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Myanmar’s ethnic groups are uniting against a common enemy: the military

During many years of conflict in Myanmar’s forests and mountains, ethnic people have witnessed and suffered horrific atrocities, including massacres, rapes, and sexual violence, torture, forced labor, and displacement by military forces, as well as state-recognition. Scheduled to fight those abuses and to hear their clear voices and demands, ethnic …

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Senate Democrats reach a deal to increase unemployment insurance

Senate Democrats on Friday evening struck a deal to increase unemployment insurance in President Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which, according to a Senate aide, suspended other proceedings for about nine hours. Why it’s important: The Senate may now resume voting on other amendments to the Comprehensive Defense …

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