Reuters reported that recently,The largest struggling party in the Indonesian parliament, the Democratic Party, will seek an investigation into violations during the national election and plans to file a complaint with the Constitutional Court. Secretary General of the Struggle Democratic Party, Hastow, toldMedia, they are in the electionfindNow,There is a situation of abuse of power, from the legal aspect to the state machineryButheNo specific details or evidence have been provided to support this accusation.

It is understood that,IndonesiaTo be held on February 14thNowNational elections. According to the sampling vote results, presidential candidate Prabowo is significantly ahead of his opponent Anis and Ganchal, who is supported by the struggling Democratic Party. The Struggle Democratic Party expressed concern about the discrepancy in the vote counting results published on the Indonesian Election Commission websiteStrongDisappointed and questioned Prabowo's deputy partner GibranThe candidate did not qualify for the election.GibranyesPresident Joko's eldest son,It does not meet the constitutional requirement that presidential and vice presidential candidates must be at least 40 years old, but Zoko's brother-in-law and former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Anwar, led the Constitutional Court to specially allow Gibran to qualify for election, causing public criticism. During the election, Zoko was seen dining with Prabowo several times and was accused by public opinion of leaning towards Prabowo.

According to relevant political scientists, MalaysiaIf Congress wants toRegarding thisTo initiate an investigation, at least25 members of parliament and one or more political parties propose and obtain approval from more than half of the members present at the plenary session.andEmphasize that unless the Constitutional Court or election supervisionUnless otherwise instructed by the committee or the National Administrative Court, the investigation by Congress shall not exceed the power of the Election Commission to verify the election results.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, recently, the Hungarian Parliament188 votes in favor and 6 votes against, completing the process of approving Sweden's accession to NATO and approving Sweden as the 32nd member of NATO. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Sweden and Finland abandoned their long-standing military non alignment policy and both applied to join NATO. According to NATO regulations, applications must obtain unanimous consent from all NATO members. Finland was approved to join NATO in April last year, and Türkiye and Hungary are the obstacles for Sweden to join the Treaty. After Türkiye approved Sweden's accession to NATO in January this year, Hungary became the last obstacle to Sweden's accession to the Treaty.

It is understood that Sweden has a huge defense industry, and its accession will add a technologically advanced army to NATO, improve supply routes to neighboring Finland, and help defend Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Currently, Sweden is raising its military spending and is expected to achieve NATO's target for member countries, which is a percentage of its gross domestic product, by the end of this year2% is used for defense expenses.

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01The Houser armed forces are preparing for a long-term confrontation with the United States in the Red Sea

London News: Recently, insiders revealed that regardless of the development of the war between Israel and Hamas, the Yemeni Hussein militants and Iran are ready to engage in long-term confrontation with the United States and its allies in the Red Sea region. The Houthi armed forces have been reinforcing their positions in the past few weeks. They have dug more trenches and tunnels in the Haj province in the northwest of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, which borders Saudi Arabia and overlooks the Red Sea.

In addition, security sources in Saudi Arabia and Yemen have revealed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and those militia organizations allied with the Houthi militants have sent hundreds of personnel and experts to cooperate with the Houthi militants in launching attacks in the Red Sea, some of whom have recently joined forces with the United States and BritainHe died in an air raid. An adviser to the Saudi leadership said that Saudi Arabia borders Yemen, and Saudi Arabia is particularly worried that the Hussain armed forces may try to destroy the main Internet cables laid along the seabed, although there is no sign or evidence that the Hussain armed forces will do so.

01Cambodia and Malaysia Cooperate to Open Cross border QR Code Payment System

According to the Cambodian China Times, recently, the President of the National Bank of Cambodia, Xie Silei, and the President of the National Bank of Malaysia, Abdulazi Jaffa, signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. The agreement includes connecting the domestic payment systems of the two countries, allowing cross-border scanning of QR code payment transactions, encouraging the use of domestic currency, and supporting the establishment of a cooperative monitoring mechanism for cross-border payment security. The central banks of both countries have stated that the opening of cross-border payments between Cambodia and Malaysia will facilitate cross-border trade and tourism activities, benefiting over 5 million merchants using QR code payments.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anhua said that the signing of the above agreement is of great significance and helps to encourage businesses in both countries to use their own currencies, namely Malaysian ringgit and Cambodian currencyPlease make payment and settlement. Cambodia stated that through the agreement, the central banks of the two countries will cooperate to drive financial innovation and improve cross-border scanning QR code payment systems, assisting trade activities and financial inclusiveness between the two countries, while also meeting ASEAN goals to promote the use of their own currencies. Currently, the National Bank of Cambodia has cooperated with multiple countries, including Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China, to open cross-border scanning payment and remittance services.

Bloomberg News: Recently, a spokesperson for travel service platform Expedia announced that the company will cut about 1500 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the total workforce. The reason for the layoffs is that the company needs to evaluate resources and allocate them reasonably to ensure the priority of the most important tasks.

It is understood that as ofBy the end of 2023, there were 17100 employees in over 50 countries worldwide, with approximately half working in technology. Previously, the company's performance was not as expected and its outlook for this quarter was also not as expected. Not only that, besides Expedia, AirOnline tourism platforms such as BNB and Booking Holdings are facing a slowdown in tourism growth, mainly due to the loss of momentum in the post pandemic tourism demand backlog.