Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - About 2 million Australians begun their first full day of a strict coronavirus lockdown on Monday following the discovery of one case in the community in Perth, capital of Western Australi...
Feb 01, 2021
Myanmar banks to shut temporarily: bankers association
(Reuters) - Myanmar banks agreed to temporarily shut all financial services on Monday due to poor internet connections during the current political situation, the Myanmar Bankers Association said in a...
Feb 01, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: WHO Wuhan team heads to Hubei centre for disease control A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the...
Feb 01, 2021
Australia media to plead guilty to breach of gag order on Pell conviction
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A dozen Australian media firms have agreed to plead guilty for breaching a suppression order on reporting on the trial and conviction of former Vatican treasurer G...
Feb 01, 2021
Timeline: Events in troubled Myanmar since Suu Kyi’s NLD party came to power
(Reuters) - Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other figures in the ruling party have been detained, a party spokesman said on Monday, after days of escalating tension with the powerful military ha...
Feb 01, 2021
Newsmaker: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s torch bearer for democracy, detained again in coup
(Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest in the struggle to bring democracy to Myanmar, has been detained along with other leaders of her political party in a military coup....
Feb 01, 2021
Pakistan receives 500,000 doses of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses, 500,000 from China's Sinopharm, on Monday, Health Adviser Faisal Sultan said in a statement released on Twitter. "Tha...
Feb 01, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s most famous political figure detained again
(Reuters) - This timeline charts Aung San Suu Kyi's journey from political prisoner to leader of her troubled nation: June 19, 1945: Suu Kyi, daughter of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San, ...
Feb 01, 2021
Statement from Myanmar military on state of emergency
(Reuters) - Myanmar's army declared a state of emergency on Monday as it carried out detentions of senior government leaders in response to alleged fraud during November's general election. A video ad...
Feb 01, 2021
Factbox: Aung San Suu Kyi’s history, previous detentions and rise to power
(Reuters) - Here are some facts about Aung San Suu Kyi, the 75-year-old who rode to power after a 2015 landslide election win that established Myanmar's first civilian government in half a century. - ...
Feb 01, 2021
