TRY TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIMITED DIGEST FOR FOOD PAGE 8 OPINION

NATIONAL NATIONAL MoEE Union Minister inspects Mawlaik Union Minister U Shwe Lay inspects transport, hydropower project, Daungyway main housing development programmes of Mandalay substation Region PAGE 3 PAGE 4

Vol. VIII, No. 62, 11 th Waxing of Nayon 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Sunday, 20 June 2021 Press Statement The acts of interference in the internal aairs which infringe on the State Sovereignty shall not be accepted

THE draft resolution entitled “The Situation in Myanmar”, tabled by Liechtenstein was adopted by vote at the Plenary Meeting of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York on 18 June 2021. Myanmar rejects the said resolution as a whole since it is not only based on one-sided sweeping allegations and false assumptions which appears to be repeated and duplicated action on Myanmar but also targetting a country under the country-specific mandate. Accordingly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the letters of objection to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the General Assembly. The participation and delivering statement as well as voting at the afore-said meeting by the former Permanent Representative of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Tun, who was dismissed from his assigned duty in the morning of 27 February 2021, and currently under an arrest warrant for committing high treason, under the banner of Myanmar, did not represent the country and was illegal. Accordingly, his statement, participation and action in the meeting are illegitimate and unacceptable and Myanmar strongly rejects his participation and statements. SEE PAGE3

Nature-based tourism booming in Mandalay and surrounding areas

MORE and more resorts are be- Taw, December Park in PyinOoL- ing created with innovative ideas win Township, which cultivates in natural places in Mandalay and and displays a variety of flowers surrounding places. combined with the beauty of the U Moe Moe Tun, a resident in mountain town, is one of the cre- Mandalay, said, “I am pleased that ative resorts that provide peace more and more resorts are being of mind. “For photography enthu- set up to attract more domestic siasts like me, these flowers are and foreign tourists to Mandalay, the perfect background. Besides, which is rich in cultural heritage there are cable bridge, waterfall, and natural resources.” boat ride, bike ride and I am hap- “Nowadays, people are ex- py to enjoy all the pleasures,” Ma hausted with the news of COV- Aye Aye Nyein said. ID-19 disease. In addition, the Along the way to the wa- summer temperatures in Manda- terfall in Patheingyi Township, lay are rising year by year, and the Mandalay Region, a camp cre- emergence of innovative resorts ated with tanks are displayed combined with existing natural in the beautiful greenery paddy There are currently creative resorts near the Dutthawadi river between Patheingyi and PyinOoLwin townships and resources, such as mountain and fields to sell local products and it is reported that plans are underway to expand new tourist destinations based on the Dutthawadi river by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and the Mandalay Region Administration Council. PHOTO: MIN HTET AUNG scenery landscapes, will provide the number of visitors is increas- more peace of mind for visitors ing day after day. This place was upgrading shops to be attractive di river between Patheingyi and river by the Ministry of Hotels and benefit local people and busi- once renowned for its authentic is encouraging for Myanmar’s PyinOoLwin townships and it is and Tourism and the Mandalay nesses,” he added. palm juice and fried local Com- tourism sector. reported that plans are underway Region Administration Coun- For someone like Ma Aye mon Gallinule, and as the times There are currently crea- to expand new tourist destina- cil.—Min Htet Aung (Mandalay Aye Nyein from Tatkon, Nay Pyi have changed, innovating and tive resorts near the Dutthawa- tions based on the Dutthawadi Sub-Printing House)/GNLM 20 JUNE 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

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.

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Anti-Terrorism Central Committee Declaration of Terrorist Groups Notication No 2/2021 12th Waning of Tagu 1383 ME 8 May 2021

The Anti-Terrorism Central Committee has issued this order with the approval of the State Administration Council in exercising sub-section (e) of Section 6 and sub-section (b) of Section 72 of the Counter-Terrorism Law. 1. Unlawful Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-CRPH and National Unity Government-NUG formed by CRPH constantly incited Civil Disobedience Movement-CDM participants to commit violent acts. Many riots occurred in many places of the country due to their incitements. They perpetrated bombing, arson, manslaughter, and intimidation to disrupt the state administrative machinery due to the influence of the leaders of CRPH and NUG. Moreover, NUG established People Defence Force-PDF. Violent acts occurred in the name of regional defence forces instigated by NUG and PDF. It is found that their acts to join CDM, threatening non-CDMs, inciting students and teachers not to go to schools, supporting terrorist acts and perpetrating such terrorist acts violate Section 3 (b) and Sub-section 13 of the Counter-Terrorism Law – acts with the intent to cause fear in public, to force Government or any internal and external organization to do an illegitimate act or to refrain from doing a lawful act, and other acts, stipulated by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 23 on 4 June 2014. 2. Therefore, unlawful associations – Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-CRPH, National Unity Government-NUG, People Defence Force-PDF and all their subordinates have been declared as terrorist groups.

Chairman Anti-Terrorism Central Committee 20 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3 M MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNNM N To restore the rule of law N N N N IN line with the motto: “National discipline starts at schools”, it is necessary to initiate the disciplines for the nationals, and students need to abide by school N disciplines. The students should pay attention to learning. Disciplines must be realized in respective arenas. Suppose anyone does not follow the law in a de- mocracy. In that case, it is impossible to restore the rule of law and to implement free, fair and clean democracy. N 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)

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Press Statement The acts of interference in the internal a€airs which infringe on the State Sovereignty shall not be accepted

FROM PAGE1 While Myanmar embraces constructive advice by the international community in addressing the challenges that Myanmar is facing, any attempt infringing on the state sovereignty and interference in the internal affairs of Myanmar will not be accepted. Myanmar will uphold world peace and friendly relations with nations and continue to work for lasting peace, stability and sustained development to the benefit of our national interests in line with the Foreign Policy of the State.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nay Pyi Taw Dated: 19 June 2021

MoEE Union Minister inspects Mawlaik hydropower project, Daungyway main substation

UNION Minister for Electricity tribute power by connecting to and Energy U Aung Than Oo, the national grid. Moreover, the accompanied by Sagaing Region 380-MW Manipur hydropower Administration Council Chair- project implemented on the man U Maung Maung Lin made Manipur River of Chin State an inspection tour to Mawlaik will produce 1,903 million kilo- hydropower project to be imple- watt-hours and if it is connected mented on Chindwin River about to the national grid, it can sup- 1mile from Mawlaik Township of ply electricity than before. If the Sagaing Region yesterday. projects are completed, they can The officials of the project meet the electricity demand of briefed the Mawlaik and Mani- Chin State and Sagaing Region. pur hydropower projects. Then, Then, the Union minister the Union minister talked about and party visited the Daungy- the initial study of the power way 230KV Main Substation generating rate of the Mawlaik in Amarapura Township. The project with a total of 800MV (8 Union minister instructed the 100MVgenerators) and 3,800kilo- necessary things based on the watt hour per year. He also said presentation of the heads of the it should conduct a study to dis- power plant.—MNA

546 new cases of COVID‰19 reported on 19 June, total Žgure rises to 147,615

MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 147,615 after 546 new cases were reported on 19 June 2021 according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these confirmed cases, 133,527 have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll stands at 3,258 after seven died.—MNA 20 JUNE 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Union Minister U Shwe Lay inspects transport, housing development programmes of Mandalay Region

UNION Minister for Construc- rental housing with 5,008 units tion U Shwe Lay inspected the as the first phase. He also said urban and housing develop- the project is mainly aimed at ment programmes and trans- low-income families. Then, the portation sector of Mandalay officials inspected the check Region together with the region structure for bridge and water Administration Council chair- access and other land areas man U Maung Ko yesterday. to pave. The Union minister and The Mingala Yan Kin public party firstly visited the Mingala rental housing project is imple- Yan Kin public rental housing mented in No 506-open field in project implemented by the Shin Taw Gone Village-tract in Urban and Housing Develop- Patheingyi Township of Manda- ment department in Shin Taw lay Region. The project will be Gone village-tract of Patheingyi 5-storey 188 buildings with four Township. units on each floor and there The officials of the con- will be 3,008 apartments. As the struction site briefed the pro- first phase, 91 buildings with road construction in Patheingyi 3-storey region Hluttaw build- Sheet Pile installation process- ject and the Union Minister 1,456 units will be constructed. Township. ing and instructed the neces- es along the strand road to pre- instructed to accelerate the Then, the Union minister The officials also went to sary things. vent the erosion of the banks of work in constructing the public and party inspected the new the construction site of the They then inspected the the Ayeyawady River. – MNA

