This handout photo provided courtesy of ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA on July 31, 2023, shows a test photo taken during commissioning of ESA’s Euclid spacecraft, to check that the Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument is working as expected. The Euclid Space Telescope, whose mission is to study the dark matter of the Universe, reached its observation post and revealed its first test images on July 31, 2023.

First test images from Euclid space telescope unveiled

The star-filled snapshots were taken during the space telescope's commissioning -- a phase during which its powerful instruments are finely calibrated -- and therefore not representative of its full potential.

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Entertainment

Sinead O'Connor was completing new album before death

Her death is not being treated as suspicious but an autopsy will be conducted to ascertain the cause, authorities have said, as tributes from around the world poured in for the 56-year-old Irish star. ...

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Culture

Sasa launches new company profile, advances fight against malnutrition in Indonesia

Renowned French Chef Auguste Escoffier said it best: “Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.” ...

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Worsening air quality comes with health risks, causing at least 50 percent of diseases in Indonesia (Haryanto, 2018). The absence of control over the use of private motorized vehicles also affects road safety, with 30 percent of traffic accident victims being pedestrians (Transportation Ministry, 2013).

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Why cars and motorcycles should pay more

What is congestion pricing? And why is it one of the keys to cutting city traffic and pollution?

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An undated photo from the late 1980's shows Sinead O'Connor performing in Vancouver, Canada. I rish pop singer Sinead O'Connor, who shot to worldwide fame in the 1990s, has died at the age of 56, Irish media reported on July 26, 2023.

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Sinead O'Connor death at London home 'not suspicious': police

"A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene... the death is not being treated as suspicious," the force said in a statement which did not name O'Connor, in line with UK policing protocols.

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People

Sinead O'Connor, a troubled Irish icon

With a simple video shot in winter at a deserted park on the outskirts of Paris, she delivered a song of real and raw emotion encapsulating perfectly love and loss.

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People take part in a rally against the LGBTQ community in Bogor, West Java, on July 14, 2023.

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The 1975’s Malaysia performance casts shadow over future pro-LGBTQ acts in Indonesia

In Indonesia, while some fans blamed the front man for his performative activism, many members of the queer community stated that it also opened space for more people to spew hate toward LGBTQ people in the country.

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Matthew “Matty“ Healy of the 1975 performs at the 2019 Governors Ball Festival at Randall's Island on June 01, 2019 in New York City.

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Lawsuit being prepared against British band The 1975

“We are putting our hearts and minds to improving the first working draft of the class action,” said lawyer Mathew Thomas Philip in a Facebook post yesterday.“If there is any information that you may possess and which may have a bearing on the suit against The 1975, such as the location of their assets, please contact our probono team,” he added.

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Science & Tech

Google testing AI news writing tool

The project was first reported by The New York Times, which is working with The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in testing the new product.

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Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 16, 2023.

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Twitter to be renamed X, get new logo

Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from a play on the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its early days, when the company bought a stock symbol of a light blue bird for $15, according to the design website Creative Bloq.

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Entertainment

UK band The 1975 nix Jakarta gig after Malaysia LGBTQ uproar

Indonesia's LGBTQ laws are less strict than those in neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, where homosexuality is a crime.

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Construction of Monumen Antroposen in Yogyakarta’s Piyungan TPA landfill site on April 12, 2023.

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Waste and cultural wonders: Yogyakarta artists put the city’s landfill on the map

While the monument itself is a response to the Anthropocene, the current, human-impacted geological epoch, the top is dedicated to hope for a more harmonious world.

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British band The 1975 front man Matt Healy (left) and band members are seen backstage at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, July 18, 2023.

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Malaysia cancels music festival, bans UK band The 1975 for on-stage same-sex kiss

Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where sodomy can be punished with up to 20 years in prison and caning.

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Researchers monitor a heat and wind experiment with ANDI, an Advanced Newton Dynamic Instrument, at Arizona State University (ASU) during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 20, 2023. ANDI is the first outdoor sweating, breathing, and moving thermal manikin and Arizona researchers have deployed it in the southwestern state's capital Phoenix which is currently enduring its longest heat wave in history: on Friday, the mercury exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for the 22nd day in a row.

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A sweaty robot may help humans understand impact of soaring heat

Arizona researchers have deployed a robot that can breathe, shiver and sweat to answer the burning questions of what happens to the body when a human gets heatstroke.

