The worst crisis in more than two decades among Indonesia’s smaller companies will boost loan losses and curtail profit at the nation’s largest lender, according to PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Finance ... ( read original story ...)
How Trump’s business partner exhumed graves to build a mega-resort in Indonesia
Joshua Partlow and Krithika Varagur meet the villagers in West Java fighting to prevent a centuries-old cemetery being destroyed to make way for hotels ... ( read original story ...)
Riot police reinforce Hong Kong legislature overnight for expected protests
Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong's legislature overnight, as protests were expected on Wednesday over a bill criminalising disrespect of China's national anthem and against plans ... ( read original story ...)
How Taiwan was coronavirus-ready while the U.S. got caught with its “pants down”
Small island just off mainland China is home to almost 24 million people, but they'd been bracing for a crisis like COVID-19 for 17 years. ( read original story ...)
Flights to Cyprus to Resume From Select Countries Starting June 9
Cyprus anticipates losing 70 percent of its predicted tourism-driven revenues this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, so to jump-start the industry, the government is allowing people to visit from ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s latest coronavirus news: new cases up but causes unclear
Georgia rapidly ramped up the number of tests administered statewide, which means that a jump in detected cases could reflect an improved testing system a ... ( read original story ...)
Virus review: Dangerous blood clots pose perplexing threat; Georgia governor offers to host RNC
Blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and dangerous blockages in the legs and lungs are increasingly being found in COVID-19 patients. ( read original story ...)
As Georgia reopens, is it creating a model for America?
Georgia’s rapid reopening one month ago had many officials predicting a new spike in cases. So far that hasn’t happened. ( read original story ...)
Georgia woman, brother OK after turtle strikes car window
A Georgia woman and her brother were not seriously hurt after a turtle launched through the air and became lodged into the windshield of a car they were in ... ( read original story ...)
GOP senators suggest Georgia staffers work same hours for less pay
Georgia Senate Republican budget-writers raised the possibility that instead of furloughing state employees to meet planned spending cuts they might require staffers to work the same number of hours ... ( read original story ...)