JAKARTA — Apple has agreed to speculate 1 billion U.S. {dollars} in Indonesia to realize market entry for its newest iPhone 16 mannequin on this planet’s fourth most populous nation, a minister stated on Wednesday.
Indonesian Minister of Investment Rosan Roeslani stated that intensive communication with Apple is happening via messaging purposes, specializing in the proposed funding mannequin and partnerships with gross sales distributors in Indonesia. (Indonesia-Apple-Investment)
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KABUL — Afghanistan’s Acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani was killed in a suicide assault contained in the ministry on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior stated.
“We have received with great sadness the news that the minister of refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, was martyred this afternoon in a ferocious attack by the Khawarij (enemy),” stated a press release launched by Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani. (Afghanistan-Blast-Minister)
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SEOUL — South Korean ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun tried to take his personal life whereas being held at a detention facility on prices of rebellion, and he was at the moment in secure situation, the Justice Ministry stated Wednesday.
Kim was discovered making an attempt to hold himself with a rope produced from tying collectively innerwear inside a toilet on the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center in jap Seoul at 11:52 p.m. native time Tuesday, shortly earlier than a courtroom issued an arrest warrant for him, the ministry stated. (South Korea-Minister-Suicide Attempt)
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TOKYO — The Japanese authorities is finalizing plans to extend company and revenue tax charges to fund its plan to just about double protection spending to 2 p.c of gross home product, Kyodo News cited sources as saying on Wednesday.
The authorities is concentrating on April 2026 for a 4 p.c hike in company tax charges, whereas the revenue tax price is anticipated to rise by 1 p.c beginning January 2027, in accordance with the report. (Japan-Defense-Tax)