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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: World’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Anti military coup protesters protect themselves behind makeshift shields during a demonstration against the military coup. Myanmar police attacked protesters with rubber bullets, live ammunition, tear gas and stun bombs in response to anti military coup protesters on Monday.
Protesters protect themselves behind makeshift shields during a demonstration against the military coup in 2021. Photograph: ZUMA Press Inc/Alamy

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In the two years since a junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies have continued to make millions of dollars from operations that have helped prop up the military regime, tax documents seen by the Guardian suggest.

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