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  • Monday January 10th, 2022

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 10, 2022]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 10, 2022]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 10, 2022] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. PM Hun Sen did not seek to meet with the former Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his official visit as he will take different approaches to the crisis. Source: Jakarta Post
  2. Iran announced to impose sanctions on 52 American individuals for their involvement in the assissnation of General Soleimani, a move that drew rebuke from Washington. Source: Times of Israel
  3. Tigray People’s Liberation Front, who occupied most parts of the northern Ethiopia region, accused Eritrea for launching attacks against their troops. Source: U.S. News & World Report
WORLD
  1. Russia expressed pessimism ahead of the planned talks with the U.S. and NATO over the tensions at the Ukrainian borders, saying that it would be naive to expect progress. Source: Deutsche Welle
  2. The U.S. agreed to limit their military personnel’s movements in Japanese bases  after the authorities accused the troops for transmitting an Omicron variant to the country. Source: BNN Bloomberg
  3. West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS will close borders with Mali and impose sweeping economic sanctions after the country keeps delaying its promised elections. Source: Al Jazeera
REGIONS
  1. Chinese FM during his visit to the several parts of African nations, announced to appoint a special envoy to the region where  the U.S. struggled to maintain their influence. Source: teleSUR
  2. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that Beijing has recently appointed a former parliamentary chief as a new commander of the PLA garrison in Hong Kong. Source: The Straits Times
  3. Myanmar junta court is slated to deliver verdicts of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in several delayed cases which could possibly jail her for decades. Source: RFI
CAMBODIA
  1. Cambodia FM’s appointment as a special envoy to Myanmar will be officially approved by all his ASEAN members at the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap next week. Source: Khmer Times
  2. MEF revealed that Cambodia’s global non-gold trade reached USD 36 billion in the first eleven months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 24 percent. Source: The Phnom Penh Post
  3. On Jan 9, MoH reported the first community case of the Omicron variant on a 23-year-old Cambodian man and called on the public to continue practicing safety measures strictly. Source: AKP