Upgrading of concrete road on Puta-O-Laemaewahchip-Nashelkaut routes completed 70 % DEPARTMENT of Rural Road chip-Nashelkaut road section is Puta-O Palace Construction 15 September. The remaining completion of the project, the Development PutaO District 11 miles long. Out of it, about Company won the tender for a routes are targeted to implement road will be beneficial for 7728 is upgrading the concrete 3 miles and four furlongs long one-mile road construction pro- in this coming FY, according to residents from 19 villages from road on Puta-O-Laemaewah- road was upgraded with the use ject with spending of K463.360 the District Department of Rural Puta-O township in terms of eco- chip-Nashelkaut routes with of 2018 mini-budget while about million from the state govern- Road Development. nomic development, education, a spending of the 2020-2021 fi- 40-foot-long reinforced concrete ment budget for 2020-2021FY. Earlier, the Puta-O-Lae- health and social sectors and the nancial year state government bridge, 50-foot-long reinforced The company started to imple- maewahchip-Nashelkaut routes road makes it possible to travel funds. So far, the road project is concrete bridge and 60-foot-long ment the project on 15 January was a dirt road that was incon- to the city in a short time in the completed 70 per cent. reinforced concrete bridge was 2021. The company sets its tar- venient for the local residents to rainy season.—Phone Kan (Pu- The Puta-O-Laemaewah- constructed in 2019-2020 FY. get to complete the project on travel in the rainy season. Upon ta-O)/GNLM

COVID19: start ourselves to take preventive measures

ALL people are urged to abide by the following ways of prevention against COVID-19 without fail in line with the motto: “COVID-19: start ourselves to take preventive measures” not to violently infect COVID-19 as next wave and not to be infected of variant COVID-19 virus. (1) Systematically wear masks whenever go outside and also wear face shields whenever associate with many people. (2) Take adequate distance from each other as much as they can. (3) Avoid the crowds. (4) Take 20 seconds in systematically washing hands many times. (5) Avoid the visits to the closed chambers, air-conditioned rooms and the lesser ventilated rooms as much as possible. (6) Those who need to go outside houses should avoid acts close to and eat meals together with older persons above 60 years and those with diabetes, hypertension, and heart diseases. (7) Fully cooperate in quarantine processes. (8) Don’t buy something from the vendors who do not wear masks. (9) Exchange information to each other. (10) Cooperate in vaccination of COVID-19 pandemic. Continuously follow the preventive measures although they have received the vaccinations. (11) Strictly follow the work guidelines for preventing the COVID-19 pandemic issued by the Ministry of Health and Sports. (12) If somebody suffers from symptoms of higher body temperature, coughing, suffocation, tiredness and sudden loss of smell and flavour, they need to immediately contact nearby health units to receive medical treatment.

Health Knowledge Awareness Promoting Department Ministry of Health and Sports

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ARMED terrorists set fire to Kinma village in Pauk fire by the Terrorist Military Council.” The report said township, Magway Region on 15 June, destroying about that about one-third of the village was still on fire by 100 of the 225 houses in the village. 4:30 pm and that the fire was still burning. By seeing the fact that Khit Thit media had known that the entire village will be engulfed in flame while the security forces were trying to extinguish the fire and writing a pre-report that stated the fire which was set by the PDF, was set by the security forces although the security forces had not yet arrived in the village, it is clear that this media and the PDF groups are working in a timely manner.

On 15 June, a group of terrorists opened fire at the security forces patrolling Pauk township near the sign- board of Kinma village at around 11 am from a hill, and retreated when being retaliated by the security forces. The security forces were attacked again while con- ducting a detailed search on the hill at around 11:50 am found to be collecting donations under the name “Kin- and the armed terrorists retreated at around 12 noon. ma Village” after the fire, the fire was set on purpose Afterwards, the security forces found the fire in and the village was set on fire to raise funds for the the village during the necessary inspection around the terrorist group. neighbourhood, and together with additional security Therefore, the terrorist group PDF, which is made forces, they entered the village at around 4:30 pm to up of NLD strongholds under the guidance of NUG, put out the fire which was extinguished at around 6 pm. burned the houses of innocent villagers to tarnish the According to a detailed investigation into the fire, image of the government and provoke international about 40 terrorists set fire to the house of U Kyaw Htay, pressure at the time of holding the United Nations who did not support the PDF, opposite of Kinma Village General Assembly and the closed-door meeting of the Basic Education High School, at about 2:50 pm, from Similarly, foreign media outlets such as CNN and UN Security Council. which the fire was spread to other houses due to the Reuters, as well as some illegal local media outlets wind, and all houses expect from 2 pavilions, 2 buildings that have had their licences revoked, have been found of the Basic Education Middle School (branch) and 20 to be biased in their coverage of the incident without houses, were destroyed by the fire. analyzing the actual event. Two women, 83-year-old Daw Khin Su and 81-year- Based on the inaccurate information of the news old Daw Htwar Sein were rescued from the burning media whose business licenses have been suspended, houses by the security forces and taken to a village the Embassy of the United States of America released monastery that was safe from the fire, and the security a statement at 3:37 pm on 17 June and the British forces left the village at 6:30 pm. Embassy issued a statement at 6:40 pm on 16 June. Seeing the time of the incident and the spread of the news on social media, and the time the foreign embas- sies released the statements, it was found a deliberate act that the armed terrorists lured the security forces into the village after the villagers were evacuated so that the fire can be first set up on someone’s house who did not support their acts of violence as soon as

The confrontation between the security forces and the armed terrorists occurred from 11:10 am to 12 pm and the armed terrorists retreated and set the village on fire at around 2:50 pm. Since the incident happened, it was found that Ko Naing Facebook Account broad- casted a live video with the caption “shooting in the east bank of Kin creek, Kinma village, Pauk township (South)”. It was found that the burning of houses and the activities of the security forces were recorded in We strongly condemn the actions of the local/ the live video. foreign media and organizations that have been sup- Among the news media, Khit Thit Media, whose porting illegal NUG and its affiliates in various ways business license has been suspended, reported the the security forces arrived in the village. behind the incident. incident on 15 June at 4:49 pm on its Facebook account In addition, as some well-known social media ac- Information Team with the title “The whole village of Kinma was set on counts, including Ko Naing’s Facebook account, were State Administration Council 20 JUNE 2021 6 PANDEMIC : WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Dutch take ‘big step’ towards ending COVID curbs

THE Netherlands on Friday tive measures such as social ers indoors again. announced further easing of distancing could be dropped. And from next Friday, the a raft of measures to combat “We are heading for a hospitality industry will be able coronavirus, including an end beautiful summer,” Rutte pre- to put up big screens to show to mask-wearing in most plac- dicted. Euro 2020 football matches in- es. Masks will no longer be doors or out, provided clients Prime Minister Mark compulsory so long as social keep at least 1.5 metres (about Rutte said the country was distancing can be applied, 5 feet) apart. “taking a big step” towards a which the government says is “I hope the Netherlands life without restrictions, from not possible on public trans- will make the final,” Rutte said. June 26. port and in secondary schools. The nation of 17 million “Almost everything is pos- Discotheques can reopen has recorded more than 1.5 sible at a distance of 1.5 me- to clients who show negative million coronavirus cas- tres,” he added. tests. A partial lockdown ended es and in excess of 17,700 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he expected a ‘beautiful The government would de- on June 5 when restaurants deaths during the pandemic. summer’. PHOTO: AFP cide in mid-August if protec- were allowed to serve custom- — AFP South China airport cancels flights after Covid case

THE airport in China’s south- on its official WeChat social media nese city neighbouring Hong ern city of Shenzhen cancelled account. Kong, is home to some of Asia’s hundreds of flights and tightened City health officials said a biggest tech companies including entry controls Saturday after a 21-year-old waitress at Shenzhen telecoms equipment maker Hua- restaurant employee tested pos- Baoan International Airport had wei and gaming giant Tencent. itive for the Delta coronavirus been infected with the Delta var- China on Friday reported 30 variant. iant of the virus. The woman new coronavirus cases, includ- Anyone entering the facility tested positive during a routine ing six local transmissions in the must show a negative virus test test for airport staff conducted southern province of Guangdong from the last 48 hours, Shenzhen Thursday, they said. where Shenzhen is located. — Airport Group said in a statement Shenzhen, a mainland Chi- AFP Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and France’s President Emmanuel Macron sit at the table at the start of the G€7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, on June 11, 2021. PHOTO: AFP Merkel, Macron urge vigilance over virus risk at Euro 2020

GERMAN Chancellor Angela “You can see based on the Merkel and French President example of Lisbon how quickly Emmanuel Macron on Friday things can change,” referring to urged caution in allowing fans a recent resurgence of Covid-19 to crowd Euro 2020 stadiums cases in the Portuguese capital. while the coronavirus pandem- She noted that fully vacci- ic still posts major risks. nated people were still in the “We can’t act as if corona minority in most European were over” despite dropping countries “which is why caution infection rates in much of Eu- is still necessary”. rope, Merkel told reporters Merkel said that applied Shenzhen, a mainland Chinese city neighbouring Hong Kong, is home to some of Asia’s biggest tech when asked about plans for the in particular to “big events”. companies. PHOTO: ANTHONY WALLACEAFP upcoming matches. — AFP

