Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
G-20 leaders agree on $2 trillion boost to growth
Under pressure to jolt the lethargic world economy back to life, leaders of G-20 nations on Sunday finalized a plan to boost global GDP by more than $2 trillion over five years. The fanfare, however, was overshadowed by tensions between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Western leaders.The communique from the Brisbane summit of Group of 20...
Obama, EU leaders meet on Russia-Ukraine conflict
President Barack Obama huddled Sunday with European leaders to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, where officials say the security situation is worsening.The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic summit in Brisbane, Australia.Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the summit and faced a chorus of...
G-20 leaders finalize details of growth plan
World leaders on Sunday prepared to release details of a plan aimed at injecting life into the world’s listless economy, with infrastructure investment and the lowering of trade barriers flagged as key components of the initiative.Leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies, wrapping up a two-day gathering in the Australian city of...
Spain beats Belarus 3-0, Slovakia keeps group lead
Francisco “Isco” Alarcon scored early to spark Spain’s placid 3-0 win over Belarus in a European Championship qualifier on Saturday.Slovakia’s 2-0 victory at Macedonia kept it on top of Group C with 12 points, while Ukraine stayed level with Spain on nine points after Andriy Yarmolenko scored a hat trick in a 3-0 win at...
Your letters: The war game
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that that the United Nations could go the same way as the old League of Nations as the world splits apart. Like the tectonic plates humanity has been drifting dangerously with its many divides clashing relentlessly right across the planet. To list the divides would take all day and would tell us nothing...
Amid currency gyrations, Russia floats ruble
As an acrobat in one of Moscow’s circuses, Yuri Friyuk is an expert at gyrating without falling on his face. Lately, he’s worried about whether the rubles he’s paid with can be as deft.Plagued by the Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis and by falling oil prices, Russia’s economy is struggling and the ruble is...
Future of 41 Ukrainian seafarers in Batam still uncertain
The prolonged political and economic crisis in Ukraine has left 41 Ukrainian citizens, who worked as crew members in the Ocean Green, a refrigerated cargo ship that has been stranded in Galang Island waters in Riau Islands, to an increasingly uncertain fate.The head of the Batam Port Office, Hery Setiobudi, told The Jakarta Post on Monday that...
US, Russia to exchange info on Ukraine crisis
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that the United States and Russia had agreed to exchange information about the situation on the Russia-Ukraine border.Ukraine’s military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country’s east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting...
Issue of the day: Waiving visa requirements for 5 countries
Nov. 5, OnlineThe government will waive visa requirements for the citizens of several countries in a bid to attract 20 million tourists by 2020.“Based on the coordination meeting result, there will be five countries: Australia, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea, which are to be granted visa-free access by the government,” Coordinating Maritime...
Ukraine urged to fund deportation of citizens
Batam Immigration office will ask the Ukrainian Embassy in Jakarta to finance the planned deportation of its 41 citizens currently stranded aboard a ship in Batam waters, Riau Islands province, an official has said.The supervisory and execution division head of immigration, Rafli, said on Friday the 41 crew members of the Ocean Green vessel would...
