The Myanmar Times - 2020-09-09

• Campaignin­g off to a tentative start
• Labour seeks tripartite meeting on virus worries
• Myanmar, China discuss ethnic armed groups
• Hua Chong – Myanmar’s oldest Chinese high school
• Artillery shelling kills 5 villagers in Rakhine
• Rakhine govt distribute­s rice to more than 300,000 people
• Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh
• State Counsellor gifts handstitch­ed masks for auction
• To a fellow freedom fighter
• Clarificat­ion
• Jade prices halve as demand dwindles amid COVID- 19
• Foreign direct investment­s for fiscal 2019- 20 exceed target
• Myanmar extends financial support for local businesses
• Microfinan­ce firms struggle to stay afloat in second wave
• Businesses worry as EU and UK talk again about post- Brexit ties
• Asian shares rise as US set to reopen from long weekend
• Japan’s economy shrinks 28pc in 2Q, worse than first estimate
• When will tourists return to Africa? Continent must guess
• Samsung wins US$ 6.6 billion Verizon contract for 5G network
• China launches initiative for global data security issues
• Virus plunges South Africa deeper into recession
• German machinery industry sees big production drop this year
• EU names Dombrovski­s as its new trade chief
• Yangon RTAD worker tests positive
• Lacquerwar­e week at Hla Day
• Out of Knot: Online A Exhibition
• Driver rotation system for buses to Nay Pyi Taw
• YBS buses continue to incur losses due to pandemic
• California fire sparked by device to reveal baby’s gender
• China, India accuse each other of border moves, firing shots
• Southern Africa’s hunger upsurge blamed on climate, COVID- 19
• Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school
• Thailand frees 2 anti- govt protest leaders
• Myanmar migrants’ visit to Thai tourist site spurs COVID- 19 scare
• Vietnam begins trial of 29 villagers in deadly land dispute
• Philippine leader pardons US marine in transgende­r killing
• Dominant Italy beats Netherland­s 1- 0 to move top of group
• French Open allowing spectators amid virus resurgence
• Messi back to training a er deciding to stay with Barcelona
• Hungary closed to most, open to fans for Super Cup
• England drops Foden, Greenwood for COVID- 19 rule breaches

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