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Vol. VIII, No. 55, 4 th Waxing of Nayon 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Sunday, 13 June 2021 Tomato price rises by over K 10,000 this year INSIDE TODAY NATIONAL Union Minister Dr Charlie Than inspects cotton ginning, textile factories in

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NATIONAL Kinpunchin farms provide family Earlier, the price of those tomatoes ranged between K23,000 and K25,000 per box (containing 18 visses). However, those tomatoes are now priced income in , at K 33,000 or K 35,000 per box. PHOTO: MIN HTET AUNG Magway region THE harvested tomatoes are en- wholesale market in Mandalay. different by K10,000 this year are fetching good prices. In com- tering Thiri Marlar fresh foods Earlier, the price of those toma- compared to that of last year. petition with the wholesale price, wholesale market. The tomato toes ranged between K23,000 This year, the price is unexpect- the highest price of the tomato price has been on the increase and K25,000 per box (containing edly high. The price rise can be was K1,000 per viss last year, but this year. 18 visses). However, those toma- attributed to transportation. The this year, the price ranges from This year, harvested tomato toes are now priced at K33,000 tomatoes from other regions are K1,700 to K1,800 per viss. price rose by K10,000 from last or K35,000 per box, said U Aung not as good as those from the In- Besides, other raw vegeta- year, said the tomato commodity Moe Naing from the Aung com- nlay region. Tomatoes from the bles such as cabbages, cauli- depots. modity depot in the Mandalay Innlay region are sustainable flowers, and carrots also have a Around eight or ten 12-wheel region. and convenient to send to the reasonable price. The growers trucks loaded with tomatoes “Currently, the tomatoes other regions,” he added. are making a good profit by cul- from Nyaung Shwe Innlay re- from the Innlay region are most- The tomatoes from the tivating them. — Min Htet Aung gion from are en- ly arriving at the market. The Innlay region are entering the (Mdy Sub-Printing House)/ PAGE5 tering Thiri Marlar fresh foods prevailing price of tomatoes is Mandalay market daily, and they GNLM 13 JUNE 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Nine Objectives

1. Political aairs (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international investment (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined in order to enhance the economic development of the entire National people. and genuine multiparty democratic system that is fair and just. (c) To promote and support local businesses to create employment opportu- (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace for the entire nation in nities and increase domestic production. line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among 3. Social aairs countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriot- ism. 2. Economic aairs (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions of all National peoples (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and livestock through modern and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national charac- techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the teristics. economy. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education quality of the entire nation.

Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council

1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the

law.

2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19.

4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and

further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

Price of exported low-quality rice stands at K23,000 per 108-pound bag due to bank withdrawal limit

THE price of exported up,” said U Than Oo. low-quality rice cannot go up Besides, there are only a and is fixed at only K23,000 per few companies that buy rice 108-pound bag because of the to export. The companies are bank withdrawal restriction, also buying rice to export it said Secretary U Than Oo of to Bangladesh. Therefore, the the Bayintnaung Rice Whole- price of the exported rice is not sale Centre. very competitive, he added. Although the rice traders “The price is not competi- have money in their savings tive in the rice market. Earlier, account, they are limited in the the purchasers bought the rice withdrawal of cash from their through border trade. The re- accounts. Thus, they are being tail sellers bought back from faced with limited trading and the traders as well. The rice cannot make cash payment for exporters have different for- their trading. eign markets such as the Eu- “As for our exporters, we ropean market, Asian market are trading the rice with for- and Bangladesh market. Only eign currency. Then, we have a competitive market makes exchanged foreign currency the rice sell well, and the price for Myanmar Kyat and have has also gone up,” said U Than to wait to get the cash from Oo. the bank. We have cash in our About 80,000 rice and saving accounts. But we can- broken rice bags were earli- not withdraw enough amount er traded daily at the Bayint- About 80,000 rice and broken rice bags were earlier traded daily at the Bayintnaung Rice Wholesale Centre. of cash from the bank. We naung Rice Wholesale Centre. But the trade volume plummeted to about 30,000 bags at present. have tried to connect with the But the trade volume plum- Myanma Economic Bank and connected banks are not able for the rice here, but we cannot bank. This is the reason why meted to about 30,000 bags at other private banks. Even the to pay the cash. We have to pay withdraw the money from the the price of the rice cannot go present. — NN/GNLM 13 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

MNMM MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNNM N Public security system N N N POLITICAL protests were staged after Tatmadaw had taken the State power. Although the situation of taking over the State responsibilities has been ex- plained many times, some people understood it, but some so didn’t. Now, sabotages are committed via insurgents. They attend the explosive and sabotage N N courses in the area of armed insurgents. They formed CRPH, NUG and PDF declared as unlawful associations to commit terrorist acts on the destruction route. Myanmar Police Force and administrative bodies are to join hands for taking security measures through the public security system. N N

(Excerpt from the speech to the State Administration Council meeting made by N the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 25 May 2021) N

MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNN Union Minister U Aung Naing Oo inspects investment activities in Sagaing Region UNION Minister for Investment tivities undertaken by the Com- and Foreign Economic Relations mittee and explained the future U Aung Naing Oo met with the investment promotion plan and Chairman and members of activities. Sagaing Region Administration Then, the Union Minister Council and Sagaing Region In- proceeded to the NCY Inter- vestment Committee members national Co., Ltd, manufactur- at the office of Sagaing Region er of milling machines for rice Administration Council’s meet- and other crops in the Monywa ing room in Monywa on the Industrial Zone. The Director morning of 12 June 2021. of the company briefed the cur- At the meeting, the Union rent business operation and Minister discussed the invest- raised the issues encountered ment promotion and facilitation by the company. After hearing matters to promote the citizen the report, the Union Minister and foreign investments under coordinated and facilitated the the Myanmar Investment Law, Union Minister U Aung Naing Oo discusses with the Chairman and members of the Sagaing Region requirements of the company. Administration Council and Sagaing Region Investment Committee members at the oce of the Sagaing rules and regulations. He also During his inspection tour, Region Administration Council’s meeting room in Monywa on the morning of 12 June 2021. urged the Region Committee to the Union Minister met with monitor and provide necessary (MIC) and endorsed by Region service sectors by creating an Council and Chairman of Re- the business communities from assistance to the existing invest- Investment Committee. He also investor-friendly environment. gion Investment Committee U Sagaing Region and coordinated ments permitted by the Myan- encouraged facilitating citizen After that, Chairman of the Maung Maung Linn discussed and fulfilled the needs of the in- mar Investment Committee investment in manufacturing and Sagaing Region Administration the investment promotion ac- vestors and traders.—MNA Union Minister Dr Charlie Than inspects cotton ginning, textile factories in Mandalay

UNION Minister for Industry Dr Charlie Than visited the cot- ton ginning factory in Township of yesterday. During his visit, the factory in charge presented the facto- ry’s processes, and the Union Minister instructed the need to repair the cotton ginning machines and make preparations to ensure the security and fire danger of the factory. The Union Minister and party then went to No (8) garment factory of . After an explanation by the fac- tory’s head, the Union Minister highlighted training courses for the factory workers in order to promote the production rate, increasing local production rate as import substitution and cooperation work to resume the suspended factories. Moreover, the Union Minister inspected the cotton ginning factory in and instructed the necessary things on the factory workers.—MNA

Union Minister for Industry Dr Charlie Than inspects the cotton ginning factory in Mandalay Region yesterday. 13 JUNE 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Community Centre opened in Lashio

Union Minister for Information room, library, sports hall, mul- U Chitt Naing attended the open- ti-purpose hall, meeting hall and ing ceremony of the Community Sarpay Beikman bookstall. Centre in Lashio yesterday. During the second part of The centre was jointly the event, the Union Minister constructed by the ministry made an opening remark. He and Shan State Administration said it should carry out for the Council. sake of region and country as The Union Minister, Shan the Community Centre is estab- State Administration Council lished for the youths to support Chairman Dr Kyaw Tun and their studies, know what is right North-East Command Com- and what is wrong, and provide mander Brig-Gen Naing Naing proper knowledge for Lashio Oo pressed the ceremonial but- residents. ton to unveil the Community Then, the Shan State Ad- Centre building. Then, the offi- ministration Council Chairman cials inspected the public booths, remarked and concluded the computer room, kids’ reading event. — MNA

