TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Top 3 world news on Friday January 7, 2022, about President Joko Widodo’s appeal Their His Regarding peace in Myanmar, the United States is concerned about China’s dominance in Asia-Pacific, and 6,000 movie workers in Canada have been laid off because of Omicron.
1. Jokowi calls on Hun Sen and reminds the junta not to be invited to the summit if peace fails
President Joko Widodo called Hun Sen before the Cambodian Prime Minister visited Myanmar on Friday January 7, 2022 to dialogue with the military authorities.
After talking on the phone with Hun Sen, president Jokowi said in a message on Twitter that if there was no meaningful progress on the peace plan, only non-political representatives of Myanmar should attend the ASEAN meeting.
ASEAN proposed a 5-point clause to solve Myanmar’s problem, but the military junta failed to implement it.
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2. Compete with China’s influence, the United States wants to strengthen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
White House Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said on Thursday that the United States should increase its economic engagement in Asia, calling the strategy a defining element of US policy in the region for the year. ahead and a game-changer in the rivalry with the United States. . China.
Campbell, during the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace webinar, said President Joe Biden made it clear that the United States must play a key role in framing economic and trade engagement and trade practices in the Indo-Pacific as China’s influence grew.
“This is an area where the United States should
Canadian cinema chain, Cineplex Inc. is forced to temporarily lay off 6,000 part-time employees. Employee housing as a number of locations have been closed amid the spike in Covid-19 cases caused by variants Omicron.
Globally, coronavirus cases have increased rapidly due to the highly contagious variant of Omicron. In Canada, an average of 36,110 new infections are reported every day.
Cineplex spokesperson Sarah Van Lange said: “Due to the mandatory shutdowns of Cineplex theaters and entertainment venues in Ontario and Quebec, the company has again decided to temporarily lay off its workforce. part-time work. Cineplex has taken similar action for all closures mandated by the provincial government earlier since the start of the pandemic. Of the 6,000 laid-off workers, 5,000 were in Ontario.
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