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Published Thu, Sep 4, 2025 · 09:46 AM[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank said it had agreed on a “burden sharing” arrangement with the government where it will raise the interest rates it pays on government deposits as a way to help the government fund their programmes. In a statement on Thursday, Bank Indonesia spokesperson Ramdan Denny Prakoso said the arrangement was intended to help the government cover the cost of raising funds through the bond market for programmes such as affordable housing and setting up cooperatives in villages. The statement came after Governor Perry Warjiyo told a parliamentary hearing earlier this…

Controversial efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in cattle are likely to fail unless there’s greater urgency and funding from the government, scientists have warned.The disease has caused bitter divisions between farmers and wildlife groups because of the use of badger culls to reduce transmission of the disease to cattle. The government has vowed to end the cull in 2029 and vaccinate badgers instead, with a target of eliminating the disease in English cattle herds by 2038.Now a scientific review of the strategy has warned it will only succeed if the government rapidly rolls out badger jabs and steps up infection…

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The Eagles’ Super Bowl defense will start in a heated way.Thursday night, the defending champs will receive a visit from their bitter division rival Dallas. The number for this game was sitting around 7 until the news broke last week that the Cowboys traded superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. Dallas received two first round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark in return. Those two draft picks won’t help them win games now, but Clark is certainly an upgrade over their current interior defensive lineman options. However, the loss of Parsons cannot be undersold.…

NEW YORK — Jim Walden, an independent candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, announced Tuesday that he was suspending his campaign, while urging his fellow candidates to unite against the Democratic primary winner, Zohran Mamdani. “For those still trailing in the polls by month’s end, I implore each to consider how history will judge them if they allow vanity or stubborn ambition to usher in Mr. Mamdani,” Walden wrote in a statement announcing his exit. He warned that Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, would represent a “Trojan Horse taking over City Hall,” adding that time was “slipping away” for an…

[SINGAPORE] Private money is pouring into schools in Asia as investors seek to turn a profit on the growing demand for quality education.The booming market is increasingly catching the eye of financiers such as Apollo Global Management and KKR. They have bought stakes and lent to school chains in a bet that a growing class of upwardly mobile families will allow school operators to expand. Investment in the sector is rising, despite lacklustre growth in the region’s overall private equity volume since 2021. Excluding China, firms closed US$6.4 billion of education deals across the Asia-Pacific last year, 25 per cent…

Microsoft on Thursday fired two additional employees after firing two others a day prior, following a break-in at the office of its vice chair and company president, Brad Smith, earlier this week, as part of a protest of the technology company’s purported links to Israel. “Two additional employees were terminated due to serious violations of established company policies and our code of conduct, including participating in recent on-site demonstrations that created significant safety concerns for our employees,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.The terminations came after a group of seven people broke into executive offices at Microsoft’s…

ERIE, Pa., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Erie County Prison and their correctional healthcare partner, Armor Health (ArmorHealthcare.com), are pleased to announce the expansion of Medical services to include Mental Health services and Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs. By administering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), this initiative aims to reduce overdose risk and improve overall health outcomes, leveraging national best practices for treating substance use disorders in correctional settings. Armor began medical services for the Prison in December of 2023, and the success of the program in improving care created the confidence for Erie County to add these additional…

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Former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu is seriously exploring a bid to return to the Senate in his home state of New Hampshire, multiple sources familiar with his plans tell CBS News. The former senator, part of the influential Sununu political dynasty, has been viewed as a top recruit for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is not running for reelection in 2026, leaving the field wide open.A source close to the White House confirmed to CBS News that senior officials have given their blessing to a potential Sununu campaign. The news was first reported by NOTUS.New Hampshire has…

AS SUMMITS go, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) meeting in Tianjin, China, last weekend went according to script. There was even an anodyne declaration at the end. It did not address the conflicts between members. Four of the 10 SCO member states experienced direct military clashes in the past few months, and none more serious than the one between India and Pakistan that could have spiralled into a nuclear war.The main interest was in the bilateral meetings on the sidelines. The hour-long meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was of particular interest, as it had…