Union Minister Dr Thet Thet Khine makes inspection tour to

UNION Minister for Social Wel- Min, Chairmen of the District/ fare, Relief and Resettlement Township Administration Bod- Dr Thet Thet Khine inspected ies and responsible persons the condition of the cyclone explained the construction shelter built by the “Marked works. The Union Minister and Panorama Co., Ltd” with 100 party inspected the shelter. million kyats from the fund of Afterwards, the Union National Disaster Manage- Minister and party arrived at ment on 11 June in Padaung the Pre-Primary School, town, Bago Region. inspected the school prepara- During the inspection, tions, and met the staff cor- Member of the Bago Region dially.—MNA Administration Council U Aung

Sagaing Govt releases 200,000 fingerlings into Ayeyawady River 166 new cases of ACCORDING to the regional ies Department adds finger- COVID­19 department, the Department lings in Ayeyawady River to of Fisheries released 200,000 conserve the fish resources and reported on fingerlings into the Ayeyawady meet the local demand yearly,” 12 June, total River of the Sagaing Region he added. †gure rises to yesterday. The officials released Deputy Minister for Agri- 200,000 fingerlings—100,000 145,230 culture, Livestock and Irriga- Labeo rohita, 50,000 Common tion Dr Aung Gyi, Director-Gen- carp and 50,000 Barbus fish into MYANMAR’S COVID-19 posi- eral, Deputy Director-General the Ayeyawady River. tive cases rose to 145,230 after and other officials of the depart- The fish are annually add- 166 new cases were reported on 12 June 2021 according to ment concerned joined that fish ed to the rivers and dams to the Ministry of Health and planting ceremony, said U AL support the sustainable devel- Sports. Among these con- Tuu Rein, deputy director of opment of fisheries, poverty al- firmed cases, 132,830 have district Fisheries Department. leviation, development of fish- been discharged from hospi- “The fish population de- ery products, proper income of tals. Death toll stands at 3,241 clines in the rivers and creeks marine workers and the local after two died. —MNA for many reasons. The Fisher- populace.—Khine Zaya/GNLM

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Kinpunchin farms provide family income in Minbu, Over 243,000 outpatients Magway region provided with healthcare SENEGALIA rugata farms that are planted along with tradi- tional agricultural farming are at military hospitals another way of generating the MILITARY hospitals and operations and 5,861 minor family income in Kyauktan vil- temporary emergency operations. Senior doctors lage, Minbu (Sagu) Township, hospitals in the townships treat severe cases. These Magway Region. of regions and states give hospitals managed for the Three months after plant- medical treatments to the birth of 14,114 babies, while ing, sprouts can be picked to people to solve their difficul- 14,114 pregnant women sell, and with good irrigation ties in healthcare services. were taken to the respec- and weeding every six days, the A total of 243,386 outpa- tive military hospitals. shoots can be picked every two tients and 71,990 inpatients It is reported that Tatmad- days and can be sold all year reached these hospitals aw will continue to acceler- round. from 5 February to date. ate the cooperation to de- The plants can be cultivated rugata are useful, the branches plants, are sold K4,500 per viss. Senior medical experts, velop the public healthcare three feet apart from one anoth- are cut off to pick the sprouts It is suggested to cultivate the medics and nurses have sector. — MNA er. It is necessary to cut off the without letting the fruits bear. plants that provide the family conducted 11,349 major lateral branches. Though both The Senegalia rugata income. — Zeya Htet (Minbu)/ fruits and leaves of Senegalia leaves, one of the medicinal GNLM 13 JUNE 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Dr Htar Htar Lin under arrest for involving in CDM, assisting terrorist organization NUG

DR HTAR HTAR LIN, Director of the Expanded Vaccination Programme of 9. Dr Nyein Nyein Chit (member) the Ministry of Health and Sports, disconnected herself from the ministry 10. Dr Khin Nyein Chan (member) and involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) without clearing the 11. Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (member) K161.198-million balance of the expanded vaccination programme. A case was 12. Dr San Thanda (member) filed on 20 February 2021 against her at Payagone Police Station under Section Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (Former Health Officer in Bilin Township) was reportedly 505-A of the Penal Code. She was arrested on the roadside of Nawaday in Yaw- appointed as group leader of State Health Admin Team (SHAT), which is under mingyi ward, , on 10 June 2021. Public Health Team, along with ten members as follows: According to her confession, she was not only involved in the CDM and 1. Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (Group Leader) formed the CDM Core Group together with other CDM doctors but also colluded 2. Dr Naing Naing Tun (member) with terrorist NUG, which was declared an illegal and terrorist group. 3. Dr Shruk Parl (member) She added that fugitive Zaw Wai Soe, appointed as Health Minister by NUG, 4. Dr Aung Kyi (member) contacted her through Signal Application to help him as much as possible. She 5. Dr Deni Lin (member) was frequently communicated by fugitive Zaw Wai Soe via Zoom Meeting and 6. Dr Hnin Ei Phyu (member) asked her to help write an encouraging speech for CDM staff. In addition to writ- 7. Dr Chit Ko Han (member) ing encouraging speeches, she had to write programmes for NUG’s healthcare 8. Dr Su Su Hlaing (member) activities and prepare charts and information for the Zoom Meeting. 9. Dr Zat Lwan Khaung (member) Fugitive Zaw Wai Soe assigned Dr Htar Htar Lin to compile a list of medicines 10. Dr Kyaw Thu Swe (member) used in NUG’s healthcare activities and calculate the demographic, necessary It is also learned that plans are underway to form Township Health Admin drugs, and expenses. In addition, she was reportedly instructed to calculate Teams (THAT) and, to link between SHAT and THAT online, the Clinicians Team US$8 million for six months’ medical expenses related to terror acts nationwide. was formed with five doctors, including Dr San Thanda, as follows: They planned to receive US$8 million healthcare aid by a Grant Proposal from 1. Dr San Thanda (Group Leader) international donors. 2. Dr Maung Maung Nyein Tun (member) Dr Htar Htar Lin, under fugitive Zaw Wai Soe’s control, was appointed as 3. Dr Swe Zin Oo (member) the group leader of the Public Health Team. Twelve (12) absconded doctors, 4. Dr Ye Zin Aung (member) who were also involved in CDM, acted as members. 5. Dr Ze Min Tun (member) 1. Dr Htar Htar Lin (Group Leader) Therefore, 12 doctors, including Dr Htar Htar Lin from Public Health 2. Dr Thu Zar Chit Tin (member) Team, ten doctors from SHAT and five doctors from the Clinicians Team, will 3. Dr Myo Myo Mon (member) be charged and prosecuted under Section 505-A of the Penal Code for acting as 4. Dr Aung Soe Htet (member) per the instructions of fugitive Zaw Wai Soe and terrorist organization NUG, 5. Dr Htoo Myint Swe (member) and under Section 17 (1) for colluding with the illegal organization. 6. Dr Cho Cho San (member) It is announced for the public to inform the nearest local battalions and 7. Dr Su Su Lin (member) police stations if the suspects are found, and those who hide them will be taken 8. Dr Lwin Mar Hlaing (member) effective actions under the law. 13 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR PANDEMIC: WORLD 7 Moscow sounds alarm EMA chief urges worldwide vaccine over virus surge access, after G7 vow

THE Moscow mayor on Friday sounded the alarm over a spike in is still spawning new variants. coronavirus cases saying Covid-19 was becoming more difficult Despite a slow start, the EU to treat as city authorities posted the highest number of daily has become one of the world's infections since January. better protected regions, thanks "We expected that the spring pandemic peak would fall on to a stable of four vaccines ap- April-May just like last year," mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in proved by the EMA since De- televised remarks. cember -- Pfizer/BioNTech, Mod- "But now we're seeing that it has shifted towards June-July." erna, AstraZeneca and Johnson Sobyanin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, estimated & Johnson. that around half of Moscow residents had by now some level of "To be honest, I thought immunity against the virus. we would be much further be- "At the same time we are seeing just how aggressive Covid hind. The fact that we have four is," he said, stressing that it was becoming more difficult to treat it. vaccines authorised within 15 "Quite a lot of Muscovites are in intensive care on ventilators," months of the declaration of a he said. "The danger is real." — AFP pandemic is exceptional," said EMA chief Emer Cooke is condent current vaccines are e ective Cooke, speaking via Zoom. against all di erent Covid variants, but warned that could "change quickly". PHOTO: AFP 'Variants are controlled' THE head of the European vaccine -- came as G7 leaders But the emergence of new Medicines Agency told AFP on met in Britain to discuss how to variants has presented a new Friday that all countries must recover from the pandemic. challenge, particularly the Delta have access to coronavirus vac- "This is not within the com- variant which first emerged in cines, as G7 leaders were set to petence of the EMA so I can only India. "So far we're confident that pledge one billion doses for poor speak from a personal perspec- the circulating variants are con- nations. tive, where I really believe we trolled by the vaccines. But it can Emer Cooke added in an need to ensure access, availa- change very quickly," Cooke said. interview that while the Am- bility and access throughout the The EMA has been working sterdam-based watchdog was world, not just in the countries with vaccine makers to make Tourists walk along the Red Square in front of St. Basil cathedral in confident current vaccines were that have the means to pay for sure they could adapt their jabs Moscow on November 6, 2020. PHOTO: ALEXANDER NEMENOV AFP effective against all different them," Cooke said. if needed, she said. variants, that could "change Campaigners say the G7's Another hurdle has been is- quickly". pledge for this year and next -- sues over the AstraZeneca and NEWS The comments by Ireland's including 500 million US doses Johnson & Johnson vaccines, IN Cooke -- who took over at the -- is far too little, too late to end a particularly over rare and oc- BRIEF EMA late last year as it plunged pandemic that has claimed over casionally fatal blood clots. — into the scramble for a Covid 3.7 million lives worldwide and AFP UK Covid heroes dominate Queen's honours list

