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Markets 3 weeks ago

Asian equities edge up, dollar slides as US Fed Reserve subpoenaed

Asian equities posted gains Monday while the dollar dipped as investors digested news that the US Ju...

Asia & Pacific 3 weeks ago

Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban

Australia has required big platforms including Meta, TikTok and YouTube to stop underage users from ...

Academia 3 weeks ago

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Indonesia can surpass Vietnam’s 8% growth

Indonesia's energy, critical minerals, agriculture and biodiversity-linked industries offer mult...

Americas 3 weeks ago

Trump sends hundreds more agents to Minneapolis

The officers would be deployed to bolster the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Bord...

Asia & Pacific 3 weeks ago

Malaysia restricts access to Grok as backlash over sexualised images widens

The decision follows global backlash after it emerged that Grok's image creation feature allowed...

Academia 3 weeks ago

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What now for the 'rules-based order'?

Maduro’s forceful extraction represents something new, partly because US institutions have bec...

Asia & Pacific 3 weeks ago

Speculation grows over Jan. dissolution of Japan's lower house

Speculation has emerged within the Japanese government that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may dissol...

Middle East and Africa 3 weeks ago

Trump says he and US military weighing 'strong options' on Iran

Trump was to meet with senior advisers on Tuesday to discuss options for Iran, a US official told Re...

Jakarta 3 weeks ago

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Waste crisis haunts Greater Jakarta

Greater Jakarta continues to grapple with a waste crisis, with Jakarta and neighboring Depok becomin...

Academia 3 weeks ago

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Maduro shows Prabowo why repression at home weaken sovereignty abroad

The erosion of domestic legitimacy created the very opening through which external power could inter...

Middle East and Africa 3 weeks ago

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Indonesia, Turkey deepen defense cooperation in 2+2 meeting

Among topics discussed in the meeting of defense and foreign ministers of both countries were streng...

Society 3 weeks ago

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Indonesia temporarily bans Grok amid efforts to bolster child protection

The Communications and Digital Ministry has temporarily blocked access to X’s chatbot Grok ove...

Academia 3 weeks ago

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Has Indonesia forsaken the Bandung Spirit?

The way the government responded to the recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president by the Unit...

Academia 3 weeks ago

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Analysis: Disaster response tests government's openness to criticism

The protracted disaster response in parts of Sumatra has increasingly become a focal point of public...

Archipelago 3 weeks ago

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Sitaro regency applies recovery scheme, relocation plans after flash floods

Siau-Tagulandang-Biaro (Sitaro) Islands regency administration is not only focusing on disaster emer...

Politics 3 weeks ago

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Support mounts for comedian after Netflix special reported to police

Public support has grown for comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono, who was reported to the police for incite...

Markets 3 weeks ago

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Credit growth revival may rekindle banking stocks’ appeal

Persistent headwinds, including weak household purchasing power and a softer rupiah, meanwhile, may ...

Politics 3 weeks ago

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Community sentences introduced in new penal code

Article 85 of the new Criminal Code stipulates that community sentences only apply for offenses with...

Editorial 3 weeks ago

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KUHP must be challenged

A key test will come soon when the Constitutional Court hears a challenge to bans on insulting the p...

Archipelago 3 weeks ago

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Aceh disaster victims move into temporary housing

Some 2,400 units of temporary housing are being built, with a target of 12,000 units in Aceh pr...

Regulations 3 weeks ago

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OJK backtracks, makes health insurance co-payments optional

Initially introduced to address rising medical costs over time, the co-payment scheme allowed insure...

Economy 3 weeks ago

Thousands of Irish farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Thousands of Irish farmers, many of whom traveled across the country on tractors, protested on Satur...

Economy 3 weeks ago

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Bank loan growth inches up, but not in consumer, MSME segments

Credit growth rose 7.74 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 8.3 quadrillion (US$493 billion) in Novembe...

Americas 3 weeks ago

Weekend of US protests after woman killed by immigration agent

The Trump administration has sought to paint Good as a "domestic terrorist," insisting tha...

Asia & Pacific 3 weeks ago

Death toll in Philippines landfill collapse rises to 4

The Binaliw landfill in the central city of Cebu collapsed on Thursday, with 110 workers on site at ...

Archipelago 3 weeks ago

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Batam receives 163 deportees from Malaysia, including two children, the first of 2026

The deportees consisted of two children, an 8-month baby girl and a 6-year-old boy, 111 men and...

Society 3 weeks ago

Govt temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualized images

The Communications and Digital Ministry has summoned X officials to discuss the matter.

Science & Tech 3 weeks ago

NASA says targeting ISS medical evacuation for January 14

Details of the medical evacuation, the first in ISS history, were not provided by officials, though ...

Tech 3 weeks ago

Musk's Grok under fire over sexualized images despite new limits

Grok has faced global backlash after it emerged the feature allowed users to sexualize images of wom...

Asia & Pacific 3 weeks ago

Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage

Temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this ...

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