Daily Monitor
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5 February 2021 · reuters.com
Countdown to ‘catastrophe:’ Inside Europe’s fight for COVID shots ↗
In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Union’s political leadership, diplomats for the 27 member states were desperate. []
4 February 2021 · aljazeera.com
Biden urges Myanmar military to free detainees, step down ↗
President says US is working with allies and partners to address the army’s takeover and Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest. []
3 February 2021 · aa.com.tr
Myanmar holds 1st Cabinet meeting after military coup ↗
Action plan discussed at meeting with newly appointed ministers as part of state of emergency []
2 February 2021 · theguardian.com
How the EU’s vaccine effort turned into a crisis ↗
Daniel Boffey, the Guardian’s Brussels bureau chief, looks at why the EU’s vaccination programme has become so chaotic. Last Friday the commission attempted an ill-fated plan to seek to erect a vaccin…
1 February 2021 · bloomberg.com
Myanmar Military Takes Power for One Year, Suu Kyi in Detention ↗
Myanmar’s military detained Aung San Suu Kyi, declared a state of emergency and seized power for a year after disputing her party’s landslide November election victory in a setback for the country’s n…
1 February 2021 · edition.cnn.com
Iran’s Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear deal as he dubs Trump a ‘tyrant’ ↗
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump's administration. []
28 January 2021 · theguardian.com
Coronavirus live news: WHO says Covid ‘war’ can be won; White House predicts 90,000 more deaths by March ↗
Hospital incursions by Covid deniers putting lives at risk, say health leaders []
27 January 2021 · aa.com.tr
Israel to sign Sudan normalization deal in 3 months ↗
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen visited Khartoum for talks with Sudanese officials []
26 January 2021 · edition.cnn.com
Xi Jinping touts coronavirus cooperation as China persists with vaccine disinformation push ↗
Addressing the world's economic elite on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that “containing the coronavirus is the most pressing task for the international community.[]
26 January 2021 · nytimes.com
Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land ↗
The president will announce a suite of executive actions on Wednesday to combat climate change, two people familiar with []
25 January 2021 · inform.kz
Japan and IOC deny Tokyo Olympic cancellation report ↗
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan reiterated on Friday their commitment to hosting the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied a report of a possible cancellation, Xinhua reports. []
25 January 2021 · bbc.com
China takes new foreign investment top spot from US ↗
China has overtaken the US as the world's top destination for new foreign direct investment, according to UN figures released on Sunday. []
22 January 2021 · edition.cnn.com
Japan determined to hold Tokyo Olympics despite cancellation rumors ↗
The Japanese government is determined that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, organizers said Friday, following an unconfirmed report that cancellation of the Games might be imminent. []
21 January 2021 · bbc.com
UK and EU in row over bloc’s diplomatic status ↗
A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc's ambassador in London. []
20 January 2021 · inform.kz
Basic priorities of Swedish Chairpersonship presented in OSCE in Vienna ↗
The first special meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) took place on January 14 in Vienna on the occasion of Sweden's assumption of the ch…