Jakarta Governor

The policy shift allows Anies Baswedan to run for Jakarta governor but bars Jokowis 29-year-old son, Kaesang Pangarep, from regional polls.

Ganjar goes up against former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and ex-special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, in what is expected to be a hotly contested race.

His deputy, Ahmad Riza Patria, also tested positive to the virus on Sunday.

The overall number of positive cases in Indonesia now stands at 33,076, while the death toll rose to 1,923 with 40 more deaths within 24 hours.

The implementation of the PSBB first transition phase was based on the COVID-19 positive cases and death statistics in Jakarta Province.

The official number of COVID-19-related deaths in Indonesia has increased to 191 cases.

Indonesia's reputation for pluralism has come under scrutiny since Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic-Chinese Christian, was sentenced in May to two years in prison for blasphemy.

Thousands of people thronged the City Hall grounds this morning in a show of moral support and sympathy for outgoing Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok.

Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor and Chinese-ethnic minority, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known as Ahok, arrives at court for his verdict

Indonesian prosecutors called on Thursday for Jakarta's Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, to be jailed for one-year on blasphemy charges.

The thumping win by Anies Baswedan in the bitterly fought election for Jakarta governor signals twin threats to Indonesias President Joko Widodo.

Former Indonesian education minister, Anies Baswedan, was slightly ahead of Jakarta's incumbent Christian governor in the race to lead the Indonesian capital.

Many in Indonesia still face official discrimination, despite the intervention of the government's human rights commission.

Political analysts had anticipated that the election would go into the second round due to the three-cornered contest among Basuki Thahaja Purnama, Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono.

The job of governor can be a springboard to the presidency and weeks of campaigning have been overshadowed by mudslinging, political intrigue and rising hardline Islamist sentiment.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

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The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

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The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

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Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.