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USA/COVID RELIEF BILL – Trump signs COVID relief bill amid pressure, but adds conditions (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump, on holiday in Florida, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans,...

PAKISTAN – Several soldiers killed by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

At least seven soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan, the military said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/27/several-soldiers-killed-by-gunmen-in-south-western-pakistan

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh ‘set to move’ new group of Rohingya to remote island (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this...

UGANDA – Uganda: Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed in violence ahead of poll (Al Jazeera)

A bodyguard for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was killed and two journalists injured on Sunday amid violent confrontations between security forces and followers...

EGYPT/LIBYA – Egyptian delegation visits Libyan capital for talks with GNA (Al Jazeera)

Senior Egyptian security officials have visited the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time in years and held talks with officials from the internationally...

THAILAND – Thailand needs normal politics (East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/28/thailand-needs-normal-politics/

THAILAND – Thai youth protests undercut political establishment (Kevin Hewison, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/27/youth-protests-undercut-thailands-political-establishment/

THAILAND – Government no match for Thai demonstrators online (James Ockey, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/27/government-no-match-for-thai-demonstrators-online/

CHINA/CAMBODIA – No simple solution to China’s dominance in Cambodia (Heimkhemra Suy, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/26/no-simple-solution-to-chinas-dominance-in-cambodia/

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