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'A New Art Order': SIPFest 2024 offers liberating alternative

The fifth edition of the biennial performing arts festival seeks to offer an alternative space to liberate audiences from the political dynamics sweeping the nation during an election year.

1 year ago
Environment

Activists seek clarity over mining ban in Ecuador forest reserve

The cloud-kissed forest is a birdwatcher's paradise home to some 600 bird species, like cotingas, with their vibrant patterns and unique features, and around 270 mammal species. ...

1 year ago
Environment

Wildlife trade now 'serious offence' under Singapore organised crime law

Singapore is a preferred transhipment route for traffickers, conservationists say, with Southeast Asia at the centre of much of the multibillion-dollar illicit industry. ...

1 year ago

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Art & Culture

21 foreign citizens win contest using Indonesian at FHI

Pekan Festival Handai Indonesia (FHI) 2024, an Indonesian language contest for foreign nationals, has wrapped up with 21 winners of different categories announced at the pinnacle of the event in Bali on Aug. 31.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Oasis fans on tenterhooks for tickets as reunion tour sales set to go live

The Britpop band announced their comeback this week to much fanfare, 15 years after they broke up when lead guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher said he could no longer work with frontman and brother Liam after a number of public spats.

1 year ago
Art & Culture

Ministry, WBI Foundation introduce ASEAN batik motifs

Thee batik motifs were designed using the floral richness from all ASEAN member states to represent harmony in diversity and uniqueness. 

1 year ago
Entertainment premium

Will new comedy 'Kaka Boss' continue Imajinari's box office streak?

Producer Ernest Prakasa and writer-codirector Arie Kriting speak about their latest film as they mull over which is scarier: a flop or another shocking success?

1 year ago
Culture

Lego to replace oil in its bricks with pricier renewable plastic

Lego, which sells billions of plastic bricks annually, has tested over 600 different materials to develop a new material that would completely replace its oil-based brick by 2030, but with limited success.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Durov's Telegram: 'Weapon of war' under increased scrutiny

Since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in 2022, Telegram, which has over 900 million active users, has emerged as a crucial platform used by pro-war bloggers to justify Moscow's invasion and sow disinformation in Ukraine and the West.

1 year ago
Entertainment

British rock band Oasis to reunite for 2025 tour

Oasis said they would play a total of 14 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester–where the band was formed in 1991–London, Edinburgh and Dublin, in the domestic leg of a world tour.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

'Mosaico': Walking among millennia of Italy's mosaic art

Colorful tiles adorn many structures in numerous Italian cities, revealing the history of mosaic art spanning millennia across the boot-shaped peninsula.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

The 'greatest Indonesian album of all time' gets a vinyl reissue

For the first time since its release in 1977, the critically acclaimed soundtrack album Badai Pasti Berlalu has been officially pressed and released on vinyl.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Flawed Boeing mission to return to Earth with rival SpaceX

The return of Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams had already been delayed for weeks by thruster malfunctions of the Boeing spacecraft, and NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced they will return to Earth in February, while Starliner will return uncrewed.

1 year ago
Culture

Pakistani singles defy tradition, search for spouses in person

Typically, marriages in Pakistan are arranged by parents who look for suitable matches for their children from within their communities or the extended family, making dating apps generally stigmatized and gender segregation socially and at work remains common.

1 year ago
Entertainment

Justin Bieber announces birth of baby boy

"WELCOME HOME JACK BLUES BIEBER," the Canadian singer posted with a photo of an infant's foot wrapped in a blanket, which has racked up more than 7 million likes.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

NASA to decide Saturday on return of stranded astronauts

After years of Starliner development delays, the spacecraft finally lifted off in early June carrying Wilmore and Williams, both veteran astronauts, to the ISS, with NASA delayed indefinitely a plan to bring them back to Earth after eight days due to studied problems with the craft's propulsion system.

1 year ago
Environment

Maybank Marathon 2024 Ready to Launch with Several Updates

PT Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk (“Maybank Indonesia”) is set to host the Elite Label Road Race Maybank Marathon 2024 on August 25, 2024, featuring several updates.

1 year ago
Environment

Maybank Indonesia reinforces environmental commitment at Maybank Marathon 2024

Bank Maybank Indonesia has strengthened its commitment to environmental sustainability by launching two major initiatives as part of the Maybank Marathon 2024, a mangrove planting activity and the inauguration of an organic waste management facility. This year marks the 13th Maybank Marathon, scheduled for Aug. 25, with the start/finish at the Bali United Training Center, Gianyar, Bali. Maybank Indonesia remains committed to integrating sustainability principles into the Maybank Marathon.

1 year ago
Environment

How a 16-year-old turned rattan seeds into a massive conservation project

Educational institutions are tasked with what are arguably the most important ventures for the next generation. They bear the responsibility to teach and encourage future leaders to make a positive impact in the world.

1 year ago
Health

Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks

For decades, the illness long known as "monkeypox" was restricted to a handful of African countries, with estimates of its mortality rate ranging from one to 10 percent of people infected.

1 year ago
Health

Mpox 'not the new COVID', says WHO

In July 2022, the WHO declared an emergency over the international outbreak of the less severe Clade 2b strain of mpox, which mostly affected men who have sex with men. The alarm was lifted in May 2023.

1 year ago
People

Alain Delon, France's flawed screen god

To some he was the sexiest man of the 20th century who played the impeccably tailored, ice-cold killers popularised by 1960s New Wave films to perfection.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

South American lungfish has largest genome of any animal

Eighteen of the 19 South American lungfish chromosomes, the threadlike structures that carry an organism's genomic information, are each individually larger than the entire human genome, according to researchers.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-flu jab disappoints in trial

The messenger RNA method made its debut with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first jab against Covid to be approved in the West in late 2020

1 year ago
Health

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency

Worried by the rise in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the spread to nearby countries, the WHO hastily convened a meeting of experts to study the outbreak.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Celebrating National Identity: Sasa Unveils 17 Classic Indonesian Dishes

To celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day, PT Sasa Inti is showcasing the country’s rich and diverse culinary heritage by curating 17 traditional dishes from various regions across the archipelago.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

These are a few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence that have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Earth hit by 'severe' solar storm

Conditions of a level-four geomagnetic storm -- on a scale of five -- were observed Monday from 1500 GMT, according to a specialized center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

1 year ago
Science & Tech

Seismic data indicates huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars

That is the conclusion of scientists based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight Lander during a mission that helped decipher the interior of Mars. The water, located about 7.2 to 12.4 miles (11.5 to 20 km) below the Martian surface, potentially offers conditions favorable to sustain microbial life, either in the past or now, the researchers said.

1 year ago
Art & Culture premium

Maestro Dolorosa Sinaga and her protégé illuminate Indonesia's dark past

Senior sculptor and her protege bring social activism to art, telling the stories of Indonesia's past and present. 

1 year ago
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