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Academia 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Is delaying the elections legitimate and constitutional?

There are no constitutional provisions concerning how to extend the terms of office of legislators or the executive past their mandate. Nor does the Constitution authorize a state agency to extend the term of office of the executive or legislative branches.

Editorial 4 years ago

The right condemnation

Jokowi has been reluctant to speak frankly about the Ukraine war, partially to maintain good relations with Russia.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Virus-hit Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics

The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day, overwhelming hospitals and government efforts to isolate all infected people in dedicated units.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Snake on a plane: AirAsia jet forced to divert

In a viral video social media users were quick to link with Samuel L. Jackson cult classic "Snakes on a Plane", the creature's silhouette could be seen wriggling in the cabin's light fittings.

Editorial 4 years ago

Transparency, please

The fiasco could have been avoided had the Defense Ministry proposed an emergency funding to the House of Representatives to finance both the satellite lease and purchase.

Academia 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Nonwar military operations against pandemic under new TNI chief

Deploying soldiers in COVID-19 operations under the pretext of the TNI’s idle capacity sounds “too problematic” because in many aspects the TNI has yet to achieve its professional goals.

Academia 4 years ago

None of us is safe until all of us are safe

There is, of course, a parallel in the complacency that characterized some of the world’s COVID-19 responses and the global response to the climate emergency, as well as in the man-made systems at the heart of both crises.

Opinion 4 years ago

More men suffer, but more women die of CDV

Among the reasons for the high mortality rate (women, on average, have a longer life expectancy), is the lack of reporting by women when they do suffer a heart attack.

World 4 years ago

Top Japan medic urges nationwide state of emergency amid COVID-19 surge

The call by JMA President Toshio Nakagawa followed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's announcement that only COVID-19 patients who are seriously ill and those at risk of becoming so will be hospitalised, while others isolate at home, a shift in policy some fear could boost the death toll.