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Friday, March 26, 2021

Myanmar junta says protesters will be shot in the head
South Asia

Myanmar junta says protesters will be shot in the head

  • In the first acknowledgement of a shoot-to-kill order by the army, a broadcast on the MRTV news channel directed at protesters said: "You should learn... that you can be in danger of getting shot to the head and back."
  • Its data shows that at least 25 percent of those who were killed died from shots to the head, raising suspicions they were deliberately targeted for killing.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 09:50pm
US voting tech company sues Fox News for $1.6bn over election-fraud claims
USA

US voting tech company sues Fox News for $1.6bn over election-fraud claims

  • The lawsuit follows similar cases against Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and the Republican former president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, according to Shackelford.
  • Trump lost the November 2020 election to Biden, a Democrat, but continued to make false claims of widespread voter fraud, which Dominion said was amplified by Fox.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 09:42pm
Four people killed in Bangladesh during protests against visit of India's Modi
South Asia

Four people killed in Bangladesh during protests against visit of India's Modi

  • "We had to fire teargas and rubber bullets to disperse them as they entered a police station and carried out extensive vandalism," Rafiqul Islam, the police official told Reuters, referring to protesters.
  • The protesters in Chittagong were from the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an Islamist group opposed to the visit of Modi, who critics say has been pushing a Hindu-first agenda in India.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 08:14pm
EU pledges to keep AstraZeneca doses in the bloc for now
Europe

EU pledges to keep AstraZeneca doses in the bloc for now

  • "Of course, AstraZeneca has been an issue...We had a problem with this company," Breton said, adding that all other suppliers were doing well.
  • We have the tools and will make sure everything stays in Europe until the company will come back to its commitments.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 08:02pm
Kenya's president orders new lockdown to battle COVID-19 wave
Africa

Kenya's president orders new lockdown to battle COVID-19 wave

  • In a televised address, Kenyatta said a wave of new lockdown measures including a stricter curfew and the closure of bars in the capital were essential to fight the pandemic.
  • The curbs come one week ahead of the Easter holiday, when many Nairobi residents travel to other parts of the country.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 07:57pm
Watch out for Russia and China, UK's cyber security boss says
Europe

Watch out for Russia and China, UK's cyber security boss says

  • "In cyber - like in other areas of security - Russia poses the most acute and immediate threat to the UK," Lindy Cameron, the CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
  • "We must be clear-eyed about Chinese ambition in technological advancement," said Cameron, a former official in the Northern Ireland office. "China will change the world we live in in a much more fundamental way than Russia will."
Published 26 Mar, 2021 07:46pm
Brazil posts smallest current account deficit in 13 years, FDI inflows jump
USA

Brazil posts smallest current account deficit in 13 years, FDI inflows jump

  • The current account deficit of 0.48% of gross domestic product in the 12 months to February was down from 0.64% the previous month and the smallest since February 2008, central bank figures showed.
  • The current account deficit in the month was $2.3 bln, in line with the median forecast of a $2.4 bln shortfall in a Reuters poll of economists. That was down from a $4.7 bln deficit a year ago.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 07:39pm
Hit by third COVID wave, Portugal sees 2021 deficit exceeding goal
Europe

Hit by third COVID wave, Portugal sees 2021 deficit exceeding goal

  • Joao Leao said "an unprecedented increase in spending" to support companies and employment was behind last year's deficit of 5.7%, which came after the first surplus in at least four decades reported in 2019, of 0.1%.
  • The budget gap, however, ended 2020 below the government's initial estimate of 7.3%.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 07:30pm
Volunteers break rank to raise doubts in trial of Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine
Europe

Volunteers break rank to raise doubts in trial of Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine

  • The break-away group is led by trial volunteer Andrey Krinitsky, who is not a scientist. The group's findings were made public in an open letter on their blog on Wednesday.
  • EpiVacCorona, Russia's second vaccine to be registered, is a synthetic peptide vaccine which uses a different technology from the better-known Sputnik V shot.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 07:10pm
New study to test Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention among college students
USA

New study to test Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention among college students

