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At least 3 civilians killed in Myanmar protest
February 21, 2021, 3:41 pm
YANGON, Myanmar – At least three people were killed Saturday by security forces during a protest, according to sources and media reports. Police and soldiers opened fire into a crowd in the second city, Mandalay, after 1,000 government employees refused to return to work at a major jetty site.… Read More
UN chief urges G20 to prepare ‘Global Vaccination Plan’
February 18, 2021, 3:42 pm
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) set up an emergency task force to prepare a "Global Vaccination Plan" against Covid-19. "We have come together to create the COVAX facility, the one global tool to procure and deliver vaccines… Read More
UK: Prince Harry, Meghan expecting 2nd child
February 15, 2021, 11:04 am
LONDON – Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announced Sunday they are expecting a second child. The child’s gender is not yet known, but a spokesperson for the prince said in a statement quoted by BBC News that “we can confirm that Archie is going to be… Read More
Number of people injured in Japan earthquake rises to 124
February 14, 2021, 6:58 pm
TOKYO – The number of people who were injured as a result of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday has reached 124, the Japanese public television said on Sunday. Earlier reports said 103 people were injured. The majority of casualties were reported in the prefectures of… Read More
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
February 14, 2021, 4:16 pm
ANKARA – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, local media reported. The powerful tremor occurred at 11:08 p.m. local time (1408GMT) 60 kilometers (37 miles) below surface, Kyodo News Agency reported. It was centered off Fukushima and was also felt in the capital… Read More
Trump acquitted in 2nd US Senate impeachment trial
February 14, 2021, 11:25 am
WASHINGTON – US Senate voted on Saturday and acquitted former President Donald Trump, concluding his second impeachment trial which is the shortest one in the US history. Seven Republican senators joined all the Democrats to vote "guilty," failing to reach two-thirds majority required for Trump… Read More
Trump impeachment team seeks to obscure blame for riot
February 13, 2021, 11:48 am
WASHINGTON – Lawyers representing former president Donald Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial sought Friday to obscure any blame their client may have for the fatal January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Making its sole arguments in the case, Trump's team launched salvos at the team of… Read More
US secures deals for 200M more vaccines Biden promised
February 12, 2021, 2:25 pm
WASHINGTON - The US has finalized agreements to secure 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. The announcement fulfills a pledge the president made in January to buy 100 million more doses each of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's vaccine. The purchase… Read More
Myanmar junta releases over 23K prisoners
February 12, 2021, 2:09 pm
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar began releasing tens of thousands of inmates Friday after an amnesty was announced, the first such release under the new military junta. The National Administrative Council (NAC), chaired by the coup leader and country’s military chief Sen. Gen Min Aung Hlaing,… Read More
SARS-CoV-2 virus present in France since November 2019
February 11, 2021, 2:42 pm
PARIS – The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) disease was found to be circulating in France since November 2019, a new study by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) has revealed. The… Read More
Biden forms China task force to meet growing challenges
February 11, 2021, 2:08 pm
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense has established a China task force. "We need to meet the growing challenges posed by China to keep peace and defend our interests in the Indo-Pacific and globally," Biden told reporters during his first visit… Read More
UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Myanmar
February 10, 2021, 10:25 am
GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) said it is to hold a special session on Myanmar on Friday, on the day the UN office there voiced strong concerns over Tuesday's reported use of violence by security forces against demonstrators. "I call on the security forces to respect… Read More
Pfizer vaccine effective against UK, SA strains
February 9, 2021, 2:13 pm
ANKARA – The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is effective against the South African and United Kingdom variants of the virus, the companies announced Monday. They cited a study published in Natural Medicine that said the vaccine elicits antibodies that neutralized mutated versions of the… Read More
Rich countries at risk of their own vaccine nationalism
February 8, 2021, 1:52 pm
ANKARA – The world's richest countries would do well to hurry in supplying and distributing vaccines against the novel coronavirus, as failing to do so would eventually harm their economies more severely than projected by earlier studies, experts say. As the world tries to free itself from the… Read More
Thousands rally in Myanmar against military coup
February 7, 2021, 5:39 pm
YANGON, Myanmar – Tens of thousands of demonstrators, mostly young people, staged four separate rallies against the military coup in Myanmar on Sunday amid tight security and roadblocks on the major street of Yangon, the country's largest city. The police in Yangon are struggling to block the… Read More
UN Security Council to discuss situation in Myanmar
February 2, 2021, 1:02 pm
ANKARA – United Nations Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Myanmar after the military seized power in the country, according to a schedule shared Monday by the international body. On Sunday, Myanmar's military declared a state of emergency hours after detaining de… Read More
US 'alarmed' after Myanmar military seizes power
February 1, 2021, 1:51 pm
WASHINGTON – The US said Sunday it is "alarmed" by reports that the Myanmar military has seized power and arrested the country's top officials. "The United States is alarmed by reports that the Burmese military has taken steps to undermine the country’s democratic transition, including the… Read More
Myanmar leader, other ruling party members detained
February 1, 2021, 1:36 pm
ANKARA – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were reportedly detained early Monday. The detention of Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, and other senior figures follows days of rising tensions between the military and… Read More
January deadliest month for UK in fight vs. Covid-19
January 31, 2021, 11:45 am
LONDON – January has been the deadliest month for the UK in its fight against the coronavirus as new statistics reveal that on average every day more than 1,000 people have died. Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of when the country recorded its first death caused by the virus, with the… Read More
Biden signs memo condemning anti-Asian racism amid pandemic
January 27, 2021, 3:05 pm
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a memorandum condemning the surge of anti-Asian racism in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, while directing the Department of Justice to make more concerted efforts to address hate crimes and harassment against Asian Americans and… Read More
