By Heru Asprihanto and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, June 12 (Reuters) – Hundreds ⁠of ⁠Indonesian students rallied in Jakarta ⁠on Friday to protest the spending priorities of President Prabowo Subianto’s government, ​including this week’s decision to raise gasoline prices. Calling the protest “Heading to Bankrupt Indonesia”, university students marched towards central ‌Jakarta’s iconic Bundaran HI landmark, …

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Phil Mickelson has been kicked out of a San Diego golf club over allegations he made unwanted physical contact with a female employee, Golf Digest reported Thursday. Golf Digest cited multiple sources as saying Mickelson is no longer welcome at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, where the six-time major champion has …

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The federal government will pay North Dakota nearly $28 million to settle a lawsuit over the costs of policing massive protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline nearly a decade ago, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. The final settlement agreement’s sum is the same amount a federal judge determined last …

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WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ⁠said ⁠on Thursday that the ⁠Strait of Hormuz would be opened as soon as ​a “great settlement” of the war in Iran was signed, an event he said ‌he expected would happen within ‌days. “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran”, ⁠Trump …

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NEW YORK, June ⁠11 (Reuters) – ⁠A U.S. appeals ⁠court on Thursday extended its block on ​a lower court ruling against the Trump administration’s 10% global ‌tariff under Section 122 ‌of the Trade Act, keeping the tariffs in ⁠place ⁠for three importers that had won a reprieve from ​the duties last week. • The decision from …

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June 12 (Reuters) – A pro-Russian opposition alliance ⁠filed ⁠a request to ⁠Armenia’s election commission on Friday to throw out the ​results of last Sunday’s parliamentary election, won by Prime Minister ‌Nikol Pashinyan’s governing party. The petition ‌was submitted by Strong Armenia, party member Aram ⁠Vardevanyan told ⁠reporters in the capital Yerevan, after opposition groups …

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KYIV, June 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine will ⁠seek ⁠an additional $20 billion ⁠in military funding from its allies at ​a meeting next week to cement what it sees ‌as its current battlefield advantage ‌over Russia, a Ukrainian defense source said. The ⁠request ⁠will be made next Thursday at a meeting of ​the Ukraine Defense Contact …

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DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) – Mali’s ⁠local ⁠al Qaeda affiliate ⁠Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has offered ​millions of euros for information on the whereabouts ‌of the president and ‌top military officials, describing the ⁠government ⁠as an illegitimate entity. • The insurgents’ statement on ​Thursday follows a similar offer made by the government for information …

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