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↑ Candles are lit in Blackburn Cathedral on the day of reflection to mark the anniversary of Britain's first COVID-19 lockdown, in Blackburn, Britain, March 23, 2021 |
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A year to the day after they were first ordered to stay at home, Britons will remember the more than 126,000 people who have lost their lives to COVID-19. When Prime Minister Boris Johnson stunned the nation by shutting down much of the economy, fewer than 1,000 Britons had succumbed to the virus. For the last seven weeks, Myint Htwe has been moving between secret locations, organizing meetings and planning protests. The 45-year-old is one of a group of deposed Myanmar lawmakers attempting to reconstruct the civilian government. The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under President Joe Biden. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged mounting dissatisfaction with his handling of a series of allegations about the mistreatment of women in politics. Reports of lewd behavior include men filming themselves performing solo sex acts in Parliament House. |
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