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South Korea Urges U.S. Flexibility On Sanctions To Restart North Korea Talks

South Korea Urges U.S. Flexibility On Sanctions To Restart North Korea Talks Via Reuters: The United States should flexibly enforce sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear programmes to revive denuclearisation talks, South Korea’s point man on North Korea said on Wednesday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and former U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at their first summit in 2018, but […]

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G7

G7 Condemns The Military Coup In Myanmar

G7 Condemns The Military Coup In Myanmar Via Reuters: The Group of Seven largest developed economies on Wednesday condemned the military coup in Myanmar and said it was deeply concerned about the fate of detained political leaders such as Aung San Suu Kyi. “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European […]

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Rohingya

U.N. Fears For Myanmar Rohingya After Coup, Security Council Due To Meet Tuesday

U.N. Fears For Myanmar Rohingya After Coup, Security Council Due To Meet Tuesday Via Reuters: The United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday as the Security Council planned to meet on the latest developments on Tuesday. Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of […]

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Myanmar

Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Detains Elected Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Detains Elected Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Via Reuters: Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”, handing power to […]

today02/01/2021 8

Russian Parliament

Russian Parliament OKs New START Nuclear Treaty Extension

Russian Parliament OKs New START Nuclear Treaty Extension Via AP News: The lower house of Russian parliament on Wednesday quickly approved the extension of the last remaining nuclear arms control pact days before it’s due to expire. The State Duma voted unanimously to extend the New START treaty for five years. The vote came a day after a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]

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Mexican President

Mexican President Tests Positive For COVID-19, Symptoms Mild

Mexican President Tests Positive For COVID-19, Symptoms Mild Via Reuters:  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19, an announcement that comes as his country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date. López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of Mexico’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said Sunday on his official Twitter account that […]

today01/25/2021 16

BBC

Britain To Discuss Tighter Travel Restrictions: BBC

Britain To Discuss Tighter Travel Restrictions: BBC Via Reuters: British ministers are to discuss on Monday further tightening travel restrictions, the BBC reported on Saturday, adding that people arriving in the country could be required to quarantine in hotels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a news conference on Friday that the UK may need to implement further measures to protect its borders from new variants of COVID-19. Britain’s current restrictions […]

today01/23/2021 13

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Locks Down Thousands For Compulsory COVID-19 Testing

Hong Kong Locks Down Thousands For Compulsory COVID-19 Testing Via Reuters: Hong Kong’s government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the results largely determined. The first such measure the city has taken since the pandemic began has occurred in the densely populated neighbourhoods of Jordan that is home […]

today01/23/2021 8

Clampdowns

Oil Down $1 As China COVID-19 Cases Trigger Clampdowns

Oil Down $1 As China COVID-19 Cases Trigger Clampdowns Via Reuters: Oil prices fell on Friday, retreating further from 11-month highs hit last week, weighed down by worries that new pandemic restrictions in China will curb fuel demand in the world’s biggest oil importer. Brent crude futures fell $1.09, or 1.9%, to $55.01 a barrel by 1021 GMT, after a 2 cent gain on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]

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