[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar’s military government deployed additional troops across the country and drowned out the internet for a second night in a row as it intensified its crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant protesters took to the streets again on Monday (February 15). The army has steadily stepped up its …
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[ad_1] SEOUL – South Korea will exclude seniors 65 and older from its first round of coronavirus vaccinations starting Feb.26, amid mounting concerns about how well the British drugmaker’s first batch of vaccine would work. -Swedish AstraZeneca, in older people. The Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency (KDCA) announced the …
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[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (February 15) that he would chart a cautious but irreversible path out of the COVID-19 lockdown this week after vaccinating 15 million vulnerable people. With nearly a quarter of the British population now inoculated with a first dose of a …
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[ad_1] NGANJUK, Indonesia: Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least nine people and leaving 10 others missing, as emergency personnel digging with their bare hands and agricultural tools desperately searched find more victims on Monday (February 15), officials said. 21 people were initially …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Monday (February 15) defended a plan to deport 1,200 Myanmar citizens on navy ships sent from their homeland just weeks after a coup, following criticism from the United Nations. News emerged last week that the migrants would be sent home after the Myanmar military seized …
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[ad_1] YANGON: Security forces in Myanmar stepped up their crackdown on anti-coup protesters on Monday (February 15), seeking to quell large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that took power earlier this month to reinstall the elected government. More than 1,000 protesters were demonstrating in front of the Myanmar Economic …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Activist Jolovan Wham Kwok Han was convicted on Monday (February 15) of organizing a public assembly without permission, vandalism and refusing to sign his statement to the police, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said. “All three charges were related to the illegal gathering that Wham organized to commemorate …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore should continue to focus on emerging stronger from the COVID-19 crisis and forging partnerships to meet future challenges “as one people,” Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Monday (February 15), a day earlier. of your budget statement. Naming Tuesday’s budget as the strongest emerging budget …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Monday (February 15), bringing Singapore’s total to 59,809. All were imported cases that had been placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no community cases or cases …
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[ad_1] YANGON: The ousted leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, will be detained until Wednesday (February 17) for a court hearing and will not appear on Monday as initially expected, her lawyer told reporters in the capital, Naypyidaw. “We came here to present our power of attorney and we …
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