QUEEN Elizabeth II will recognize those responsible for Britain's Migrant school forced online by Covid successful Covid-19 vaccine rollout in her annual Birthday Honours list, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Sarah Gilbert, lead devel- unites children on Mexico border oper of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and Kate Bingham, the STANDING in her kitchen Alma of the Rio Grande River, which havoc on so many aspects of life, former chair of Britain's vaccine taskforce, are both to receive dame- Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a separates the two countries. it has been a busy time for the hoods—one of the highest honours bestowed by the monarch. small board in front of her phone, Her pupils -- Adalid, Kimber- Sidewalk School, which was op- Bingham said she was "humbled" to be recognized, paying hoping the students watching on ly, Osval and a handful of others erating in-person in one migrant tribute to National Health Service (NHS) workers who have "risked the other end are paying attention -- are fellow migrants, many of encampment in Matamoros and their health and their lives in ghting Covid. "The development of to the math lesson she is teach- whom are located some 90 kilo- now reaches children in several vaccines has been a triumph of scientic and industrial collabora- ing. The 38-year-old Honduran metres (55 miles) away in Reyno- cities along the border. tion," she added. "Just a year ago we were assembling an unproven migrant had dreamed of settling sa, another border town, where a In its online format, the pro- portfolio of vaccines for the UK. "Yet in the last six months nearly in the United States but so far has camp of approximately 700 people gramme has welcomed students 70 million vaccine doses have provided unprecedented protection only made it to the Mexican city of has been established. previously too embarrassed by and saved thousands of lives." — AFP Matamoros, located on the banks While Covid-19 has wreaked their lack of education to set foot in a classroom. The class- Start-up launches India's rst Covid home es, which are taught by asylum seekers who are former teach- test kit ers or teaching assistants, are INDIAN start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inex- on everything from writing to pensive Covid-19 home test kit -- the country's rst -- will help the math and even yoga, and offer massive South Asian nation better track the pandemic's spread rare comfort to students in cities among its 1.3-billion people. stretching from Tijuana on the CoviSelf was launched earlier this month and is the rst home Pacific coast to Matamoros near testing kit to be approved in India, which is slowly emerging from a the Gulf of Mexico. brutal second wave that overwhelmed its hospitals and crematori- Serrano Ramirez's students, ums, with almost 30 million infected so far and over 350,000 dead. who hail from Honduras, Guate- But many experts suspect that the real numbers are much mala and Haiti, are among the higher, blaming insu¢cient testing and inaccurate recording of the countless refugees still flocking cause of patient deaths. The start-up, which also makes PCR tests to the US border, convinced that to detect HIV infections, says that widespread access to CoviSelf Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez points to a storm cloud on a chart during President Joe Biden's new ad- -- sold for 250 rupees ($3.40) -- would reduce pressure on overbur- an online class she teaches from her home in Matamoros, Mexico on ministration will let them in -- if dened laboratories and improve infection tracking. — AFP May 25, 2021. PHOTO: AFP only they ask. — AFP 13 JUNE 2021 13 JUNE 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE  NATIONAL 9 Join hands to save ` G7 summit: Leaders set to announce global Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 12 June 2021) environment with pandemic prevention plan BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (17:30) hrs MST today, the low pressure area over the Northwest Bay G7 leaders are on Saturday set to agree a joint declaration aimed at preventing another pandemic, as of Bengal and adjoining Odisha and West Bengal Coasts(India) might and main still persists. Monsoon is strong to vigorous over the Andaman they resume wide-ranging talks at their rst in-person summit in almost two years. Sea and Bay of Bengal. IVING creatures and trees cannot be separated in the SPECIAL FEATURE: According to the observations at ecosystem, and each of them cannot stand tall alone in HE group of leading econ- ily photo and opening session night. (17:30) MST today, the tropical storm ‘Koguma’ over the Tokin the world. omies - Britain, Canada, on “building back better” from The collective steps include L Bay still persists. It is forecast to move West-Northwestwards. An unbalanced situation of both sides cannot build a favourable France, Germany, Italy, Covid-19, the leaders spent the slashing the time taken to devel- T FORECAST VALID UNTIL MORNING OF THE 13 June environment. Nature judges that extreme extraction of natural Japan and the United States - evening at a reception hosted by op and licence vaccines, treat- resources, including biodiversity, will trigger danger to living will also try to showcase Western Queen Elizabeth II at Cornwall’s ments and diagnostics for any 2021: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Lower creatures, including humans. democratic cohesion against a Eden Project. future disease to under 100 days, Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway regions, fairly widespread in Nowadays, extreme extraction causes the remarkable deple- resurgent China and recalcitrant A renowned attraction show- while reinforcing global surveil- Kachin, Kayah states and widespread in the remaining re- tion of fish resources, accounting for 30 per cent in coastal areas . casing the world’s ecological lance networks. gions and states with likelihood of regionally heavyfalls in owned by global countries, including Myanmar. In fact, more than They will be joined by the riches, the site also hosted a G7 The leaders will vow to and isolated heavyfalls in Bago, Yangon, Ay- 3,000 million of the global population relies on coastal areas and leaders of Australia, South Afri- meeting with Prince Charles and boost genomic sequencing ca- eyawady,Taninthayi regions and Kayin, Mon states. Degree marine biodiversity for their livelihoods. ca and South Korea, along with 10 international business leaders pacity, and support reforms to of certainty is (100%). Currently, dirties and India taking part remotely, as the to discuss ramping up sustaina- strengthen the World Health STATE OF THE SEA: Occasional squalls with rough seas waste mostly discarded from agenda broadens to foreign policy ble growth. Organization (WHO), according inland areas are imposing issues and climate change. The G7 this weekend will also to Johnson’s government, which will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface Hence, all the threats on fish resources The G7 is meeting face to tackle climate change, and safe- like the US wants China to al- wind speed in squalls may reach (40)mph. Wave height will and ecosystems. Conse- face for the first time since 2019, guarding global biodiversity, to low new access to WHO experts be about (9-13) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. global peo- quently, deficiency of fish at a beachside venue in Cornwall, lay the groundwork for the UN’s to determine how Covid-19 first OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Increase resources and deterioration southwest England, after the pivotal COP26 environmental emerged. of rain in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi regions and in the ecosystem will be a coronavirus led to the cancella- summit in Scotland in November. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Shan, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon states. burden for the living crea- tion of last year›s summit. The leaders are debating Ghebreyesus, criticized in some ple, includ- (L R) President of the European Council Charles Michel, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Germany’s FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING tures, especially for human The leaders opened the a pledge to protect at least 30 Chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US quarters for being too accommo- AREA FOR 13 June 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. beings. three-day summit Friday with per cent of the world’s land and President Joe Biden, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy’s Prime minister Mario Draghi and President dating of China, welcomed the ing those of Indeed, climate change expectations of a pledge to donate oceans by 2030. of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen attend a working sesssion at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, health pact. Degree of certainty is (100%). does never base on a single one billion vaccine doses to poor Cornwall on June 11, 2021. PHOTO: AFP And he said the UN agency FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA factor. Hence, the climate countries this year and next - NATO meeting “I’ll tell you (about it) after “For the first time today the sons from the last 18 months would examine a British propos- FOR 13 June 2021: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree Myanmar, change pushed by various much too slow to end the crisis Most of the leaders will re- I’ve delivered it,” Biden told re- world’s leading democracies and doing it differently next time al to create a “Global Pandemic of certainty is (100%). factors severely affects the now, campaigners said. convene on Monday in Brussels porters Friday. have come together to make around”. Radar” to send early warnings of FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING should par- whole ecosystem formed US President Joe Biden ar- for a NATO meeting, before Bid- The G7 is expected to final- sure that never again will we be future outbreaks. AREA FOR 13 June 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. with living creatures and rived with a message of solidarity en heads on to his first summit ise the “Carbis Bay Declaration” caught unawares,” British Prime ‘Pandemic radar’ “The world needs a stronger Degree of certainty is (80%). plants. If so, it is difficult for and resolve in stark contrast to with President Vladimir Putin comprising a series of commit- Minister Boris Johnson said in The declaration will be pub- global surveillance system to de- ticipate in humans to struggle for sur- the isolationist stance of his pre- in Geneva, vowing to deliver a ments to prevent a repeat of the remarks released ahead of the lished Sunday alongside the G7’s tect new epidemic and pandemic vival in the terrible impacts decessor Donald Trump. blunt message about Russian devastation wreaked by the coro- summit’s second day. final communique, following a risks,” Tedros said. EARTHQUAKE NEWS based on climate change. After the traditional fam- behaviour. navirus. “That means learning les- beachside barbecue on Saturday SOURCE: AFP A slight earthquake of magnitude (3.6) Richter Scale with preventive They have to take adequate its epicenter inside Myanmar (about 6 miles south-southeast time to recover their struc- of Indaw), latitude 24.13°N, longitude 96.17°E, depth 4 kilom- measures tures. eters, about 11 miles west-southwest of Katha seismological Currently, calamities Guterres: Vaccines should be considered ‘global public goods’ observatory was recorded at (05)hr (23)min (44)sec MST on and pandemics are impos- 12th June, 2021. against en- ing threats on the global Lifesaving COVID€19 vaccines should be considered “global public goods”, the UN chief told journalists on Fri- populace due to their undis- ciplined acts undermining day, covering the G7 Summit of leading industrialized nations taking place in the United Kingdom. vironmental the environment such as logging of trees, too much PEAKING via videolink in couraged by the announcement regarding a $50 billion programme dom to donate more than half a institutions to define and imple- tion”, he said calling on the G7 to tapping of underground wa- London, Secretary-General made ahead of the G7, by the Inter- to support vaccination delivery in billion doses to nations least able ment a plan. create a global net zero coalition deterioration ter, changing of geographical SAntónio Guterres said there national Monetary Fund (IMF) to- developing countries. to afford them. “We need really those who for 2050; to support adaptation conditions including mining, was no other way of defeating a gether with the World Bank, World He was also heartened by Mr Guterres welcomed UK have the power…to organize an for the resilience of populations extreme storage of water in virus that spreads across devel- Health Organization (WHO) and the recent announcements of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s effective response to COVID and and societies; and to finance de- in all aspects dams, unlimited extraction oping countries “like wildfire” and World Trade Organization (WTO), United States and United King- announcement that he expects the only way to be effective…is veloping countries so they may of fish resources and timber, risks mutating, other than through the G7 to provide a billion pledged guaranteeing that everybody will target mitigation and address the for beneting and undisciplined littering. equitable, mass vaccination, add- doses by the end of the summit. be vaccinated sooner rather than climate change impacts already Seawater pollution ing that shots need to be “available At war with the virus later”, he said. upon them. based on the leak of crude and affordable to all”. “We are at war” with the coro- G7’s climate action Paving the way forward themselves. oil and frequencies of mod- “That is not only a matter of navirus, he said, that continues to The UN chief said climate ac- In closing, the Secretary-Gen- ern-sounding machines in- fairness and justice but it’s also cause “tremendous suffering” and tion was his other priority for the eral expressed hope that the G7 stalled at ocean liners caus- a question of efficiency”, he said, destroy the global economy. first in-person G7 meeting since meeting “will help pave the way es long term extraction of clean fish resources, food sufficiency, pointing out that mutations “abide To defeat the virus, we must the pandemic began, as the world’s for new and important decisions plenty of marine biodiversity and health and socio-economic by Darwin’s laws of evolution” – “boost our weapons”, he added, average temperature continues to in the future”. development of humans. As the domino effect, the collapse of one meaning that the worst viruses calling for a “global vaccina- rise, almost to the point where the “I think it is absolutely essen- kind of natural resources will deteriorate the societies of living tend to survive, multiply and even- tion plan”. international scientific community tial to guarantee that” through creatures and forests one after another. At that time, it is neces- tually disable the vaccines. The Secretary-General spoke says is “the limit” to avoid “cata- the COP 26 [UN climate confer- sary to take adequate time for rebuilding favourable societies. Vaccination programmes so of his proposal for vaccine-produc- strophic developments”. ence] in Glasgow, he said, warning Hence, all the global people, including those of Myanmar, far, have been “unequal and very ing countries to come together in “To a certain extent, we are that it may prove to be “the last should participate in preventive measures against environmental unfair”, the UN chief said. an emergency task force support- on the verge of the abyss and… opportunity” to make the right deterioration in all aspects for benefiting themselves. Reasons for hope A woman receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine in ed by WHO, the vaccine alliance we need to make sure that the decisions. Mr Guterres said he was en- Siaya, Kenya. PHOTO: AFP GAVI and international financial next step is in the right direc- SOURCE: UN 13 JUNE 2021 10 WORLD: ROLLING UPDATES THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR S. Korea rulings on wartime cases may reflect judges’ conviction

