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A day after he was declared victor in Russia’s rubber-stamp presidential election, Vladimir Putin used a celebration yesterday to signal that the war against Ukraine would continue to dominate his rule — and that his fight to add territory to Russia wasn’t over.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government on Monday resumed processing permit requests for male citizens seeking to work abroad, ending a short-lived halt imposed in an apparent effort to curb a surge in young adults trying to flee conscription.
BEIJING -- China wants to promote awareness of national defense in children as young as elementary school under proposed legislation that would require military training at high schools and universities.
TOKYO -- Revelers in Myanmar celebrate the traditional New Year in mid-April by splashing water on each other to cool off and cleanse themselves of the sins of the old year. But the festive mood seemed subdued this year, overshadowed by the enforcement of a conscription law by the military regime under the leadership of Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.
TOKYO -- The Group of Seven major industrialized economies aim to increase global electricity storage capacity 6.5-fold by 2030, according to a draft joint statement of energy ministers, in a push to support the wider use of renewable energy.
TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- Japan's proposed legislation to rein in tech giants' control over mobile app marketplaces aims to establish a regulatory regime on par with Europe, with bans on specific behavior backed up by fines equivalent to 20% of sales or higher for noncompliance.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Younger adults in Myanmar are streaming out of the country as the military sends draft notices in select regions under a conscription law recently put into effect to combat ethnic and anti-regime forces fighting the regime.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 and eliminated some medical exemptions in an effort to replenish Ukraine’s exhausted army. He also created an electronic database of men, starting at age 17, to crack down on draft dodgers.
(Reuters) -- The union representing employees of United States Steel on Tuesday said it would not support Japanese firm Nippon Steel's draft agreement to gain support for its takeover of the U.S. company.