Indonesian politician incarcerates lockdown violators in 'haunted houses'

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): An Indonesian politician who has become so angry with people going against lockdown regulations in his country that she has proposed locking them in a “haunted house”, AFP reported yesterday Sragen regency head Kusdinar Untung Yuni Sukowati has announced such a policy following the influx of people to the area under her charge after lockdowns in Jakarta and other major Javanese cities.

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Singaporeans queue at midnight for a last fix of bubble tea

SINGAPORE (April 22): Long queues were seen at bubble tea shops in Singapore after the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry announced that all standalone food and beverage outlet are also in the temporary shutdown list until May 4, starting from today, reported China Press.

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Trump pauses green cards; Senate passes aid package

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): US President Trump said on Tuesday that he would order a temporary halt in issuing green cards to prevent people from immigrating to the United States, but he backed away from plans to suspend guest worker programmes after business groups exploded in anger at the threat of losing access to foreign labor, the New York Times (NYT) reported today.

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