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Myanmar junta says will hold election in August 2023
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2021
» Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said there are plans to hold a fresh general election on August 2023, sticking to the military government’s timeline and defying pressure from the US to hold polls earlier.
US hits Cambodia with arms embargo over China ties
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/12/2021
» The US on Wednesday imposed an arms embargo on Cambodia over its connections with China and human rights abuses, just days before sending a top State Department official to convince the Southeast Asian country to keep up pressure on Myanmar’s military regime.
Taliban reach Kabul, seek peaceful transition of power
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/08/2021
» The Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday and ordered its forces to remain just outside the Afghan capital ahead of talks for a peaceful transition of power, cementing its renewed grip on the country two decades after the US ousted it from power.
Myanmar’s junta rebuffs Asean plan to end months of violence
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/04/2021
» Myanmar’s military government rebuffed a plan by Southeast Asian leaders to help end violence in the country, saying any “suggestions” would need to fit with the junta’s stated roadmap and come after “stability” is restored.
Myanmar protesters paint Yangon red, defying bloody crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/04/2021
» Opponents of Myanmar's military junta sprayed red paint on roads in the country's biggest city on Tuesday to mark the deaths of hundreds of "martyrs" killed by troops, as the crisis dragged on with no clear diplomatic solution in sight.
Russia warns Trump of ‘painful' response over US sanctions
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2017
» Russia threatened to retaliate against new sanctions passed by the US House of Representatives, saying they made it all but impossible to achieve the Trump administration’s goal of improved relations.
Obama seeks to cement Cuba thaw
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/03/2016
» Washington -- US President Barack Obama arrives Sunday in Havana seeking to end what he sees as a futile US policy toward the island nation and to lift one of the biggest impediments to closer US alliances across Latin America.