HOT NEWS
- The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. exceeded the number of American lost in the Vietnam War while infection cases in the U.S. top 1 million or one-third of global cases.
Source: The Straits Times
- China denounced the U.S. investigation into the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that the U.S. attempted to divert attention to conceal its own mishandling of the outbreak.
Source: TRT World
- After being successful in animal trials, a COVID-19 vaccine from University of Oxford is heading to human trials and expected to be produced in India within months.
Source: South China Morning Post
WORLD
- The U.S. expressed concern over the Southern Transitional Council self-rule declaration in the southern part of Yemen, claiming it would threaten the peace talks.
Source: Reuters
- Turkish Defense Ministry said that at least 40 civilians were killed in the bomb in Afrin city of Syria, alleging Syrian Kurdish YPG militia responsible for the attack.
Source: Reuters
- Trump signed an executive order on meat processing plants to stay open as the government tried to prevent food shortages that resulted from the outbreak.
Source: The New York Times
REGIONS
- China warships expelled the U.S. warship that trespassed Chinese territorial waters in the SCS, saying that the U.S. should stop its action and focus on pandemic containment.
Source: Sputnik
- Japan develops hypersonic anti-missiles which can cruise at a high altitude and could possibly pose a threat to China navy activities in the East China Sea.
Source: South China Morning Post
- The UN High Commissioner for Rights urged Bangladesh to let two stranded boats with Rohingya refugees land despite fears over their fate.
Source: Al Jazeera
CAMBODIA
- The U.S. offered an additional $1.5 million aid to the MoH for mitigating COVID-19 outbreak while Australia provided $26 million for Cambodia health programme H-EQIP.
Source: Khmer Times
- The Foriegn Ministers of Cambodia and China held a phone call discussion on joint effort to fight against COVID-19 while also pledging to upgrade bilateral cooperation.
Source: AKP
- The Ministry of Planning began the identification process of poor households who were hit by the COVID-19 to provide them with equity cards and financial support.
Source: The Phnom Penh Post
