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As the IMF undertakes the first major evaluation of its guidelines for program design since 2019, it should focus on three features of its lending toward reform, given widespread debt distress in developing countries.
14 minutes agoWithout clear standards, it will be difficult for users to distinguish between serious environmental commitments and superficial green promotion. ...
1 hour agoBut a law that responds to cyber-attacks without addressing the governance conditions that made it so damaging will leave the country just as exposed. ...
1 hour agoTasked to enforce local regulations, the city’s public order agenc currently has only 5,000 personnel, less than the 12,000 needed to launch round-the-clock patrols across the capital city.
1 hour agoThe Virgo Transport 8 -- which authorities said carried 213 passengers and 30 crew -- lost contact with its shipping company early Sunday after departing from Surabaya in East Java.
1 hour agoGreenhouse gas emitted from forest and peatland fires across Indonesia has reached the same amount of 74 coal-fired power plants, potentially hurting the country’s “net sink” aim in the forestry sector by 2030.
2 hours agoThe government must urgently start turning its authority into results to fulfill the promises made to the people in 1945.
2 hours agoThe government’s latest changes to the import regime have expanded the range of food and agricultural products subject to tighter import controls, creating bottlenecks that are raising input costs and constraining supply. At the same time, weaker-than-expected demand from the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme has left producers facing pressure from both sides: higher production costs and limited demand for their output.
2 hours agoVice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has become the highest state official to apologize for mass food poisoning caused by the free nutritious meal program in Karo regency, North Sumatra.
2 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto has called on BRICS and Global South countries to strengthen unity amid heightened geopolitical tensions and growing rivalry among major powers, saying greater coordination would help developing nations shape a stronger multilateral order.
2 hours agoFires on peatlands have unique characteristics because extinguished fires can continue to burn underneath the surface.
3 hours agoWe cannot always stop disasters from occurring, but we can prevent them from becoming disastrous for millions of Indonesians by preparing better.
3 hours agoDespite objections from Danantara, the finance minister insists the dividends be transferred this year in line with President Prabowo’s instruction.
13 hours agoMyanmar's military-backed government said Sunday their UN ambassador – loyal to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi – is occupying the office illegitimately, as the organization prepares to weigh his replacement.
16 hours agoCooperation in areas from politics and security to economics and finance are the main focus areas of the grouping, with 2026 chair India and 2027 chair China seeking wider partnership to boost its global clout.
17 hours agoThe developments are likely to deepen the Middle East war's impact on international commerce as Saudi Arabia shut down an oil pipeline following attacks, and after months of Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
18 hours agoIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for "cooperation" within the bloc, which he has said represents "50 percent of the world's population, 40 percent of global GDP and more than 25 percent of global trade".
19 hours agoA passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact early on Sunday during bad weather, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said.
19 hours agoThe 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.
20 hours agoThe Apple TV's new horror-comedy series has already scooped up eight awards in the Emmy pre-gala ceremonies, at which the vast majority of the more than 100 statuettes were handed out last weekend by the Television Academy.
21 hours agoIndia 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.
23 hours agoChinese President Xi Jinping, who joined Russian, Iranian, Indian and other leaders in India's capital, told the summit that the Middle East war "does not serve the common interests of the international community".
1 day agoInitial information revealed that the orangutan babies are aged between one and five years old and were found in healthy conditions.
1 day agoSaudi 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.
1 day agoThe new report adds to concerns that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models may be difficult for humans to control.
1 day agoThe Venice Golden Lion for best film is one of the industry's most prestigious awards and serves as marketing gold dust for a film while also boosting its chances in Hollywood's end-of-year awards season.
1 day agoThe so-called Trilateral Framework between Israel, Lebanon and the United States involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon's south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test areas known as "pilot zones."
1 day agoA 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.
1 day agoThe attacks shaped generations of Americans who lived through the day or grew up in its aftermath, influencing US foreign policy, domestic politics and public attitudes toward security.
1 day agoThirty passengers and 13 crew have so far been rescued, while 54 people remain unaccounted for.
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