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Myanmar Refugees Who Fled to Texas Fight for Democracy From Afar
On 5/28/21 at 8:27 AM EDT
At the age of 4, Sang Thang had to rely on his aunt s dress to shield him from mosquitoes as he slept during a perilous journey to flee Myanmar s military junta.
Fifteen years later, he is a member of a Burmese community in the U.S. that would welcome a similar cloak of protection for their homeland as it faces another onslaught from the armed forces.
He and his family faced persecution as members of a Christian minority living in the western Chin state, so a life-changing trip beckoned. The U.S. at that time was labeled as a second heaven for us and our community, said Thang, who is now 19. It was freedom and was where we could do anything.
Curbs on its CEO Warnig, a Putin ally, are also set to be lifted
The U.S. government will waive sanctions on the company behind Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Europe and its Chief Executive, a Washington source familiar with the plans and Germany’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.
A U.S. State Department report to be delivered to Congress as early as Wednesday concludes that Nord Stream 2 AG and CEO Matthias Warnig, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, engaged in sanctionable activity but that it was in the U.S. national interest to waive the sanctions, the source said.
Vaccine game-changer? US moves to waive IP on Covid vaccines
5 May, 2021 11:07 PM
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The Biden-Harris administration in the US is moving to waive intellectual property protections for Covid vaccines. Photo / Bloomberg
The Biden-Harris administration in the US is moving to waive intellectual property protections for Covid vaccines. Photo / Bloomberg
Derek Cheng is deputy political editor for the New Zealand Heraldderek.cheng@nzme.co.nz
The potential waiving of intellectual property protections on Covid-19 vaccines is being described as a game-changer that could help developing countries as well as New Zealand.
This morning US trade representative Katherine Tai said the Biden Harris US Administration will support waiving such protections.