Beijing has this year increased oversight of the electric vehicle (EV) industry and introduced tougher safety requirements, as automakers, locked in a fierce price war, roll out technologies in the world's largest vehicle market.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Monday amid promises to reveal "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran while also urging China to cooperate with Washington.

Albanese's center-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buyback, tighter checks for gun licences and a crackdown on ​hate in the wake of the gun attack ​at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales state, on Dec. 14, 2025.

Yudhoyono told the conference that no nation should be too powerful to respect the rules and no nation should be too small to shape the future.

As millions choke on toxic air, the real threat to Indonesia’s lungs isn't just distant wildfires—it's the coal plants and industrial polluters running unchecked right next door.

PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) is implementing the adjustment of the PNM Mekaar financing interest rate to 8 percent in an effort to ensure effective and targeted implementation by September 2026, while simultaneously providing ultra-micro entrepreneurs with access to more affordable financing backed by mentoring and empowerment.

The US president did not say which countries would be exporting the beef but added there was a commitment to sell it at 25 percent below market prices.

Rice prices have trended upward for the past seven months despite the Prabowo Subianto administration’s claim that Indonesia has achieved rice self-sufficiency. The price increase has occurred even as rice stocks held by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) remain high. The trend could intensify as an El Niño-induced dry season brings worsening drought conditions, potentially disrupting harvests and putting further upward pressure on rice prices.

A scholar, activist and mentor to generations of women, Indonesia’s pioneer of gender studies remains an enduring force for women’s rights and social justice.

If the forecast is accurate, then 2026 "will far exceed our recent experience of El Niño and its worldwide climate influences", according to the physicist with the Britain's weather agency.

Among topics discussed in high-level talks between Foreign Minister Sugiono and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Jakarta was the joint development by both countries in the hotly disputed South China Sea.

Forest and land fires continue to spread across Kalimantan amid a prolonged dry season, with extensive land clearing through burning adding to the threat as the government’s weather modification efforts struggle to contain the intensifying blazes.

Authorities launched the first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) backed by physical gold on Aug. 10.  

Wijayanto, director of BMKG’s Earthquake and Tsunami Center, said that the agency had recorded 4,258 aftershocks in the region as of Friday morning, with 31 having a magnitude of 5.0 or higher.

Reducing reliance on western credit card providers was the main notion behind the establishment of the Indonesian Credit Card (KKI), so the country has a system to rise to the task when worst comes to worst.

The US re-imposed its blockade of Iran's shipping and ports on July 13 as a deal to halt the war between them broke down in an attempt to cut off oil sales, Tehran's primary source of hard currency.

The torrential rain and whirlwind that struck Medan underscore the increasingly uneven weather patterns across Indonesia, with some parts of the archipelago experiencing intense rainfall even as the dry season expands and intensifies elsewhere.

Four vessels were detained or taken to port by authorities in Kiribati, Palau and Papua New Guinea for illegal fishing or breaches of fishing licenses.

Under the CEPA, around 90 percent of tariff lines for Indonesian goods entering the EU market will gradually be eliminated to zero.

For Randy Lianggara, president of emerging markets Asia at Sun Life, Asia’s future will be shaped not only by economic growth and technology, but by the resilience, adaptability, empathy and human potential of its people

President Prabowo Subianto unveiled a subsidy program for 1 million locally made electric motorcycles in his Aug. 14 state budget address, pitching the scheme as a triple win for consumers, energy security and jobs.

The White House wants to enable at least 1,000 launches and re-entries annually by 2030, up from 178 launches last year.

Much like The Economist’s Big Mac Index, tracking the price of a standard packet of nasi lemak reveals the true story of Malaysia’s domestic purchasing power far better than quarterly GDP figures.

Despite apocalyptic headlines and political rhetoric, global satellite data reveals the planet is on track for its quietest fire season in more than a century.

The lack of progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz added to unease on trading floors, with oil prices gradually rising over the past two weeks as the United States and Iran remain deadlocked.

Nobody warned us that grown-up life would have to be held together by a stack of small monthly charges.

The more difficult question is what allows sovereignty to endure not merely as an assertion of authority, but as a political relationship in which citizens can see themselves.