ASEANEWS HEADLINES: DEMOCRACY-FREEDOM: YANGON- Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts some payments
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Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local official, as the World Bank halted payments to projects in the country that were made after the Feb 1 coup.
There have been daily protests and strikes by pro-democracy supporters for about three weeks, often drawing hundreds of thousands of people.
Violence broke out on the streets of the commercial hub of Yangon on Thursday after some in a crowd of about 1,000 military loyalists attacked pro-democracy supporters and media. Several people were beaten by groups of men, some armed with knives, others firing catapults and hurling stones, witnesses said.
At least two people were stabbed, video footage showed.In a separate incident, riot police fired tear gas into the Tamwe neighbourhood of Yangon to disperse a crowd protesting the replacement of a local official by the military, according to a witness and live-streamed video.
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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Friday, 7am, February 26, 2021
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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
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COVID-19 infection crosses 113.5 million globally as deaths cross are at 2.517 million.
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Deaths: 2,517,120:
Recovered :89,023,651.
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