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  • Tuesday March 9th, 2021

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 09, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 09, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [MARCH 09, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The EU and the U.S. mutually agreed to pause four months of Airbus and Boeing tariffs, marking a fresh start of normalization of relations during Biden’s administration. Source: New Europe
  2. Australia has suspended the military programme with Myanmar’s military due to the rising death tolls and violence on many protestors in Myanmar. Source: Al Jazeera
  3. South Korea and the U.S. reached a consensus on a six-year special cost-sharing measure for maintaining the U.S. forces in the Korean peninsula. Source: KBS World Radio
WORLD
  1. The U.S. planned to launch a series of cyber attacks on Russia’s internal networks over the next three weeks in response to Russia’s alleged attacks on solarwinds’ software. Source: TASS
  2. Israel is renewing a plan to supply a surplus of Coronavirus vaccines to friendly nations despite not gaining approval from the cabinet to authorize this plan. Source: The Times of Israel
  3. Swiss pharmaceutical company Adienne Pharma & Biotech, landed an agreement with Russian Direct Investment Fund for the production of Sputnik V vaccines in Italy. Source: Sputnik
REGIONS
  1. China demanded the U.S. to remove the unreasonable restraint on the U.S.-China  cooperation as the two nations must join forces to fight pandemic and climate change. Source: CNA
  2. Japanese cabinet office reported a double-digit economic growth of 11.7% by the end of 2020, but it still fell short of the estimated growth. Source: BNN Bloomberg
  3. Malaysia government will maintain the goal of mass inoculation of 80% of its population by February 2022, despite the growing concerns of the nation’s vaccination schedule. Source: The Straits Times
CAMBODIA
  1. Cambodia will host ASEAN Tourism Forum in 2022 with the theme of a Community for Peace and Shared Future that underlines Cambodia’s efforts to promote eco-tourism. Source: AKP
  2. PM Hun Sen put immediate bans on social gatherings after 49 cases of COVID-19 have been found in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kandal and Prey Veng provinces. Source: KhmerTimes 
  3. PM Hun Sen urged the Senate to approve the draft law on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other deadly infectious diseases. Source: AKP