JAKARTA – In a discussion entitled “2 Years of Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin: False Promises of Eradicating Corruption” held by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), on Tuesday (19/10), Lalola Easter from the Legal and Monitoring Division of ICW assessed the eradication of corruption in two years. The first government of Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma’ruf …
Read More »FBI raids homes in Washington and New York over Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska
FBI agents on Tuesday (Oct 19) raided a residence in Washington, DC and one in New York City linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire with ties to the Kremlin and Paul Manafort, who was the former head of Donald Trump’s campaign team in October. 2016 United States (US) presidential …
Read More »Haqqani, US wanted Taliban leader, praises suicide bomber
The acting Taliban interior minister, who is on the US list of terrorists, has held a ceremony in Kabul to honor the suicide bombers responsible for killing thousands of US and allied troops in Afghanistan. Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is a US fugitive in exchange for $10 million for any information …
Read More »Cambodia’s Internet Gateway Causes Silence of News
A radio reporter Khut Sokun said he was doing less coverage this year. The reason is the fear of Cambodia’s national internet gateway system, which allows the government to monitor all online activities. Internet service providers in Cambodia are given until February 2022 to divert all cyber traffic through a …
Read More »No Third Country Has ‘Veto’ Over Ukraine’s Aspiration to Join NATO
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said no third country has a veto power over Ukraine’s aspirations to join the NATO military alliance. “Ukraine … has the right to decide its future foreign policy. We hope they can do so without outside interference,” Austin said during a visit to Kyiv on …
Read More »UK Investigate US Company Takeover of Aerospace Group
The UK government has launched an investigation into the takeover of aerospace parts manufacturer Meggitt by US technology firm Parker-Hannifin Corporation, citing national security concerns. The UK commerce department on Monday evening (18/10) announced the referral to the UK competition watchdog. The recently announced deal is worth $8.7 billion. In …
Read More »Homebuilding Activity in the US Drops
Homebuilding in America fell unexpectedly in September and permits to build homes plunged to their lowest level in a year, amid acute shortages of raw materials and labor. That reinforces forecasts that economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter. A report from the US Commerce Department on Tuesday (19/10), …
Read More »Efforts to Reduce Health Risks Due to Too Much Sodium Consumption
At a time when many people’s attention is drawn to recommendations around Covid, regulators from the US Food and Drug Administration are publishing new recommendations around nutrition. This agency wants to reduce the consumption of sodium in the US citizens, which if excessive can be bad.
Read More »The Strengthening of the “Mix-and-Match” Discourse for Booster Vaccines Against Covid
This week US regulators discussed booster injections for Moderna’s vaccines, following approvals for earlier Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer-BioNTech boosters. Another discourse that has strengthened is the use of different vaccines for boosters, from those used for primary injections.
Read More »Venezuela Top Agenda in Blinken’s Visit to Ecuador and Colombia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Latin America this week to discuss efforts to tackle chaotic migration, where Colombia hosts nearly 2 million Venezuelan migrants and Ecuador also hosts large numbers. In a statement Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Blinken spoke the same day with Chile’s …
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