COURT rulings have emerged labour. compulsory execution for com- lately in South Korea that upset Presiding Judge Kim Yang pensation follows a ruling in fa- civic group supporters of liberal Ho said that while the plain- vor of the plaintiffs, and if an in- President Moon Jae In’s gov- tiffs have not lost their right to ternational court subsequently ernment over wartime labour claim damages as individuals rules against South Korea over compensation and “comfort under a 1965 claims settlement the case, that would damage the women”,two issues that have agreement signed alongside a country’s relations with Japan bedeviled relations between treaty normalizing ties between and the United States, and its Japan and South Korea. the two countries, such a right national security. According to one judicial cannot be exercised through The court went so far as source, what lay behind those lawsuits. to say that Japan’s economic rulings, which dismissed Kore- The decision was in line cooperation provided under the an plaintiffs’ demand for damag- Plaintis speak to reporters after the Seoul Central District Court’s with the Japanese government’s 1965 accord “greatly contribut- es from Japanese government dismissal of their wartime labor compensation lawsuit on June 7, 2021. position that the issue of com- ed to (South Korea’s) economic and corporations, was judges’ PHOTO: KYODO NEWS pensation was resolved “finally growth.” It also cast doubt on personal “conviction” that is un- against 16 Japanese compa- The ruling was contrary to and completely” by the bilateral the 2018 Supreme Court ruling’s restrained by the political winds nies by 85 plaintiffs and their South Korean Supreme Court agreement, under which Japan acceptance of the “illegality” of of the day. bereaved families who say they rulings in 2018 that had or- provided South Korea with $300 Japanese colonial rule, saying On Monday, the Seoul Cen- were made to work for them dered two Japanese companies million in grants and $200 mil- it is merely an interpretation tral District Court dismissed during Japan’s 1910-1945 coloni- to compensate South Korean lion in loans. under domestic law. — Kyodo a damages lawsuit brought al rule of the Korean Peninsula. plaintiffs for wartime forced The ruling said that if a News

Macron announces Sahel troop Foreign businesses shocked by rollout of drawdown, calls for new force China’s anti-sanctions law PRESIDENT Emmanuel Ma- desert and spans half a dozen cron on Thursday announced countries. a major drawdown of France’s “The time has come: Our military presence in the Sahel commitment in the Sahel will where forces have been battling not continue in the same way,” jihadist insurgents for nearly a Macron said. “We will under- decade. take a profound transformation At a news conference, Ma- of our military presence in the cron said the existing Barkhane Sahel.” operation would end, with Details of the framework France’s presence becoming would be given in coming part of the so-called Takuba in- weeks, he said. ternational task force in which The Barkhane operation “hundreds” of French soldiers dates back to an initial deploy- would form the “backbone”. ment undertaken from January France currently has 5,100 2013 as Paris sought to respond troops in the arid and volatile to growing instability in the re- Sahel region, which stretches gion caused by Islamist mili- across Africa under the Sahara tants. — AFP

