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When foreign debt is celebrated as statesmanship but foreign grants to civic watchdogs are branded as treason, "national sovereignty" becomes a convenient weapon to silence dissent.
17 minutes agoSoutheast Asia’s latest haze crisis was entirely foreseeable. As millions choke beneath toxic skies, halting the blazes today must come before the inevitable, unsparing reckoning tomorrow. ...
1 hour agoThe dollar held ground near its strongest level in a year and a half in early Asian trade on Monday as an escalating Middle East conflict kept investors wary ahead of key US inflation data later this week that will influence monetary policy. ...
1 hour agoPresident Prabowo Subianto and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict and called for de-escalation in the Middle East as regional hostilities intensified.
2 hours agoWhile Indonesia grapples with gaps in mental health services, people with mental illness should have a greater say in their care and be involved in treatment decisions to better support recovery, a media briefing held to mark World Mental Health Day has said.
2 hours agoFrequent turnover of government spokespersons points to a persistent struggle to establish a clear direction under President Prabowo Subianto, analysts said, as his declining approval ratings put pressure on the government to be more responsive to public concerns.
2 hours agoCan impeachment strengthen a democracy, or does it only wound it?
3 hours agoBahlil Lahadalia’s latest appointment as coordinating downstream and energy transition minister gives him an unusually broad mandate, as he will also retain his position as energy and mineral resources minister, though the scope of the newly established coordinating ministerial post is yet to be clearly defined in terms of authority and jurisdiction. The arrangement seems to be in line with the government’s continuing prioritization of downstream industrial development, but raises a central question: Will the new post improve coordination on Indonesia’s downstream and energy transition agenda or simply add another layer of bureaucracy?
3 hours agoThe physical violence caused the victim, identified as D, to lose a tooth and receive bruises in the face and a swollen head.
3 hours agoThe concern follows West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi’s decision to temporarily halt construction of a BDx data center in Jatiluhur, West Java, despite having attended the project’s groundbreaking ceremony on July 28.
3 hours agoThe government is under pressure to tighten its crackdown on polluters and accept more international assistance in putting out forest and peatland fires, as transboundary haze continues to choke the region.
4 hours agoThe human trafficking case involves 15 illegal migrant workers and a baby, who were intercepted on their way to Johor Bahru from an illegal port.
4 hours agoThe government must recognize that economic growth should not be a choice between protecting workers and giving businesses room to grow; it must accommodate both.
4 hours agoThe pupils felt sick after consuming packaged milk, which they said no longer good and had lumps like coconut milk.
4 hours agoEight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through West Kalimantan have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Sunday.
17 hours agoHarness engineering is a method to build the software tools, guidelines and feedback mechanisms around an AI model to help it operate as a reliable, autonomous agent.
17 hours agoThe Italian Bezzecchi, riding an Aprilia, made his move on pole-sitter Raul Fernandez in the final third of a captivating grand prix at a sweltering Mandalika International Circuit.
18 hours agoThe leftist leader is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term in the October 25 runoff, where he will face Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.
18 hours agoIndonesian consumers remain broadly optimistic about future economic conditions despite dipping 0.4 points in September, BI has said in a note accompanying its latest survey.
21 hours agoThousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended in the central business district and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut as authorities moved to stop a demonstration organized by the Cockroach movement.
23 hours agoChina and the European Union can avoid "escalation" in various contentious disputes, Beijing said on Saturday, as worries of a damaging trade war simmer.
1 day agoSaturday's attack, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, occurred without warning, with no alert issued by Saudi Arabia's threat warning system.
1 day agoDaggers have been drawn over the European Union's next seven-year budget, with Germany and France at loggerheads over whether Brussels should make deep cuts in a battle increasingly expected to overshoot the end of the year.
1 day agoBrazilian prosecutors on Friday filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell's subsidiary in the country, demanding US$108 million in compensation over deadly 2024 floods.
1 day agoManchester City boss Enzo Maresca said Friday he has absolute faith the club will win its appeal after being found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules.
1 day agoCondemnation of US plans for a public execution by military firing squad escalated Friday, as Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether it would be livestreamed as proposed and insisted he would not watch if it is.
1 day agoThe United States on Friday announced sanctions on the International Criminal Court, vowing to cripple the tribunal's operations just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize went to a former ICC judge who warned of mounting political attacks on the court.
1 day agoSaudi Arabia said on Friday that three people including a pilot were killed in attacks on Riyadh international airport the day before when Yemen's Houthis claimed hits on the facility.
1 day agoGovernor Ahmad Luthfi has instructed all schools in Central Java to increase monitoring of students to prevent bullying cases in the future.
1 day agoUS President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russia's agreement for a major release of diesel, as he eased war sanctions on Moscow in a push to lower energy costs ahead of midterm elections.
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