Herel Hughes
@herelhughes.bsky.social
Journalist 📷 🎥 🖊 | 邱蕾樂 | protest conflict human rights | RPCV | English, Español , Kreyol, 國語
📍Taiwan
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Herel Hughes
@herelhughes.bsky.social
· Nov 7
En la frontera de la República Dominicana 🇩🇴 y Haiti 🇭🇹
On the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
On the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
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The total lack of explanation or comprehension from all sources contacted I this article is really unsettling - nobody has any idea why a major city was just suddenly grounded - with lethal force authorized against any aircraft that didn’t get the memo.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The total lack of explanation or comprehension from all sources contacted I this article is really unsettling - nobody has any idea why a major city was just suddenly grounded - with lethal force authorized against any aircraft that didn’t get the memo.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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The FAA on Tuesday halted all flights to and from El Paso Airport in Texas for 10 days for “special security reasons,” isolating a major U.S. metropolitan area from air travel. Follow live updates.
FAA Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days: Live Updates
No flights are allowed to or from the airport until Feb. 20 under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The FAA on Tuesday halted all flights to and from El Paso Airport in Texas for 10 days for “special security reasons,” isolating a major U.S. metropolitan area from air travel. Follow live updates.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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China to support 'reunification forces' in Taiwan, go after 'separatists' reut.rs/4aoBrWL
China to support 'reunification forces' in Taiwan, go after 'separatists'
China will offer firm support for "patriotic pro-reunification forces" in Taiwan and strike hard against "separatists", the top Chinese official in charge of policy towards the democratically-governed island said in comments published on Tuesday.
reut.rs
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 AM
China to support 'reunification forces' in Taiwan, go after 'separatists' reut.rs/4aoBrWL
新年快樂 from Taipei’s traditional Dihua Street 🏮
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
新年快樂 from Taipei’s traditional Dihua Street 🏮
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Lunar New Year preparations are underway at Longshan Temple 龍山寺 in Taipei. 🇹🇼
Ahead of the holiday, visitors bring offerings and pray for a prosperous year. For the zodiac signs facing an unlucky upcoming year 🐴 🐀 🐂 🐇 , they have to “A Tai Sui” 安太歲, or pacify this year’s guardian deity.
Ahead of the holiday, visitors bring offerings and pray for a prosperous year. For the zodiac signs facing an unlucky upcoming year 🐴 🐀 🐂 🐇 , they have to “A Tai Sui” 安太歲, or pacify this year’s guardian deity.
February 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Lunar New Year preparations are underway at Longshan Temple 龍山寺 in Taipei. 🇹🇼
Ahead of the holiday, visitors bring offerings and pray for a prosperous year. For the zodiac signs facing an unlucky upcoming year 🐴 🐀 🐂 🐇 , they have to “A Tai Sui” 安太歲, or pacify this year’s guardian deity.
Ahead of the holiday, visitors bring offerings and pray for a prosperous year. For the zodiac signs facing an unlucky upcoming year 🐴 🐀 🐂 🐇 , they have to “A Tai Sui” 安太歲, or pacify this year’s guardian deity.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
Shout out to Taiwan’s unhinged Doritos flavors
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Shout out to Taiwan’s unhinged Doritos flavors
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
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President Trump said he was sending Tom Homan, his border czar, to Minnesota to run immigration enforcement operations in the state.
Trump Is Sending Tom Homan, His Border Czar, to Minnesota
“He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
President Trump said he was sending Tom Homan, his border czar, to Minnesota to run immigration enforcement operations in the state.
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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The United States military said that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American service members.
U.S. says it hit Islamic State in Syria in response to attack on troops
The attack is the latest in a series of actions the Pentagon has taken after two U.S. service members and an interpreter were killed in Syria in December.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The United States military said that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American service members.
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Breaking news: U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged tanker Wednesday that had evaded a naval blockade near Venezuela, officials said.
U.S. seizes Russian-flagged tanker that fled Venezuela blockade
The tanker Marinera had been pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard for weeks.
wapo.st
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Breaking news: U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged tanker Wednesday that had evaded a naval blockade near Venezuela, officials said.
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BREAKING: An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US action in Venezuela
An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
BREAKING: An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.
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In its assault on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the U.S. military appeared to strike a residential neighborhood. In the aftermath of the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelans are struggling to understand what just happened, and what might come next.
Confusion reigns in Caracas after Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces
In the aftermath of U.S. strikes and the capture of Maduro, Venezuelans are struggling to understand what just happened — and what might come next.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In its assault on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the U.S. military appeared to strike a residential neighborhood. In the aftermath of the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelans are struggling to understand what just happened, and what might come next.
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from its capital Pyongyang towards the sea off its east coast at around 7:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.
Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung makes state visit to China | CNN
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from its capital Pyongyang towards the sea off its east coast at around 7:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.
www.cnn.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from its capital Pyongyang towards the sea off its east coast at around 7:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.
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Today Taiwan faces record-setting military drills from the PRC. But, people in Taiwan will remain largely cool and unphased. Most won't even notice the threats. Why?
In my new book, I write extensively about why some types of PRC threats mobilize civil society and others do not:
In my new book, I write extensively about why some types of PRC threats mobilize civil society and others do not:
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Today Taiwan faces record-setting military drills from the PRC. But, people in Taiwan will remain largely cool and unphased. Most won't even notice the threats. Why?
In my new book, I write extensively about why some types of PRC threats mobilize civil society and others do not:
In my new book, I write extensively about why some types of PRC threats mobilize civil society and others do not:
Major PLA exercise “Justice Mission-2025” (正义使命-2025) begins around Taiwan today.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force for the joint mission beginning today, December 29.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force for the joint mission beginning today, December 29.
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Major PLA exercise “Justice Mission-2025” (正义使命-2025) begins around Taiwan today.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force for the joint mission beginning today, December 29.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force for the joint mission beginning today, December 29.
Large earthquake felt in Taipei. Taiwan government puts it at a magnitude 7.0
www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/E/index...
www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/E/index...
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Large earthquake felt in Taipei. Taiwan government puts it at a magnitude 7.0
www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/E/index...
www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/E/index...
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Great reporting on China’s efforts to replicate the machines that make the most advanced chips. Fake ID cards, oblique networks of suppliers, and a prototype in a Shenzhen lab that almost fills a factory floor.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Great reporting on China’s efforts to replicate the machines that make the most advanced chips. Fake ID cards, oblique networks of suppliers, and a prototype in a Shenzhen lab that almost fills a factory floor.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Buried beneath the rock and ice of the Himalayas, in one of the most remote places on earth, lies a sensational chapter of the Cold War, and it’s not over yet.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Buried beneath the rock and ice of the Himalayas, in one of the most remote places on earth, lies a sensational chapter of the Cold War, and it’s not over yet.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...