August 2023

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s annual inflation rate cooled further to 3.08% in July, moving closer to the middle of the central bank’s target range and roughly in line with expectations, data from the statistics bureau showed on Tuesday. A Reuters poll had expected a July rate of 3.1%. Bank Indonesia is targeting 2023 inflation within…

By Jonathan Saul HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) – Every morning Amir sets up a protest stand to warn passersby that Israeli democracy is in danger from hotly contested legislation to curb the courts. But he’s a very unusual protester – a former Mossad spy who never before questioned the state for which he once risked his…