Wed 17 Apr 2019: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 193 million Indonesians are eligible to vote in presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday. President Joko Widodo, the first Indonesian president from outside the Jakarta elite, is competing against Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces general from the era of authoritarian rule under military dictator Suharto. […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: DIY construction can save a lot of money in the short term but cost you dearly in other ways, as one unfortunate home improvement enthusiast in India discovered recently, after having his brain skewered by a metal rod. Indian worker, 21, survived iron rod piercing through his entire head https://t.co/oMTTn9Ee82 pic.twitter.com/grX43zVf2T — […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: A Pakistani comedy show host has created a firestorm for implying marriage would cure a woman’s mental health problems, and for saying such illnesses happen because women “obsess” over their careers. Aftab Iqbal said that a woman who was acting like she was experiencing “hysteria” was in fact suffering from not being married […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: JAKARTA (Reuters) – At a recent election rally, former Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto repeatedly banged his hand on a podium while urging the boisterous crowd to defend the country against foreign interests. Such fiery rhetoric, a strongman image, and strong ties with hardline Islamist groups have bolstered support for Prabowo, 67, […]
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Mon 15 Apr 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s election commission on Monday banned firebrand Hindu nationalist Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for three days to stop him stoking hatred between religious communities in a divisive election that will end next month. The saffron-clad Adityanath, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, […]
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Mon 15 Apr 2019: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A mission team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will travel to Pakistan this month, the IMF said on Monday, amid growing expectation that talks on a long-delayed bailout are due to be wrapped up soon. Pakistan was last year expected to sign up for its 13th IMF […]
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The electoral body, which manages the biggest electoral exercise on Earth, struggles to act against poll violations. New Delhi, India – In 2011, Hillary Clinton, a former US secretary of state and presidential candidate, during her visit to India, referred to India’s electoral commission as a “global gold standard” in election management. The Election Commission of India (ECI) […]
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Mon 15 Apr 2019: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime Chinese tech employees have pushed back against a wave of protest over the industry’s notoriously long hours, known as the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. For months, former and […]
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Sun 14 Apr 2019: JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with political Islam looming ever larger in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. President Joko Widodo, a former furniture salesman who launched his political career as a small-city […]
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Sun 14 Apr 2019: Indian police said Saturday one man was killed and three injured in an attack by a mob while they were skinning a dead ox, in the latest case of so-called cow lynching. The animal is revered by Hindus and according to Human Rights Watch, 44 people died in cow-related violence between […]
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