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At least 11 dead on bloodiest day of Myanmar protests against coup

Published On: February 28, 2021 06:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, Feb 28: Myanmar police fired on protesters on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 11 people were killed and several wounded, political and medical sources, residents and media said.

Myanmar police crack down on protests for second day; at least five dead

Published On: February 28, 2021 04:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, Feb 28: Myanmar police opened fired on Sunday on protests against military rule, killing at least four people and wounding several on the second day of a crackdown on demonstrations across the country, a doctor and a politician said.

Shots, tear gas as police in Myanmar intensify use of force

Published On: February 28, 2021 03:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

YANGON, MYANMAR, Feb 28: Security forces in Myanmar made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup.

Scores arrested as Myanmar police disperse anti-coup rally

Published On: February 28, 2021 12:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press

YANGON, Feb 28: Police fired tear gas and water cannons and there were reports of gunfire Sunday in Myanmar’s largest city where another anti-coup protest was underway with scores of students and other demonstrators hauled away in police trucks.

J&J’s 1-dose shot cleared, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine

Published On: February 28, 2021 09:27 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb 28: The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.

Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls

Published On: February 28, 2021 08:57 AM NPT By: Reuters

JANGEBE, Feb 28: Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.