The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Nominee US Ambassador to Myanmar Hints at Need to Counter China’s Influence in Senate Testimony
• Myanmar Human Rights Body Investigates Deaths of Two Teens at Mandalay Youth Center
• Violence in Rakhine Prevents Voter List Posting in 15 Village-tracts, IDP Camps
• Drug Squad Arrests Three, Seizes Assault Rifles, Narcotics in Myanmar’s Shan State
• Three More Countries Ratify UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
• US Lifts Alert Advising Americans to Avoid All Travel Abroad

Nominee US Ambassador to Myanmar Hints at Need to Counter China’s Influence in Senate Testimony Posted: 07 Aug 2020 05:30 AM PDT Thomas Vajda, the Trump administration's nominee as the next US envoy to Myanmar, told the Senate he would work to counter 'malign foreign influences' in the country.

Myanmar Human Rights Body Investigates Deaths of Two Teens at Mandalay Youth Center Posted: 07 Aug 2020 05:03 AM PDT Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation after two teenagers were allegedly beaten to death at Mandalay Youth Center.

Violence in Rakhine Prevents Voter List Posting in 15 Village-tracts, IDP Camps Posted: 07 Aug 2020 03:50 AM PDT Fighting in Rakhine has derailed the voter list process for Myanmar's election as authorities are unable to post lists in active conflict areas and lack data on IDP camps.

Drug Squad Arrests Three, Seizes Assault Rifles, Narcotics in Myanmar’s Shan State Posted: 07 Aug 2020 02:20 AM PDT The military speculated 10 rifles seized from three drug-trafficking suspects in Shan State were locally made variants of Chinese weapons, bound for western Myanmar.

Three More Countries Ratify UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Posted: 06 Aug 2020 09:59 PM PDT On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, three more countries ratified the UN nuclear weapon ban treaty, taking the total to 43.

US Lifts Alert Advising Americans to Avoid All Travel Abroad Posted: 06 Aug 2020 09:48 PM PDT The US State Department has lifted its advisory warning against all air travel overseas due to COVID-19, but continues to urge citizens to use caution.

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