Daily Monitor

April 20, 2021

EU sanctions Myanmar generals as UN urges ASEAN action

EU measures are its toughest yet against military that has cracked down violently on protests against its February 1 coup. […]
April 21, 2021

Afghanistan peace talks in Turkey postponed

Negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban militants have once again hit a bump in the road. A top US military official has also raised doubts over the Taliban. […]
April 21, 2021

Xi to attend Biden’s climate change summit in first meeting of two leaders

China’s President Xi Jinping will attend a U.S.-led climate change summit on Thursday at the invitation of President Joe Biden, in the first meeting between the two leaders since the advent of the new U.S. administration. […]
April 22, 2021

US vows to cut its emissions at least 50% by 2030 ahead of climate summit

Move comes as the US scrambles to regain international credibility after the climate denialist presidency of Donald Trump […]
April 28, 2021

As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported

India, home to the world’s worst ongoing coronavirus outbreak, has reported more than 17.6 million cases since the pandemic began last year. […]
April 28, 2021

Japan approves world’s largest trade deal including China, ASEAN

Japan’s parliament on Wednesday approved participation in the world’s largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Kyodo reports. […]
April 30, 2021

An overhaul of the global tax system can wait no longer

The Covid-ravaged global economy is at a crossroads: we can commit to greater tax cooperation or risk a tax-driven trade war […]
April 30, 2021

Giants Tencent, Bytedance among companies reined in by China

Chinese regulators have called on 13 online platforms to adhere to tighter regulations in their financial divisions, as part of a wider push to rein in China’s tech giants. […]
May 4, 2021

France aims to spend €30bn on decarbonising its economy

France wants to spend €30 billion on decarbonising its economy, speeding up its target of becoming Europe’s first major country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. […]
May 4, 2021

G7 foreign ministers meet ahead of Cornwall summit

Ministers from the G7 met face-to-face for the first time in two years, ahead of a leaders’ summit in June. Top diplomats from the UK and US used a news conference to press Russia on its Ukraine “brinkmanship.” […]