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TOKYO -- Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has emerged as the most popular choice to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, according to a Nikkei opinion poll conducted this week.
“The protests that are happening over the case are unprecedented in nature. Pressure appears to be growing to ease her out of power as lawlessness has crept in all over the state,” said Kingshuk Nag, an independent author and political commentator.
Protesters gathered on Thursday outside the parliament building in Jakarta with some waving banners accusing Jokowi of destroying democracy. Kompas TV footage shows authorities firing tear gas at protesters in Semarang, the capital of Central Java province. Security forces fired a water cannon outside parliament at protesters, a Reuters witness said.
CHICAGO -- The Democratic candidate for U.S. vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, accepted the nomination Wednesday in a short speech that projected the party's new theme: "joy."
The future of Paramount Global is still uncertain.
SL Capital, a private equity firm formed by SK and Beijing-based Legend Capital, signed an agreement with authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Tuesday to jointly set up a 1 billion yuan (US$140 million) fund, according to a statement from the local government.
Last Thursday, the NasDem party, which accounts for nearly 10 per cent of the country’s parliament, announced it would support Prabowo’s Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM), raising its stake in parliament from 43 per cent to a majority 52 per cent.
Speaking during a by-election campaign last week, he said he “was not invited to the palace to be sworn in” by the then-king “for whatever reason”.