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(Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar on Sunday to denounce last week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the biggest protests since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped spur a transition to democracy.
In a second day of widespread protests against the military junta, crowds in the biggest city, Yangon, sported red shirts, red flags and red balloons, the colour representing Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD). They chanted, “We don’t want military dictatorship! We want democracy!”
Myanmar’s military seized power in the early hours of Monday, bringing the Southeast Asian nation’s troubled democratic transition to a sudden halt and drawing international outrage.
Sunday’s gathering was much bigger than one on Saturday when tens of thousands took to the streets in the first mass protests against the coup and in spite of a blockade on the internet ordered by the junta in the name of ensuring calm.
On Sunday, massive crowds from all corners of Yangon gathered in townships and headed toward the Sule Pagoda at the heart of downtown Yangon, also a rallying point during the Buddhist monk-led 2007 protests and others in 1988.
They gestured with the three-finger salute that has become a symbol of protest against the coup. Drivers honked their horns and passengers held up photos of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi.
“We don’t want to live under military boots,” said 29-year-old protester Ye Yint.
Despite the internet shutdown, a few people were able to broadcast on Facebook Live. Users said internet access appeared to have been restored on Sunday afternoon.
There was no comment from the junta in the capital Naypyitaw, more than 350 km (220 miles) north of Yangon.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-politics-idUKKBN2A702W
Himalayan glacier bursts in India, triggers flood, villages evacuatedNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India put many of its northern districts on high alert on Sunday after the "breaking of a part" of a Himalayan glacier, officials said, with people being evacuated due to rising water levels on a river that the glacier feeds.
Footage from TV channels and news agency ANI, a Reuters partner, showed water gushing toward a dam in the state of Uttarakhand, washing away parts of it and whatever else was in its path.
"The news of relief is that the flow of Alaknanda River beyond Nandprayag (stretch) has become normal," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Twitter.
"The water level of the river is now 1 meter above normal but the flow is decreasing."
Police in the Chamoli district where the dam was located urged people to leave the area as soon as possible.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/himalayan-glacier-bursts-in-india-triggers-flood-villages-evacuated/ar-BB1dsH0A
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https://twitter.com/mbracemoore/status/1358193890008956931
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Taiwan punishes Deutsche Bank, others in currency speculation caseTAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank said on Sunday it hadbanned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended it for two years from trading forex derivativesas part of a crackdown on speculation.
The Taiwan dollar is at a more than 23-year-high against the U.S. dollar as the island's trade-dependent economy booms on global demand for its tech products as people work from home.The central bank has been particularly concerned about a case where it said foreign banks helped grain companies engage in currency speculation through deliverable forwards, affecting the stability of Taiwan's foreign exchange market.
Sources told Reuters on Friday that thecentral bank had sent letters outlining punishments to Deutsche Bank, CitigroupInc, ING and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) for their involvement.
Apart from the punishment for Deutsche Bank's Taipei branch, the central bank said in statement that ING and ANZ's Taipei offices would not be allowed to trade Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards for nine months.
Citi's Taipei office would be suspended from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable forwards for two months, it added.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/taiwan-punishes-deutsche-bank-others-in-currency-speculation-case/ar-BB1dsv2W
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Nice trips, coincide with the low energy of the post, IMO.
Sorry anon, pad fagging, my images are a little on the big and ugly side.
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