  • The trial, backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is designed to determine if the vaccine, mRNA-1273, can prevent coronavirus infection, limit virus in the nose, and reduce transmission from vaccinated individuals to their close contacts.
  • The Prevent COVID U study, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will monitor about 12,000 young adults across 20 universities over a five-month period.
Updated 26 Mar, 2021 07:04pm
Erdogan says he reminded Chinese minister that Turkey expects 50mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Europe

Erdogan says he reminded Chinese minister that Turkey expects 50mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines

  • Turkey has until now been using COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinovac, received as part of an agreement to procure a total of 100 million doses, and has administered 14.6 million shots, with 8.2 million people having received a first dose, since Jan. 14 when the nationwide rollout began. On Thursday, Turkey said it has begun initial talks to procure Russia's Sputnik-V shot.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 06:21pm
Demand for German goods keeps factories humming through lockdown
Europe

Demand for German goods keeps factories humming through lockdown

  • The Ifo institute said its business climate index shot up to 96.6, the highest reading since June 2019, from an upwardly revised 92.7 in February. A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a March reading of 93.2.
  • Despite rising infection numbers, the German economy started spring with confidence," said Ifo President Clemens Fuest.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 06:13pm
Norway keeps AstraZeneca vaccine on hold for another 3 weeks
Europe

Norway keeps AstraZeneca vaccine on hold for another 3 weeks

  • "We have decided to continue the pause and make a new decision by April 15," FHI chief Camilla Stoltenberg told broadcaster NRK.
  • "We have started several processes to map out whether there is a causality and to have a better basis to establish the real risk and a cost-benefit analysis for different age groups. To get more knowledge, it is necessary to have more time."
Published 26 Mar, 2021 06:04pm
Philippines' Duterte signs tax reform law to help pandemic-hit businesses
South Asia

Philippines' Duterte signs tax reform law to help pandemic-hit businesses

  • Called the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, the law decreases the income tax rates for big firms to 25%, and for micro, small and medium enterprises to 20%, by 2029.
  • "Crucial portions of the CREATE Act were intended to be emergency tax relief for struggling enterprises, but we must not lose sight of this reform's long-term objectives," Duterte said .
Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:36pm
Morocco expects 4.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses soon
Africa

Morocco expects 4.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses soon

  • Morocco has already received 8.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, made in India, and Sinopharm vaccine, made in China, allowing it to administer more jabs than any other African country.
  • It expects 4.2 million more doses soon, said Health Ministry scientific committee member Said Afif, keeping it on track to reach its target of herd immunity before the summer.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:28pm
Ship stuck in the Suez Canal unleashes flood of Internet jokes
World

Ship stuck in the Suez Canal unleashes flood of Internet jokes

  • A giant ship has blocked the famous Suez Canal but opened up a torrent of memes and gifs lampooning the hapless container carrier, which has been jammed in the waterway since Tuesday.
  • Elements of global commerce have been brought to a standstill, but no one was hurt, and the environment is so far undamaged. The lack of stakes surrounding the Ever Given’s grounding has made it a prime target for jokes.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 03:05pm
U.S-China relations hit stalemate, and "Quad" rallies to exert pressure
China

U.S-China relations hit stalemate, and "Quad" rallies to exert pressure

  • While the Biden Administration is taking a similar approach to dealing with China as their predecessors, the nature of their confrontation is different, as a quick reset on U.S-China relations looks increasingly unlikely.
  • The Biden Administration has banded together with major allies across the region to stifle China's influence, with the "Quad" including Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
Updated 26 Mar, 2021 01:25pm
Mexico passes 200,000 Covid deaths
World

Mexico passes 200,000 Covid deaths

  • "I imagined it was going to be worse than they were assuming," said Macias, who led the country's fight against the swine flu pandemic in 2009.
Published 26 Mar, 2021 10:07am
'I plan to run for re-election, that's my expectation', says President Biden at his first solo news conference since taking office
World

'I plan to run for re-election, that's my expectation', says President Biden at his first solo news conference since taking office

  • Biden says US is not looking for confrontation with China over differences on trade, Beijing’s rollback of democracy in Hong Kong, treatment of minority Uighurs and military buildup
  • US president says he is prepared for “some form of diplomacy” with North Korea, “but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization
Updated 26 Mar, 2021 10:28am
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