The government’s 100 GWp solar project could require up to US$100 billion, 27 percent higher than the $73 billion it projects, as well as regulatory reform to support the solar supply chain, according to an IESR researcher specializing in energy system transformation.

Top-tier research universities UNR and WashU are looking to collaborate  with Indonesian partners in REE and critical minerals research, including on their recovery from waste streams.

The two countries had yet to progress on a series of clean energy agreements signed in April by translating them into actionable strategies, panelists told a discussion in Jakarta on Oct. 30.

Much of the uproar targets the US Pax Silica program -- a supply-chain initiative designed to counter China's dominance in semiconductors and rare earths -- whose flagship Philippine project, a 1,620-hectare AI manufacturing hub north of Manila, threatens to displace Indigenous families.

Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.

The FAA lifted a nationwide ground stop on Friday after a communications failure at air traffic control centers caused chaos at United Staes airports and triggered the longest shutdown since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took aim Friday at what he deemed the "weaponization of international law," calling it a tool of the elite, and issued a stark warning to the International Criminal Court.

The United States on Friday lifted an hours-long ground stop at the nation's airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was due to old equipment and not a cyberattack or sweeping Microsoft outage.

The political fallout from the Nvidia spy scandal spread to President Donald Trump's cabinet on Friday, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly blamed the Commerce Department for failing to blacklist a Singapore company suspected of funneling powerful AI chips to China.

Police said both suspects were homemakers who had allegedly arranged four cross-border marriages.  

Southeast Asian foreign ministers begin meetings in Manila on Saturday as the regional bloc seeks a coordinated response to surging energy costs, security tensions, and an approaching El Niño, challenges Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said demand collective action.

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first ever three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week, the White House has said.

Upon arrival in Russia, however, the alleged victim, identified only as FSR, was not employed in the logistics field as initially promised but was instead recruited as a Russian soldier.

The coalition urged lawmakers to publish the latest draft of the asset forfeiture bill, accusing the House of “keeping the public in the dark” over the bill’s contents.

The nationwide stop left tens of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline staff who appeared in the dark about unfolding events.

The global cybersecurity breach at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has renewed scrutiny of the security risks facing digital asset platforms, particularly in Indonesia given Binance's position as a majority shareholder in local exchange Tokocrypto. Shortly before the Binance breach, Tokocrypto experienced a separate security incident in which fraudulent notifications were distributed through a third-party service connected to its application, exposing users to potential phishing attempts and raising questions about the operational safeguards protecting Indonesia's cryptocurrency market.

Once it receives House of Representatives approval, the Jakarta administration would proceed with the pillars' dismantling and subsequent redevelopment of the area.

Coalition party members, including National Mandate Party (PAN), Democratic Party, Golkar Party and National Awakening Party (PKB), have announced that they would leave the selection of Gibran’s successor to Prabowo.

By taxing sanitary pads, books and micro entrepreneurs while letting corporate tax evasion slide, the government is essentially forcing ordinary citizens to subsidize state revenue at the expense of their basic dignity.

The flooding has damaged dozens of homes, public buildings and agricultural areas, as well as infrastructure built in the aftermath of last year's devastating Sumatra floods.

The celebration comes as the island’s investment reaches Rp 59.73 trillion in the first nine months of 2026, representing 85.33 percent of its annual target.

Indonesia’s e-commerce market continues to expand despite economic and regulatory headwinds as platforms compete for increasingly price-conscious consumers while businesses look to artificial intelligence and digital finance for further growth.

President Prabowo Subianto will travel to the Philippines for the 49th ASEAN Summit, with Indonesia likely to face renewed pressure over forest fires and transboundary haze that have affected the region in recent months.

Gibran's resignation this week, which analysts say could widen the gulf between President Prabowo Subianto and former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, followed a month of increasing political pressure from lawmakers after Supreme Court ruled that he had inadequate education credentials to run for the job.

The higher blend has raised concern among palm oil industry players that increased domestic consumption could squeeze feedstock supplies and weigh on exports.  

An unseemly political row over tax policy has raised the spectre of snap elections in the European Union's fifth-largest economy and weakened the centrist Jetten, the country's youngest-ever prime minister.  

Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said the program served 58.2 million recipients as of the end of October through 27,485 kitchens across Indonesia.