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Jakarta
Building fire kills 20 in Jakarta: Police
A fire tore through a seven-story office building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 people dead and several others feared trapped inside.
9 hours ago
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Two runners die in Mount Lawu extreme trail run
Karanganyar Police spokesperson First Insp. Mulyadi said the victims, 45-year-old Sigit Joko Purnomo and 55-year-old Pujo Buntoro, collapsed within minutes of each other at around 11 a.m.
17 hours ago
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Air pollution blamed for nearly 2 million respiratory infections in Jakarta
Persistent air pollution in Jakarta has triggered nearly 2 million cases of respiratory illness throughout this year, raising concerns over the long-term well-being of the capital’s 11 million residents.
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NU in deadlock over Yahya chairmanship
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains divided over the chairmanship of Yahya Cholil Staquf, whose position is still in limbo following the latest meeting between its supreme council and senior clerics.
17 hours ago
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Calls grow for broader Indigenous engagement in customary forest recognition
The Ford Foundation has called on the government to expand its engagement with Indigenous communities as Indonesia moves forward with its pledge to recognize 1.4 million hectares of customary forests by 2029.
18 hours ago
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Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid
With fatalities from the hydrometeorological disaster in Sumatra approaching 1,000 and numerous regions still struggling to receive aid, questions are growing over whether the government can manage the situation without international assistance.
19 hours ago
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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.
1 day ago
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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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- Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid
- Fear of rising death toll grows as flood-hit Aceh regions remain isolated
politics
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.
4 days ago
politics
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.
6 days ago
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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.
2 days ago
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