The view of Suzhou Industrial Park. PHOTO: VCGXINHUA CHINA’S quick rollout of a law against US and EU pressure over of transparency and speed of against foreign sanctions has left trade and human rights. this process,” European Cham- European and American compa- The move also came just ber president Joerg Wuttke told nies shocked and facing “irrec- a week after US President Joe AFP, referring to the passing oncilable” compliance issues, Biden expanded a blacklist of of the new law. With the fresh two top business groups said Chinese companies in which rules prohibiting organizations Friday, despite Beijing saying Americans are not allowed to from implementing what Bei- the move would unlikely impact invest -- allowing Beijing to now jing deems discriminatory and investment. hit back at those who formulate restrictive measures, “foreign The anti-insurgency eort has cost the lives of 50 French soldiers, The law came into effect or comply with foreign sanctions. firms remain very much stuck prompting calls in France for a review of Barkhane’s mission. on Thursday, adding to China’s “European companies in between a rock and a hard place,” PHOTO: AFP toolbox as it builds its defences China are shocked by the lack he said.— AFP Indonesia dengue fever study offers hope in disease battle DENGUE fever infections Results of the three-year talization also fell by 86 per cent Mada university. The trial involved releas- dropped dramatically in an study, published in the New in Wolbachia-treated areas of “The 77 per cent figure is ing Wolbachia into the mosqui- Indonesian study where a England Journal of Medicine Yogyakarta, a city on Java is- honestly quite fantastic for a to population across specific bacteria was introduced into this week, found that infecting land where the experiment was transmittable disease and we’re parts of Yogyakarta to measure disease-carrying mosquitoes, dengue-carrying mosquitoes conducted, researchers said. very grateful with the result,” how it impacted the incidence offering hope in the battle with a harmless bacteria called The study was conducted said Adi Utarini, a public-health of infections among three- to against an illness that sickens Wolbachia led to a 77 per cent by the World Mosquito Program researcher from Gadjah Mada 45-year-olds. millions annually around the drop in human cases. at Monash University in Aus- university who was a co-lead It has now been expanded to world. Infections requiring hospi- tralia and Indonesia’s Gadjah on the study. other parts of the city. — AFP 13 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR SCITECHENVIRON: WORLD 11 Norway sees oil in its future despite warnings

NORWAY, Western Europe’s electric car sales, the Scandi- biggest oil producer, plans to navian country aims to reduce continue exploration and drilling its greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades, the govern- by between 50 and 55 per cent ment said Friday, despite con- by 2030, and to almost nothing cerns about its impact on the by 2050. climate. But it is regularly criticized In a white book on its en- for the CO2 emissions generated ergy future, Oslo said it wanted abroad by the oil it exports. to “extend the current practice While Oslo regularly cites with regular concession cycles the need for a “green transition”, on the Norwegian continental it still relies heavily on oil and shelf to give the industry access gas revenues for its public fi- to new prospecting zones.” nances, trade balance (account- The Norwegian position ing for 42 per cent of exports of contrasts sharply with that of goods), employment (more than the International Energy Agen- 200,000 jobs are either directly or cy (IEA), which recently warned indirectly linked to the sector) that all future fossil fuel projects and to keep rural Norway pop- must be scrapped if the world is We will supply energy to the world as long as the demand exists,” Norwegian and Energy Minister ulated. The black gold is also the Tina Bru says. PHOTO: AFP STATOILSCANPIX to reach net-zero carbon emis- reason Norway’s 5.4 million in- sions by 2050. Minister Tina Bru told a press facilitates profitable oil and gas Keen to present itself as habitants today have the world’s “We will supply energy to conference. production in the framework of a role model with its efforts to biggest sovereign wealth fund, the world as long as the demand “The government will there- the Norwegian climate policy fight deforestation in the trop- worth a whopping $1.36 trillion exists,” Petroleum and Energy fore maintain an oil policy that and our climate goals,” she said. ics and being a world leader in (1.13 trillion euros). — AFP

US tells J&J millions of vaccine doses from Motor neurone disease linked troubled plant can’t be used to ‘vigorous exercise’ use. Each batch is known to cor- FREQUENT strenuous ex- some time that exercise was a respond to several million doses. ercise increases the risk of risk factor for MND, but until Neither the agency nor J&J developing motor neurone now this link was considered revealed the precise number of disease for those genetically controversial,” said Johnathan doses, but The New York Times predisposed to the illness, ac- Cooper-Knock of the University placed the number at 60 million, cording to research published of Sheffield. quoting people familiar with the on Friday. “This study confirms that matter. “These actions followed The findings, published in some people, frequent stren- an extensive review of records, in the journal EBioMedicine, uous exercise leads to an in- including the production history “show a causal relationship crease in the risk of MND. of the facility and the testing per- between exercise and MND, “It is important to stress formed to evaluate the quality of with high-intensity physical ac- that we know that most people the product,” said FDA scientist tivity likely to contribute to mo- who undertake vigorous exer- Peter Marks. tor neurone injury, but only in cise do not develop MND.” An employee of McKesson Corp. places the Johnson & Johnson The Emergent plant was or- individuals with a predisposing “The next step is to identify coronavirus vaccine into a transport container in Shepherdsville, Ky., on dered to pause production in April genetic profile,” said the study which individuals specifically Monday. PHOTO: TIMOTHY D. EASLEY  POOL AFP several weeks after it was deter- by a team at the University of are at risk of MND if they ex- THE US Food and Drug Admin- tamination issues. mined that batches of substance Sheffield. ercise frequently and inten- istration said Friday it had told In a statement, the FDA used to produce the J&J vaccine High-profile sportsmen to sively, and how much exercise Johnson & Johnson that millions said “several” batches of vaccine were cross-contaminated with in- have developed MND include increases that risk,” he added. of doses of Covid vaccine pro- manufactured at the Emergent gredients from the AstraZeneca Scotland rugby union interna- The neurodegenerative duced at a troubled plant can’t BioSolutions facility in the city vaccine, ruining a reported 15 tional Doddie Weir, footballer condition, which affects around be used because of possible con- of Baltimore are not suitable for million J&J doses. — AFP Stephen Darby and late South 5,000 people in Britain, hinders African rugby World Cup win- messages sent from the brain ner Joost van der Westhuizen. to muscles in the body, causing Mouse sperm stored on ISS produces healthy young “We have suspected for them to waste away. — AFP

TURNS out the comic books back to Earth and rehydrated, it colleagues at the University of were wrong. resulted in the birth of 168 young, Yamanashi in Japan launched Japanese researchers found free of genetic defects. three boxes, each containing 48 mouse sperm exposed to high Developmental biologist and ampoules of freeze-dried sperm, levels of cosmic radiation for lead author Teruhiko Wakayama to the ISS for the long-term study. nearly six years produced a large told AFP on Thursday that there They wanted to determine brood of healthy, unremarkable was little difference between whether long term exposure to “space pups”. mice fertilized by space sperm radiation in space would dam- Their study was published and sperm that had remained age DNA in reproductive cells Friday in Science Advances -- confined to our planet. or pass mutations along to off- which noted no signs so far of “All pups had normal ap- spring. Mousezillas or rodent Hulks. pearance,” he said, and when re- That could be a problem for The sperm was stored in the searchers examined their genes our own species in future space International Space Station in “no abnormalities were found.” exploration and colonization mis- Scotland rugby union international Doddie Weir is among some high- freeze-dried form. Once brought In 2013, Wakayama and sions. — AFP proƒle sportsmen to have developed MND. PHOTO: AFPFILE 13 JUNE 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Vatican bank still profitable despite tough COVID-19 times

€38 million in 2019, the bank boosted investments in technol- said in a statement. It added ogy, including to strengthen its that three-quarters of the sum, cybersecurity defences. around €27 million, will be turned The Vatican includes a large over to Pope Francis – who has a governing machine, known as personal charity fund – or other the Roman Curia, bankrolled by targeted Holy See entities. donations, rental income from The IOR, which called 2020 the Church’s real estate holdings, “a very challenging year for the and ticket sales from the Vatican world economy”, routinely subsi- Museums. But with the corona- dizes other Vatican bodies. Last virus pandemic, many funding year’s contribution was over streams dried up. A high-ranking twice the size of 2019’s subsidy Vatican official told AFP in Feb- of €12 million, an indication of the ruary that donations in 2020 fell Vatican’s need for cash during by 25 per cent, while proceeds the coronavirus crisis. from the museums – which were The bank said the remaining closed for long periods during the A priest leaves after Pope Francis’ Angelus prayer delivered from the private studio window overlooking St. 25 per cent of its 2020 profits will year – collapsed by 85 per cent, Peter’s Square at the Vatican, June 29, 2020. PHOTO: AFP be used to increase equity, which or about €100 million. The Curia’s THE Institute of Religious Works profits remained relatively stable stances. at the end of last year stood at deficit increased to €90 million, (IOR), better known as the Vat- last year despite “very challeng- The IOR posted a 2020 net €645.9 million. from €11m in 2019, the source ican’s bank, said on Friday its ing” coronavirus-related circum- profit of €36.4 million, down from The bank also said it had said. — AFP

