People gather around an armoured vehicle maneuvering on a city street, following days of mass protests against the military coup, in Yangon on February 14, 2021.SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP Nearly 140 NGOs from 31 countries signed an open letter Wednesday calling for the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose an arms embargo on Myanmar after the military coup there earlier this month. “The United Nations Security Council should urgently impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar in response to the military coup and to deter the junta from committing further abuses,” the letter said. It went on to …read more Source:: Channels...
This handout picture taken and released by Ukraine’s health ministry press-service on February 23, 2021 shows workers unloading a plane carrying 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at Kiev’s airport Boryspil. – After several delays, Ukraine on February 23, 2021 finally received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine doses. (Photo by Handout / Ukraine health ministry / AFP) After several delays, Ukraine on Tuesday finally received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine doses. The country of 40 million people is one of the poorest in Europe and one of the last in the region to begin inoculating its population. A plane …read more Source:: Channels...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed in talks in Brazil that the situation in Ukraine is deteriorating. …read more Source:...
