21 August 2018
Dressed in ceremonial garb, former Indonesian chief justice Mahfud MD sat patiently in a Jakarta restaurant waiting for President Joko Widodo to announce him as his vice-presidential candidate — but it never came.
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21 Aug: Proposed laws that could compel technology companies to assist Australian spy and law enforcement agencies are worrying both security experts and the likes of Facebook, Google and Twitter.... more
21 Aug: Harrowing video captures the moment a man and his 70-year-old father are forced to drive along a flame-lined dirt road to escape a growing forest fire in Montana.... more
21 Aug: A former street beggar testifies in the case of jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, telling a Cambodian court how the accused spy had lifted her and her family out of abject poverty.... more
21 Aug: After years of tantalising hints, scientists finally find direct evidence of water ice tucked away at the bottom of craters near the moon's poles.... more
20 Aug: The actor's fall from public favour has been confirmed after his latest film brought in a measly $US425 at the US box office in its opening weekend.... more
20 Aug: Firefighters in Sweden and California are dealing with record bushfires on the back of a sweltering northern summer, with foreign reinforcements being brought in to assist overwhelmed local authorities. Those on the ground say changes need to be made to a... more
20 Aug: A kindergarten in Indonesia's East Java province apologises for dressing students in niqabs and fake AK47 assault rifles, as part of a local Independence Day parade.... more
20 Aug: New Zealand's Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, reveals she rode her bike to Auckland City Hospital to give birth because there "wasn't enough room in the car".... more
19 Aug: A high-ranking Buddhist monk, a famous television presenter and the head of an NGO are some of the latest men to be publicly accused of sexual offences in China.... more
