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Your Thursday Briefing Australian Open semifinals and the pandemic’s toll in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox communities. Image A projection in Yangon, Myanmar, of the three-finger “Hunger Games” salute and a dove signifying peace.Credit...The New York Times Art and defiance in Myanmar Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in central Yangon on Wednesday, the biggest rally since the start of protests against a coup, holding up posters and signs designed for the Instagram generation. As with protests in Thailand and Hong Kong, art, memes and creative dissent have become a tool for demonstra...

Normal text size Very large text size Myanmar has descended into chaos since a junta seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Armed forces and police have fired on demonstrators, who appear undeterred by curfews and a nationwide state of emergency, but the military have also entered shops and houses to attack people. The country is on the brink of collapse and civil war. More than 500 have been killed, with children among the victims. Thousands of people have been detained, including leaders of the former civilian government. Air strikes have been launched a...

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Skip to main content Currently Reading Aung San Suu Kyi is a victim of a coup. But is she still a hero of democracy? Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Myanmar's fragile, flawed democracy has collapsed. In the early hours Monday, the country's military initiated a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians, including ministers from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. A state of emergency was declared for a year. Soldiers blocked roads and fanned out across the capital Naypyidaw and Yangon, the country's largest city. T...

Normal text size Very large text size Myanmar has descended into chaos since a junta seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Armed forces and police have fired on demonstrators, who appear undeterred by curfews and a nationwide state of emergency, but the military have also entered shops and houses to attack people. The country is on the brink of collapse and civil war. More than 500 have been killed, with children among the victims. Thousands of people have been detained, including leaders of the former civilian government. Air strikes have been launched a...