NEWS British PM Johnson backs Tokyo Olympics IN BRIEF in talks with Suga

UK’s Johnson touts solidarity at G7 but BRITISH Prime Minister Boris eration toward realizing rules- pressed his support for the To- cuts overseas aid Johnson on Friday expressed based order in the Indo-Pacific kyo Olympics, and welcomed support for the Tokyo Olympics amid China’s growing asser- Japanese efforts to ensure the PRIME Minister Boris Johnson is championing solidarity at in a meeting with his Japanese tiveness. games can take place safely,” the G7 summit, defying criticism of cuts to UK foreign aid by counterpart Yoshihide Suga Johnson, who is presiding in reference to the July 23-Aug. sharing millions of doses of Covid vaccines with poor countries even as concerns linger in and over the three-day summit, was 8 event. and promoting schooling for vulnerable children. outside Japan over hosting the the first foreign leader Suga met He also conveyed to his Heads of state and government of the world’s richest nations global sporting event amid the after arriving in Britain late Japanese counterpart Britain’s are meeting in Cornwall, southwest England, with the aim of creat- coronavirus pandemic. Thursday. The two met for the commitment to expanding its re- ing a fairer, greener world post-pandemic. Meeting on the sidelines of first time in person after Suga lationship with the Asian coun- At the top of their agenda is the more equitable distribution of the Group of Seven summit in took office in September. try and the wider Indo-Pacific vaccines, and an expected promise of donating one billion doses southwestern England, the two According to the British region across trade, technology to the world’s poorest countries, as well as weaning developing leaders also affirmed their coop- government, Johnson “ex- and defense. — Kyodo News nations o€ fossil fuels to slow climate change. The G7’s focus is on recovery after the global health crisis, and also includes getting as many children as possible back into school after the disruption caused in 2020. UK economy strengthens recovery as With this in mind, the UK government announced on Friday it would provide £430 million ($606 million, 501 million euros) to virus lockdown eases support the worst a€ected by being out of school -- most of them BRITAIN’S economy gathered “Overall, the economic re- the service sector, which jumped girls -- and called on its G7 allies to follow suit. — AFP pace in April as the government covery stepped up another gear 3.4 per cent as consumers once eased its coronavirus lockdown, in April and GDP is on track to again started to visit non-essen- official data showed Friday, with return to its February level be- tial physical stores, restaurants South Africa agrees to privatize troubled finance minister Rishi Sunak fore the end of the year,” noted and bars and as more children SAA airline cautiously welcoming the 2.3-per Thomas Pugh, UK economist returned to onsite lessons, the cent growth figure as the Delta at Capital Economics research ONS said. Output in the produc- SOUTH Africa’s government announced Friday it would sell a variant spreads. group. “If anything, the economy tion sector however dropped 1.3 majority stake in cash-strapped ˜ag carrier SAA to a consortium It was the fastest monthly could regain its pre-crisis level per cent during the same month, that includes the operator of a local budget airline, e€ectively output for UK gross domestic even sooner.” recording the first fall since Jan- privatizing it. The airline, which is emerging from a rescue plan, will product since July last year “as April’s growth was driven by uary. — AFP e€ectively be privatized as investors will hold a majority stake. government restrictions affect- “Having evaluated the current environment, government has ing economic activity continued agreed to the (strategic equity partner) owning of 51 per cent of the to ease”, the Office for National shareholding and government 49 per cent,” Public Enterprises Minis- Statistics (ONS) said in a state- ter Pravin Gordhan said in an online media conference. ment. The consortium includes Harith General Partners, an investor Britain’s economy had con- in African infrastructure and airports, and airline management Ÿrm tracted 1.5 per cent overall in Global Airways, an aircraft leasing Ÿrm which recently launched local the first quarter, although had budget airline LIFT. already begun to bounce back “With this partnership, we believe we are closer to achieving the strongly in March with GDP of important objective of having a sustainable national airline,” Gord- 2.1 percent. han said. “The new SAA will not be dependent on” the government. The UK’s overall output for SAA, one of the continent’s largest airlines, was placed under a April remains 3.7 per cent below state-approved rescue plan in December 2019 in an e€ort to save it pre-pandemic levels seen in Feb- The Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, is now the dominant from collapse. — AFP ruary last year. strain in the UK. PHOTO: AFP 13 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD 13

