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Sumatra needs more than $3 billion in recovery funds after floods
The death toll from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides reached 950 as of Monday, with 274 people still missing, according to official data. The storms also killed about 200 people in southern Thailand and Malaysia.
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AstraZeneca to bring 10 new cancer medicines by 2030
Home to 4.8 billion people or 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia accounts for 50 percent of the global cancer incidence.
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South Aceh regent criticized for making ‘umrah’ pilgrimage amid flood disaster
Regent Mirwan said he had checked that all victims had been properly handled and ensured that all agencies were working properly before he performed umrah pilgrimage.
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Nowhere is safe: Women remain vulnerable to violence across all spaces
One in four women in Indonesia has experienced sexual violence in their lifetime, with at least 30 percent of reported cases committed by intimate partners according to a 2024 survey conducted by the Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry.
8 hours ago
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Prabowo signals support for Golkar’s push to end direct regional elections
Ahead of a planned revision to election rules, President Prabowo Subianto has once again raised the idea of scrapping direct regional head elections to cut costs, despite persistent opposition from pro-democracy activists who have warned of a possible rollback of democratic safeguards.
8 hours ago
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Eighty percent of Central Tapanuli regency employees affected by disasters: Regent
Fuel and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) supply is still limited and electricity has not fully recovered, with occasional blackouts continuing.
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Riau Islands ready to impose community sentences, governor says
Riau Islands province has signaled it is ready to implement community service as an alternative punishment for criminal offenses carrying a maximum five years in prison or a fine of Rp 10 million when the new KUHP goes into effect on Jan. 2.
8 hours ago
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Fear of rising death toll grows as flood-hit Aceh regions remain isolated
The regions hit by the floods and landslides in Aceh remain cut off from the government’s rescue efforts and aid delivery because of infrastructural damages, prompting fear of a rising death toll in one of the worst-hit provinces in the disaster.
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Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860
The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday.
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Indonesia, Netherlands sign deal to repatriate two convicts, one on death row
Siegfried Mets, 73, was sentenced to death in 2008 for distributing drugs, while Ali Tokman, 64, was serving life imprisonment for smuggling more than 6 kg of the synthetic drug MDMA.
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archipelago
Dutch drug convict in Indonesia transferred ahead of deportation
Drug smugglers Ali Tokman, 65, and Siegfried Mets, 74, have been languishing in jails for years after falling foul of the country's strict narcotics laws.
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Residents climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths rise over 900
Aceh resident Munawar Liza Zainal said he felt "betrayed" by the government, which has so far shrugged off pressure to declare a national disaster. Declaring a national disaster would free up resources and help government agencies coordinate their response.
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Frustration in flood-stricken Sumatra as survivors await aid
In affected regions, there is growing frustration among survivors of catastrophic flooding and landslides over the pace of the rescue effort and aid delivery.
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