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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Here are the highlights: IA-CEPA Boosts Indonesia-Australia Trade by Up to 90%, Says Minister, Indonesia's Jokowi Revises Import Regulation to Prevent Piles at Ports, and Philippines to Vigorously Defend Territory, President Says.The following is the…

CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday.Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness.“Max the Cat has been an…

The 2024 Preakness Stakes (Saturday, May 18 on NBC/Peacock) will be the 149th running of the annual horse race in Baltimore. It’s the yearly second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown pursuit. Mystik Dan will be running in this year’s Preakness after some doubt that he would run in the race due to the short turn around between the Kentucky Derby…

Lawyers and migrant rights campaigners have warned that the government is heading for a repeat of the Windrush scandal after imposing a “cliff edge” deadline for immigrants to switch to new digital visas.By the end of this year an estimated 500,000 or more non-EU immigrants with leave to remain in the UK will need to replace their physical…

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday (May 18) rejected allegations from China about dollar diplomacy with Guatemala.A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson alleged that Taiwan had maintained political support from the Central American nation by paying off its politicians. The statement was a ploy by China to…

King hosts garden party with senior royals as Prince Harry to miss reunionGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailThe King, Queen and Prince of Wales will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France in what will be the monarch’s first overseas trip…

The clock is ticking on the arrival of further U.S. military aid for Ukraine but in regretting its delay former president Viktor Yushchenko has already said the frontline "doesn't take vacation."Ukraine may soon count on more artillery, air defense interceptors and other ammunition but as Russian president Vladimir Putin sees a window of…

KYIV, Ukraine -- A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city.The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the…

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former head of a pro-Kurdish party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.In jail since 2016, Selahattin Demirtas, 51, a two-time election rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was convicted…

CNN  —  A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation that matches allegations in a now-settled federal…