As Catholics filed into Myanmar's grandest cathedral to mourn Pope Francis on Tuesday, a wartime power cut plunged the worship hall into a murky gloom.
BY AFP
The closure of dozens of illegal trade gates along the border with Thailand to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is causing shortages of everything from beer and energy drinks to detergent and cosmetics, highlighting the vast scale of informal trade with Thailand.
Private print and online news organisations were already under pressure when COVID-19 struck and some will not survive the economic fallout of the pandemic.
Vaccinations for children have resumed after a temporary pause due to COVID-19, but some parents aren’t yet taking their children to hospitals.
The extension of a deadline for a long-awaited tender for on-grid solar power from one to two months is unlikely to mute criticism about its tricky terms.
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