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Court hearings move online in Indonesia as fight against graft must go on
JAKARTA, March 27, Jakarta Post/ANN --Working from home takes on a whole new meaning in the fight against graft in Indonesia, with courts moving to the virtual world to hear corruption cases. The trials will also be live-streamed to make them accessible for the general public.
Covid-19: Ukraine struggles to debunk fake virus news
The water service in Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine, was suddenly overrun this week with calls from worried residents with a peculiar concern.
Covid-19: Public distrust hampers Africa fight against virus misinformation
African nations fighting the novel coronavirus face a foe as stealthy and dangerous as the microbe itself: misinformation and apathy, fuelled by deep distrust of government.
Ex-Bangladesh prime minister freed from jail
BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been released from prison after 776 days.
U.S. indicts Venezuela's Maduro, a political foe, for 'narco-terrorism'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of "narco-terrorism," the latest escalation of the Trump administration's pressure campaign aimed at ousting the socialist leader.
Former FBI agent Levinson believed to have died in Iran custody, family says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after travelling to an island controlled by Iran, said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody, based on information from U.S. officials.
As coronavirus hits Venezuela, Maduro further quashes dissent
CARACAS (Reuters) - On March 13, Melquiades Avila, an indigenous leader and journalist in the remote Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, asked on his popular Facebook account: "Will our hospital be ready for coronavirus?"
Israeli parliament speaker, Netanyahu ally, resigns in clash with Supreme Court
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The speaker of Israel's parliament, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resigned on Wednesday, sharpening a battle with the Supreme Court over its concerns that democracy could be a casualty of the coronavirus crisis.
Deny, delay, dodge: LatAm mavericks caught cold by coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The presidents of Mexico and Brazil scored stunning election victories in 2018 in defiance of the political establishment, but their unwillingness to follow consensus on the coronavirus pandemic has left the two increasingly exposed.
Tokyo Games moved to 2021 as 'light at end of pandemic tunnel'
TOKYO/ATHENS (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world's last sporting showpiece still standing this year.
