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Mar 21 Rest Of World

A powerful earthquake has been felt in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, according to witnesses.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from Tuesday’s quake.
Pakistan’s Meteorological Department registered a magnitude-6.8 earthquake, saying the epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountain range near the remote northern Afghan province of Badakhshan.

Millions of dead fish have washed up in a river near a small Australian town, in a phenomenon state officials say is related to the “heatwave conditions” that are sweeping the country.
Video emerged this week showing masses of dead fish floating at the Menindee Weir pool near Broken Hill.
“These fish deaths are related to low oxygen levels in the water (hypoxia) as flood waters recede,” the government explained.

A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centred just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80km) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city.

New Zealand’s government has become the latest to ban TikTok on its devices due to security concerns about the app.
The decision comes just a day after the UK decided to prevent the app’s installation on government-owned devices over concerns about the permissions that TikTok asks for.

Australian personal lending provider Latitude Financial Services disclosed to regulators on Thursday hacking incidents affecting more than 300,000 consumers.
The non-bank lender notified the Australian Stock Exchange that hackers had made off with copies of nearly 103,000 driver's licenses and an additional 225,000 "customer records."
It said it had "detected unusual activity" on its systems "over the last few days." The hackers, it said, were "sophisticated."

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