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Support for new travel rules and Myanmar military in control: In The News for Feb. 2 Shubenacadie Sam looks around after emerging from his burrow at the wildlife park in Shubenacadie, N.S. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan February 02, 2021 - 1:15 AM In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 2 . What we are watching in Canada . The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests. ....
February 2, 2021 Share The man installed by army leaders as Myanmar’s president after Monday’s military coup is best known abroad for his role in the crackdown on 2007 pro-democracy protests and for his ties to still-powerful military leaders. Myint Swe was the army-appointed vice president when he was named on Monday to take over after the military arrested civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her party. Immediately after he was named president, Myint Swe handed power to the country’s top military commander, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. Under Myanmar’s 2008 constitution, the president can hand power to the military commander in cases of emergency. That is one of many ways the military is assured of keeping ultimate control of the country. ....
The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests. Eighty-six per cent of respondents agree with stricter measures that suspend flights to most sun destinations and require quarantining at a hotel at the passenger s expense upon arrival in Canada, according to an online survey by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies. The poll also found that 87 per cent of respondents think the government should go further by banning international travel until there are several consecutive days of reduced COVID-19 numbers. The wariness of foreign trips stems in part from more transmissible and possibly more lethal variants of the virus emerging abroad as well as homegrown politicians jetting off to far-flung beaches during the holidays, says Léger executive vice-president Christian Bourque. ....
Ten years on, Myanmar military back in control ‘OPEN-AIR DETENTION CENTER’: One NLD lawmaker said parliamentarians are being detained in dormitories guarded by soldiers since the military coup on Monday AFP and AP, BANGKOK and YANGON, Myanmar The party of Myanmar’s toppled leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday demanded her immediate release, after a military coup that triggered global condemnation and sanctions threats from the new US president. Armed troops patrolled the capital, Naypyidaw, where Aung San Suu Kyi and other National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders were detained in pre-dawn raids on Monday just ahead of the scheduled resumption of parliament. ....