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Jakartans battle floodwaters to reach workplaces

From rubber boats to trucks, workers are forced to make their way through floods on days of heavy rains in the city as their employers often do not provide days off in the event of extreme weather.

36 minutes ago
Tech

Musk's Starlink updates privacy policy to allow consumer data to train AI

Starlink collects vast amounts of user data, spanning location information, credit card information, contact information and user IP addresses. ...

1 hour ago
Middle East and Africa

Israel to partially reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing on Sunday

Entry and exit "will be permitted in coordination with Egypt, following prior security clearance of individuals by Israel, and under the supervision of the European Union mission", Israel has announced. ...

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The Latest

Americas

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE

Protesting the surge and the tactics used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), several thousand people gathered in downtown Minneapolis in sub-freezing temperatures, including families with small kids, elderly couples and young activists.

2 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Rohingya survivors expect UN's highest court to find Myanmar committed genocide

Myanmar has denied accusations of genocide and said the 2017 offensive that forced at least 730,000 Rohingya from their homes and into neighboring Bangladesh was a legitimate counterterrorist operation.

3 hours ago
Entertainment

Catherine O'Hara, star of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' dead at 71

The BBC, citing a statement from Creative Artists Agency, reported she died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.

4 hours ago
Science & Tech

Nipah airport screenings not scientific step to stop spread: Experts

Nipah spreads mainly through products contaminated by infected bats, such as fruit, and can be fatal in up to 75 percent of cases, but it does not spread easily between people.

4 hours ago
Archipelago

West Java landslide death toll rises to 44

At least 20 more people are still missing, as bad weather had hindered the search, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

5 hours ago
Europe premium

KRI Prabu Siliwangi conducts sea trials in Italy

The OTO 127-millimeter Vulcano main naval gun weighs some 33 tonnes and can fire about 30 rounds per minute with a maximum range of 100 kilometers. 

5 hours ago
Americas

Trump taps ex-Fed insider Warsh to lead world's top central bank

Global stocks edged higher while the dollar rose and the price of gold plunged after Trump announced his pick of Warsh, who markets perceive as someone who would support lower rates but who would stop well short of the more aggressive easing associated with some of the other potential nominees.

7 hours ago
Quick Dispatch

The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place welcomes Lunar New Year with timeless flavors

As the Lunar New Year dawns with renewed hope and vibrant promise, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place invites guests to welcome the Year of the Horse with a celebration of abundance, togetherness and enduring tradition.

17 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Riau to convert former illegal gold mines into rice fields

Kuantan Singingi regency has some 5,000 hectares of former illegal gold mines in all districts but only 4,819 ha of rice fields. 

7 hours ago
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Manhunt underway for death row defendant who escaped after trial in North Sumatra

The fugitive, identified as 39-year-old Syalihin GP, was arrested by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in May last year together with eight other suspects for allegedly trafficking 214 kilograms of marijuana.

7 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Chasing growth: Can Indonesia break through 5 percent in 2026?

The government has set a 6 percent growth target for 2026, banking on accelerated public spending and tighter fiscal-monetary coordination to generate momentum, in line with President Prabowo Subianto’s ambition to lift economic expansion to 8 percent by the end of his term in 2029. The challenge, however, lies less in ambition than in execution: whether these policy tools can deliver real growth in an economy where household demand remains fragile and investment responses uneven.

8 hours ago
Regulations premium

Heads roll at IDX, OJK, as govt vows to fix stock market

It is not immediately clear whether the resignations of five high-ranking officials at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) were voluntary or forced. Senior minister Airlangga Hartarto said President Prabowo Subianto is monitoring the stock exchange following the market meltdown. 

9 hours ago
Economy premium

Businesses frustrated that rain still brings Jakarta to a halt

Transportation and logistics are among the sectors hit hardest by severe congestion and delays that overwhelm the city every year anew.

9 hours ago
Politics premium

Yahya reinstated as NU chairman ahead of group’s centennial

A plenary meeting led by the group’s supreme leader Miftachul Akhyar also agreed to revoke the leadership reshuffle that took place during the internal feud between November and December, and to move forward the timeline of the organization’s national congress.

9 hours ago
Editorial premium

Unfair, unjust employment

A ministry tasked with safeguarding core elements of education receives far less state funding than a presidential pet program, which endures oversight failure from the beginning.

9 hours ago
Regulations premium

Mining permit revocations signal 'creeping nationalization', critics warn

The abrupt revocation of mining permits and the planned transfer of assets to state firms have drawn sharp criticism from experts, who warn the moves signal nationalization, undermine legal certainty and threaten to erode Indonesia’s appeal to foreign capital.

18 hours ago
Academia

Underfunding threatens Asia’s cervical cancer elimination promise

Without sufficient investment, many Asian nations risk perpetuating disparities in cervical cancer prevention and care, leaving women in low-resource settings at highest risk. 

20 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Ukrainian woman sentenced to 20 years for smuggling drugs in Bali

Vakarova was arrested on Aug. 3 last year upon arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali from Warsaw, Poland, after customs officers discovered over 2 kilograms of drugs in her pink suitcase.

21 hours ago
Currently Obsessed

Crying in an office toilet stall and calling it adulthood

In a culture that values productivity over people, many of us end up grieving in silence between meetings. Maybe the system is broken, not you.

21 hours ago
Academia premium

To Lam’s Vietnam: An economic growth lesson for Prabowo

For years, Indonesia has looked toward Thailand as a model for agriculture and tourism. It is time we apply that same humility to Vietnam. 

22 hours ago
Jakarta premium

No revision to Jakarta’s minimum wage, Governor Pramono says

Labor unions have argued in a series of protests against the Jakarta administration that this year’s city minimum wage of Rp 5.73 million (US$341) is still lower than the Rp 5.89 million of income recommended by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) for decent living in the city.

22 hours ago
Regulations premium

What's behind Indonesia's worst stock crash in decades?

The Jakarta Composite Index plummeted around eight percent Wednesday and as much as 10 percent Thursday, its worst performance since 1998 during the Asian financial crisis.

22 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Trump warns Britain on China ties

As Western leaders reel from Trump's unpredictability, Starmer is the latest to head to China.

23 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

WHO sees low risk of Nipah virus spreading beyond India

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the Asian locations that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against such a spread after India confirmed infections.

1 day ago
Middle East and Africa

Trump says 'hopefully' no need for military action against Iran

"I built (up) the military in my first term, and now we have a group headed out to a place called Iran, and hopefully we won't have to use it," Trump told reporters at the premiere of a documentary about his wife Melania.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

New Zealand rejects Trump's 'Board of Peace' invite

"New Zealand will not be joining the Board in its current form but will continue to monitor developments," Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.

1 day ago
Economy premium

Govt targets 141,000 subsidized homes in Meikarta

More details have been announced on the plan to use the Meikarta project for the public housing program, with the government looking to build 141,000 subsidized homes on three plots of land totaling 30 hectares.

1 day ago

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Sat, January 31, 2026

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