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Jokowi pushes tourism for dollars as funds flee Indonesia

Bloomberg As foreign funds continue to dump Indonesian stocks and bonds, President Joko Widodo is chasing dollars from tourism and exports to help contain a widening current-account deficit. Widodo, known as Jokowi, ordered ministers, officials and central bankers to step up efforts to lure more foreign visitors into the pristine sand beaches dotting hundreds of islands across the archipelago. He ...

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Trump, son at risk if found lying about Russia meeting

Bloomberg President Donald Trump faces potential legal and political danger if it’s proven he knew in advance about a meeting his son and campaign aides had with Russians said to be promising dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to former federal prosecutors. The allegation reportedly made by Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen adds an explosive twist to the famous June ...

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Orban rallies EU ‘illiberal’ forces for elections

Bloomberg Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, emboldened by the surge of right-wing parties across Europe, called for a united front by “illiberal” forces to win control in next year’s European Parliament elections. Having solidified his rule at home in the past eight years and reelected in April, Orban set his sights on wider dominance for his version of “Christian democracy”, that ...

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