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- The Japanese government plans to carefully consider until the last moment whether a coronavirus state of emergency can be lifted in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures. It believes the infection situation has not improved enough.
- The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has added 12 more women to its board, pushing the ratio of female members to over 40 percent.
- The United States and the European Union have announced sanctions on top Russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent detention.
- The United States is seeking “intense” U.N. Security Council discussions on the situation in Myanmar, as the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations grows more violent.
- China’s top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs strongly criticized three prominent pro-democracy activities in the territory by name in a speech he delivered last month. He said they should be severely punished.
- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, for trying to bribe a judge.
- A senior public relations official for Japan’s Cabinet has resigned. Yamada Makiko was treated to an expensive dinner by a satellite broadcasting firm while she held a high post in the communications ministry. Yamada handed in her resignation as Cabinet Public Relations secretary, and the Cabinet approved it on Monday.
- Demonstrations are continuing across Myanmar one month after the coup on February 1, despite the use of force by authorities. Myanmar’s state-run and independent media report that at least 14 people were killed on Sunday, the largest single-day death toll since the coup. At least 18 people have been killed in one month.
- Monday marks one year since the U.S. government and the Taliban signed an agreement to bring peace to Afghanistan. But prospects for success remain unclear.