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  • Tuesday September 15th, 2020

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [SEPTEMBER 15, 2020]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [SEPTEMBER 15, 2020]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [SEPTEMBER 15, 2020] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. The Trump’s administration can terminate the temporary legal stay of four nations, namely El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan who were affected by conflicts and disasters. Source: Al Jazeera
  2. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson keeps defending his plan to unilaterally rewrite the Brexit deal to use against any unreasonable behaviour acted by the EU toward Britain. Source: VOA
  3. Chinese military responded to the Pentagon report to the U.S. Congress that it is the U.S. who poses major threats to the world’s peace and violates international orders. Source: Sputnik
WORLD
  1. The Trump administration banned imports from the Xinjiang region of China, stating that one million Uighur Muslims are forced to manufacture goods in concentration camps. Source: Washington Examiner
  2. Venezuelan officials charged the U.S. spy of plotting terrorism moves and illcit weapons traffickking on the territory, according to the country’s chief prosecutor. Source: Sputnik
  3. President Vladimir Putin agreed to grant a $1.5 billion loan to Minsk as a sign of showing support to the embattled Belarusian leader, Lukashenko. Source: VOA
REGIONS
  1. Hong Kong’s government will not interfere in the case of 12 detained residents by mainland Chinese authorities despite the pleas from their relatives. Source: Al Jazeera
  2. Indonesia imposed the second partial lockdown for two weeks, as the last attempt to contain the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in the country. Source: The Straits Times
  3. Taiwan, stuck between the on-goping tension of China and the U.S., has incurred a loss of $38 billion as most of its factories are located in China but produce American goods. Source: The Straits
CAMBODIA
  1. The Royal Government of Cambodia received an additional fund of 6.25 million dollars from the U.S. government sponsored to the Development Objective Agreement Grants. Source: AKP
  2. 139 Cambodian peacekeepers who had returned home from a successful mission with the UN in Mali were put on quarantine to monitor the COVID-19 symptoms. Source: Cambodianess
  3. 46 novices in Battambang province reportedly showed high temperatures of more than 37.5 degree celsius with runny noses for six days in Wat Svay Dangkum pagoda. Source: Khmer Times