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Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest victim
Published On: March 24, 2021 09:20 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, March 24: Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire during a crackdown in Mandalay.
Colorado marks latest mass tragedy after 10 killed
Published On: March 23, 2021 11:26 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. March 23: A shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket that killed 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive, sent terrorized shoppers and workers scrambling for safety and stunned a state that has grieved several mass killings. A lone suspect was in custody, authorities said.
Thousands evacuated in Australia's worst flooding in almost half a century
Published On: March 23, 2021 10:01 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, Mar 23: Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst downpour in more than half a century.
West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU
Published On: March 23, 2021 07:25 AM NPT By: Reuters
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, March 23: The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S. President Joe Biden.
Australia to rescue thousands as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years
Published On: March 22, 2021 06:47 PM NPT By: Reuters
PITT TOWN, AUSTRALIA, March 22: Australia was set on Monday to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney’s west, battered by the worst flooding in 60 years, with torrential rains expected to continue for another day or two.
EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup, foreign policy chief says
Published On: March 22, 2021 03:49 PM NPT By: Reuters
BELJIUM, March 22: The European Union will on Monday imposed sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
A year on from lockdown, India reports worst daily rise in COVID-19 in months
Published On: March 22, 2021 01:27 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 22: India reported its most COVID-19 cases and deaths in months on Monday, on the first anniversary of the start of a chaotic nationwide lockdown that left many people jobless and shrank the economy.
Taiwan kicks off vaccination drive with AstraZeneca shot
Published On: March 22, 2021 10:58 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TAIPEI, March 22: Health care workers received the first shots in Taiwan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Monday, beginning a campaign that won’t use supplies from China amid uneven distribution of the vaccines globally.
Second virus surge grips India on first anniversary of lockdown
Published On: March 22, 2021 10:13 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Mar 22: India’s richest state, Maharashtra, reported 30,535 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, which could send the country’s overall cases to a multi-month high when national data is released later on Monday.
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Myanmar activists plan new protests after weekend bloodshed
Published On: March 22, 2021 10:06 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, March 22: Myanmar activists plan fresh protests on Monday including a call for vehicle convoys to drive through intersections honking horns with occupants raising three-finger anti-coup salutes despite reports of security forces killing more people at the weekend.
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