Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist #SeniorCorrespondent #MyanmarTeamLeader @Reuters_in_Myanmar , Views are on my own.
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Don't go anywhere yet, Gooners...
Full post-match reaction AND the trophy lift will be on Live From N5 📺 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1lJQRRRBv…
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Meanwhile quite a line here: while Mandalay residents are digging survivors out of the rubble with their bare hands, the military is...shooting at Chinese Red Cross trucks, stopping aid at checkpoints and...setting up stages for Thingyan.
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ALT A woman in Mandalay, near the quake epicentre, told Reuters that authorities were building a stage for this month's Thingyan water festival, though many people were homeless, with bodies left under collapsed buildings.
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A moment of silence for Pe Kha Lau, the Burmese refugee who died after U.S aid cuts shut down the hospital she relied on for oxygen, at the U.S House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday.
Read her story, by @Shoon_Naing:
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Congressman Brad Sherman defends foreign aid
#USAID
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Open Letter to the Government of the Netherlands, Airbus SE's domicile, calling for scrutiny of Airbus' business with AVIC
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#AirBus2Airstrikes
#Airbusted
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#BloodMoneyCampaignMM
@eelcoheinen @SchoellhornMike
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A young child recovering from heart surgery is in one of the affected facilities. Relatives of patients discharged are "trying to find oxygen tanks" to bring home.
The effects of Trump’s aid freeze. Reporting with @panuw, @Shoon_Naing. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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A year into the historic 1027 offensive in #Myanmar, China is putting pressure on pro-democracy rebels by blocking the border and preventing crucial imports.
Reporting w/ @walone4 @Shoon_Naing @DevjyotGhoshal @slodek reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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‘A heavily pregnant woman and her 2-year-old daughter were among the victims in the attack, the single deadliest known assault on civilians in Rakhine during recent weeks of fighting.’
Reporting with @Shoon_Naing @DevjyotGhoshal. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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@Reuters found that it was the Arakan Army ethnic militia and not Myanmar’s military that was directly responsible for the May arson attacks on the town of Buthidaung in Rakhine state, resulting in at least 45 Rohingya deaths and leaving thousands homeless reut.rs/3Suz8sY
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Combatants of the Bamar People's Liberation Army - BPLA test-driving military tanks they seized from the Myanmar military in Northern Shan State.
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Myanmar resistance fighters pictured front of Loikaw University's convocation building after clashing with the Military junta. This snapshot went viral on social media, and the Myanmar junta army facing heavy attacks from its surroundings. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #loikaw #KNDF
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Latest stunning footage from sweeping #Myanmar resistance victories, appearing to show the surrender of wounded, exhausted troops holed up in a university in Kayah state.
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Myanmar poet turned anti-junta commander Maung Saungkha still finds time to write, he told me and @Shoon_Naing. “I wrote a poem about love last week,” he said. After the revolution, he said, he dreams of opening a bar for young veterans who have lost out on their youth.
Poet turned militia leader Maung Saungkha, one of the most prominent figures fighting for democracy in Myanmar, says his life now involves negotiating arms deals and dodging air strikes reut.rs/3QkWEZj
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Exclusive: Thailand seeking to re-engage Myanmar junta with ASEAN meeting reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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Unrestricted access to affected communities is required to deliver immediate lifesaving humanitarian assistance. Junta restriction of traveling and access to effected areas is a barbaric act. #CycloneMocha
@UNHCRMyanmar @pierre_peron @UNinMyanmar @ASEAN
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Here's the preliminary results of the Thai election based on the election commission
Move Forward: 151 seats (112 constituency, 39 party-list)
Pheu Thai: 141 seats (112 constituency, 29 party-list)
Bhumjaithai: 71 seats (68 constituency, 3 party-list)
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Proud of @Reuters #Myanmar team - our reporting on the military’s continuing atrocities has been shortlisted for @sopasia’s award for human rights reporting. @walone4 @Shoon_Naing @thuthuag @f_potkin @geddiejdk sopawards.com/the-sopa-award…
Finalists revealed for #SOPAwards2023: bit.ly/2023-awards-finalists 🏆
@sopasia is thrilled to share that we have received more than 800 entries in English & Chinese, while there were almost 20 in the Bahasa category. A hearty round of applause & congratulations to all our finalists!
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Myanmar's neighbours - including India & China - and some ASEAN members held secretive talks in New Delhi this week to discuss the crisis in the SE Asian nation.
They want to bring the @NUGMyanmar into the discussions at some point, one source told me:
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