Covid trajectory in Africa ‘very, very concerning’: WHO

THE World Health Organization voiced alarm Fri- Covid-19 cases in Africa rose to over 116,500 in the However, he warned, across the continent, day at surging Covid-19 cases across Africa, with week ending June 13, up from nearly 91,000 the the trajectory was pointing straight up, with over the spread of new more contagious variants even previous week. 100-per cent increases in a range of countries, and as vaccination rates remain dangerously low. Ryan stressed that in terms of absolute num- over 50 per cent in others. “It’s a trajectory that is very, very concerning,” bers, the region did not necessarily look like it was WHO’s regional director for Africa Matshidiso WHO’s emergencies chief Michael Ryan told report- in bad shape, accounting for just over five percent Moeti warned earlier this week that the continent ers from the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva. of new global cases and 2.2 per cent of global deaths was “in the midst of a full-blown third wave.” — According to WHO data, the number of new last week. AFP 20 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL UPDATES 7 New museum gingerly explores German wartime suffering

A new museum dedicated to the trek. Those who fled included people long-silenced trauma of German ci- who had settled in Nazi-occupied terri- vilians forced to flee eastern Europe tories as well as ethnic Germans who at the end of World War II opens next had lived for centuries as minorities. week after decades of wrenching de- Seventy-six years after the con- bate. flict’s end, director Gundula Baven- Perhaps reflecting what its found- damm said Germany was finally ready ers call their delicate “balancing act”, to talk about their suffering, while still the new institution in Berlin carries acknowledging the unparalleled guilt the unwieldy name of Documentation of the Nazis. “We are not the only coun- Centre for Displacement, Expulsion try that needed quite some time to face and Reconciliation. Some 14 million up to painful and difficult chapters of Germans fled or were ejected from its own history,” she told reporters at a what is today’s Poland, Russia, the preview of the museum before it opens Czech Republic, Hungary, the Bal- to the public on Wednesday. “Some- tic states, Romania, Slovakia and the times it takes several generations, former Yugoslavia between 1944 and and the right political constellations.” 1950. The 65-million-euro ($78-million) Escaping the Russian army and museum takes pains to place the Ger- later forced out by occupying powers mans’ plight firmly in the context of and local authorities, an estimated Hitler’s expansionist, genocidal pol- Some 14 million Germans ed or were ejected from eastern Europe at the end of World War 600,000 Germans lost their lives on the icies. — AFP II. PHOTO: AFP AstraZeneca ordered to deliver 50m Several hurt as French vaccine doses to EU by September police break up mass rave A Belgian court on Friday or- FIVE police officers were in- Berthier told AFP that the dered drugs company Astra- jured overnight in western group threw “Molotov cock- Zeneca to deliver 50 million France as they broke up a tails, metal balls and pieces doses of its COVID-19 vaccine 1,500-strong illegal rave, au- of breeze block”. to EU members by September thorities said Saturday, with They added that one of 27 - fewer than Brussels had one partygoer losing a hand the partygoers, a 22-year-old demanded. in the clashes. man, had lost a hand in the Both sides claimed victory, Defying an 11:00 pm coro- violence. with the European Commission navirus curfew, the group had Event organisers said stressing the firm would pay attempted to set up the party police had chosen violence a financial penalty for each at a horse racing track near instead of dialogue by firing missed dose and the company Redon in Brittany. tear gas grenades. promising it would easily meet There were “very violent “There hasn’t been any A Belgian court on Friday ordered drugs company AstraZeneca to deliver the target. clashes” when 400 police in- music since last night,” but 50 million doses of its COVID‰19 vaccine to EU members by September The UK-based pharmaceu- 27 - fewer than Brussels had demanded. PHOTO: AFP tervened, local prefect Emma- “people taking part in the ille- tical fell well short of fulfilling nuel Berthier said, adding the gal rave are still on the scene,” its contract to supply the EU would pay a fine of €10 per dose dependent judge confirms this,” violence lasted more than sev- the prefect’s office told AFP in the first quarter, delivering not delivered. she said. en hours through the night. early Saturday. only 30 million of the 120 million Both sides declare victory “This shows that our Euro- Two of the five injured Interior Minister Gerald promised. “This decision confirms the pean vaccination campaign not police officers had to be tak- Darmanin cancelled events But the court, while finding position of the Commission: As- only delivers for our citizens day en to the hospital in Redon, he had planned and was reg- in favour of the European Com- traZeneca did not live up to the by day. It also demonstrates, Berthier said. ularly keeping abreast of the mission’s demand for interim commitments it made in the that it was founded on a sound He said the “people had situation, aides said. measures, ordered only that the contract,” European Commis- legal basis.” an objective, to confront the Local authorities had on company deliver 50 million more sion president Ursula von der But, in a company state- forces of public order.” Friday issued a legal order doses by the end of September. Leyen said. ment, AstraZeneca also wel- A police officer said it against the party, which came If the firm fails to do so it “It is good to see that an in- comed the ruling. — AFP was not usual for people to two days before the coronavi- bring the metal balls used in rus curfew is set to be lifted as the French sport of boules or Covid-19 case numbers fall in Amnesty calls for Iran’s Raisi to be petanque to a rave. France. — AFP investigated over rights ULTRACONSERVATIVE cleric Ebrahim Raisi, Amnesty said Raisi was a member of the who was declared Iran’s next president Satur- “Death Commission” that forcibly disappeared day, should be investigated for alleged crimes and extrajudicially executed in secret thousands against humanity and a “spiralling crackdown” of opposition prisoners in 1988 while serving as on human rights, Amnesty International said. Tehran’s deputy prosecutor. “That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the pres- Asked in 2018 and again last year about the idency instead of being investigated for the executions, Raisi denied playing a role, even as crimes against humanity of murder, enforced he lauded an order he said was handed down disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder by the Islamic republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ru- that impunity reigns supreme in Iran,” Amnesty hollah Khomeini, to proceed with the purge. Participants take part in an illegal rave party in a eld in Redon, said in a statement. — AFP north-western France. PHOTO: AFP 20 JUNE 2021 20 JUNE 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE  NATIONAL 9 Try to have Covid-19: How vaccines work against the Delta variant ` Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 19 June 2021) knowledge The Delta variant of the coronavirus, rst identied in India, is a cause for global concern with studies BAY INFERENCE: Monsoon is weak over the Andaman Sea showing it is more contagious and resistant to vaccines than other forms of Covid. and Southeast Bay and moderate to strong elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. about limited UT there is also evidence tibodies measured in a lab are not cent in the case of Alpha. FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 20 June 2021: vaccines retain important enough to determine the efficacy Scottish authorities published Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Taninthayi Region Beffectiveness against Delta of a vaccine. similar data on Monday in the Lan- and (Southern and Eastern)Shan and Kayah states, fairly digest for food after two doses. In particular they do not take cet. widespread in Sagaing, Mandalay, and Magway regions and Here is what we know about into account a second immune re- The team behind the Sputnik Kachin, Northern Shan, Kayin, and Mon states and widespread how variants respond to jabs. sponse in the form of killer T cells V jab meanwhile tweeted on Tues- in the remaining regions and states with likelihood of regionally VERYBODY needs to have health knowledge to some degree Fewer antibodies... -- which attack already-infected day that theirs was “more efficient heavyfall in Rakhine State and isolated heavyfall in Chin State. for solving daily minor body problems as much as they can. Several lab tests show that cells and not the virus itself. against the Delta variant... than Degree of certainty is (100%). E Most of the people are delay to receive medical treat- the Delta variant seems to have As a result, real-world obser- any other vaccine that published STATE OF THE SEA: Squalls with moderate to rough seas are ment at hospitals and clinics because they are busy for daily life as stronger resistance to vaccines vations are crucial to measuring results on this strain so far”. likely at times Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface they are always facing at least one important issue. They all don’t than other variants do. vaccine effectiveness -- and the They did not publish results wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph. Sea will be slight to take care of minor body problems such as headache, catching a A British study published in first results are reassuring. but said the study by the Gama- moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. Wave height will be cold and coughing. So they take a pill as they like. the Lancet medical journal in early According to data published leya Center, a Russian research about (8-10) feet in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts and (5- Sometimes, disorders of health conditions in the body disappear June looked at levels of neutralis- on Monday by Public Health Eng- institute, had been submitted for 7) feet in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. as they treat themselves but they cannot afford to overcome the ing antibodies produced in vacci- land, vaccination with Pfizer/BioN- publication in an international OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood impacts of side effect from nated people exposed to the Delta, Tech and AstraZeneca is as effec- peer-reviewed journal. of slight increase of rain in Taninthayi Region and Kayin, and the pills. Alpha (first identified in Britain) tive at preventing hospitalisation One dose not enough Mon states. Actually, people should and Beta (first identified in South in the case of the Delta variant as it Among authorised vaccines FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING A Myanmar saying receive medical treatment Africa) variants. is in the case of the Alpha variant. only one -- developed by Janssen AREA FOR 20 June 2021: One or two rain or thundershowers. at hospitals or clinics where It found that antibody levels in Two doses of the Pfizer/Bi- -- is given in one dose instead of Degree of certainty is (100%). goes: “Health is a they need to obey the instruc- people with two doses of the Pfiz- oNTech jab prevent 96 per cent of two, and not enough data exists to FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA tions of the medical doctors. er/BioNTech shot were six times hospitalisations due to the Delta determine its effectiveness against FOR 20 June 2021: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree Moreover, they have to take a lower in the presence of the Delta variant, while AstraZeneca pre- the Delta variant. The rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant has driven a 50 per cent rise in infections in England since May. of certainty is (100%). gift of nature.” It is Pedestrians wear masks as they walk in London. PHOTO: AFP pill as prescribed by the phy- variant than in the presence of the vents 92 per cent, according to a For the others, lab and re- FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING true. Hence, every- sicians. Otherwise, their dis- original Covid-19 strain on which study involving 14,000 people. al-world tests both conclude that ernment confirms the tenden- reduced to three weeks from five will help keep the Delta variant AREA FOR 20 June 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. orders of health conditions the vaccine was based. Previous data released by one dose of any vaccine only cy in real-world scenarios: both for a second dose of the Pfizer/Bi- from spreading throughout the Degree of certainty is (80%). body should try might not be placed under The Alpha and Beta variants British health authorities at the gives limited protection against vaccines were 33 per cent effec- oNTech and Moderna vaccines. population. control. also provoked lower responses, end of May come to similar con- the Delta variant. tive against symptomatic cases The Pfizer/BioNTech jab A US study from June 10 to stay away from In fact, these health dis- with 2.6 times fewer antibodies for clusions for less serious forms of “After a single dose of Pfiz- caused by Delta 3 weeks after the does however offer very high points to the importance of vac- orders in the body are based Alpha and 4.9 times fewer for Beta. the illness. er-BioNTech, 79% of people had first dose compared to around 50 (94 per cent) protection against cination to keeping the list of on a lack of knowledge about A French study from the Pas- The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine a quantifiable neutralising anti- per cent effectiveness against the hospitalisation due to the Delta variants from growing. diseases and disor- the limit of foods we all have teur Institute concluded that neu- is 88 per cent effective against body response against the orig- Alpha variant. variant after one dose. “Increasing the proportion daily. Some items of foods tralising antibodies produced by symptomatic Covid caused by the inal strain, but this fell to... 32% In the UK -- where the Delta Shots and social distancing of the population immunised ders of health con- cannot be digested in a short vaccination with the Pfizer/BioN- Delta variant two weeks after the for B.1.617.2 (Delta),” says the variant is now responsible for 96 Scientists agree that the best with current safe and effective time but some can be digest- Tech jab are three to six times less second dose, while the jab is 93 per lab study from June. per cent of new cases -- these defence against the Delta variant authorised vaccines remains ditions. To be able ed within an hour. Some effective against the Delta variant cent effective for cases caused by The Pasteur Institute found findings pushed the government is to get a full two-dose vaccina- a key strategy to minimise the items of foods can pass the than against the Alpha variant. the Alpha variant. that a single dose of AstraZeneca on Monday to reduce the waiting tion against coronavirus. emergence of new variants and to do so, they all stomach easily leading to the ... but vaccines still work AstraZeneca shows efficacy of would have “little to no efficacy” period between doses from 12 Top French scientist Jean- end the COVID-19 pandemic”, intestines. So, the persons Although they represent an 60 per cent against cases caused against the Delta variant. weeks to eight for people over 40. François Delfraissy says creating it says. have certain health who eat foods that cannot be essential marker, the levels of an- by the Delta variant and 66 per Data from the British gov- In France the wait has been a “block of vaccinated people” SOURCE: AFP digested in the stomach eas- knowledge about ily may face health disorders and then diseases. situations of ingre- Indeed, all the people Coronavirus: Latest global developments need to observe or study dients in the foods medical and health knowl- ERE are the latest devel- Dozens of poorer countries cause delays for those awaiting a of its Covid-19 vaccine to European Austria will donate one million 3.8 million dead edge in reading medical opments in the coronavi- have had to suspend their coro- second dose. Union member states by Septem- doses of Covid-19 vaccines to west- The pandemic has killed at and meals. Hence, books for solving the disorder Hrus crisis: navirus vaccination programmes AstraZeneca verdict ber 27 -- far fewer than Brussels ern Balkan countries, Chancellor least 3,844,390 people worldwide health problems at the body. Moscow record surge due to a lack of doses, the WHO A Belgian court orders Astra- had demanded. Sebastian Kurz says. since the virus first emerged in everybody knows Moreover, they need to study Russia’s capital registers says, adding the shortages often Zeneca to deliver 50 million doses Euro 2020 doubt Italian quarantine for UK December 2019, according to an knowledge about the impacts 9,056 new infections in 24 hours, British Prime Minister Bo- Italy reintroduces a five-day AFP compilation of official data. of undigested foods and sat- a record since the start of the pan- ris Johnson says his priority is quarantine on arrivals from Brit- The US is the worst-affected a motto that goes: urated oil contained in the demic, leading the city to close its keeping the “country safe from ain after a spike in coronavirus country with 600,934 deaths, fol- meals. If so, they can con- Euro 2020 fan-zone and ban gath- Covid”, as a source confirms to cases there. lowed by Brazil with 496,004, India Prevention is bet- sider things how to have the erings of more than 1,000 people. AFP that UEFA is keeping the Norway eases curbs with 383,490, Mexico with 230,792, meals without the contents The Delta variant, which first option open of moving the Euro Norway will lift a slew of Peru with 189,757 and Russia with ter than treatment. of inappropriate ingredients emerged in India, represents al- 2020 semi-finals and final from measures to fight Covid-19 in the 128,445. from the foods. Such moves most 90 per cent of the cases, may- Wembley to Budapest. coming days, the prime minister The figures are based on are the acts of avoiding the or Sergei Sobyanin says. Palestinians to get jabs Erna Solberg says, opening up reports by health authorities in possibility of health disorders from which the people may suffer. Africa concern Israel is to swap around a travel, sport and partying. each country, but do not take into A Myanmar saying goes: “Health is a gift of nature.” It is true. The World Health Organiza- million doses of the Pfizer vac- Jabs for Games sta account upward revisions carried Hence, everybody should try to stay away from diseases and disor- tion says the trajectory of Covid-19 cine reaching their expiry dates Thousands of Olympic volun- out later by statistical bodies. ders of health conditions. To be able to do so, they all have certain cases across Africa “is very, very for doses the US pharma giant teers and officials begin receiving The WHO says up to three health knowledge about situations of ingredients in the foods and concerning”, with the spread of was due to send to the Palestinian vaccines in Tokyo five weeks be- times more people have died di- A man receives a COVID­19 vaccine at the Tokyo Metropolitan meals. Hence, everybody knows a motto that goes: Prevention is new variants as vaccination rates Authority for its 4.5 million popu- fore the Olympics, as experts warn rectly or indirectly due to the pan- Government o„ce in Tokyo on 18 June 2021, as the government o„ce better than treatment. remain dangerously low. started vaccinations for people involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic lation. it would be safer to hold the event demic than official figures suggest. Vaccine outages Games. PHOTO: AFP Western Balkans too without fans. SOURCE: AFP 20 JUNE 2021 10 PANDEMIC: TOP STORIES THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Olympic staff, volunteers vaccinated as Tokyo Games near

