Daily Monitor

May 24, 2021

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court for first time since military coup

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in February. […]
May 26, 2021

EU summit: COVID, climate change top second-day agenda

EU leaders have hailed the introduction of a bloc-wide COVID pass to allow tourist travel over summer. Member states also pledged to donate at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries in 2021. […]
May 26, 2021

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to meet in Geneva on June 16

Joe Biden will meet Vladimir Putin in Geneva next month in their first face-to-face meeting as presidents, the White House has announced. […]
May 27, 2021

Minsk to host CIS summit on May 28

The next meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government will be held in Minsk on 28 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.
May 28, 2021

Biden move to investigate Covid origins opens new rift in US-China relations

Beijing reacts angrily to calls for WHO to carry out second phase of investigation, while US intelligence split on virus’s likely origin […]
May 31, 2021

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases continue to fall amid vaccination campaign

The number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey continued its downward trend as the country reported 6,933 new cases Sunday compared to 7,656 yesterday, according to the Health Ministry. […]
May 31, 2021

Zangezur corridor to strengthen ties with Turkey: Azerbaijani president

Ilham Aliyev says belt of land Turkic countries should pass through Armenia […]
June 1, 2021

China to support couples having third child

China will support couples who wish to have a third child, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) […]
June 2, 2021

JBS Moves to Reopen ‘Vast Majority’ of Plants After Cyberattack

JBS SA, the largest meat producer globally, has made “significant progress” to resolve the cyberattack that impacted its global operations and will have the “vast majority” of its plants operational on Wednesday. […]
June 3, 2021

White House announces global COVID-19 vaccine sharing plan

The Biden administration says it will share a stockpile of 25 million unused vaccine doses with the world. […]