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Covid-19 global wrap
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/06/2021
» NEW YORK: A global summary of the Covid-19 situation.
Asean leaders make headway on Myanmar
AFP, Published on 24/04/2021
» JAKARTA: Asean leaders have agreed to a five-point consensus on the crisis in Myanmar, including an immediate end to violence, according to a statement released at the end of talks held on Saturday in the Indonesian capital.
Myanmar coup puts seal on autocracy’s rise in SE Asia
New York Times, Published on 13/04/2021
» Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
US pulls diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals
AFP, Published on 31/03/2021
» YANGON: The United States on Wednesday ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, amid growing violence following the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar civil war fears grow after airstrikes on ethnic army
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» As the death toll among Myanmar’s protesters rose dramatically last weekend, military air strikes against one of the country’s largest rebel groups stoked fears of another problem: full-fledged civil war.
Thousands take to Myanmar streets again after bloodiest day since coup
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2021
» Myanmar security forces killed a man in the main city of Yangon on Monday, media reported, as activists called on ethnic minority forces in the diverse nation to back their campaign against military rule.
WHO experts to meet on AstraZeneca shot
AFP, Published on 16/03/2021
» GENEVA: WHO safety experts prepared to meet Tuesday to discuss the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood-clot fears, imperilling the pandemic fight as infection rates surge in several countries.
2020: World rocked by Covid-19, Trump and Black Lives Matter
AFP, Published on 27/12/2020
» PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous US election and the Black Lives Matter movement shake the world.
Pro-democracy leaders summonsed to hear lese majeste charges
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» Twelve pro-democracy protest leaders were summoned by police to answer charges of lese majeste, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years, as Bangkok prpapred for another major rally on Wednesday.
Timeline: Crackdown on protests
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2020
» The government declared a state of emergency early on Thursday morning, aimed at protesters who have demanded the removal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and called for reform of the monarchy.