THOUSANDS of Olympic volun- niggling concerns about virus teers and officials began receiv- risks before getting jabbed. ing vaccines in Tokyo on Friday, “Now that I will be vacci- five weeks before the Games, nated, I will feel a little more as experts warned it would be reassured doing my job,” she safest to hold the event without told reporters. fans. “Many people from abroad, With just over a month including inspectors from my until the July 23 opening cer- field, are coming to Japan after emony, organizers are in the having been vaccinated them- home stretch and scrambling selves. I feel more relieved that to finalise virus rules and get we also won’t be the source of participants vaccinated in time. the virus spread.” They also face a controver- The jabs are separate from sial and difficult decision over those being used in Japan’s how many domestic fans, if any, national vaccine rollout, which will be in the stands for the pan- began slowly but has picked up demic-postponed Games. pace lately, with over six per- Japanese Olympic athletes cent of the population now fully have already begun receiving inoculated. vaccines, and the rollout ex- Tokyo Games organisers are in the home stretch, scrambling to nalise virus rules and get participants The vaccinations come as panded on Friday to Olympic vaccinated in time. PHOTO: POOLAFP organizers work to convince a staff, volunteers and others who sceptical public that the biggest will interact with overseas par- Committee has donated enough staff, local media and Olympic ing control for Tokyo 2020, was international event since the ticipants. Pfizer/BioNTech doses for referees. among those being vaccinated pandemic began will be safe. The International Olympic 40,000 people, including airport Chika Hirai, director of dop- on Friday and said she had some — AFP Sydney reintroduces masks to contain A fifth of asymptomatic Delta variant Covid patients develop HEALTH authorities in New ed a fourth person, according to transported overseas airline South Wales state on Friday news reports . crew. Health official believe the long Covid: study re-imposed mandatory mask Authorities added that out- latest case was picked up through wearing on public transport in door events could continue as minimal contact with an infected Sydney, as a cluster of cases planned. The cases were linked person in a shopping centre. — linked to the Delta variant infect- to a driver who occasionally AFP

