Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 10 (ANI): Another leader from Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in military detention after being allegedly tortured in custody, according to a watchdog group.
March 5, 2021 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Senate Democrats face a gauntlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Bidenâs $1.9 trillion stimulus package in a marathon session of votes that will extend the timetable for passage into the weekend.
Democratic leaders plan to rough it through the amendment process and emerge with a bill that gets the votes of all 50 Democrats without risking a revolt from progressives in the House, which will have to agree on the Senate version before it goes to Biden for his signature.
The president has already agreed to revisions to keep moderate Senate Democrats on board, including narrowing the eligibility for direct payments to millions of Americans. Incentives have also been added, including more money for rural hospitals, health insurance subsidies for the unemployed and broadband.
38 dead in Myanmar’s ‘bloodiest’ day since coup: United Nations Updated Mar 04, 2021 | 06:24 IST
Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 1 when the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending the nation s decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking daily mass protests. Protesters are sprayed with water fired from a police truck s water cannon in Naypyitaw, Myanmar
At least 38 people died Wednesday in the bloodiest day of Myanmar s crisis, the United Nations said, as the military junta defied growing international condemnation of its coup with a violent crackdown that the US said left it appalled and revulsed.
Nineteen Myanmar police seek refuge in India, more expected
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Synopsis There have been several instances recounted on social media of police joining the civil disobedience movement and protests against the junta, with some arrested, but this is the first reported case of police fleeing Myanmar.
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Protesters face off with police during a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar on March 3
At least 19 Myanmar police have crossed into India to escape taking orders from a military junta that is trying to suppress protests against last month s coup, an Indian police official said on Thursday, adding that more were expected.