The company, which is building a $290 million port in Yangon on land leased from the military-backed Myanmar Economic Corporation.

It comes as the United States notified Turkey that two US warships will sail to the Black Sea and stay there to keep an eye on Russia.

Daunte Wright, 20, died on Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

Last year, authorities shuttered all mosques and clerics issued a fatwa, or edict, urging Muslims to pray at home over the holy month.

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The pandemic has caused 3 million deaths, the worst global recession in 90 years, some 120 million people falling back into extreme poverty, and the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost.

After days of speculation that he was dead, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte released footage of midnight bike rides as proof of vitality.

The success of Beijing’s lockdown pushed the West into an existential crisis. Now, the success of Western vaccines brings questions about China’s rise.

Theories ranged from Philip playing a prank on his wife, to dressing up as a sentry to surprise her. The photographer recalls what caused the royal couple’s chuckle.

As Prince William and Prince Harry released very different tributes to their grandfather within 30 minutes of each other on Monday, it was impossible to resist reading between the lines.

After imposing the most onerous restrictions in Britain’s peacetime history, PM Boris Johnson said England’s reopening was a “major step” towards freedom.

The Knoxville Police Department tweeted that authorities were at the site of the shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School and that a police officer was reported among the victims. 

The “Togatus” statue, featuring a headless Roman wearing a draped toga, was stolen in November 2011 from the Villa Marini Dettina archaeological site on the outskirts of Rome.

The former prime minister has been under intense pressure to explain why he used his former position to try and get Greensill access to a £37 billion fund set up to help businesses through the pandemic.

Like Trump, they declared a free and fair election to be a fraud.

“It’s destroying everything in its path,” one expert said, as officials said they were worried about the lives of those who had refused to evacuate.

Princes William and Harry have released statements about their grandfather ahead of a reunion for the feuding brothers at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

The tiny Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China has vaccinated nearly 93 per cent of its adult population since March 27.

Israel’s Green Pass allows holders to dine indoors, stay in hotels, visit gyms, and attend large events.

The independence hero and former president led a tense stand-off with the country’s health minister on behalf of the man’s family at the gates of an isolation facility.

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Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire and Europe correspondent Bevan Shields discuss how Britain is combining national mourning with COVID restrictions.

It is 60 years since the first man - a Russian - entered space. Now, Moscow is criticised for letting its once mighty space programme rust.

Two US and Israeli intelligence officials said there had been an Israeli role in a large explosion that destroyed the site’s internal power system.

A photo and video showing the family together reciting the opening chapter of the Koran appeared to be aimed at sending a message of unity at a sensitive time for the kingdom.

The former prime minister is unrepentant for awarding Prince Philip an Australian knighthood, an honour that will take pride of place on the altar of St George’s Chapel this Saturday.

China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines, as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy.

Britain’s former prime minister David Cameron says he has learned lessons from his dealings on behalf of Australian businessman Lex Greensill.

The Duke of Sussex’s return to fold for final farewell to Prince Philip offers a chance for reconciliation after the bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview.

The colourised photos of Khmer Rouge “killing fields” victims have caused outrage in Cambodia, where family members of the victims have said the altered images are an insult to the dead.

Prince Philip was no better than he should have been, but not nearly as bad as he might have been.

The 94-year-old monarch has also described the final moments of her 73-year marriage as “a miracle”.

40 years ago, the inaugural space shuttle flight carried the hopes of an embattled space program and of a nation worried that it might have lost its technological touch.

New Zealand has reported a second positive case of COVID-19 following the infection of a worker at a managed isolation facility that was announced on Thursday.

His death, aged 99, reminds us that for all of the Queen’s longevity her time as head of the family and the Commonwealth is coming to an end.

The marble idol, carved as many as 6000 years ago and known as “The Guennol Stargazer” has become the source of a legal battle between Turkey and the Christie’s auction house.

The problem at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most-secured sites amid negotiations over the tattered atomic accord with world powers.

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Krasnik voted to be “free of LGBT” two years ago to satisfy conservative voters. Now, the mayor regrets the move, which has led to censure from other European countries and put funding at risk.

Egypt’s best-known archaeologist has revealed further details on a Pharaonic city recently found in the southern province of Luxor.

Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said.

Two men on a motorcycle reportedly fired at least 10 shots at the veteran journalist.

Queen Elizabeth is next in line for a royal obituary.. The ascension of Charles could tip the scales to those who favour a break up of the Kingdom.

A pride of lions regards a mass yawn as a signal to stop lying around and start searching for prey.

The BBC cancelled its regular programming, while the network’s music radio stations played instrumentals and sombre tunes following the death of the prince.

The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found.

There had earlier been speculation that the Duchess of Sussex might avoid Britain so as to not overshadow a sombre national occasion.

The service will be attended by just 30 royal family members and feature a specially modified Land Rover designed by the late Duke of Edinburgh.

The villagers’ special interest in the late Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, manifested itself in daily prayers for his blessing of their banana and yam crops.

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