US scientists develop coating to capture airborne droplets US scientists said Wednesday iglass dividers to capture res- the journal Chem. they had developed a sticky wall piratory droplets, rather than “Right now, plexiglass divid- coating that repurposes ingre- allowing them to bounce off and ers are deviating devices; they People arrive for their Covid-19 vaccine at the Auto Club Speedway dients used in hair conditioners remain in circulation. deflect droplets. If a surface could in Fontana, California PHOTO: AFP to trap aerosolized droplets, and “Droplets collide with indoor actually trap droplets, then every hope it will become another tool surfaces all the time,” said North- single droplet effectively removed ALMOST a fifth of Covid pa- dividuals who have long-haul in the fight against Covid and oth- western University engineering from indoor air would be a suc- tients without symptoms went COVID, as well as for policy er airborne diseases. professor Jiaxing Huang, senior cessful elimination of a potential on to experience conditions makers, providers, payors and The substance can be ap- author of a paper on the subject source of transmission.” consistent with long Covid a researchers.” plied to surfaces such as plex- that was published Wednesday in Covid-19 is primarily trans- month after their initial diagno- Perils of ‘Long Covid’ mitted through respiratory fluids sis, according to a huge study “Long Covid” refers to -- including large droplets and published Tuesday. symptoms of the disease that fine aerosols -- when an infect- The analysis by non-prof- persist more than four weeks ed person speaks, sneezes or it FAIR Health encompassed after being diagnosed. breathes. insurance claims from 1.96 The study found that across The main way to remove million Americans -- the larg- all ages, the most common post these from the air is to open win- est population of patients ever viral conditions were in order dows and to use high-filtration studied for long Covid -- from of frequency: pain, breathing devices that capture fine particles February 2020 to February difficulties, high cholesterol, and change out the air at high 2021. general discomfort and fatigue, rates. “Even as the Covid-19 pan- and high blood pressure. To build extra protection on demic wanes, long-haul Covid The odds of dying 30 days top of that, Huang and colleagues persists as a public health issue or more after initially being came up with the idea of using affecting many Americans,” diagnosed with Covid were 46 PAAm-DDA, a polymer which is said FAIR Health’s president times higher for patients who This undated handout photo obtained 16 June, 2021 shows a vial of a commonly used in hair products Robin Gelburd. were hospitalized with Covid sticky coating that can be applied to surfaces such as plexiglass dividers to capture respiratory droplets, rather than allowing them to bounce o„ and other cosmetics to lock in “The findings in our new and discharged compared to and remain in circulation. PHOTO: HANDOUT NORTHWESTERN moisture, as the main ingredient study shed significant light on those who weren’t hospitalized. UNIVERSITYAFP of their coating. — AFP this emerging issue for all in- — AFP 20 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL TOP STORIES 11

NEWS Putin’s party holds congress amid IN BRIEF Libyans chill at opposition clampdown ex-barracks for PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin’s Critics say the moves are Kadha‡’s ‘Amazons’ United Russia party will hold aimed at ensuring that Navalny, its congress Saturday ahead of who was jailed earlier this year LIBYANS a decade ago could September parliamentary elec- for two-and-a-half years on old scarcely have imagined tions that come amid a sweeping fraud charges he says are politi- picnicking at a key military crackdown on the beleaguered cally motivated, does not spoil the facility in Tripoli, but today opposition. vote for the 68-year-old Kremlin a once feared site has been The gathering, which will de- chief and his deeply unpopular transformed into a family termine the ruling party’s candi- party. relaxation area. dates and electoral programme In recent years, United Rus- The military academy of for the lower house of parliament sia, which controls a majority of Moamer Kadha‡’s entourage vote, comes after authorities took the lower house State Duma, has of female bodyguards, known drastic measures to stop Russia’s seen its support tumble amid eco- as “Amazons”, was long seen main opposition politician Alexei nomic stagnation, entrenched as a symbol of the dictator’s Navalny affecting their outcome. corruption and widespread vot- extravagant and capricious President Vladimir Putin called on United Russia delegates to take Barring his organisations er fatigue. rule. initiative rather than wait for a cue from him. PHOTO: AFP from working in Russia, a Mos- On the eve of the party con- In the chaos and con—ict cow court earlier this month gress in Moscow, state-run poll- jecting calm ahead of the vote. month. Putin, who will speak in that followed Kadha‡’s top- branded them as “extremist”, ster VTsIOM published a survey “It is a good base of support person at the party congress on pling in a 2011 NATO-backed while Putin signed legislation showing that 30 per cent of vot- that can be further increased Saturday alongside Medvedev, uprising, a succession of outlawing staff, members and ers support United Russia -- a during the election campaign,” himself boasts much higher armed groups sought to take sponsors of “extremist” groups 10-point drop from the last State party chairman and former pres- support than his party with an control of the strategic site, from running in parliamentary Duma elections in 2016. ident and prime minister Dmitry approval rating of 61.5 per cent, located between the port and elections. The party, however, is pro- Medvedev said at the start of the according to VTsIOM. — AFP city centre. Finally four years ago, the Tripoli authorities decided to India mourns as ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh dies of Covid aged 91 turn it into an outdoor public recreation zone. INDIA on Saturday mourned Singh, writing that India had They demolished the the loss of track legend Milkha “lost a colossal sportsperson, buildings, training areas Singh, who overcame child- who captured the nation’s im- and high walls surrounding hood tragedy to seek Olym- agination and had a special the barracks, leaving only a pic glory, after he died aged place in the hearts of countless control tower at what was 91 following a long battle with Indians.” formerly the academy’s main Covid-19. Cricket icon Sachin Ten- gate. — AFP Singh, a four-time Asian dulkar said Singh’s legacy Games gold medallist who would live on. was dubbed the ‘Flying Sikh’, “Rest in Peace our very Ethiopia to vote passed away at a hospital in own ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh amid war in Tigray, the north Indian city of Chan- ji,” he tweeted. fears over fairness digarh late Friday. “Your demise has left a His wife had also died from deep void in every Indian’s ETHIOPIA will vote Monday Milkha Singh, seen at the premiere of “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,” the the virus earlier in the week. heart today, but you shall keep in an election billed as its fre- Bollywood ‡lm detailing his life story in 2013, has passed away aged 91. Prime Minister Naren- inspiring several generations est yet, but that is proceeding PHOTO: AFP dra Modi led the tributes for to come.” — AFP under the shadow of war and famine in the north, and se- rious doubts over fairness. Churchill painting from Onassis superyacht to auction in New York The vote is the corner- stone of a promised dem- A piece of art weaving together both history and celebrity buffs. ocratic revival in Africa’s one of the great statesmen of the Churchill kept the painting second-most populous nation, 20th century, an icon of the jet for 40 years before offering it in and is supposed to repre- set and the world’s first “super 1961, four years before his death, sent a clean break with the yacht” will go under the hammer to his friend the Greek shipping repression that tarnished past at New York auction house Phil- magnate Aristotle Onassis, Phil- elections. lips on June 23. lips Deputy Chairman Jean-Paul Prime Minister Abiy “The Moat, Breccles,” a Engelen told AFP. Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize signed 1921 oil landscape by The tycoon was so proud of winner who freed political Winston Churchill, is estimated his gift that he hung it in a place prisoners and welcomed back by Phillips at $1.5 million to $2 of honour — behind the bar of exiles, is seeking a popular million, far from the $11.6 mil- his yacht — alongside works by mandate after three years of lion netted by another painting Vermeer, Gauguin, Le Greco and great change, but also violent from the wartime British prime Pissarro. turmoil, under his rule. The minister sold by Angelina Jolie This super yacht, named young leader rose to power on at Christie’s last March. “Christina” after Onassis’s Jean-Paul Engelen, Deputy Chairman of Phillips auction house, speaks the back of anti-government But even if it doesn’t shatter daughter, was a former Canadi- next to “The Moat, Breccles” painting by Winston Churchill and owned unrest and was praised for his by the Onassis family. PHOTO: AFP records, this landscape -- which an Navy frigate, nearly 100 me- democratic agenda, includ- Churchill mentioned in a Decem- tres long. It had been a part of for $34,000. making it “one of the most in- ing a commitment to hold ber 1921 essay titled “Painting the Normandy landings before Onassis had it lavishly ren- credible structures that floated,” Ethiopia’s most competitive as a Pastime” -- could appeal to Onassis bought the ship post-war ovated to the tune of $4 million, Engelen said. — AFP elections yet. — AFP 20 JUNE 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

