Nearly five years after Covid first emerged, the international community has not been able to determine with certainty exactly where the virus came from.

Mizutani Shuzo is among the growing number of sake breweries using a digital tool developed by the Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau to automatically calculate the degree of fermentation of sake and present the data in graph form.

Confetti, cheers and camaraderie marked the closing of the 2024 Penabur International Choir Festival (PICF), which brought together choir groups from Indonesia and the Philippines through a shared appreciation of melody.

Jakarta and New York, while half a world apart, still share a relentless drive for improvement and a commitment to staying ahead in this fast-paced world. And now Jakartans have a place to wind down at The Coach Coffee Shop and Restaurant with a New York-inspired ambiance.

Despite its Maori name meaning "noise shouter," the species is known for its elusive behavior and strong odor.

Shogun smashed all-time records at the television awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, taking home an astounding 18 statuettes and becoming the first non-English-language winner of the highly coveted award for best drama series.

St. Vincent is ready to go all out when she headlines the Joyland Festival in November, promising the Jakarta crowd an electrifying, no-holds-barred rock spectacular during her first Indonesian show.

When the Bandung-based underground hip-hop collective Homicide released its second album Barisan Nisan (Rows of Headstones) in 2004, Indonesia was still in the throes of sweeping political and social change.

With millenials and Gen Z comprising over 25.87 percent and 27.94 percent of the Indonesian population respectively, their development is key in building a strong foundation to achieve the vision of a Golden Indonesia by 2045.

Liza Colón-Zayas landed a third Emmy for "The Bear." She was named best supporting comedy actress for her role as chef Tina Marrero, winning in a field that included legends Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett.

Since 2019, Japan has caught whales in its own waters after abandoning under international pressure hunting for "scientific purposes" in the Antarctic Ocean and the North Pacific, with the catch list was limited to sei, minke, and Bryde's whales. But this year, fin whales, the planet's second-largest animal, were added and on Aug. 1 the first killed.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission hit a peak altitude of 1,400 kilometers, more than three times higher than the International Space Station, and the furthest humans had ever traveled from Earth since the Apollo missions to the Moon, and performed first ever spacewalk by non-government astronauts.

"Shogun" hit the ground running at the Creative Arts Emmys this past weekend, notching a record-breaking 14 wins in technical and smaller categories, which are handed out ahead of the gala.

Sag Harbor Village Justice Court justice Carl Irace handed Timberlake a community service sentence and ordered the star to make a public statement after the singer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of driving while alcohol impaired.

The report’s World Risk Index, which included all 193 member states of the United Nations for the first time, assesses disaster risks by evaluating each country’s ‘exposure to natural hazards, the susceptibility of the population, and the coping and adaptive capacities of societies.’

There have been moments of worry, such as when the head of the Catholic Church, who has struggled with bronchitis, took some moments to clear his throat when making his first speech in Papua New Guinea, the second of four countries he was visiting.

Swift made the endorsement in a post on Instagram and said she will vote for the US vice president in the Nov. 5 US election which polls show to be very tight.

The tech giant has a lot riding on the new iPhone 16 and hopes that customers are enticed to buy the latest models, attracted by new AI powers.

From the works of Shakespeare and August Wilson, to his indelible voiceovers in the blockbuster space saga and as Mufasa in the Disney classic "The Lion King," Jones earned fans with his ability to play both the everyman and the otherworldly.

But it took a true visionary, a determined one, to prophesize his own future. Legendary French poet Arthur Rimbaud did so at the age of 18 years old, and it led him to an odyssey to what was then the Dutch East Indies, specifically the city of Salatiga in Central Java.

Known as Asmaraloka Chapters, the group held the event from Friday to Sunday at SPAC8, Ashta, in South Jakarta with the title “Chapter 2: Dreams”.

After years of delays, Starliner launched in June for what was meant to be a roughly weeklong test mission -- a final shakedown before it could be certified to rotate crew to and from the orbital laboratory.

Australian multimedia sculptor Patricia Piccini presents a unique series of hybrid creatures in her debut solo exhibition in Indonesia, lending an eerie surrealism and prompting viewers to question their relationship with nature.

The person who tested positive for bird flu was the 14th to do so in the United States this year, and the first without known contact with animals.

The "Fashion for our Future" march was organized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for the first day of the weeklong event showcasing looks for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2025 season.

According to the ESA, Salsa's return home will mark the first-ever "targeted" re-entry for a satellite, which means it will fall back to Earth at a specific time and place but will not be controlled as it re-enters the atmosphere.

The beloved record, which debuted at number one on its release in September 1994, was back at the chart summit following a 408-percent week-on-week spike in sales and streams, it added.