Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence. Both Elon Musk, who runs xAI, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said that they agree with Amodei.

Oil prices had been expected to rise on Monday amid growing concerns about risks to supply from Saudi ​Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, whose East-West oil pipeline was shut on Friday by a drone strike that originated in ‌Iraq.

Despite objections from Danantara, the finance minister insists the dividends be transferred this year in line with President Prabowo’s instruction.

The cooperation has formed a working group that includes representatives from BP Tapera and is set to report its survey findings for potential development sites by the end of September.

India and China's leaders pledged on Saturday to build up business and transport links, New Delhi said, as both rebuild ties badly damaged by a 2020 military clash on their disputed Himalayan border.

Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.

A regulation imposed by former President Joe ​Biden's administration in early 2025 effectively bans all Chinese automakers from selling or building passenger vehicles in the US.

The stock market has seen a gradual recovery despite remaining vulnerable to foreign sell-offs amid global headwinds and lingering concerns over index provider MSCI’s upcoming review, with domestic investors increasingly in the driver’s seat.  

As Indonesia expands its metal and aluminum capacity, GIFA and METEC Indonesia are positioning themselves as platforms to accelerate downstream processing, improve efficiency and strengthen the country’s industrial value chain.

Under the mechanism, the government seeks to expand the existing tax base, potentially doubling the current figure of Rp 8 trillion (US$454 million) to 12 trillion.

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, slipped to $104.77 a barrel on Friday after hitting $108 on Thursday, its highest level since May 19 and its biggest one-day jump in six weeks. 

US memory chip giant Micron Technology said Friday that its workers in Taiwan will receive the equivalent of up to five years and eight months of pay, as labor unions threaten to strike unless the company overhauls its bonus system.

French mining group Eramet has announced that mining operations at PT Weda Bay Nickel (PT WBN) have resumed following authorization from Indonesian authorities, ending a four-month period of care and maintenance.

A senior Industry Ministry official told a House commission meeting on Wednesday that aside from Pindad, other local manufacturers were producing the bulk of 14,000 vehicles ordered for government use.

India is chairing BRICS this year, with leaders of the bloc set to meet in New Delhi on September 12 to 13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed linking the countries' official digital currencies to facilitate cross-border trade, Reuters reported in January. 

Asian stocks tumbled Friday as oil prices extended gains and bond yields held at multi-year highs as the Middle East crisis stoked supply concerns and a forecast-topping US inflation report ramped up rate hike bets.

Labor groups are gearing up for nationwide protests, demanding stronger worker protections from changes to the minimum wage formula and tighter limits on contract work to a government-funded severance reserve.

The four-day series brings eight strategic industrial sectors under one roof, highlighting how collaboration, technology and sustainability can accelerate Indonesia’s industrial transformation

Indonesian consumer confidence strengthened in August, buoyed by a more positive public assessment of the job market and household spending plans, though retail spending is recovering only slowly.

Several incidents in which AI models from developers including OpenAI accessed external systems during testing have highlighted the difficulty of containing unexpected behaviour in advanced agents, and prompted calls for tighter safety regulations.

PT Telkom Indonesia is expanding its data center business through organic growth and strategic partnerships, including a potential sale of a majority stake in its data center subsidiary by the end of 2026.

In late July, US President Donald Trump said Xi would visit Washington on September 24.

Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) ninth grader Darren Ismaya Karmaina’s Water Guardian initiative is testing a community sanitation and water-reuse model in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, with plans to evaluate its performance before considering further development.

Making good on an initiative the President first unveiled last March, the government has earmarked Rp 11 trillion to open 200 million individual bank accounts with an initial deposit of Rp 50,000 each to improve financial inclusion across the country.

Currency markets treaded water in cautious trading on Thursday as investors weighed a fresh surge in oil prices and global bond yields, while the yen's powerful rally also took a breather ahead of United States PPI and inflation readings.

Indonesian authorities currently categorize six volcanoes as alert level 3, which signifies an increase in volcanic activity whereby eruptions may occur, just one step shy of the final level that describes a high likelihood of an imminent, substantially more dangerous eruption.

Exactly two months since the B50 biodiesel program was launched, the energy ministry has hailed the operation of 104 fuel delivery points across the nation as an infrastructure milestone.