NEWS Japan film event at Shanghai IN BRIEF International Film Festival kicks off Chinese ride-hailing app Didi ‚les for AN event featuring Japanese event include “Byplayers: New York listing films kicked off Friday at the What If 100 Great Supporting Shanghai International Film Actors Make a Movie” set at RIDEŠHAILING giant Didi Festival, showcasing cultural a film production studio at Chuxing has ‚led to list its and entertainment works to the foot of Mt. Fuji where ac- shares in New York, a high-pro- Chinese audiences amid coro- tors and film staff struggle in ‚le move by a Chinese tech navirus travel restrictions. shooting a movie, and “Dai- ‚rm in the United States de- The opening ceremony of komesodo,” a work themed on spite soaring tensions between the annual Japan Film Week women-led protests against the superpowers, with reports in Shanghai was cancelled for rice price hikes that actually saying it could be one of the the first time since its start took place in early 20th century biggest IPOs this year. in 2006 as China has seen a central Japan. The popular app has dom- resurgence of the infections. At the film festival until inated the Chinese market But one of the co-organ- June 20, many other Japa- ride-hailing market ever since izers, the Japan-China Film nese films will be screened. it won a costly turf war against Festival Executive Committee, Among them is a movie that US titan Uber in 2016 and took said, “We believe the screen- documents the 2019 concert over its local unit. ings will serve as a bridge of Arashi, a Japanese all-male It ‚led a placeholder between Japan and China for idol group that suspended ac- Image shows the poster of Japan Film Week that started in Shanghai on application for an initial public promoting friendship.” tivities at the end of last year. June 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Japan-China Film Festival Executive o•ering worth $100 million Committee. PHOTO: KYODO The films shown at the — Kyodo News with the US regulators on Thursday for entry to the New York Stock Exchange, with Surf and bitcoin, El Salvador beach town rides crypto wave Bloomberg News saying the ‚gure is expected to be far has no banks and only one cash to the vendor. higher once details of the share machine, but a trailblazing local “At first, we knew nothing sales are revealed. The listing, economy based in large part on about this,” Celina Fuentes, who ‚led under the business name bitcoin. Signs line the roadside works at a small eatery and shop Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc, could be urging people to “Pay here” with in El Zonte, told AFP. But intro- one of the largest in the world the cryptocurrency for anything ducing bitcoin “has turned out this year with news reports from utilities bills to a can of soda. super well. We profited when the suggesting as much as $7 bil- The town boasts a bitcoin currency rose in value... Now lion could be raised. — AFP teller machine, the country’s only that the value is a little lower the one, where people deposit cash currency is still used as we have US dollars -- El Salvador’s official found the experience to be good.” Toyota to make all currency -- into a personal bitcoin ‘Signi cant risks’ global plants carbon People use a smartphone app to pay bills, buy groceries or have their hair cut “wallet”. El Zonte set a trend that cul- neutral by 2035 with bitcoin, making a direct online transfer to the vendor. PHOTO: AFP They then use a smartphone minated Tuesday in El Salvador’s THE beach town of El Zonte on El beaches, palm trees, and a small app to pay bills, buy groceries or parliament approving a bill to al- TOYOTA Motor Corp. said Fri- Salvador’s Pacific coast is a laid population of 3,000 people. have their hair cut with bitcoin, low bitcoin to be used to pay for day it will make all its global back surfer’s haven with white The low-income community making a direct online transfer goods and services. — AFP factories carbon neutral by 2035, rather than the previ- ously planned 2050, accel- erating its decarbonization Germany’s Lufthansa fires up ‘jumbo’ jet to meet e•orts by tapping innovation and improving production Mallorca demand methods. GERMAN airline Lufthansa said plane in Lufthansa’s fleet. mally fly transatlantic routes since the pandemic upended air The new goal is designed Friday it was taking “extraordi- The super-large planes nor- but have been mostly grounded travel. — AFP to respond to stricter environ- nary measures” to meet surging mental regulations worldwide bookings for the Spanish holiday as momentum is building to- island of Mallorca, deploying a ward reducing CO2 emissions jumbo jet to ferry passengers to address global warming. from Frankfurt. The Japanese automaker is The group said it had seen not only making its vehicles a jump in reservations from more eco-friendly but also German sunseekers in recent decarbonizing its manufactur- weeks, as concerns about the ing process. pandemic ease thanks to falling “We are shortening the infection numbers and vaccina- time frame for achieving tion progress across Europe. carbon neutrality by develop- To meet demand, Lufthansa ing technologies” to reduce said it would swap the 215-seat CO2, Chief Production O¢cer Airbus A321 that usually plies the Masamichi Okada said during Frankfurt-Mallorca route for its an online brie‚ng. Aiming for Boeing 747-8 “jumbo jet”. carbon neutrality provides an The 747, also known as the opportunity to “fundamen- “Queen of the Skies”, can car- tally rethink” manufacturing, ry 364 people and is the largest Before the pandemic, around ‚ve million German tourists visited the island of Mallorca each year. PHOTO: AFP Okada said. — Kyodo News 13 JUNE 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS IN BRIEF Putin hopes Biden less impulsive than Trump as a “career man” who spent his of US complaints, including over Interfaith march life in politics after the “colorful” purported Russian election in- honours Muslim Trump. terference and hacking, in the family killed in “It is my great hope that, summit with Putin on Wednes- Canada truck attack yes, there are some advantages, day in Geneva at the end of the some disadvantages, but there new president’s first foreign SEVERAL thousand people will not be any impulse-based trip. joined an interfaith marched movements on behalf of the Putin had openly admitted on Friday evening honouring sitting US president,” he said, that in the 2016 vote he sup- the four members of a Muslim according to a translation by ported Trump, who had voiced family who were killed in NBC News. admiration for the Russian lead- an attack that has shocked “I believe that former US er and notoriously at their first Canada. president Trump is an extraor- summit appeared to accept his The procession start- dinary individual, talented denials of election interference. Russia President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Joe ed at the site where three individual... He is a colourful Biden has said he is under Biden. PHOTO: AFP generations of a family out individual. You may like him or no illusions about Putin and has for a Sunday evening stroll RUSSIAN President Vladimir Trump, ahead of his first summit not. But he didn’t come from the described him as “a killer” in -- 46-year-old Salman Afzaal, Putin voiced hope Friday that with the new US leader. US establishment,” Putin was light of a series of high-profile his 44-year-old wife Madiha Joe Biden will be less impulsive In an interview with NBC quoted as saying. deaths including of Kremlin Salman, their 15-year-old than his predecessor Donald News, Putin described Biden Biden plans to raise a range critic Boris Nemtsov. — AFP daughter Yumna Salman and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal -- were killed in EU’s new top graft fighter to probe ‘powerful and dangerous’ London, southern Ontario, as they were waiting to cross the EUROPE’S new top graft fight- the job of cracking down on fraud- vestigate rich people, yes, we will 140 European delegated prose- street. ing body will probe the “pow- ulent use of EU funds and fight investigate dangerous people.” cutors sitting in member states’ The couple’s nine-year- erful”, “rich” and “dangerous”, cross-border VAT fraud, money She also warned that if an- capitals, but working for the Lux- old son Fayez su”ered serious its head warned Friday on her laundering, and corruption. yone tried to interfere with the embourg office under their own but non-life-threatening first visit to an EU member since “We will investigate all those EPPO’s work, “I will make this criminal code. injuries.— AFP taking up her post. who commit crimes that fall un- public.” Kovesi said she had travelled The Luxembourg-based der our jurisdiction. Because The central office has 22 Eu- to Bulgaria to settle the appoint- Pulitzer Board European Public Prosecutor’s we have to prove that the law ropean prosecutors who will over- ment of ten prosecutors to the honours teen who Office (EPPO), headed by Laura is equal for everybody,” Kovesi see cases from member states EPPO. •lmed George Floyd Codruta Kovesi, a former Roma- told reporters in the Bulgarian and approve the main decisions The body only validated four murder nian anti-corruption chief, started capital Sofia. in an investigation, such as in- of Bulgaria’s candidates, saying work this month. “Yes, we will also investigate dictments. the six others failed to meet the THE Pulitzer Prize Board award- The independent outfit has powerful people, yes, we will in- EPPO also has a network of required criteria. — AFP ed a “special citation” on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked No ‘serious irregularities’ in Peru poll, OAS says, worldwide protests against ra- cial injustice. after fraud claims Eighteen-year-old Dar- nella Frazier was honoured as PERU’S disputed presidential solved before calling a winner. both Castillo and Fujimori have got in touch with several people New York’s Columbia Uni- vote had not shown any “seri- “The Mission has not de- rallied to call for their candi- who... have contact with both versity announced the 2021 ous irregularities”, internation- tected serious irregularities,” date to be anointed president. candidates.” prestigious journalism awards al election monitors said Fri- the OAS Electoral Observation Peru’s caretaker leader “My request was the same in a virtual ceremony. day, as the country’s caretaker Mission’s preliminary said. Francisco Sagasti moved Fri- for both: lower the tension and Frazier was being recog- leader urged calm after five Tensions have risen in the days day “to keep the country calm wait for the official results,” he nized “for courageously re- days of rising tensions without since the vote as supporters of in difficult times. In that effort I tweeted. — AFP cording the murder of George a result from the cliffhanger Floyd, a video that spurred poll. protests against police brutality Right-wing candidate around the world, highlighting Keiko Fujimori risks imminent the crucial role of citizens in trial on corruption charges if journalists’ quest for truth and she loses to her leftist rival Pe- justice,” the citation said. dro Castillo, who has already Frazier was also among cast himself as the victor. the witnesses who testi•ed at Fujimori has claimed fraud the trial of former Minneapolis and election authorities are re- police ožcer Derek Chauvin, viewing her request to annul who was convicted in April of around 200,000 votes, in a pro- Floyd’s May 25, 2020 murder. cess expected to take several In the video taken by Fra- more days. zier, Chauvin is seen kneeling An election observation for more than nine minutes on mission from the Organization the neck of Floyd, a 46-year- of American States said it had old Black man, as bystanders “observed a positive elector- urge him repeatedly to get o” al process” and cast doubt on and Floyd says that he can’t rigging claims, but called on breathe, before losing con- authorities to wait until chal- Policemen load electoral material on a ferry to be transported to voting stations of Taquile and Amantani sciousness. — AFP lenges to the vote had been re- islands at Puno port, Peru on 5 June. 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NEWS G7 leaders convene summit drive for billion jabs IN BRIEF

