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Thu, March 4, 2021 | 09:06

Japan outlines cautious vaccine schedule ahead of first shots

Japan outlines cautious vaccine schedule ahead of first shots

Japan outlined a cautious coronavirus vaccine rollout Tuesday, a day before inoculations begin, with the minister overseeing the process admitting he had "no idea" how much of the population will be vaccinated by this summer's Olympics.

2021-02-16 21:22

Myanmar police file new charge against Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar police file new charge against Aung San Suu Kyi

Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, which may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial.

2021-02-16 20:14

Philippine President Duterte to get COVID-19 vaccine shot in public

Philippine President Duterte to get COVID-19 vaccine shot in public

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will receive his anti-Covid-19 injection in public in a bid to allay concerns among Filipinos about the safety of the vaccine, his spokesman said on Monday. It was earlier announced that Duterte did not want to be inoculated in public because he had planned to get the shot in his buttocks.

2021-02-16 14:28

UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar's army of "severe consequences" for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month's coup in a call with the military leadership, a U.N. spokesman said. Despite the deployment of armoured vehicles and soldiers to some major cities at the weekend, protesters have kept up demonstrations to denounce the Feb. ...

2021-02-16 14:03

Myanmar security forces intensify crackdown on protesters

Myanmar security forces intensify crackdown on protesters

Myanmar security forces intensify crackdown on protesters

Security forces in Myanmar pointed guns toward anti-coup protesters and attacked them with sticks Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power this month to reinstate the elected government. More than 1,000 protesters rallied in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, when a...

2021-02-16 10:41

UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

Myanmar security forces open fire to disperse protesters in Mandalay

Myanmar security forces open fire to disperse protesters in Mandalay

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Monday to disperse protesters in the city of Mandalay, the media outlet Frontier Myanmar reported.

2021-02-15 20:45

Armoured vehicles deployed to major Myanmar cities after mass protests

Armoured vehicles deployed to major Myanmar cities after mass protests

Security forces in Myanmar deployed with armoured vehicles in major cities and cut internet access on Monday after protests over this month's coup and the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi drew hundreds of thousands onto the streets.

2021-02-15 12:09

Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine

Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine

Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries.

2021-02-14 20:08

White House cites 'deep concerns' about WHO's COVID report, demands early data from China

White House cites 'deep concerns' about WHO's COVID report, demands early data from China

The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has "deep concerns" about the way the findings of the World Health Organization's COVID-19 report were communicated. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that it is imperative that the report be..

2021-02-14 15:13

Myanmar junta warns public not to hide fugitive protesters

Myanmar junta warns public not to hide fugitive protesters

Myanmar's new military regime warned the public not to harbour fugitive political activists on Sunday after issuing arrest warrants for veteran democracy campaigners supporting massive nationwide anti-coup protests.

2021-02-14 14:00

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