NEWS IN BRIEF Johnson says nation’s health not Over 60% of Japan rms reluctant to Euro final is priority see Tokyo Olympics BRITISH Prime Minister Bo- or quarantine on their return. this year ris Johnson said his priority is According to The Times, keeping the “country safe from Johnson is keen to allow the of- OVER 60 per cent of compa- Covid” as a source confirmed to ficials in as he sees it as an ideal nies across Japan are reluctant AFP that UEFA are keeping the moment to lobby for a mooted to have the Tokyo Olympics option open of moving the Euro joint bid, along with the Repub- and Paralympics held this year 2020 semi-finals and final from lic of Ireland, for the 2030 World due to concerns about the Wembley to Budapest. Cup. country’s low COVID‘19 vacci- With the closing stages of However, he struck a more nation rate, a survey by a credit the European Championship cautious tone on Friday. research company showed scheduled to take place in Lon- “We will do what we have to earlier this week. don, The Times reported that do to keep the country safe from The online survey con- Johnson was considering ex- Covid,” he said. ducted by Tokyo Shoko Re- empting around 2,500 UEFA Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his priority is keeping the “That’s obviously going to country safe from covid as rumours suggest the Euro 2020 semi-nals search from June 1 to 9 found and FIFA officials, sponsors and be our priority. We will be talk- and nal might be switched to Hungary. PHOTO: AFP that 34.7 per cent of 9,163 rms broadcasters from quarantine ing to UEFA about what they responding would prefer the measures in place in Britain due es, meet with British govern- discontent among Britons whose want and see if we can make games to be cancelled, while to coronavirus protocols. ment ministers and move around ability to travel on holiday has some sensible accommodations, 29.3 per cent wanted them to This would free them up to freely. been restricted by rules enforc- but the priority has to be public be postponed. attend training sessions, match- Some fear this would spark ing a strict period of self-isolation health.” — AFP Conversely, 36.0 per cent of companies said they wanted the major sporting event to be Global chip sales expected Australia takes China to held as scheduled, down about 8 points from the previous to rise 20% in 2021 amid WTO over wine duties survey in February. In multiple answers, 76.3 supply bottleneck per cent of rms cited the low vaccination rate as the reason GLOBAL chip sales are expect- pre-COVID-19 levels in 2019. for wanting to postpone or ed to rise 19.7 per cent to $527.22 Automakers have sought cancel the games, followed billion in 2021, as demand has to raise production to meet re- by 75.7 per cent referring to been far outstripping supply in viving demand but many manu- concerns that the arrival of the consumer electronics and facturers such as Honda Motor Olympic personnel from over- auto sectors, and the world Co. and Volkswagen AG have seas could help worsen the economy is rebounding from the cut their output and sales plans coronavirus infection situation coronavirus pandemic slump, as they are not able to procure in Japan. — Kyodo News according to estimates by an enough chips. industry body. General Motors Co. said Semiconductor sales are in February that it would scale EU to hit key projected to continue growing back production at four plants Belarus sectors after into 2022, with an 8.8 per cent and the supply shortage was ex- plane diversion increase to $573.44 billion, World pected to continue for one year. Semiconductor Trade Statistics Chip supplies have also tight- A worker sorts imported Australian wine in Nantong, in eastern China’s EU foreign ministers will look Inc. said in its latest forecast. ened as other industries prepare Jiangsu province, on Nov. 27, 2020. PHOTO: AFP to agree sanctions on key sec- Chip demand has spiked for the reopening of economies AUSTRALIA will take China Morrison that his government tors of the Belarus economy since the need to stay at home in line with the rollout of coro- before the World Trade Organi- would respond forcefully to Monday to punish the author- amid the COVID-19 pandemic navirus vaccines. zation over Beijing’s imposition countries trying to use “eco- ities after the forced landing of has boosted sales of laptop and The Asia-Pacific region, ex- of crippling tariffs on Australi- nomic coercion” against it. an airliner, diplomats said. tablet computers. cluding Japan, is expected to an wine exports, it announced China in November Ministers meeting in Working from home, on- lead worldwide sales this year Saturday, in the latest sign of slapped tariffs of up to 218 Luxembourg are set to discuss line classes and other network with the highest increase of 23.5 worsening tensions between percent on Australian wines, broad-ranging measures activities have also increased per cent, followed by a rise of 21.1 the two countries. which it said were being designed to hit the regime internet traffic, requiring data percent in Europe, according to The decision “to defend “dumped” into the Chinese of President Alexander centres to ramp up capacity. In the organization that represents Australia’s winemakers” market at subsidised prices. Lukashenko “in the wallet”, a Japan, internet traffic last year 44 semiconductor manufactur- comes six months after Aus- The crackdown virtually European diplomat told AFP was up 1.6 times compared with ers. — Kyodo News tralia lodged a separate pro- closed what had been Aus- on Friday. test at the WTO over tariffs on tralia’s biggest overseas wine The sanctions are Australian barley and is in line market, with sales falling from expected to target mainstays with the government’s “sup- Aus$1.1 billion (US$ 840 mil- of the Belarusian economy, port for the rules-based trading lion) to just Aus$20 million, including potash fertiliser ex- system”, it said in a statement. according to official figures. ports, the tobacco sector, and It added, however, that “The actions taken by the petroleum and petrochemical “Australia remains open to Chinese government have products, diplomats said. engaging directly with China caused serious harm to the They will also tighten re- to resolve this issue”. Australian wine industry,” strictions on exports from the It is the latest incident in Trade Minister Dan Tehan bloc of arms and equipment an escalating tussle between said at a press conference that can be used to crackdown Australia and its largest trad- announcing the decision to on demonstrators, diplomats Photo taken in Tokyo on July 1, 2019, shows a semiconductor product ing partner and follows warn- lodge a formal dispute with said.— AFP made by a South Korean company. PHOTO: KYODO ings by Prime Minister Scott the WTO.— AFP 20 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLDAD 13 Newest Boeing 737 MAX Waymo raises $2.5bn to rev makes first test flight THE newest version of enter commercial service self-driving cars Boeing’s 737 MAX made its in 2020, but the timeframe first test flight over Wash- slipped during the MAX’s WAYMO on Wednesday mous driving, although no ington state on Friday, just 20-month grounding, and said it has raised $2.5 billion large-scale deployments months after the plane re- the delay was compound- (€2bn) from parent-com- have begun. turned to service following ed by the aviation indus- pany Alphabet and others The latest funding will a worldwide grounding af- try downturn caused by in a new funding round to be used to improve Waymo ter two fatal crashes. Covid-19. Boeing current- fuel its mission of getting autonomous driving tech- Boeing said the 737 ly projects commercial self-driving cars on the nology and build the com- MAX 10 departed Renton, deliveries of the MAX 10 road. pany’s team, according to Washington at 1707 GMT will commence in 2023. Be- The infusion of cash co-chiefs Tekedra Mawaka- into clear skies, flew over tween now and that time, comes just months after na and Dmitri Dolgov. “We the central part of the state there will be additional test the departure of Waymo agree with those experts and landed about two-and- flights, as well as back-and- chief John Krafcik prompt- who say there’s no greater a-half hours later in Seat- forth between the company ed concerns that the unit challenge in artificial intel- Waymo co-chief Dmitri Dolgov with one of its self-driving tle. and regulators at the US might be stuck in low gear ligence than building and cars at Waymo headquarters in Mountain View, California. “The airplane per- Federal Aviation Admin- despite boasts of gaining deploying fully autonomous Photo: Glenn Chapman. PHOTO: AFP formed beautifully. The istration. traction. technology at scale,” Dol- in this mission, in our tech- included Alphabet and ven- profile we flew allowed us “The 737-10 is an im- Waymo is among sev- gov and Mawakana said in nology, and in us.” ture capital titan Andrees- to test the airplane’s sys- portant part of our custom- eral car-manufacuring and a release. “We’re grateful to Investors taking part sen Horowitz, according to tems, flight controls and ers’ fleet plans, giving them tech firms testing autono- our investors for believing in the latest funding round Waymo.— AFP handling qualities, all of more capacity, greater fuel which checked out exact- efficiency and the best ly as we expected,” Chief per-seat economics of any UK retail sales dip in May as consumers eat out Pilot Jennifer Henderson single-aisle airplane,” said said in a statement. Stan Deal, president and “The largest con- The mid-range jet CEO of Boeing Commer- tribution to the monthly initially was targeted to cial Airplanes.— AFP decline in May 2021 came from food stores where sales volumes fell by 5.7 NEWS per cent,” the ONS noted. IN “Anecdotal evidence BRIEF suggests the easing of hospitality restrictions Champagne and sequins as Nigeria had had an impact on models look to rock the runways sales as people returned to eating and drinking at CHAMPAGNE corks popped and sequins sparkled like a locations such as restau- thousand tiny stars in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, rants and bars.” where an international model casting was on the hunt for Overall sales in April the face of the future. and May were however Elizabeth Elohor is sure that it will be an African one. 9.1 per cent higher than The former top model created the rst modelling pre-pandemic level in Food stores sales volumes fell by 5.7% as people returned to bars and restaurants when agency in Nigeria back in 2004, when there was no Fash- lockdown curbs were eased. PHOTO: TOLGA AKMENAFP February 2020. ion Week on the continent, very few local designers and In April, the UK reo- little high-end fashion. BRITISH retail sales fell Sales by volume statement. pened non-essential re- Now with her “Future Face Africa” casting, Elohor last month, with food hit declined 1.4 per cent in Retailers had enjoyed tail, including restaurants hopes to expand the search for future talent from Nigeria as people returned to bars May from April, snapping a 9.2-per-cent bounce in and bars, allowing the to the rest of the continent. and restaurants on easing three months of gains, the April as the UK economy wider British economy to Before the 2000s, there were few black faces gracing lockdown curbs, official Office for National Sta- began to crank back into recover further from pan- the covers of women’s magazines with the exception of data showed on Friday. tistics (ONS) said in a action. demic fallout.— AFP iconic gures like Naomi Campbell, Donyale Luna and Beverly Johnson. — AFP CLAIMS DAY NOTICE CLAIMS DAY NOTICE As Cyberpunk reboots, can unloved M.V PRESIDIO VOY.NO. (060N) M.V TRANGAN 05 V.0221 games win an extra life? Consignees of cargo carried on M.V PRESIDIO Consignees of cargo carried on M.V TRANGAN 05 VOY.NO. (060N) are hereby notified that the vessel will V.0221 are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving RETRO‘FUTURIST video game Cyberpunk 2077 will be be arriving on 20-6-2021 and cargo will be discharged into on 20-6-2021 and cargo will be discharged into the back in the Playstation store on Monday after a disastrous the premises of HPT where it will lie at the consignee’s premises of WILMAR where it will lie at the consignee’s launch marred by bugs forced a 184-day time-out. risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. conditions of the Port of Yangon. But can a blockbuster game recover from the repu- Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am tational hit of a failed roll-out? Sometimes, as other titles to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now have shown, one can. declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo “Redemption is possible,” said Yohan Bensemhoun, from the Vessel. from the Vessel. game tester for jeuxvideo.com. “But it’s risky. Fail twice No claims against this vessel will be admitted after No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. the Claims Day. and you’re done.” Phone No: 2301185 Phone No: 2301191/2301178 CD Projekt’s dark future roleplaying title had been Shipping Agency Department Shipping Agency Department hotly anticipated after the studio’s work on the ground- Myanma Port Authority Myanma Port Authority breaking The Witcher III, but gamers were disappointed Agent For: Agent For: when the game rst appeared and an online storm dam- M/S NEW GOLDEN SEA SHIPPING PTE., LTD M/S WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE(S) PTE LTD aged condence. — AFP 20 JUNE 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR UN chief Guterres sworn in for second term, vows to learn from pandemic

