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[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar security forces killed an anti-coup protester and injured a small child in renewed violence overnight, media reported on Monday (March 29), as activists called on armed ethnic groups in the various nation to support their fight against the military government. After the bloodiest day since last month’s …

[ad_1] CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) – The gigantic container ship blocking the Suez Canal has been at least partially refloated, the first step to get one of the world’s most important commercial arteries moving again. The Ever Given was successfully refloated on Monday (March 29) at around 4.30am local time in Egypt …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: One of the two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday (March 28) belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines, the police chief said. Listyo Sigit Prabowo. “The perpetrator was part of the JAD group that …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday morning (March 28), the first day of Holy Week, police and witnesses said. The two suspects were confirmed dead and some 20 people were injured Sunday night, said Coordinating …

[ad_1] SUEZ, Egypt: Two additional tugs sped toward Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday (March 28) to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship trapped for days in the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their ships out of fear of the ship. it may take even longer …

[ad_1] Across Myanmar, opponents of the ruling junta on Sunday (March 28) mourned the deaths of at least 114 people at the hands of security forces on the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup, but vowed to continue protesting. to end the rule of the army. Children were …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: An alleged suicide bomber exploded in front of a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday (March 28), injuring some people on the first day of Easter, police and a witness said. The congregation was inside the church at the time of the blast, South …

[ad_1] South China morning post China’s digital currency ‘to provide backing’ for Alipay, Tencent’s WeChat Pay if ‘something happens’ to internet giants A key goal of China’s sovereign digital currency is to maintain financial stability in case “something happens” to Tencent’s Alipay and WeChat Pay, the two private platforms that …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: America’s top military officer and nearly a dozen of his counterparts are scheduled to condemn on Saturday (March 27) the lethal use of force by Myanmar’s security forces and say that the country’s military has lost credibility with his people. The joint statement, obtained by Reuters ahead of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Ms. Doris Chua Kheng Geck was a planner and her obituary, which she had paid for herself, was prepared months before her death on March 20. He even wrote it as a goodbye message to his loved ones, telling them as they read it that he was …