivated but sids he is attending court “because I believe in the rule of law”. The government said the charges against him have nothing to do with politics.He told Reuters...
March 18, 2023

Imran Khan court hearing canceled after clashes in Pakistan capital

Chintan Suhagiya inspecting a lab-grown diamond. — courtesy Chintan Suhagiya
The revolution under way in India’s diamond industry
MUMBAI — Chintan Suhagiya is only 26, but already has seven years’ experience working in India’s diamond industry.Starting out, he ferried diamonds around his company, based in the world’s diamond polishing capital, Surat in western India.But over the years he learnt how to inspect diamonds and now he grades their quality, using specialist equipment.His career has been transformed by a seismic shift in the diamond industry. Until two years ago, all the diamonds he inspected were natural — pulled from the ground at diamond mines.Now he works with diamonds grown in special machines, part of the industry that barely existed 10 years ago but, thanks to improved technology, has seen explosive growth.Lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) so closely resemble natural diamonds that even experts have...
March 18, 2023

The revolution under way in India’s diamond industry

Taiwan has charged two former officials for violating anti-espionage law
Taiwan charges ex-MP and former admiral with spying for China
TAIPEI — Taiwan has charged two former state officials with violating the national security law by organizing meetings between former senior military officers and Chinese intelligence personnel.Those encounters allegedly allowed the Chinese to "contact and even recruit" ex-military officers to their network.Prosecutors say the pair arranged 13 free trips to mainland China for 48 former officers from 2013 to 2018.The men earlier denied they were recruiting spies for China.The meetings also promoted China's unification with Taiwan, prosecutors say.Retired rear admiral Hsia Fu-hsiang and ex-MP Lo Chih-ming face up to five years in jail if convicted.China considers self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province and has vowed to place it under its control, by force if...
March 17, 2023

Taiwan charges ex-MP and former admiral with spying for China

A growing number of Western nations are imposing restrictions on the use of TikTok on government devices.
New Zealand joins US push to curb TikTok use on official phones with parliament ban
HONG KONG — New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month, becoming the latest country to impose an official bar on the popular social media platform owned by a Beijing-based tech conglomerate.Led by the United States, a growing number of Western nations are imposing restrictions on the use of TikTok on government devices citing national security concerns.Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, chief executive of New Zealand’s parliamentary service, said in a Friday statement that the risks of keeping the video-sharing app “are not acceptable.”“This decision has been made based on our own experts’ analysis and following discussion with our colleagues across government and internationally,” he wrote.“On advice from our cyber security...
March 17, 2023

New Zealand joins US push to curb TikTok use on official phones with parliament ban

Hong Kong authorities have cracked down on publications it has labelled seditious.
Hong Kongers arrested for possessing 'seditious' children's books
HONG KONG — Two men have been arrested in Hong Kong for the possession of picture books which authorities say are "seditious".They are believed to be the first arrested for merely owning the books - after the publishers were jailed last year.Authorities interpreted the books - about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village - as referring to Hong Kongers and China's government.The arrests are another deterioration of Hong Konger's rights, critics say.Human Rights Watch described the arrests as "shameful", and said the territory was using its colonial-era sedition law to clamp down on dissent.Hong Kong media reported police arrested the men, aged 38 and 50, at their apartments on 13 March. They raided their homes in Kowloon and Hong Kong island and...
March 17, 2023

Hong Kongers arrested for possessing 'seditious' children's books

Patel claimed the government had asked him to look into improvement of hotel facilities in Kashmir
Fake India officer who conned his way into top meetings
NEW DELHI — Indian police have arrested a man for posing as a senior official from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office.Kiran Patel was on a visit to the Kashmir valley on 2 March when he was detained by security officials, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. He was arrested the next day.Police has charged him with cheating, impersonation and forgery.A police complaint filed against him says Patel was trying to secure "monetary" and "material benefits".Patel's arrest came to light on Thursday when he was produced in court.He has a verified Twitter account and counts an official of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) among his followers.Photos shared by Patel on his Twitter and Instagram pages show him on "official visits" to Kashmir...
March 17, 2023

Fake India officer who conned his way into top meetings

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