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[ad_1] JAKARTA – Jakarta’s iconic Tugu Selamat Datang, or Welcome Monument, with bronze statues of a man and a woman waving warmly, was the scene of violent protests last week over a new “blanket law” to reform taxes and labor. . Columns of black smoke leaped into the sky after …

[ad_1] PERTH: Facebook Messenger and Instagram’s direct messaging services will be integrated into a single system, Facebook announced. The merger will allow shared messaging on both platforms, as well as video calls and the use of a variety of tools drawn from both platforms. It is currently being rolled out …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) said on Friday (October 9) that it has canceled next week’s confrontation between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the President of the United States said that I would not participate in a virtual format. . Canceling …

[ad_1] NEW YORK CITY: During an ABC News “town hall” style event on September 15, US President Donald Trump told host George Stephanopoulos that without a vaccine, COVID-19 would still “go away.” Over time, Trump said: “You will develop a herd mentality, like a herd. It’s going to be, it’s …

[ad_1] VANCOUVER: A senior executive at Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has been denied access to most of the documents that her lawyers hoped to use to help prevent her extradition to the United States. Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei’s founder and the company’s chief financial officer, at …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A Singaporean who recruited US officials to provide classified political and defense information to China was sentenced to 14 months in prison by a US court on Friday (October 9). Jun Wei Yeo, also named Dickson Yeo, received a relatively light sentence and was credited with 11 months …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Japan plans to lift the ban on overseas travel to 12 countries and regions next month, with Singapore among them, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday (October 8). The Japanese government, which currently bans travel to 159 countries and regions, will recommend that travelers refrain from unnecessary …

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister has said that Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn should not be doing politics from the European country, where he spends much of his time. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas responded to a question from a Green member of parliament in the Bundestag on Wednesday, at …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – International Business Machines or IBM is spinning off a slower-growing company that manages corporate IT systems so it can focus on booming demand for cloud services and increase competition with Amazon.com and Microsoft. The new unit, currently part of IBM’s global technology services division, handles …

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister has said that Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn should not be doing politics from the European country, where he spends much of his time. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas responded to a question from a Green member of parliament in the Bundestag on Wednesday, at …