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MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 01, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 01, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 01, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The U.S. remained open in holding talks with Iran over the 2015 nuclear deal even Iran turned down the offer and demanded Washington to lift the sanctions first. Source: The Times of Israel
  2. Moon Jae-In said South Korea committed to resolve historical issues to push for stronger cooperation with Japan and hinted at a trilateral cooperation with the U.S. Source: Yonhap News Agency
  3. Syria’s military reported that Israeli’s troops fired rockets from Golan Heights that landed in the southern Damascus area, marking another attack by Israel in less than a month. Source: Al Jazeera
WORLD
  1. The EU-Armenia Comprehensive Enhanced Partnership agreement finally came into force to boost Yerevan and Brussels relations after three years of ratification. Source: TASS
  2. The U.S. Federal judge granted approval to Facebook to pay $650M settlement money for illegally collected biometric data which violated the 2008 Illinois privacy law. Source: CGTN
  3. Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the CDC for widespread use in the U.S. immunization program in fighting the pandemic. Source: Reuters
REGIONS
  1. UN human rights officials reported that at least 18 protesters were killed in Dawei city, Bago and Yangon as Myanmar police used live fires to disperse the protesters. Source: CNA
  2. China’s Jiangxi province attempts to boost economic cooperation with BRI nations by investing $30.54 million to support competent enterprises to go global. Source: Xinhua Net
  3. Thai’s Ministry of Finance is preparing a financial package to support 137,000 government contract employees’ cost of living during the pandemic crisis. Source: Bangkok Post

 

CAMBODIA
  1. Japan’s government has provided a grant worth USD10.8 million to RGC in conducting the vessel traffic system development project in Sihanoukville province. Source: AKP
  2. The cabinet approved the draft law containing 6 chapters with 18 articles on COVID-19 prevention measures to slow down the spread of infection in the community. Source: AKP
  3. A shipment of 324,000 out of 1,296,00 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines will be arriving in Cambodia tomorrow, citing the statement by MoH, UNICEF, and WHO. Source: Khmer Times