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BANGKOK - Myanmars military junta on Sunday (Aug 1) declared itself caretaker government of the embattled country, with chief Min Aung Hlaing named as prime minister.

BANGKOK, July 31 (Bernama): The appointment of a special envoy to Myanmar is expected to be concluded during the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting next week.

Floods have affected thousands of residents in the countrys Kayin, Mon, Rakhine states, and Tanintharyi and Bago regions so far.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to press Myanmar’s military to stop violence and restore democracy, warning that with COVID-19 surging and hunger increasing, “the longer we delay, the more people die.”

YANGON (REUTERS) - Myanmars military ruler is looking for greater cooperation with the international community to contain the coronavirus, state media reported on Wednesday (July 28), as the South-east Asian country struggles with a surging wave of infections.

Efforts to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 in Myanmar should be implemented as soon as possible, said the chairman of the State Administration Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in the fifth coordination meeting on COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment held on July 26 via video conferencing.

YANGON - While it could be said that Myanmar made it relatively unscathed in the  the first and second wave, circumstances and mutated coronavirus variants meant that the country is witnessing high rates of infection and severity of symptoms in the third.

Nay Pyi Taw (NPT) - the capital of Myanmar and a Union area, consisting of Lewe, Pyinmana, Tatkone, Dakkinathiri, Ottarathiri, Zabuthiri, Pobbathiri and Zayyathiri Townships, directly placed under the Presidents control as Chapter 2 of the 2008 Constitution.

The World Bank, in a report dated July 26, forecasts that the economy is expected to contract by 18 percent in 2021 Fiscal Year, which will have detrimental implications for the lives, livelihood, poverty, and future growth of the country.

Soldiers nabbed 10 Thai women who were trying to sneak into Thailand from Myanmar via the border in Tak’s Mae Sot district.

Chinas growing presence in Myanmar, the Rohingya refugees, illegal immigration, and drug trafficking have serious security concerns for north east India, according to Indias Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.

Western European embassies, including the United States, issued a joint statement on July 23 urging the authorities to provide better health care to detainees in prisons.