G7 leaders were greeted by The three-day G7 meeting Putin denies Russia Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II presents a “huge opportunity” preparing to give Iran on Friday after opening their for global recovery after Cov- advanced satellite first in-person talks in nearly id-19, Johnson told his fellow system two years, touting an expected leaders in opening remarks pledge to donate one billion Cov- earlier, as they sat socially dis- PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin on id vaccine doses to poor coun- tanced and without masks at a Friday denied a US media re- tries in a show of revived Western round table. port that Russia is set to deliver democratic unity. The summit will focus, he an advanced satellite system to The club of leading econo- said, on “building back greener, Iran that will vastly improve its mies -- Britain, Canada, France, building back fairer and build- spying capabilities. Germany, Italy, Japan and United ing back more equal”, with an The Washington Post re- States -- say a joint approach is emphasis on gender equality. ported Thursday that Moscow the world’s best chance for recov- The G7 will also agree a new is preparing to give Iran a Kano- ering from the global health cri- joint health pact -- the Carbis pus-V satellite with a high-reso- (LR) President of the European Council Charles Michel, US President sis, and tackling climate change. Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Britain’s Prime Bay Declaration -- to ensure lution camera, allowing Islamic Welcomed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy’s Prime minister Mario Draghi, France’s “never again will we be caught republic to monitor facilities Minister Boris Johnson to the President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European unawares”, Johnson announced of its adversaries across the beachside summit venue in Car- Commission Ursula von der Leyen pose for the family photo at the start late Friday. Its commitments in- Middle East. of the summit. PHOTO: AFP bis Bay, southwest England, the clude cutting the time taken to Putin, who is expected leaders posed for a family photo Later Friday, the queen, 95, met the G7 leaders at a reception develop and licence vaccines, to hear a range of complaints before opening their first session heir to the throne Prince Charles at Cornwall’s Eden Project, an treatments and diagnostics for from US President Joe Biden of talks on “building back better” and his wife Camilla, and the exhibition that showcases the any future disease to under 100 when they meet Wednesday in after the pandemic. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge world’s ecological riches. days. — AFP Geneva, dismissed the report as “garbage.” “We have cooper- ation plans with Iran, including Trump surveillance of Democrats sparks abuse of power claims the military and technical co- operation,” he told NBC News DEMOCRATS erupted in out- a flow of damaging leaks on his in an interview ahead of the rage Friday over news that Don- 2016 election campaign’s links to summit. — AFP ald Trump’s Justice Department Russia. No proof they were the secretly surveilled lawmakers sources of leaks was ever pre- probing possible collusion with sented, yet the probe stayed alive C. Africa president Russia, reaping the phone re- for as long as Trump remained in names new PM after cords of top political foes in what office, to January 2021. govt resigns they called an unprecedented Schiff called it “the weaponi- abuse of power. zation of law enforcement by a A new Central African Republic Democrats Adam Schiff and corrupt president.” prime minister was named Eric Swalwell said they were re- “The politicization of the by presidential decree Friday, cently told by Apple that during department and the attacks on the day after the government 2017-2021 the company had been the rule of law are among the resigned as the impoverished ordered to hand over records of most dangerous assaults on our country struggles with a Subpoenas for the communications metadata reportedly targeted their phone communications, as democracy carried out by the rebellion and a bustup with its congressman Adam Schi of California, a Donald Trump foe who was well as those of family members former president,” he said in a traditional ally France. then the panel’s top Democrat and now its chairman. PHOTO: AFP including a child, as Trump fought statement. — AFP Henri Marie Dondra was named prime minister in the decree read out on national radio, which takes e ect imme- Algerians to elect parliament amid ‘repression’ diately. The appointment of of protest movement the former ›nance minister comes after Firmin Ngrebada ALGERIANS vote in parlia- Around 24 million Algerians announced his resignation as mentary elections on Saturday are eligible to vote to elect 407 prime minister, along with that as authorities seek to bolster members of the People’s Nation- of his government. their legitimacy and snuff out a al Assembly for a five-year term. Reputedly close to Presi- long-running protest movement, Polling stations are due to dent Faustin Archange Touad- under what activists say is a “cli- open at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) and era, the new PM is also known mate of repression”. close at 7:00 pm. for having a good knowledge Pro-government parties Authorities are hoping for of international ›nance and aid have urged Algerians take an a solid voter turnout, but the programmes, vital for the sec- active part in what they call a Hirak has called for a boycott ond least-developed country in “crucial vote for the country’s -- demanding a root-and-branch the world, according to the UN. stability”, while opponents are overhaul of the ruling system The economic and humanitar- denouncing a “sham” election. prior to any election. ian problems facing the CAR’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, pictured here in a photo posted Seven leading protest move- Those who do vote in Afri- new prime minister are huge. on his personal Twitter account on December 13, 2020, insists he has ment figures were arrested on ca’s biggest nation must chose responded to the Hirak’s main demands. PHOTO: AFP The UN estimated at the end of Thursday while Friday police from more than 13,000 candi- May that nearly half of the pop- deployed heavily in the capital dates, more than half listed as man Rights, Said Salhi, has tions placed on human rights and ulation was “food insecure”, due Algiers, blocking any bid by the “independent”. denounced the crackdown that freedoms mean these elections to the coronavirus epidemic, Hirak movement to hold an- The head of the Algeria’s preceded the vote. The “repres- have no democratic value”, Salhi but also because of the security ti-government protests. League for the Defence of Hu- sive atmosphere and the restric- said. — AFP situation. — AFP 13 JUNE 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ONE Full Blast II: Mongkolpetch Djokovic hails French Open masterpiece against beat Elias via majority decision ‘Everest’ Nadal MONGKOLPETCH Petchyindee NOVAK Djokovic compared defeating Rafael Nadal at the French Academy defeats Elias Mahmou- Open to scaling Mount Everest as he hailed Friday’s epic semi-fi- di “The Sniper” with a majori- nal triumph over the 13-time champion as “one of my greatest ty decision in the main card or victories”. Catchweight (62.8KG) Muay Djokovic condemned Nadal to only his third loss in 16 years Thai bout of ONE Championship: and 108 matches at Roland Garros to reach his sixth Paris final Full Blast II event at Singapore after a classic showdown which even beat the country’s COV- Indoor Stadium on 11 June. ID-19 curfew. Mongkolpetch Petchyindee In their 58th career clash, Djokovic triumphed 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 Academy was crisp throughout (7/4), 6-2 and stays on course to capture a 19th major and become the fight, and he relied on quick the first man in over 50 years to win all four Slams twice. counter strikes. Djokovic, the 2016 champion in Paris who had also beaten The fighter scored the bout’s Nadal in the 2015 quarter-finals, will face Stefanos Tsitsipas lone knockdown in the second in Sunday’s final in what will be his 29th championship match round and secured the title of Mongkolpetch lands the punch on Elias Mahmoudi during their at the Slams. Tsitsipas had earlier become the first Greek to Muay Thai Catchweight Cham- Catchweight Muay Thai bout of ONE Full Blast II event at Singapore reach a Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory over pion. Indoor Stadium on 11 June. PHOTO: ONE CHAMPIONSHIP Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Defending champion Nadal, 35, Next, in the Lightweight made a win over Ma Jia Wen mous decision. who would have been the oldest finalist at the French Open in mixed martial arts fight, Am- “Cannon” via submission The full event of the ONE the modern era, remains tied on 20 majors with Roger Federer. arsanaa Tsogookhuu “Spear” (rear-naked choke) at 1:46 min- Championship -- Full Blast fights “It was a privilege to face Rafa in such an incredible match,” beat Ben Wilhelm via unanimous ute-mark of round one. were shown live on Skynet TV said Djokovic after four hours and 11 minutes of intense action. decision. In the Flyweight Kickboxing Channel and streamed live on “Tonight it was my greatest ever match in Paris.” Also, in the Featherweight fight, Taiki Naito “Silent Sniper” the ONE Championship YouTube It was his second win in nine meetings at Roland Garros mixed martial arts bout, Yoon shaped a win against Wang Wen- Channel and ONE Super Mobile with Nadal, a sequence which also included devastating losses Chang Min “The Big Heart” feng “Metal Storm” via unani- application.—GNLM in the 2012, 2014 and 2020 finals.— AFP Kroos ready to prove Germany’s Italy get Euro 2020 o to ying start doubters wrong against France as Wales, Belgium enter fray TONI Kroos aims to prove minnows Latvia on Monday Germany’s doubters wrong in their final friendly warm- in their Euro 2020 opener up. against world champions Yet the Germans have France on Tuesday. struggled to recover from the Germany have their humiliation of crashing out of work cut out in Group F at the group stages at the 2018 the European Championship World Cup and Kroos knows with holders Portugal and they have a point to prove. Hungary to come after the “We don’t have to hide mouth-watering tie against against France. Both squads the French in Munich. are strong,” Kroos said Fri- Kroos has bounced back day at the German’s base in after testing positive for Cov- Bavaria. id-19 last month and played “Before the 2018 (World in Germany’s 7-1 thrashing of Cup) tournament, we were made out to be stronger than we were, now it’s different.” The Germans are bid- ding to win a record fourth Italy supporters celebrate after their team beat Turkey 3 0 in Rome in the opening game of Euro 2020 on Friday. PHOTO: AFP European Championship title on Joachim Loew’s swansong WALES and the world’s top- for Italy against Turkey. the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. after 15 years as head coach, ranked team Belgium begin their Roberto Mancini’s side came “It was a beautiful evening, yet confidence in the ‘Mann- Euro 2020 bids on Saturday after into the tournament on a 27-game I hope there are many more to schaft’ remains low. the delayed tournament finally unbeaten run and laid down a come,” said Mancini after the Morale among German kicked off with victory for an im- marker with a comprehensive Group A curtain-raiser. fans was further dented this pressive Italy side on an emotion- victory, Ciro Immobile and Loren- “To win 3-0, and with the season by humbling defeats al night in Rome. zo Insigne scoring after Merih supporters in the stadium again to Spain and minnows North After a year of football played Demiral’s own goal had put them at last, makes it all the more spe- Macedonia. largely in empty stadiums due to in front. cial.” Uncharacteristically, the Covid-19 pandemic, the Stadio The result capped an emo- Rome is one of 11 cities the German defence, nor- Olimpico was filled to a quarter of tional night in the Italian capital across the continent hosting Toni Kroos aims to prove Germany’s doubters wrong in mally their main strength, is its capacity for the opening game as a spectacular sound and light matches, the unprecedented their Euro 2020 opener against shaky having leaked 20 goals of the European Championship show preceded kick-off and tenor pan-European format creating world champions France on in their last 13 internation- and the home fans in the crowd Andrea Bocelli performed ‘Nes- major headaches for UEFA dur- Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP als.— AFP of 16,000 were treated to a 3-0 win sun Dorma’, popularised during ing a pandemic. — AFP