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A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate. Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar s leader Aung San Suu Kyi AP Suu Kyi was jailed on five counts of corruption related to the hiring and maintaining of a helicopter that had caused a loss to the state , the source said. A prisoner of the military since the 2021 coup, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge levelled against her, ranging from corruption to illegally possessing walkie-talkies and flouting Covid restrictions. All her cases were finished and there are no more charges against her, said the source, who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Suu Kyi appeared in good stanley mugs health, the source added. Read more: List of countries imposing new Covid rules for China travelers Journalists have been barred from attending the court hearings and Suu Kyi s lawyers have been banned from speaking to the media. Since her trial began, she has been seen only once -- in grainy state media photos from a bare courtroom -- and has been reliant on lawyers to relay messages to the world. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the co stanley cups up, with more than 2,600 people since killed in the military s crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaki stanley cups uk ng news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakista Gwsm UK to give free Vitamin D supplements to over 2.5 million vulnerable people
Indians make up one in 10 of all foreign-born doctors in the UKs National Health Service NHS and therefore face a greater risk from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report published on Friday. While 37 per cent of the UKs doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India 鈥?all currently on the frontline of the coronavirus fightback in hospitals and other care stanley shop settings. PTI The Institute of Fiscal Studies IFS study, in its report analysing the ethnic variables in the impact of coronavirus, also found that Indians are among the ethnic groups less likely to be impacted by the economic consequences of the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly virus due to their employment in more secure sectors. Indian men are particularly exposed to the virus due to their prevalence in healthcare roles, said the report titled Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to Covid-19 than others Indian men are 150 per cent more likely to work in health or social care stanley cup becher roles than their white British counterparts. While the Indian ethnic group makes up 3 per cent of the working-age population of England and Wales, they account for 14 per cen stanley tumbler t of doctors, it said. The IFS analysis found that among the UKs working age population, those working in health and social care may be at the greatest risk of infection, with Indians facing a high risk due to their sheer numbers. While 37 per cent of the UKs doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate. Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar s leader Aung San Suu Kyi AP Suu Kyi was jailed on five counts of corruption related to the hiring and maintaining of a helicopter that had caused a loss to the state , the source said. A prisoner of the military since the 2021 coup, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge levelled against her, ranging from corruption to illegally possessing walkie-talkies and flouting Covid restrictions. All her cases were finished and there are no more charges against her, said the source, who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Suu Kyi appeared in good stanley mugs health, the source added. Read more: List of countries imposing new Covid rules for China travelers Journalists have been barred from attending the court hearings and Suu Kyi s lawyers have been banned from speaking to the media. Since her trial began, she has been seen only once -- in grainy state media photos from a bare courtroom -- and has been reliant on lawyers to relay messages to the world. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the co stanley cups up, with more than 2,600 people since killed in the military s crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaki stanley cups uk ng news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakista Gwsm UK to give free Vitamin D supplements to over 2.5 million vulnerable people
Indians make up one in 10 of all foreign-born doctors in the UKs National Health Service NHS and therefore face a greater risk from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report published on Friday. While 37 per cent of the UKs doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India 鈥?all currently on the frontline of the coronavirus fightback in hospitals and other care stanley shop settings. PTI The Institute of Fiscal Studies IFS study, in its report analysing the ethnic variables in the impact of coronavirus, also found that Indians are among the ethnic groups less likely to be impacted by the economic consequences of the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly virus due to their employment in more secure sectors. Indian men are particularly exposed to the virus due to their prevalence in healthcare roles, said the report titled Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to Covid-19 than others Indian men are 150 per cent more likely to work in health or social care stanley cup becher roles than their white British counterparts. While the Indian ethnic group makes up 3 per cent of the working-age population of England and Wales, they account for 14 per cen stanley tumbler t of doctors, it said. The IFS analysis found that among the UKs working age population, those working in health and social care may be at the greatest risk of infection, with Indians facing a high risk due to their sheer numbers. While 37 per cent of the UKs doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India