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Indonesia pushes for downstreaming, Global South rights at UN SDGs summit

With much of its long-term development plan hindered by international trade laws, the current global order has been labeled “unfit” by Indonesian delegates at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit, who also urged for the end of “discriminatory” trade policies.

These repeated calls from Indonesia came as the country tries to escape from what has been described as the middle-income trap, and amid a bid to enter the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Ahead of the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA) opening ceremony on Tuesday, global representatives kick-started the week’s flurry of me…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement on Sept. 18, 2023, during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit 2023, at the UN headquarters in New York City, the United States.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement on Sept. 18, 2023, during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit 2023, at the UN headquarters in New York City, the United States.
Academia

Saving our GenDebt

The OJK should consider requiring BNPL platforms to comply with certain standards for its prudence, similar to what the authority does with insurance companies when taking customers.

Regulations

Govt allows state budget to guarantee loans for high-speed rail project

The government will permit the use of state funds as a loan guarantee to sustain the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) project, a decision that has been criticized for putting a heavy burden on the taxpayer.

Archipelago

Dry season sparks fires engulfing Central, West Java landfills

Indonesia is expecting to see more fires during this year’s dry season, which is forecast to be longer and drier due to the El Niño weather system.

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Headlines

KPK questions Muhaimin after missing first summons

The antigraft body questioned Muhaimin as a witness in an alleged corruption case pertaining to software procurement at the then-named Manpower and Transmigration Ministry when he served as minister between 2009 and 2014.

Opinion

New EU sustainability rules will impact ASEAN industries

These directives rely on the assumption that the EU will have significant market power to increase the bar on environmental and human rights standards for developing-country businesses that are connected to it.

Headlines

Prabowo lauds ASEAN for keeping region peaceful, prosperous

Prabowo Subianto, who is to chair the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting in November, has praised the 10-nation bloc for maintaining Southeast Asia as one of the most peaceful and prosperous regions in the world today.

Politics

TNI chief apologizes for "strangle" comment over Rempang protests

TNI chief Yudo has apologized for his remarks in a viral video that appeared to suggest troops to use their bare hands against protestors on Rempang Island, saying that he had used the word "strangle" in the context of his childhood in a rural setting.

4 hours ago
Asia and Pacific

Extreme plankton bloom creates marine 'dead zone' off eastern Thailand

Marine scientists say some areas in the Gulf of Thailand have more than 10 times the normal amount of plankton, turning the water a bright green and killing off marine life.

54 minutes ago
Asia and Pacific

Chinese blockade on Taiwan would be 'monster risk': Pentagon

Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, vowing to seize it one day, and officials in Washington -- a key ally of Taipei -- have cited 2027 as a possible timeline for an invasion.

2 hours ago
Asia and Pacific

Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdog

The report comes days after the United Nations said the world was facing catastrophic climate change and was perilously far from meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution.

6 hours ago
Entertainment

Musk considers charging all X users monthly fee

During a talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Musk said that introducing a small monthly payment for X would combat the "armies of bots" on the site.

22 hours ago
Science & Tech

Scientists warn entire branches of the 'Tree of Life' are going extinct

"The extinction crisis is as bad as the climate change crisis. It is not recognized," said Gerardo Ceballos, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and co-author of the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 

1 day ago
Entertainment

Serge Gainsbourg's home finally opens with Charlotte as guide

Thirty-two years after his death, the famous home on Paris' Left Bank gets its long-awaited opening next Wednesday, with visitors welcomed into the dark, bohemian lair by Charlotte's whispered voice in their headphones. 

2 days ago

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