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An attendee points at her Barbenheimer shirt outside the convention center during San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on July 20, 2023.

Entertainment

'Barbenheimer' frenzy hits North American cinemas

"Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" hit North American movie theaters on Friday, in what is expected to be among Hollywood's biggest weekends of the year, inspiring a frenzy for the diametrically opposed films.

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Winner of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Tony Bennett poses with his trophies at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on Feb. 11, 2007. Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades died on July 21, 2023, in New York, US media reported. He was 96.

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Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96

Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died Friday in New York. He was 96.

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Transmilenio is Bogotá’s legendary bus rapid transit (BRT) system,

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How is this city moving its 10 million residents?

Transmilenio was the inspiration for TransJakarta’s development in early 2004, from its access to its fleets.

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Colombian singer Shakira arrives for the screening of the film Elvis during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25.

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Spanish court opens new tax probe into singer Shakira

A Spanish court said Thursday it has opened a new probe into Colombian music superstar Shakira for alleged income tax fraud.

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Art & Culture

A room of one's own

In the last few years, a new term has cropped up among urbanites that highlights the need for a private space that is not their home: staycation.

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The Resonanz Children’s Choir (TRCC) performs a number while dressed in Minangkabau traditional attire at the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence, Italy, which ran from July 11 to 14, 2023.

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Indonesian children’s choir wins international festival in Italy

The Resonanz Children’s Choir (TRCC) took home the grand prix prize in the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence, Italy, on Friday.

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Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of “Barbie“ in central London on July 12, 2023.

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Pretty in pink: 'Barbie' marketing blitz hits fever pitch

Barbie mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide.

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10 out of 10: US singer Taylor Swift attends In Conversation With... Taylor Swift during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 9. Swift made music history on Monday, becoming the first artist ever to simultaneously nab all ten of the top United States song chart's spots after the release of her album Midnights.

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Taylor Swift sets women's record for most number one albums

The record debuted at the top of the Billboard charts, becoming the pop queen's 12th number one album and surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most among women.

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A young person walks through a tunnel near Jl. Kendal during afterwork hours in Jakarta on July 11, 2023. A survey in 2022 showed that young people, specifically Gen Zs, in Indonesia experience the most mental health problems, with over 59 percent out of 1,870 respondents.

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Indonesian Gen Zs take closer interest in mental health

Data from mobile survey platform Jakpat in 2022 also show that Gen Zs in Indonesia experience comparatively the most mental health problems, at over 59 percent out of 1,870 respondents.

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Nation’s educators: A number of teachers attend an appointment ceremony as civil servants at Tegar Beriman ground in Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java, on July 5, 2023. Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya

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When teachers are the bullies, where do students go?

A World Bank report in 2020 has called for a 'teacher reform' in Indonesia, saying that Indonesian teachers’ knowledge in language, math and pedagogy was very low compared with other countries.

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British actress Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg pose during the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 22, 1976. British-French singer and actress Jane Birkin died at 76, it was announced on July 16, 2023.

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Jane Birkin, actor, singer and style icon, dies at 76 in Paris

Birkin had been suffering from health problems in recent years that had forced her to cancel concerts.

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Culture

APR highlights sustainable practices in viscose rayon production

As the world races to limit carbon emissions and reverse environmental damage, it is evident that the industry requires a collective approach to address these issues.

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Culture

LPEM UI: APRIL Group contributed Rp 484.3 trillion to Indonesian GDP from 2016 to 2022

Research by the Institute for Economic and Social Research at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI) shows that APRIL Group’s operations in the period of 2016-2022 contributed significantly to national economic growth and catalyzed economic recovery in Riau province following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health

Aspartame sweetener, used mostly in soft drinks, 'possibly carcinogenic': WHO

"We're not advising companies to withdraw products, nor are we advising consumers to stop consuming altogether," said Francesco Branca, the World Health Organization's nutrition and food safety director.

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An Iraqi man looks at a grounded boat along a dried-up bank in the Chibayish marshes in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on June 25, 2023.

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Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them

Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up.

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Czech writer Milan Kundera poses in a garden in Prague on October 14, 1973. Czech writer Milan Kundera, the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being“, has died aged 94, said Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library in his native city of Brno on July 12, 2023.

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Milan Kundera dies at 94

"Unfortunately I can confirm that Mr Milan Kundera passed away yesterday (Tuesday) after a prolonged illness," Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the library in his native city of Brno, told AFP.

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