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Politics 1 week ago

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Impeachment call, abortive reshuffle hint at internal TNI tension

An abortive order to transfer Lt. Gen. Kunto Arief Wibowo, the son of former vice president Try Sutr...

Academia 1 week ago

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Beyond statistics: Establishing a poverty line that reflects true hardship

While international lines are useful for comparison, they can be misleading if used as the basis for...

Academia 1 week ago

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Analysis: Invisible VP Gibran under pressure, eclipsed by his father Jokowi

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is facing mounting pressure, mostly for underperformance, in t...

Editorial 1 week ago

Our neighbors' elections

The sweeping re-election victories of Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Australia&#39...

Regulations 1 week ago

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New task force no guarantor of progress in coal retirement

The creation of a new task force signals growing government support for the early retirement of coal...

Culture and Entertainment 1 week ago

Into the depths: Omara Esteghlal's beast of burden

Pengepungan di Bukit Duri (The Siege at Thorn High) might trigger tough conversations. But for actor...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Albanese basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Residents clapped as the 62-year-old and his fiancee Jodie Haydon visited his old inner Sydney haunt...

Jakarta 1 week ago

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Jakartans rush to join ‘orange troops’ amid job scarcity

An unprecedented crowd of hopeful jobseekers have flocked to Jakarta City Hall in the past few weeks...

Politics 1 week ago

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Gibran grapples with shrinking influence six months into vice presidency

Just six months into office, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has already faced a groundswell o...

Society 1 week ago

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AI adoption for work safety faces challenges in Indonesia

The country is lagging behind on the implementation of basic principles of work safety and health, p...

Americas 1 week ago

Anxiety, pride as Harvard digs in for Trump 'blitzkrieg'

Harvard students weave through tree-lined streets and redbrick campus buildings, but beneath the ven...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide

Voters have handed Singapore's long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering Pri...

Economy 1 week ago

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Businesses fear new layoff task force could lead to criminalization

President Prabowo has promised to form a layoff task force to prevent arbitrary dismissals of employ...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Australia's Albanese claims election victory, riding anti-Trump wave

Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as prime minister on Saturday in a...

Markets 1 week ago

OPEC+ agrees another accelerated oil output hike for June

OPEC+ has agreed to accelerate oil production hikes for a second consecutive month, raising output i...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff

Pakistan's military said it carried out a "training launch" of a surface-to-surface mi...

Science & Tech 1 week ago

Musk's dreams for Starbase city in Texas hang on vote

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's dream of gaining city status for his SpaceX spaceport in the southe...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

South Korea conservative party names presidential candidate

South Korea's conservative party on Saturday named its former labor minister as its candidate fo...

People 1 week ago

'Devastated' Prince Harry says no UK return but seeks reconciliation

Prince Harry has said he wanted to reconcile with Britain's royal family, but was "devastat...

Politics 1 week ago

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Prabowo considers naming slain activist Marsinah national hero

President Prabowo Subianto has conveyed his willingness to name Marsinah, a labor activist who was m...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Inflation, hotel prices curtail Japanese 'Golden Week' travels

Japan's annual "Golden Week" holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflati...

Tech 1 week ago

Apple eases App Store rules under court pressure

Apple on Friday relaxed its App Store payment rules in the face of a scathing court order, with Spot...

Society 1 week ago

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Indonesia starts sending haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

More than 7,000 Indonesian pilgrims departed for Saudi Arabia during the first wave of this yea...

Europe 1 week ago

Vatican chimney installed ahead of papal conclave

Firefighters have installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel which will emit white smoke to signa...

Jakarta 1 week ago

Police say Kemang clash not linked to mass organization

At least 10 people have been named suspects in a violent clash that broke out on Jl. Keman...

Americas 1 week ago

UN eyes big overhaul amid funding crisis, internal memo shows

The United Nations is considering a massive overhaul that would merge major departments and shift re...

The Neighborhood 1 week ago

ID, please: Inside Jakarta’s under-30 spots

Across town, spaces catering specifically to Jakarta’s under-30 crowd have popped up. Our resi...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Australians vote in election swayed by inflation, Trump

Millions of Australians voted Saturday in a bitterly contested general election, following a campaig...

Environment 1 week ago

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Southeast Asia’s white-winged duck at critical threat of extinction

Once a familiar sight in wetlands across the archipelago, the iconic duck known as ‘mentok rim...

Americas 1 week ago

Trump says Harvard University's tax-exempt status will be revoked

US President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration will revoke Harvard University's tax...

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