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Canadian pastor jailed in Myanmar for defying coronavirus ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 02:58 PM

YANGON, Myanmar - A Canadian preacher who claimed Christians were safe from coronavirus was on Thursday jailed for three months in Myanmar after he and dozens of his followers became infected when he held a banned service. Read more »

Myanmar women donate hair to Filipino cancer patients

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 06:56 PM

More than 70 Myanmar women donated their hair for cancer patients in the Philippines in an event hosted by the Philippine Embassy in Yangon last Saturday, Feb, 29. Read more »

The hunt for Asia's El Chapo

Tom Allard, Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 01:21 PM

Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate funneling tons of methamphetamine, heroin and ketamine to at least a dozen countries from Japan in North Asia to New Zealand in the South Pacific Read more »

17 hurt as plane skids off Myanmar runway

Reuters
Posted at May 09 06:16 AM

YANGON, Myanmar - A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane skidded off the runway when it landed in bad weather at Yangon's international airport on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 17 people, officials said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 12:14 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Reuters reporters freed

Ann Wan, Reuters
Posted at May 07 11:59 AM

Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo walk free from Insein prison after receiving a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday. Read more »

AFC Cup: Ceres Negros inches closer to ASEAN Zonal Finals

ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at May 10 04:04 PM

Filipino football club Ceres Negros FC took one step closer to the 2018 AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal Finals after blasting Myanmar's Yangon United, 4-2, in the first leg of their ASEAN Zonal Semi-finals match-up. Read more »

The Day in Photos: 27 November 2017

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 07:13 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Myanmar

Vincenzo Pinto, AFP
Posted at Nov 27 05:51 PM

Pope Francis is greeted by children in traditional clothing upon his arrival at Yangon International Airport on Monday. Read more »

Red Cross fills UN void in Myanmar's violence-torn region

Krishna N. Das and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 04:58 PM

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON - The Red Cross organizations are scaling up operations in Myanmar's violence-riven northwest, after the United Nations had to suspend activities there following government suggestions that its agency had supported Rohingya insurgents. Read more »