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Indonesia urges citizens in Mexico to stay vigilant after deadly cartel clashes

The government has urged Indonesian citizens in Mexico to remain vigilant after violent clashes erupted between the military and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) following the reported death of cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera.

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Canadian officials express disappointment to OpenAI in wake of school shooting

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, is suspected of killing eight people on February 10 before taking her own life in a small town in British Columbia. OpenAI said it banned her account last year on ChatGPT for policy violations, which it said did not meet internal criteria for reporting to law enforcement. ...

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Trump vows 'turnaround for the ages' in State of the Union

Arriving to address a joint session of Congress, Trump was welcomed with cheers and a standing ovation from Republicans -- while Democrats remained seated in protest. ...

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US Ambassador grieves with family of RI woman slain in Texas

"My deep condolences to Novita’s family and friends in Indonesia who are suffering due to the tragedy in the United States. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and we have faith that justice will prevail," Kim said in a tweet on Tuesday.

3 years ago
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Texas Police say dead Indonesian woman wrongly targeted in drive-by shooting

Novita Brazil, 25, was working on her computer in her bedroom at Bald Mountain Drive at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday when the house came under intense fire, local news outlet mysanantonio.com reported.

3 years ago
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Easter Island statues suffer irreparable damage in fire

"About 60 hectares were affected, including some moai," according to a Twitter post by Carolina Perez, Chile's cultural heritage undersecretary.

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Biden pardons thousands for cannabis possession

"I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana," Biden said.

3 years ago
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Brazil braces for runoff as Bolsonaro beats expectations

Lula, the veteran leftist seeking a presidential comeback, had 48.4 percent of the vote to 43.2 percent for the far-right president with more than 99 percent of polling station results in, according to the Superior Electoral Tribunal.

3 years ago
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Meta says China-based campaign aimed at US election

It was the first Chinese network Meta has disrupted that focused on US politics ahead of crucial midterm elections in November, global threat intelligence lead Ben Nimmo said during a press briefing.

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Indonesia warns of deepening conflict

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi used her speech on the last day of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday to warn the world against getting dragged into another global war, offer up a “new paradigm of collaboration” to avert it and call for imminent UN reforms.

3 years ago
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US tells Lula it plans to quickly recognize Brazil election winner

With just days to go until the first-round vote on Oct. 2, Lula is ahead in the polls against President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who has sought to discredit Brazil's electronic voting system. Critics fear Bolsonaro may follow the example of former US President Donald Trump and refuse to accept an electoral defeat.

3 years ago
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US charges Boeing with misleading investors on 737 MAX safety, fined $200 million

Boeing agreed to the penalty to settle charges it "negligently violated the antifraud provisions" of US securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement, saying the company and its leader "put profits over people."

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World Bank's Malpass faces calls to resign after climate change doubts

Malpass appeared at an event hosted by the New York Times at Climate Week in New York City on Tuesday and was asked whether he believes that the "manmade burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet." Malpass tried at first to dodge the question but later said: "I don't even know. I'm not a scientist."

3 years ago
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Indonesia warns of global food insecurity

Indonesia has raised the alarm on a potential fertilizer shortage that could jeopardize the food security of billions of people worldwide, as tougher Russia sanctions are sought even amid fears of disastrous harvests next year.

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UNGA discord heralds challenging G20 Summit

The first in-person United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic kicked off in New York on Tuesday with an air of pessimism over the state of multilateralism at the institution, despite hopes that the end of virtual meetings would reinvigorate global diplomacy.

3 years ago
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Biden says 'the pandemic is over'

"The pandemic is over," Biden said during an interview conducted with CBS' "60 Minutes" program on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show, an event which drew thousands of visitors.

3 years ago
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Jokowi to skip UNGA again this year

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s absence at the United Nations General Assembly speculated to be caused by economic and political instability, will result in diplomatic losses, experts have said.

3 years ago
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'Everyone wants me to run in 2024': Trump

"Everyone wants me to run. I am leading in the polls," Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with NDTV to be broadcast in full later on Thursday.

3 years ago
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Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree that killed 10, wounded 15

The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and certain to reverberate throughout the country, which is unaccustomed to bouts of mass violence more commonly seen in the United States. 

3 years ago
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Chile overwhelmingly rejects progressive new constitution

While nearly 80 percent of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution in 2020, nearly 62 percent of voters rejected the new text with 99.74 percent of ballot boxes counted.

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US, Indonesia agree to enhance renewable energy deployment

The United States and Indonesia have agreed on a framework for accelerating the latter’s renewable energy deployment this decade following a meeting between the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan on Thursday. 

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Trump is "obviously thinking about" running for president in 2024: Kushner

"I know that he's obviously thinking about it, he hates seeing what's happening in the country," Jared Kushner told Sky News.

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Biden slams Trump 'semi-fascist' assault on democracy

Speaking in Philadelphia, the cradle of US democracy, the president launched an extraordinary assault on those Republicans who embrace Trump's "Make America Great Again" ideology -- and urged his own supporters to fight back.

3 years ago
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Peru opens torture investigation over trans man's death in Bali

Rodgrigo Ventocilla, 32, was a Peruvian graduate student at Harvard celebrating his honeymoon in Bali. His death has outraged LGBT activists who have accused Peruvian diplomats of not doing enough to protect him.

3 years ago
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Lula pushes Brazil-Indonesia-Congo rainforest alliance if elected

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will be held in November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Lula is the frontrunner in opinion polls ahead of Brazil's October election.

3 years ago
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Lula's advantage over Bolsonaro unchanged for October election

The survey by IPEC, formerly known as IBOPE, showed Lula with 44 percent of voter support against 32 percent for Bolsonaro in the first round of the election schedule for Oct. 2, the same percentage of a poll from two weeks ago.

3 years ago
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'Quiet quitting' raising a din in stressful US workplaces

The buzzword seems to have first surfaced in a July TikTok post. Are they slackers with a trendy new name? Or are they people at genuine risk of burnout -- who would do best to quit outright?

3 years ago
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RI unaware of Peru request for official explanation on in-custody death of trans activist

The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry said it had not heard of any request for an official report from Peruvian authorities regarding events surrounding the detainment and subsequent death of a Peruvian transgender activist thought to be carrying narcotics in Bali earlier this month.

3 years ago
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Top Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney loses seat in US Congress

Once considered Republican royalty, the lawmaker from Wyoming has become a pariah in the party over her membership on the congressional panel investigating the January 6 assault on the US Capitol -- and Trump's role in fanning the flames.

3 years ago
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Salman Rushdie on 'road to recovery' after stabbing

Just hours after Friday's attack at a literary event in western New York state, the British author had undergone emergency surgery for potentially life-threatening injuries.

3 years ago
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Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing

British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye after he was repeatedly stabbed at a literary event in New York state Friday.

3 years ago
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CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for COVID-19 exposure

The agency also said it was no longer recommending unvaccinated people quarantine after exposure as around 95 percent of the US population has either been vaccinated, had COVID-19 already, or both.

3 years ago
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FBI sought nuclear documents in search of Trump's home

It was not clear if such documents were recovered at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, the Post said. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.

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