“Our greatest challenge -- set foot in the United Nations and which is at the same time building for more than a year our greatest opportunity -- is to because of the pandemic. use this crisis to turn the tide, Guterres added that it would pivot towards a world that learns be essential to “make prevention lessons,” the former Portuguese and preparedness -- in the broad prime minister said as the Gen- sense of the words -- a top prior- eral Assembly re-appointed him ity in the international system.” for the 2022-2016 term. Speaking at a press confer- This, Guterres added, would ence after the ceremony, Gu- include promoting a “just, green terres reiterated that “from the and sustainable recovery” which many lessons that we learned, shows the way forward “through the most important lesson is increased and effective inter- that alone we can do nothing. national cooperation to address The most important lesson is global issues.” that we need to rebuild solidarity In office since 2017, Guterres and trust.” US Secretary of State promised to act independently of Antony Blinken congratulated Yemen’s Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani (L) and rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam (R) shake hands member states and organiza- Guterres saying his country under the eyes of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C) during peace consultations in Sweden on 13 tions during the swearing-in cer- looked forward to “continuing December, 2018. PHOTO: AFP emony attended by Portuguese our strong and constructive rela- UN Secretary-General Antonio for a second term as head of the the lessons of the deadly Cov- President Marcelo Rebelo de tionship” with the secretary-gen- Guterres was sworn in Friday world body, promising to draw on id-19 pandemic. Sousa, the first head of state to eral.— AFP

Daredevil stunt rider Alex Hubert Germain: France’s last Hero Harvill dies warming up for of the Resistance world record jump AT nearly 101 years old, Hubert Germain is the last of the desig- DAREDEVIL stunt rider Alex Harvill appeared to have been nated Heroes of the Resistance Harvill has died while warming thrown over the handlebars and against the Nazi occupation of up for an attempt at a world re- lost his helmet in the crash. Germany, handpicked and then cord jump, according to various Harvill was rushed to hos- honoured by its leader General media reports. pital but he was later confirmed Charles de Gaulle. Harvill was planning to at- dead. Germain is one of just 1,038 tempt a 107-metre jump in front He leaves behind a wife and decorated with the Order of the of spectators during the Moses two young sons, including a new- Liberation -- the highest brav- Lake Airshow in the US state of born baby. ery order -- for their heroism Washington. The 28-year-old was a pro- by de Gaulle, who later became He died while warming up fessional motorcross racer who France’s president. after his motorcycle landed just had in the past held two motor- Friday, aged nearly 101, he off the intended target and crash- cycle jump records. sat in his wheelchair at a cere- ing into a dirt mound, the BBC A GoFundMe fundraiser mony with President Emmanuel Hubert Germain, France’s last surviving resistance hero, pictured in November 2020 in Paris. PHOTO: AFPFILE reported. aiming to support the family has Macron to mark the moment 81 Local newspaper, the Co- already raised almost $40,000 years ago when many consider arms against the Germans. sand and “cried like a baby...I lumbia Basin Herald, said (€33,691). — AFP the World War II resistance be- He said he would never had returned to my country.” gan -- with the radio broadcast forget his first meeting with He then fought for the lib- call to resist from London by the de Gaulle. eration of the southern city of exiled de Gaulle on June 18, 1940. “He stopped for a second, Toulon, the Rhone Valley and ‘Going to war’ looked at me and said, ‘I am Lyon in central France, moving Germain, the son of a gen- going to need you.’ When at the to the Vosges mountains and eral in France’s colonial army, age of 18-19 you get that in the Alsace in the east, and ended walked out of an entrance exam face, amid a general disaster, the war in the southern Alps. at France’s Naval College shortly it is something that moves you After the war he was after France fell to the Germans deeply.” named aide de camp for Gen- in the summer of 1940. ‘Cried like a baby’ eral Pierre Koenig, the com- “I am going to war,” he told As a member of the French mander of the French forces the examiner, he recalled in an Free Forces and the Foreign that occupied the vanquished AFP interview in 2017. Legion he took part in key Germany, before being demo- A towering 1.90 metres tall battles at Bir-Hakeim in Lib- bilised in 1946. (six foot three inches), he board- ya, El Alamein in Egypt, and He then had a stint as ed a ship carrying Polish soldiers in Tunisia. mayor in Saint-Cheron, a town to England, where he arrived on He then participated in the south of Paris, between 1953 June 24, 1940. decisive French-led assault on and 1965 and also as a parlia- He decided to join the re- Mediterranean beaches in Au- mentarian for Paris in 1962, sistance as he was shocked by gust 1944, setting foot on home before serving as post and Daredevil Alex Harvill died in a crash on Thursday while practicing for a French collaborationist leader soil for the first time in years. telecommunications minister world record jump. PHOTO: AFP Philippe Petain’s call to lay down He says he fell into the from 1972 to 1974.— AFP 20 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15

