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Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission names deputy law minister suspect in bribery case

Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, who was inaugurated as the deputy law minister in December 2020, is the latest minister in President Joko Widodo’s cabinet to be implicated in a…

  • Published: November 13, 202312:32 pm
  • Author Nina A. Loasana
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PML-N’s Saad Rafique meets with MQM-P leadership in Karachi

After the meeting, the PML-N declared that both parties had decided to form an electoral alliance in light of an understanding reached in April last year when the MQM had joined…

  • Published: November 13, 202312:25 pm
  • Author Dawn
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Bangladesh’s government can’t be overthrown by covert attacks: PM Hasina

PM Hasina said if the people don't join, a movement can't be waged. "BNP is a terrorist party. Jamaat is a party of war criminals. The people of this country can't hear their…

  • Published: November 13, 202312:17 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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To vote or not to vote: Talk of ‘golput’ resurfaces ahead of 2024 race

Historically, golput, or abstaining from voting, as a term and movement started in 1971 as a statement of protest against president Soeharto’s oppressive regime in the New Order…

  • Published: November 13, 202312:14 pm
  • Author Radhiyya Indra
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Bangladesh’s rights record go under UN scrutiny

The government's national report named victims of enforced disappearances and claims that they are actually not victims of enforced disappearances, but rather voluntary…

  • Published: November 13, 202312:10 pm
  • Author Zyma Islam
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Air pollution causes 43 premature deaths per 100,000 population in South Korea

In contrast, some countries, such as New Zealand, Sweden and Finland, had relatively low mortality rates, at 6.3, 6.5 and 7 per 100,000, respectively.

  • Published: November 13, 202310:08 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Indonesian presidential candidates’ climate manifestos ‘lack ambition’

However, experts expressed appreciation for the candidates for prioritising the urgency of the climate crisis in their campaign platforms, in contrast to the election campaigns in…

  • Published: November 13, 202310:05 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Critics slam PM Srettha for relying on loans to fund 10,000-baht giveaway promise

PM Srettha, meanwhile, has said this 10,000-baht giveaway will not breach Thailand’s fiscal discipline and instead will elevate the GDP by 5 per cent over the next four years.

  • Published: November 13, 20238:59 am
  • Author The Nation
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How low can you go? Cheap goods are still all around

Despite Trade Ministry regulations to curb sales of low-value consumer goods, footwear can still be had for $4 or less on the country’s major e-commerce platforms.

  • Published: November 13, 20238:57 am
  • Author Yohana Belinda
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Malaysians see lower profits, cut travelling, amid weaker ringgit

The ringgit has been hovering at 25-year lows in recent weeks, hitting almost 4.8 to the US dollar last month, the lowest since the 1998 Asian financial crisis.

  • Published: November 13, 20238:20 am
  • Author Hazlin Hassan

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