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  • Tuesday May 4th, 2021

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [May 04, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [May 04, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [May 04, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The U.S. Secretary of State slammed China for acting more respectively at home and more aggressively abroad, emphasizing that Beijing is undermining the rule-based order. Source: CNA
  2. The UK and India vowed to expand their bilateral partnership to pave the way for the future of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement expected to be worth over USD769 million. Source: Sputnik
  3. South Korea and the U.S. re-emphasized that their alliance is the linchpin of peace, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world. Source: Reuters
WORLD
  1. The EU considered reopening the border for non-essential travels from overseas in an effort to revive the EU tourism industry and rekindle the cross-border friendships. Source: BBC News
  2. Armenian lawmakers held a special meeting to vote down the candidacy of the acting PM Nikol Pashinyan as the new head of government to conduct snap elections. Source: TASS
  3. The U.S. will authorize the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines for adolescents aged between 12-15 years old to boost the country’s immunisation drive. Source: France 24
REGIONS
  1. China’s envoy to the UN took the rotating presidency role of the UNSC and urged the U.S. to halt their economic pressure on DPRK and return to dialogues. Source: The Straits Times
  2. The members of ASEAN+3 partnership pledged to strengthen financial cooperation to build a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economic growth amid the pandemic. Source: China.org.cn
  3. The Australian government has been called racist for placing a five-year imprisonment on the citizens who violated the temporary travel ban between India and Australia. Source: CNN
CAMBODIA
  1. RGC decided to lift the lockdown measure in Phnom Penh and Takhmao Town from May 6 onward while still placing measures in areas with widespread of COVID-19 cases. Source: AKP
  2. As of May 2021, the CDC has provided licences to ninety-four new investment projects with a registered value of USD2.2 billion, a year-on-year rise of 114 percent. Source: Khmer Times
  3. Cambodia exported USD2.09 billion of agricultural products to the global market in the first quarter of 2021 as the MAFF expects more from the newly signed FTA with China. Source: Khmer Times