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Manila/Kuta/Bangkok, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- People all over the world are celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.Festivities were marred this year as the world battles to deal with a deadly outbreak of coronavirus.The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO/MADE NAGI/DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES; KUTA, BALI, INDONESIA; AND BANGKOK, THAILAND.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes for talks the leaders of five Central Asia countries (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan) at the Chancellery. IMAGES
During a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters that his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov offered only a "negative" vision as the two sat in the same room at Southeast Asian talks. He adds that Lavrov's involvement was not "constructive or productive" and he offered a "totally negative presentation and agenda". SOUNDBITE
Panama City, Sep 28 (EFE).- Labor unions in Panama protested Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor and Professional Development (Mitradel) to demand the review of the minimum wage every two years and to ask for the increase of the salary since " the cost of living in the country has increased"."We demand the appointment of the minimum wage commission to discuss what the next two years will be like, as established by our Constitution and Labor Code," the general secretary of the National Confederation of United Independent Unions (Conusi), Genaro López, told EFE. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: WORKERS AND LABOR UNIONS PROTEST TO DEMAND HIGHER SALARY IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Yangon, Mar 2 (EFE/EPA).- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a special foreign ministers meeting Tuesday to discuss the situation in Myanmar after the military coup, amid a spiral of violence by armed forces.It comes after a weekend of deadly repression by police and soldiers against peaceful demonstrators and after more charges were presented Monday against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The virtual meeting included Wunna Maung Lwin, the foreign minister appointed by the Myanmar military junta. (Camera: LYNN BO BO). SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY COUP, ON MARCH 2, 2021, IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
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