NEWS US bishops to draft statement on holy IN BRIEF communion with Biden in sights Two Guantanamo US Roman Catholic bishops is- as holy communion, is among detainees, both sued a challenge Friday to Pres- the most sacred rituals in the Yemenis, win ident Joe Biden over his support Catholic Church and there have for abortion rights, agreeing to been calls from some conserva- release draft a statement on the mean- tive church leaders to deny the TWO Yemenis who have been ing of holy communion which sacrament to politicians who held at the US military prison could potentially be used to deny support abortion rights. in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for the sacred rite to the American At a press conference on 17 years as alleged al-Qaeda leader. Thursday, Bishop Kevin Rhoades supporters have won their Biden, 78, a devout Catholic of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indi- release, according to newly who attends mass at least once ana, said the committee drafting published Defence Depart- a week, supports the landmark the statement “will be looking at ment ‹lings on their cases. 1973 US Supreme Court decision that whole issue of eucharistic Ali al-Hajj al-Sharqawi affirming a woman’s right to an consistency.” and Abd Al Salam Al Hilal were abortion. “That is not the task of our both detained in 2002 as US Catholic bishops, defying US President Joe Biden said being denied holy communion by the committee, to look at individ- authorities, citing a “war on Catholic church is ‘not going to happen’. PHOTO: AFPFILE appeals from the Vatican, voted uals,” Rhoades said. Bishop terror,” combed the world for at their spring general assembly and the statement will be dis- “That’s a private matter and Michael Burbidge of Arlington, members of al-Qaeda after the to draft a formal statement on cussed at their next meeting in I don’t think that’s going to hap- Virginia, said the planned state- September 11, 2001 attacks. the “meaning of the eucharist November. pen,” he told reporters during a ment “is about what we believe They were transferred to in the life of the Church.” Biden on Friday seemed to White House event on the coro- about the eucharist, how to live Guantanamo in 2004, with It was approved by a vote dismiss the possibility that he navirus pandemic. a eucharistic life, and to go forth subsequent records showing of 168 to 55 with six abstentions could be denied communion. The eucharist, also known in service. — AFP Sharqawi had undergone torture while being interro- gated by the CIA after he was Ultraconservative Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concede detained in Pakistan. Documents released by CONGRATULATIONS poured The other two ultraconser- the Pentagon’s Periodic Review in for ultraconservative Ebra- vative candidates -- Mohsen Board, which regularly assess- him Raisi Saturday on winning Rezai and Amirhossein Qaziza- es the cases of the detainees Iran’s presidential election as deh Hashemi -- explicitly con- at Guantanamo, showed both his rivals conceded even before gratulated Raisi, as did the only had been approved for release official results were announced. reformist in the race, former on June 8.— AFP The other three candidates central bank governor Abdol- in the race all congratulated him nasser Hemmati. for his victory, which had been Raisi, 60, takes over from Armenian leaders widely expected after a host of Rouhani in August as Iran seeks wrap up campaign heavyweight rivals had been to salvage its tattered nuclear before tense snap barred from running. deal with major powers and free polls “I congratulate the people itself from punishing US sanc- on their choice,” said outgoing tions that have driven a sharp ARMENIAN leaders wrapped moderate President Hassan economic downturn. up campaigning on Friday Rouhani without naming Raisi. Raisi, the head of the judi- ahead of snap weekend polls “My official congratulations will ciary whose black turban signi- Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi had been seen as all but certain to to end a political crisis sparked emerge victorious in Iran’s presidential election. PHOTO: AFP come later, but we know who fies direct descent from Islam’s by a humiliating military de- got enough votes in this election Prophet Mohammed, is seen as who has ultimate political pow- original midnight deadline amid feat to Azerbaijan last year. and who is elected today by the close to the 81-year-old supreme er in Iran. Friday’s voting was fears of a low turnout of 50 per Prime Minister Nikol people.” leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, extended by two hours past the cent or less. — AFP Pashinyan called the early election in the hopes of renewing his mandate but is in a tight race with his main US cutting forces, missile batteries in Middle East rival, former leader Robert confirming a Wall Street Journal Each battery requires hun- Kocharyan. report that eight Patriot batter- dreds of troops and civilians to Pashinyan rose to power ies were being moved out from operate and support them. in 2018 on pledges to oust the region. Pentagon spokesperson corrupt elites and turn around The move comes as Presi- Commander Jessica McNulty the country’s fortunes after dent Joe Biden’s administration said that some of the units were decades of poverty and cor- seeks to ease tensions with Iran being redeployed to other coun- ruption. after they heated up in 2019 and tries and some were returning But he has lost much of saw a strong escalation in the to the United States for main- his lustre after Armenia ceded US military presence across the tenance. swathes of territory to arch region. She would not say where foe Azerbaijan following a The Wall Street Journal the redeployed units were being six-week war over a lingering said the Patriot anti-missile moved to. territorial dispute that claimed batteries were being removed “This decision was made over 6,000 lives. from Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and in close coordination with host Some polls show Pash- A Patriot missile battery near Prince Sultan Air Base at al-Kharj, Saudi Saudi Arabia, and that a sepa- nations and with a clear eye on inyan’s Civil Contract Party Arabia . PHOTO: POOLAFPFILE rate anti-missile system, called preserving our ability to meet is neck-in-neck with former THE Pentagon said Friday troops and air defense units THAAD, was being transferred our security commitments,” she president Kocharyan’s elector- it was cutting the number of deployed to the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia as well. said in an email. — AFP al grouping.— AFP 20 JUNE 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Six ASEAN teams enter FIFA third round, Asian Cup Qualiers

A total of six ASEAN teams in- pore team garnered seven points cluding Myanmar have already from two wins, one draw and five advanced to the third round of losses in Group D and entered the FIFA and Asian Cup Qual- the next stage. ifiers, according to the ASEAN Next, team Thailand got Football data. nine points from two wins, three Viet Nam men’s national draws and three losses in Group football team advances to the G and the Philippines earned third round of the 2022 World 11 points from three wins, two Cup Asian Qualifiers. At the draws and three losses in Group same time remaining five ASE- A. AN teams: Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysian squad had 12 Thailand, the Philippines, and points with four wins and four Malaysia have entered the third losses in Group G and reached round of the Asian Cup Quali- the third-round qualifiers. fiers. Remarkably, team Viet Nam All the ASEAN teams played from Group G qualified for the eight matches in their respective third round of World Cup qualifi- group. ers with 17 points of just one loss Myanmar team collected and the team made a golden re- six points with two wins and six cord in ASEAN to enter the FIFA losses in Group F to go to the World Cup qualifiers.—GNLM next stage. PHOTO: ASEAN FOOTBALL In the meantime, the Singa- Griezmann rescues draw for France Ibrahimovic undergoes knee surgery against Hungary but eyes start of new season ANTOINE Griezmann salvaged a en Boot winner at Euro 2016, ly playing in front of their fans SWEDEN international Zla- 1-1 draw for France against Hun- equalised on 66 minutes as an and that support, it gave them tan Ibrahimovic has under- gary in Budapest as the world unconvincing France avoided strength.” gone successful surgery on a champions missed the chance a first competitive defeat since Deschamps’ side top the sec- knee injury which ruled him to clinch a place in the Euro June 2019.“It’s a point, it’s not tion with four points, one above out of Euro 2020, club side AC 2020 last 16 on Saturday. Hunga- what we were hoping for, but reigning champions Portugal who Milan confirmed on Friday. ry threatened to blow Group F given the context we’ll take it all play Germany in Munich later. “Ibrahimovic underwent wide open when Attila Fiola gave the same,” France coach Didier Hungary earned their first point an arthroscopic (procedure) the hosts a shock lead in first-half Deschamps told TF1. “After a first and the Germans are bottom af- to his left knee in Rome,” AC stoppage time after catching out half in which we should have led, ter losing to France in their open- Milan said in a statement, the France defence. we found ourselves trailing af- er. “This is one of the best days adding that “the procedure But Griezmann, the Gold- ter their only chance. “Obvious- of my life, even the best,” said was a success.” Fiola. “We got a great result, I am “Zlatan is doing well and Sweden international Zlatan proud of the team, and the fans will start his rehabilitation Ibrahimovic has undergone who created an amazing atmos- immediately.” successful surgery on a knee injury which ruled him out of Euro 2020, phere today, we showed that we The 39-year-old pulled up club side AC Milan conrmed on could play braver, more attacking in Milan’s 3-0 league win over Friday. PHOTO: AFP football than versus Portugal, it’s Juventus on May 9. been an incredible day.” Heis expected to be side- Ibrahimovic could be back France stay in Budapest for lined for another two months, on the pitch just in time for the their final game against Portugal, according to reports in Italy. start of the new season on Au- while Hungary travel to Munich Recovery times after this gust 21-22. to take on Germany, still hoping type of procedure are esti- The forward had returned to qualify for the knockout phase mated at one month to get to his national side last March France’s forward Antoine Griezmann (C) scores his team’s rst goal nearly five years after his inter- during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match between Hungary for a second straight tournament. back running and a further and France at Puskas Arena in Budapest on 19 June 2021. PHOTO : AFP — AFP month to be able to play. national farewell. — AFP ‘Disorganized’ Croatia must improve to avoid early Euro exit CROATIA coach Zlatko Dalic admitted Patrik Schick broke Scottish hearts chances of reaching the knockout stage. The Czechs move a point ahead of his side face an embarrassing early exit on Monday with two goals to beat the “We need energy, we are struggling,” England at the top of the group ahead from Euro 2020 unless they drastically hosts 2-0, including an incredible strike said Dalic, who was heralded a nation- of the Three Lions’ grudge match with improve after a 1-1 draw against the from nearly 50 metres that will go down al hero for Croatia’s run to the final Scotland later on Friday. Coach Jaroslav Czech Republic in Glasgow on Friday. as one of the best in European Champi- in Russia three years ago. “We had a Silhavy’s wild celebrations at the final The World Cup finalists have just onship history. The Bayer Leverkusen bad start, we were slow and we were whistle showed who were the happier one point from their opening two games forward had a much simpler task from trying to set unnecessary pressure, we side with a point, with the Czechs likely and need to beat Scotland on home soil the penalty spot to open the scoring, were not compact. But, after the goal to have already done enough to secure a at Hampden on Tuesday to maintain but Ivan Perisic’s stunning strike early we played better. Everything is still in place in the last 16 thanks to their four hope of a place in the last 16. in the second half maintained Croatia’s our hands.” points. — AFP