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(Reuters) - A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week's military coup, a party ...

* U.S. to sanction military leaders and business interests, family * Nationwide street protests continue for fifth day * Protesters adopt more festive...

Biden's executive order will also limit the military's access to the country's $1 billion in government funds that are held in the US.

Landmark EU Settlement Scheme reaches five million applications Milestone comes ahead of 30 June 2021 deadline. From: 11 February 2021 The Home Office has today (11 February 2021) announced it has hit the milestone of five million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme with 4 months still to go before the deadline of 30 June 2021. This includes more than 4.5 million applications from England, 252,400 from Scotland, 83,800 from Wales and 81,800 from Northern Ireland up to 31 January 2021....

(Adds detail on Thursday protests) * U.S. to sanction military leaders and business interests, family * Nationwide street protests continue for fifth ...

Biden's executive order will also limit the military's access to the country's $1 billion in government funds that are held in the US.

Protesters who do not comply will face “effective actions”.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Soccer Feb 12, 2021 Russia is considering whether to vaccinate staff working at European Championship soccer matches in St. Petersburg this year against COVID-19, the head of the local organizing committee said on Thursday. St. Petersburg is set to host four matches, including a quarterfinal, at the 24-nation tournament ... Rugby Feb 12, 2021 Eddie Jones may be something of a self-confessed "mad chemist" but he has avoided any wacky experiments as England looks to rev...

Derek Mitchell, a former U.S. ambassador to Mynamar, said it was vital to get nations such as Japan, India and Singapore involved in a strong response.

Patrick Buchanan WASHINGTON — When it was learned in 2016 that Russia may have hacked the emails of John Podesta and the DNC, and passed the fruits on to WikiLeaks to aid candidate Donald Trump, mighty was the outrage of the American establishment. If Russia’s security services filched those emails, and a troll farm in Saint Petersburg sent tweets and texts to stir up rancor in our politics, it was said, this was an attack on American democracy and its most sacred of rituals — the electi...