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France claims Iran behind 'unprecedented' cyberattacks on fridges

France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran over the first such large-scale cyber-sabotage on French territory.

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A passenger train runs on Aug. 5, 2025, along an elevated track in Jakarta's central business district.

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Indonesian banks pummeled in sudden cyberattack wave

Online banking: A man opens a digital bank app on July 4, 2024, in Jakarta. Digital banks have thrived as an alternative to conventional banks.

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RI’s digital banks outperform peers in profitability, but lending risks remain

A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026, in Mountain View, California, United States.

Google unveils $15b data center investment in Malaysia

Malaysia accounts for more than half of under-construction data center capacity among Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

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Crypto exchanges call for quick moves to bolster defenses after Binance heist

The industry will need to move urgently, analysts and industry executives said, as United States President Donald Trump's regulators promote deeper integration of digital assets into the financial system, raising the stakes for an industry with a history of big hacks.

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Crypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5b frozen

Some said it could be the biggest-ever cyberattack of its kind, with a haul exceeding the $1.5 billion stolen in February 2025 from the Bybit platform.

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Indonesian Environment Minister Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat (second right) and his Norwegian counterpart, Sigrun Aasland (first left), witness the signing of a carbon credit deal, known as a Mitigation Outcome Purchase Agreement (MOPA), between PLN and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) during the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, on Nov. 11, 2026.

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Indonesia, Norway strike carbon credit deal at COP31

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Danantara doubles overseas bets as Indonesia seeks capital at home

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Prabowo set to open CEPA talks with Xi during APEC summit

A customer browses products ahead of a trolley in a supermarket in this undated photograph.

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Consumer confidence up in October despite cautious spending

Economic powerhouse: Containers are seen at the port in Lianyungang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Tuesday.

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China's trade surplus soars past $1 trillion as AI boom powers exports

China's trade surplus surged past US$1 trillion in the first 10 months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales of high-tech products and helped offset weak domestic demand, even as imports to the world's second-largest economy grow at a faster pace that its exports

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A floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) belonging to PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), the Jakarta-listed gas company of state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina, operates in waters of Lampung in this undated photograph.

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Gas supply gaps to widen sharply amid sluggish exploration

Motorcyclists wait in a long line for a Pertalite pump on July 16, 2026, as a gas station attendant serves a customer in Medan, North Sumatra.

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True cost of subsidized fuel double retail price, Bahlil says

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INA invests in Vena Group’s 2.8 GW renewable energy portfolio

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PGN to upgrade pipeline network for renewable gas push

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AKR buys out BP’s retail business in Indonesia

Tourists walk to a pick-up point on Monday in Sanur beach, Denpasar after their return from Nusa Penida Island in Bali.

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KAI plans $120 million railway network in Bali

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang present NVIDIA Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024.

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Nvidia probes whether CEO Huang was target of foreign spying as he admits affair

Nvidia said on Sunday its board was probing whether CEO Jensen Huang had been the target of a foreign intelligence effort, after a media report alleged he had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to Beijing.

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Airlines bet that more premium offerings will boost profits

Airlines are installing deluxe seats, enlisting Michelin-star chefs for luxury menu offerings and designing elite airport lounges as the industry bets its future on growing demand for premium travel.

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A vehicle is under construction at BYD’s first new energy vehicle manufacturing facility in the Subang Smartpolitan Industrial Estate, West Java, in September 2026.

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BYD protest exposes challenge in shifting industrial workforce

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IDX tightens screening, flags 383 stocks for concentrated ownership

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Djojohadikusumo speaks at the Indonesian Pavilion during the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, on Nov. 9, 2026.

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Forest fires cloud Indonesia’s bid for conservation funding at COP31

Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto (right) receives the Roadmap for the OECD Accession of Indonesia from the organization’s secretary-general Mathias Cormann on May 2, 2024, during the opening of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris.

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Indonesia nears OECD accession as progress reaches 80%

Delegates gather at the Vienna International Centre in the Austrian capital on Sept. 25, 2023, as the 67th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference opens.

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Indonesia's nuclear plans face reality check after Thorcon exit

Danantara Indonesia chief executive officer Rosan Roeslani delivers a speech during the launch of PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) at Wisma Danantara Indonesia in Jakarta, on Aug. 24, 2026. DSI will focus on three commodities, coal, crude palm oil (CPO) and ferroalloys, with combined exports worth nearly US$70 billion.

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Indonesia’s export body to only vet paperwork, not handle deals

House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (right) receives the final opinion on the Satu Data Indonesia (One Data Indonesia; SDI) bill from National Development Planning Minister Rachmat Pambudy on Oct. 6, 2026, during the House’s ninth plenary session of 2026-2027 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta.

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Government targets two-month deadline for integrated data rules

Workers load palm oil fresh fruit bunches to be transported from the collector site to CPO factories in Pekanbaru, Riau province, April 27, 2022.

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Indonesia to bypass ‘neighbor’ middlemen in natural resource exports

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Asian stocks fragile, Nvidia plummets as board to decide CEO's fate

Global stocks wobbled at the start of Asian trade on Thursday, while Nvidia shares plunged in after-hours trading on news that its board may oust longtime CEO Jensen Huang.

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Cement sales pick up, but what lies ahead?

Bonds reel as hot inflation fuels jumbo Fed hike fears

Global bonds tumbled and the dollar stayed firm after a hot United States inflation print and hawkish central bank rhetoric raised the risk of an outsized half-point rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month, though stocks remained resilient.

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A man uses his mobile phone in front of a reflection of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 14 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta.

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IDX’s mass delisting raises investor protection concerns

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 06, 2026 in New York City. Stocks were down slightly in morning trading after a day of steep sell-offs following Democratic victories in the midterm elections and concerns about the future of AI investments.

Tech stocks stage partial rebound while dollar gains after US jobs data

Tech shares rose Friday, recovering a fraction of losses from the prior session's rout as the dollar rallied after better than expected US jobs data.

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Stocks tumble as AI panic sweeps markets, bonds draw haven demand

A steep rout in technology stocks on Friday rippled through markets on fears that the Democrats' victory in the United States midterm elections would increase regulatory scrutiny of AI and slow the data centre build-out, sending investors to the safety of bonds.

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