Humanitarian crisis worsens as fighting in Myanmar ’s civil war ramps up
The United Nations estimates that nearly 18 million people need humanitarian aid as a result of the civil war in Myanmar, now entering its third year. Aye Min Thant, Burmese-American journalist and features editor at Frontier Myanmar, and Jonathan Head, the BBC’s southeast Asia correspondent, join…#unitednations #myanmar #burmeseamerican #frontiermyanmar #jonathanhead #johnyang (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lives of the Rohingya children in limbo: childhood, education, and children's rights in refugee camps in Bangladesh - Shohel MMC.
The Rohingyas, an ethnic minority of Myanmar, have been denied human rights, including nationality. For decades, they have suffered from brutal oppression, discrimination, violence, torture, unjust prosecution, murder, and extreme poverty. Hostile situatio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown
At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday. Communication difficulties in the affected areas, where infrastructure was already poor, and the military government’s tight control over…#myanmar #mrtv #cyclonemocha #bayofbengal #rakhinessittwe #rakhine #urgent #refugee #muslim #rohingya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Myanmar: Facebook ’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations
Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right to…#myanmar #rohingya #amnestyinternational #socialatrocity #facebooks #antirohingya #agnèscallamard #meta #sawyeddollah #muslim (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bangladesh and Myanmar brace as powerful Cyclone Mocha makes landfall
Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter. The outermost band of Cyclone Mocha reached the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Sunday morning, and by afternoon the center of the…#myanmar #cyclonemocha #sittwe #tinnyeinoo #linlin #rohingya #coxsbazar #navy #chattogram #rangamati (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Southeast Asian Nations Challenge Dollar Dominance With Push for Local Currencies
The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), have agreed to “encourage the use of local currencies for economic and financial transactions.” The group comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,…#southeastasian #asean #brunei #cambodia #indonesia #laos #malaysia #myanmar #philippines #singapore (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News Wrap: Bangladesh, Myanmar brace for powerful Cyclone Mocha
In our news wrap Saturday, a massive tropical cyclone barrels toward Myanmar and Bangladesh, Egypt says it brokered a new cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis, North Carolina’s governor vetoed a state ban on nearly all abortions…#myanmar #egypt #israel #palestinian #popefrancis #northcarolinas #brittneygriner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Myanmar Peace Plan Stalls as Asean Sees No Significant Progress
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
American CBDC Will Expand Government ’s Power To Surveil and Control: Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy Jr
US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is warning of the dangers of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) amid the Federal Reserve’s plans to roll out an instant payment system known as FedNow. Kennedy says that the “digitization of currency” has provided the government immense powers to…#robertfkennedyjr #federalreserves #fednow #democraticparty #burma #visa #mastercard #wikileaks #usstatedepartment #paypal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nikkei Asia wins human rights journalism prize
TOKYO -- Nikkei Asia has won a leading international human rights journalism prize for the first time for an investigation of the post-pandemic explosion in online fraud in several South-East Asian countries. The Human Rights Press Awards, which are focused on Asia, gave the honor in the…#tokyo #southeast #worldpressfreedomday #cambodia #laos #myanmar #thailand #dominicfaulder #sunnarin #anchaleeromruen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
That simple'hi' text from a stranger could be the start of a scam that ends up costing you millions
The road to Kaimi's ruin started in December, with an Instagram message about a Japanese monkey from a handsome stranger who called himself Mike. Over the coming months Mike and Kaimi would develop a friendship that quickly evolved into a romance. Kaimi had no idea he had become ensnared in a…#zhupan #mattfriedman #mekongclub #hongkong #cambodia #laos #myanmar #propublica #fbi #justicedepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Number Of Jailed Journalists Reaches Record High
In 2022, more journalists than ever before were imprisoned for doing their job. As Statista's Martin Armstrong reports, some 363 journalists were imprisoned in 30 different countries last year, according to data from the Committee to Protect…#martinarmstrong #cpj #statistaby #iranian #myanmar #easterneurope #evangershkovich #russian #ukrainewar #coldwar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘I Feel No Peace’ Review: The Persecution of the Rohingya
In July 2019 a community leader called Mohibullah visited the White House, one of a group of 16 people who represented victims of religious persecution in different parts of the world. He’d flown in from Bangladesh, a spokesman for the one million Rohingya Muslims who’d taken refuge in that…#rohingyamuslims #myanmar #burma #donaldtrump #uyghur #rohingya #cuban (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reuters hires Wong as senior editor, wider image and special projects
Reuters pictures global editor Rickey Rogers shared the following message with Reuters colleagues: I am delighted to announce that award-winning photojournalist Maye-E Wong is coming to Reuters to take on the role of Senior Editor, Wider Image and Special Projects. In her past two decades at the…#rickeyrogers #mayeewong #northkorea #rohingya #myanmar #thailand #hongkong #haiyan #philippines #anoverseaspressclub (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India hosts'1.5' informal Myanmar talks amid flurry of diplomacy
TAIPEI/CHIANG MAI -- An India-hosted round of alternative negotiations with Myanmar has produced informal agreements to reduce violence on "all sides," curb transnational crime and expedite humanitarian aid to the conflict-wracked country, according to a source directly involved, cranking up…#taipei #myanmar #track15 #newdelhi #bangkok #asean #cambodia #laos #thailand #vietnam (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
