TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, March 18, 2024

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On the tenth anniversary of the Sunflower Movement, TaiwanPlus takes a look back on the student-led protest that changed Taiwan's political direction, as well as the party that emerged from the movement that is now struggling to maintain its relevance. Taiwan will soon bid goodbye to cheap electricity as the national power provider finally raises prices for homes and business after years of absorbing massive losses. And the country's third-largest reservoir dips below 40% capacity with the arrival of the rice-planting season. Plus: - Rio de Janeiro swelters with a heat index of over 60 C. - Vladimir Putin will continue to be Russia's president for at least the next six years after a landslide win in an election that few regard as legitimate. - Another volcanic eruption in Iceland, the fourth since December, has triggered a state of emergency.