An agreement to temporarily suspend any new tariffs on goods traded between the US and China led to lower fuel and gold prices on the back of the sliding value of the US dollar against the Myanmar kyat.
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Highlights
Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …
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