16-02-2021 The Asian Independent

10 16-02-2021 to 28-02-2021 ASIA
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Prince Harry and Meghan
expecting second child
Los Angeles : The Duke and
Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle, have confirmed that
they are expecting a younger brother or
sister for their one-year-old son, Archie.
A spokesperson for the royal couple
said: "We can confirm that Archie is
going to be a big brother. The Duke and
Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be
expecting their second child."
Sharing a black and white picture of
themselves under a tree with Harry resting
his hand on Meghan's head as she
lies cradling her bump, the couple sent
social media into a tizzy with the good
news. Misan Harriman, a friend of the
couple and the photographer who took
the photo that accompanied their
announcement, tweeted: "Meg, I was
there at your wedding to witness this
love story begin, and my friend, I am
honoured to capture it grow.
Congratulations to the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex on this joyous
news!"
The Buckingham Palace, responding
to the news, said: "Her Majesty, Duke of
Edinburgh, Prince of Wales and the
entire family are delighted and wish
them well", The Guardian reported.
The Sussexes' baby will be the Prince
Brunei deploys 4
military officers
in Mindanao
Bandar Seri Begawan : Brunei will deploy
four officers from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
(RBAF) as members of the third Independent
Decommissioning Body Verification, Monitoring
and Assistance Team (IDB VMAT) in Philippines'
Mindanao. A flag handing-over ceremony was
held at Bolkiah Garrison gymnasium on Monday.
The Brunei flag was handed over by the Guest
of Honour, Major General Haji Hamzah,
Commander of the RBAF, to Lieutenant Colonel
Mohammad Shalleh as the head of the delegation,
Xinbhua reported. According to Brunei's defence
ministry, Shahril Anwar, the ministry's Permanent
Secretary, Christopher B. Montero, Ambassador
of the Philippines to Brunei, and some other senior
military officers attended the ceremony. The
defence ministry said that IDB VMAT is a step
forward in the peace process in Mindanao, the
Philippines, to oversee the process of decommissioning
of the forces and weapons of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
The IDB VMAT is composed of foreign
experts from Brunei, Turkey, Norway, as well as
representatives from the government of the
Philippines and MILF.
of Wales' fifth grandchild and the Queen
and the Duke of Edinburgh's 10th or
11th great-grandchild, depending on
whether he or she arrives before or after
Zara Tindall's baby, which is also due in
2021. He or she will be eighth in line to
the throne and entitled to be a Lord or
Lady, but the duke and duchess are
expected to again opt for Master, like
Archie, or Miss, with the surname
Mountbatten-Windsor, the Guardian
report explained.
Harry retained his place in the line of
succession despite him and Meghan
stepping back as senior royals in
January last year, and dropping their
HRH style.
The Duke of York, Prince Andrew,
who was second in line when he was
born in 1960, will move down to ninth
place.
In November, Meghan disclosed the
devastation that the couple experienced
after she had a miscarriage last summer.
Speculation that the duchess might
be expecting a second child started after
she applied for and was granted a postponement
of her privacy trial against the
Mail on Sunday until the autumn for a
"confidential" reason, the Guardian
Any trial was averted when, on
Thursday, the duchess won her high
court privacy case against Associated
Newspapers Ltd over the Mail on
Sunday and Mail Online's publication of
extracts from a private handwritten letter
she wrote to her estranged father,
Thomas Markle, 76, after the judge,
Lord Justice Warby, granted summary
judgment in Meghan's favour.
Harry and Meghan's announcement
comes just five days after the royal family
celebrated the arrival of Princess
Eugenie's first child - a baby boy.
This new baby, like Archie, is set to
grow up thousands of miles away from
the Queen, Prince Charles, and Prince
William, as the Sussexes now live in
Montecito in California after leaving
royal life in a quest for personal and
financial freedom.
The couple have been busy securing
funding for their new life, signing a
lucrative deal with streaming giant
Netflix rumoured to be worth more than
150 million pound, and another multimillion-pound
podcast deal with
Spotify. Recently, Harry was seen
shooting with TV presenter and fellow
Brit, James Cordon, atop an open bus,
maintaining Covid protocall. The photos
went viral on social media.
Turkey to begin Covid
vaccination for teachers
next week : Minister
Istanbul : Turkey will begin
Covid-19 vaccinations for teachers
next week, Education
Minister Ziya Selcuk said on
Monday. Selcuk made the statement
at an opening ceremony of
a school in the southern
province of Igdir as the second
semester started with in-person
classes in village primary
schools across the country,
Xinhua reported. "The first dose
of vaccinations of teachers will
begin in the last week of
February," the Minister said. He
said that his ministry has submitted
lists of teachers to the
health ministry and their names
are now being registered in the
inoculation appointment system.
So far, more than 4.1 million
Turks have been vaccinated
since the start of the mass vaccination
programme on January
14 with China's Sinovac Covid-
19 vaccines, according to a data
from Turkey's Health Ministry.
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