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The program redesign the IMF needs

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.

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Academia

Skepticism around green ride‑hailing: How to gain riders’ trust

Without clear standards, it will be difficult for users to distinguish between serious environmental commitments and superficial green promotion. ...

1 hour ago
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Cyber resilience requires fixing Indonesia’s old tech

But a law that responds to cyber-attacks without addressing the governance conditions that made it so damaging will leave the country just as exposed. ...

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Jakarta to expand Satpol PP amid staffing gaps

Tasked 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 ago
Archipelago

Six killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java

The 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.

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Wildfire emissions may cause Indonesia to miss climate target

Greenhouse 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 ago
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The benefit of the doubt has expired

The government must urgently start turning its authority into results to fulfill the promises made to the people in 1945.

2 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Tighter food import controls squeeze producers

The 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 ago
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Two free meal poisoning victims from N. Sumatra treated in Jakarta

Vice 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 ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Prabowo calls for Global South, BRICS unity amid fragmented world order

President 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 ago
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Police tests X Fire to fight forest fires at peatland in Riau

Fires on peatlands have unique characteristics because extinguished fires can continue to burn underneath the surface.

3 hours ago
Editorial premium

The much-needed disaster budget

We cannot always stop disasters from occurring, but we can prevent them from becoming disastrous for millions of Indonesians by preparing better.

3 hours ago
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SOE dividend grab tests Danantara’s mandate

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

13 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar says UN envoy illegitimate ahead of credentials decision

Myanmar'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 ago
Asia & Pacific

Xi pushes 'Greater BRICS' economic ties

Cooperation 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 ago
Middle East and Africa

Yemen's Houthis take over strait vital to global shipping

The 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 ago
Asia & Pacific

China, Russia, India seek economic cooperation at BRICS

Indian 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 ago
Archipelago

Rescuers searching for 140 people from passenger ship in Java Sea

A 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 ago
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Indonesia, China eye cooperation to boost 3 million homes program

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.

20 hours ago
Entertainment

'Widow's Bay', 'The Pitt' favorites for Emmys night

The 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 ago
Economy

India's Modi and China's Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive

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.

23 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

BRICS nations call for 'maximum restraint' in Middle East war

Chinese 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 ago
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Ministry ready to repatriate five orangutan babies found in India

Initial information revealed that the orangutan babies are aged between one and five years old and were found in healthy conditions.

1 day ago
Markets

Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping

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.

1 day ago
Science & Tech

OpenAI's software targeted another site before Hugging Face

The new report adds to concerns that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models may be difficult for humans to control.

1 day ago
Entertainment

Gaza film, Malkovich drama vie for Venice top prize

The 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 ago
Middle East and Africa

Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome delayed to October: US official

The 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 ago
Economy

Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US

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.

1 day ago
Americas

Twenty-five years after 9/11, Americans reflect on attack that changed a nation

The 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 ago
Asia & Pacific

First bodies of Philippines ferry fire victims land as toll hits 35

Thirty passengers and 13 crew have so far been rescued, while 54 people remain unaccounted for.

1 day ago

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