Truth about mystery flights between China and Myanmar during coup d etat
23 Feb, 2021 09:12 PM
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It s been revealed that unregistered, mysterious nightly flights between China and Myanmar are carrying goods and people, possibly linking Beijing to the coup. Photo / Twitter
It s been revealed that unregistered, mysterious nightly flights between China and Myanmar are carrying goods and people, possibly linking Beijing to the coup. Photo / Twitter
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Every night for more than a week, unregistered planes have been carrying unknown goods and people between China and its conflict-ravaged neighbour Myanmar – and experts believe they might know why.
The southeast Asian nation – which shares a sprawling border with China to its northeast – is currently effectively cut off from the world as a new military regime cracks down hard on those who opposed its takeover from a democratically elected government in a brutal coup three weeks ago.
Catherine Porter, The New York Times Published: 22 Feb 2021 01:55 AM BdST Updated: 22 Feb 2021 01:55 AM BdST An Air Canada employee prepares to take a COVID-19 test at the Toronto airport in Jan. 22, 2021. A consortium of some of Canada’s largest companies, representing 350,000 employees nationwide, has launched a rapid testing program aimed at reopening their economy. (Tara Walton/The New York Times) Anita Quidangen, right, and other health care workers at the Rekai Centres in Toronto, after receiving their vaccines, on Dec. 14, 2020. As nursing home employees received the first vaccinations on Monday, memories of the pandemic’s first wave left some overwhelmed with emotion. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)
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A woman walks her dog in the snow Tuesday. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript
Though the power may be back on and the freezing temperatures are going away, there are still more ways Norman residents can help their neighbors moving out of last weekâs winter storms.
After freezing temperatures left many residents isolated, cold and some without power this past week, Michelle Evans, homelessness program coordinator for the City of Norman, said that she was heartened to see everyone come together to help one another.
âIt was a really neat thing to see how everyone came together,â Evans said. âAnd not just for the homeless, but literally neighbors helping neighbors.â
Apartment giant Weidner teams with Rasmuson Foundation to buy properties adjacent to Brother Francis Shelter for new ‘resource hub’ Published February 19
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Print article Weidner Apartment Homes and the Rasmuson Foundation will purchase properties adjacent to Brother Francis Shelter in order to build a new “resource hub” to serve homeless people, and to end a long, bitter property dispute with a Ship Creek landowner. Weidner will buy parcels of land owned by Ron Alleva next to the Brother Francis Shelter on Third Avenue, as well as the building and property owned by Bean’s Cafe, the Weidner company said in a joint statement with the Rasmuson Foundation on Friday.