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Raisa's 'ambiVert': An album of love and wisdom

Raisa's latest studio album is the singer-songwriter’s “wisest” to date, featuring love songs grounded in dignity and self-respect.

9 months ago
Science & Tech

US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97

Lovell travelled to the Moon twice but never walked on the lunar surface, but he is considered one of the greats of the US space program after rescuing the Apollo 13 mission that teetered on the brink of disaster. ...

9 months ago
Science & Tech

NASA astronauts depart space station after five-month mission

US astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, the Crew-10 commander, boarded the gumdrop-shaped Dragon capsule on Friday afternoon along with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov ahead of a 17.5-hour trek back to Earth to a splashdown site off the California coast. ...

9 months ago

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NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars

A new NASA directive -- first reported by Politico and seen by AFP on Tuesday -- calls for the appointment of a nuclear power czar to select two commercial proposals within six months, framing the push as crucial to outpacing a joint Chinese-Russian effort.

10 months ago
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'Kebaya': Living history, modern elegance

At the 1928 Indonesian Women’s Congress in Yogyakarta, over a thousand women in kebaya (traditional blouses) came together to champion national unity and women’s rights, as they blended tradition with bold calls for change.

10 months ago
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LIFEs 2025 explores national identity through art and literature

The Literature and Ideas Festival returns from Aug. 8-16 with "Menjadi Indonesia", featuring over 35 performers.

10 months ago
Entertainment

Man dies after falling at Oasis gig in London

Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, who brought the iconic Britpop band back together for a blockbuster world tour this year, told the BBC they were "shocked and saddened" by the fan's death at the Saturday evening gig. 

10 months ago
Science & Tech

AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink

"The next three or four years will be incredibly challenging for publishers everywhere. No one is immune from the AI summaries storm gathering on the horizon," warned Matt Karolian, vice president of research and development at Boston Globe Media. 

10 months ago
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In 'LUAP', Nyoman Paul reaches into the deep

In his debut studio album, singer-songwriter and AMI Award winner Nyoman Paul explores his inner depths as he gives voice to what is underneath.

10 months ago
Science & Tech

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station

As part of their stay, the Crew-11 astronauts will simulate Moon landing scenarios that could be encountered near the lunar South Pole under the US-led Artemis program.

10 months ago
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Romantic drama ‘Sore’ captures hearts, rakes in over 2 million views

Passing the 2 million mark since it premiered on July 10, Yandy Laurens's genre-blending flick has moviegoers coming back for the romantic drama-sci-fi feature with a runtime of just under 2 hours.

10 months ago
Science & Tech

Artists, scientists breathe life into prehistoric woman

Reborn via a close partnership between science and art, Mos'anne's bust was created at Belgium's Ghent University as part of a project to explore how the region's last hunter-gatherers lived during the Mesolithic era.

10 months ago
Science & Tech

Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 kilometers undersea

The discovery in Earth's deepest underwater valley suggests that there could be much more life thriving in the hostile conditions at the bottom of our planet's largely unexplored oceans than previously thought, the China-led team of scientists said.

10 months ago
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'A Normal Woman': A skin-crawling feature on a female experience

Lucky Kuswandi’s A Normal Woman, which premiered on Netflix on July 24, is an insidious investigation into the price one woman pays to maintain a conforming existence.

10 months ago
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Visinema to produce epic ‘Perang Jawa’, directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko

The project is currently in the pre-production stage with podcaster and former trade minister Gita Wirjawan on board as executive producer. "Perang Jawa" is set for theatrical release in 2028.

10 months ago
Environment

World's smallest snake makes big comeback

A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been "lost" to science.

10 months ago
People

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71

Hogan's wrestling skills and magnetic personality as a heroic all-American in the ring transformed the sport into mainstream family entertainment, attracting millions of viewers and turning the league into a multi-billion-dollar empire.

10 months ago
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‘Beyond Unsettled Past’: Revisiting Indonesia’s colonial legacies

The exhibition, held at in Erasmus Huis in Jakarta, reexamines colonial legacies through a distinctly Indonesian lens. Curated by historian Sadiah Boonstra and artist Sukiato Khurniawan, the show features powerful works by six artists that confront the lingering imprints of colonialism on society.

10 months ago
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Dancing in harmony: 75 Years of Indonesia-Thailand diplomacy

From the graceful Thai Blessing Dance to the vibrant Indonesian Puspa Mekar, the performance blended traditional melodies and symbolism, captivating the audience with a shared spirit of peace and unity.

10 months ago
People

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76

Osbourne kicked off his career in the early 1970s as singer on Black Sabbath's hits, from "Paranoid" to "War Pigs" to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Those plus a string of solo releases saw him sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

10 months ago
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Diponegoro lives on, two centuries after the fact

Although the Java War started two centuries ago, the story of Diponegoro's heroism remains fresh to Indonesians today thanks to many serious scholarly works as well as the products of pop culture which advertise his trials and tribulations. The following is a non-exhaustive list of scholarly works and popular retellings of Diponegoro's life.

10 months ago
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Back on the reel: Arkipel 2025 channels ‘Years of Living Dangerously’

The organizer took the theme, reflecting on the current geopolitical situation, that colonialism persists, particularly in Palestine, some 70 years after the conference. 

10 months ago
Environment

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight

Almost 3,000 climate cases have been filed up to the end of 2024, in nearly 60 countries, according to the Grantham Research Institute, using data compiled by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

10 months ago
People

US tech CEO in viral Coldplay concert video resigns

During a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Wednesday, the jumbotron zoomed in on a man and a woman embracing in the stands.

10 months ago
Entertainment

CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show, calling decision financial

The show will be retired and Colbert will not be replaced. New episodes will air until the end of the broadcast TV season in May 2026, a network statement said.

10 months ago
People

‘Stupid Cupid’ singer Connie Francis dies at 87

In 1960, when she was 21, she became the first woman to hold the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the release of "Everybody's Somebody's Fool."

10 months ago
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‘ProGress’: An exhibition for looking ahead

At Neo Gallery’s ProGress exhibition, former art insiders step into the spotlight as they trade their roles as curators and collectors to finally become artists themselves.

10 months ago
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'Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan' tests love against time

The Indonesian feature film Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan is a larger-than-life cinematic experience that finds its gravity, as well as humanity, in Sheila Dara and Dion Wiyoko's actorly prowess.

10 months ago
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Monita Tahalea comes alive with new album ‘Merona’

Indonesian singer-songwriter Monita Tahalea's latest studio album, Merona, is an artistic exploration and transformation, as well as a reincarnation.

10 months ago
Entertainment

'Superman' aims to save flagging film franchise, not just humanity

James Gunn's "Superman," which opened in theaters worldwide this week, is a reboot aimed at relaunching the so-called DC Universe of comic book-based superhero movies, which also features Wonder Woman and Batman.

10 months ago
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